{"id":1865,"date":"2016-09-06T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2016-09-06T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T10:19:39","slug":"sac-cw-coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/sac-cw-coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SAC CW coming up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold\">The contest committee is pleased to invite you to the CW part:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold\">17-18 September, 12:00 UTC &#8211; 11:59 UTC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure to reserve this weekend for the first round in the annual &#8220;Polar Battle.&#8221; Promotional efforts are under way, and we are hoping to see lively bands with a minimum amount of aurora and polar flutter! Please take a look in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/rules\/\">rules <\/a>and choose a suitable entry category.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Announce your activity<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile at it, don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/announce_form\/\">announce your own activity<\/a>. Doing so will inspire others to join and make their own challenges. Those who have already signed up can be seen at Annouced operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/announcements.php?mode=CW\">CW <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/announcements.php?mode=SSB\">SSB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sponsored Plaques<\/strong><br \/>\nThanks to the generous contributions of many individuals, there are several Sponsored Plaques available also for Scandinavian operators to pursue. Please take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/rules\/sac-sponsored-plaque-program\/\">sponsored plaque program<\/a> and pick your target.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Frequency Limits<\/strong><br \/>\nIn addition to the 80m limits in the rules, please do your best to observe the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/index.php\/spectrum-and-band-plans\/hf\">IARU Region 1 band plan<\/a> on the other bands. In compliance with the policies of IARU R1, the plan will be implemented in next year&#8217;s SAC rules. That makes this year a good time to practice!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Invite your friends<\/strong><br \/>\nThis website functions as the SAC information hub, but SAC also has a social media presence, and you can &#8220;like&#8221; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScandinavianActivityContest\">SAC Facebook<\/a> page. Please invite your ham friends &#8212; within Scandinavia and beyond &#8212; to visit these sites and to participate in this autumn&#8217;s contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>73 &amp; CU!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> SAC Contest Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ingemar SM5AJV, Team leader<br \/>\nKim OH6KZP<br \/>\nHenning OZ1BII<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The contest committee is pleased to invite you to the CW part: 17-18 September, 12:00 UTC &#8211; 11:59 UTC Be sure to reserve this weekend for the first round in the annual &#8220;Polar Battle.&#8221; Promotional efforts are under way, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/sac-cw-coming-up\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sactest.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}