{"id":41,"date":"2026-10-28T01:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-10-28T01:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:04:50","slug":"contesting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"Contesting &#038; Field Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"k-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">OPERATING \/ COMPETITION \/ FIELD SKILLS<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A central place for K0AXX contest preparation, mobile\/rover experimentation and Field Day. The same principles\u2014clean RF, predictable receive performance, logging accuracy and thoughtful antenna geometry\u2014apply everywhere, but each activity has distinct rules and propagation.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose an operating path<\/h2><div class=\"k-shortcode-grid k-article-grid\"><article class=\"k-article-card\"><span class=\"k-index\">OPERATING<\/span><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/?page_id=38\">Field Day<\/a><\/h3><p>Portable station planning, safe deployment, power budgeting and operating practice.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"k-article-card\"><span class=\"k-index\">OPERATING<\/span><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/?page_id=39\">HF Contesting<\/a><\/h3><p>Band-by-band propagation, clean station operation, exchanges and log preparation.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"k-article-card\"><span class=\"k-index\">OPERATING<\/span><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/?page_id=40\">VHF &amp; Above<\/a><\/h3><p>Grid multipliers, rovers and fixed weak-signal operation from 50 to 1296 MHz and beyond.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"k-article-card\"><span class=\"k-index\">OPERATING<\/span><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/?page_id=12\">Rover Operations<\/a><\/h3><p>Equipment layout, antenna placement, travel safety and grid planning.<\/p><\/article><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparation is part of the operating result<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before a contest, check the event sponsor\u2019s rules; print the relevant exchange; rehearse station startup; confirm interfaces, UTC clock and logging; and test equipment at the actual output power. Afterward, inspect the Cabrillo or event-specific log and record lessons before the next event.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marshall K5QE\u2019s influence<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marshall\u2019s contest and weak-signal experience remains part of K0AXX.NET. The <a href=\"\/marshall-k5qe\/\">K5QE presentations archive<\/a> includes his six-meter array, EME and sequencing presentations, preserved as links to original conference sources.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Field Day, HF contesting, VHF and above, and rover-operation resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0axx.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}