{"id":5239,"date":"2021-10-10T17:10:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:10:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:10:30","slug":"cq-world-wide-contest-youth-category-an-opportunity-for-young-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/cq-world-wide-contest-youth-category-an-opportunity-for-young-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span> World-Wide Contest Youth Category\u2009\u2014\u2009An Opportunity for Young Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span> World-Wide Phone (Oct 30\u2009\u2013\u200931) and <span class=\"caps\">CW<\/span> contests (Nov 27\u2009\u2013\u200928) are great opportunities for young operators to get on the air and contact <span class=\"caps\">DX<\/span> stations from all over the world. This year is special for young operators because of the new Youth category for anyone 25 years old or younger. (Rules for <span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WW<\/span> are found at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqww.com\/rules.htm\">https:\/\/\u200bwww\u200b.cqww\u200b.com\/\u200br\u200bu\u200bl\u200be\u200bs\u200b.\u200bhtm<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The new Youth category has created a&nbsp;lot of interest and <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;is one of several organizations sponsoring plaques for the top young scorers.&nbsp;In Region 2, there are four plaques: top Youth score in South America for both the <span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WW<\/span> Phone and <span class=\"caps\">CW<\/span> contests and similar awards for the top score in North America in both contests.&nbsp;In fact, Youth plaques are sponsored for all continents in both the Phone and <span class=\"caps\">CW<\/span> contests.<\/p>\n<p>Contests are a&nbsp;good way to introduce young people, licensed or not, to amateur radio\u2019s ability to communicate around the world.&nbsp;Unlicensed listeners can log all the stations they hear and compare with other \u201c<span class=\"caps\">SWL<\/span>\u201d (short-wave listener) logs.&nbsp;On the air, contacts are short and easy to understand (signal report\u2009\u2014\u2009almost always \u201cfive-nine\u201d and a&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span> zone from 1&nbsp;to 40) so even a&nbsp;mike-shy person can jump in and be successful.<\/p>\n<p>If your club has young operators, please help them get on the air individually or from a&nbsp;club station as a&nbsp;multi-operator entry.&nbsp;Or invite a&nbsp;local young amateur to join you in your shack.&nbsp;Certificates are available for everyone submitting a&nbsp;contest log, so every&nbsp;score will be recognized.&nbsp;In Region 2, stations in South America should see good conditions on 20, 15, and even 10 meters so smaller stations with modest antennas will find plenty of stations to work.&nbsp;North and Central American stations will find plenty of European and Japanese stations, too.&nbsp;Let\u2019s take advantage of good conditions to show our young operators how to have fun with amateur radio!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">R2<\/span> Youth Liaison Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span> World-Wide Phone (Oct 30\u2009\u2013\u200931) and <span class=\"caps\">CW<\/span> contests (Nov 27\u2009\u2013\u200928) are great opportunities for young operators to get on the air and contact <span class=\"caps\">DX<\/span> stations from all over the world. This year is special for young operators because of the new Youth category for anyone 25 years old or younger. (Rules for&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">CQ<\/span>&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}