{"id":3729,"date":"2018-02-01T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2018-02-01T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T20:14:12","slug":"dont-forget-international-grid-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=3729","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Forget &#8211; International Grid Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/international-grid-chase-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARRL&#8217;s International Grid Chase<\/a> is a contest that runs all year long, but it actually resets at the first of every month.\u00a0 So everyone has a chance to participate on an even footing with every new month.\u00a0 February just started, so get on the air and have some fun!<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, all you need to do is make contacts and upload your log to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/logbook-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LotW<\/a>.\u00a0 There are no special exchanges required, although some folks might choose to activate rare grids that are not near population centers and call CQ accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>You can check your standing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/igc.arrl.org\/leader-board.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leader Board<\/a>, which is updated about every four hours.\u00a0 The features are still being worked on, and it isn&#8217;t clear how things will finally be displayed month-by-month, but it is keeping track of your score.<\/p>\n<p>Digital modes can be quite useful, especially the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/ft8-mode-is-latest-bright-shiny-object-in-amateur-radio-digital-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FT-8 mode<\/a>.\u00a0 Our next club meeting on February 12th, will feature a presentation from Mike, K1VI (a repeat of the January Consortium meeting).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ARRL&#8217;s International Grid Chase is a contest that runs all year long, but it actually resets at the first of every month.\u00a0 So everyone has a chance to participate on an even footing with every new month.\u00a0 February just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=3729\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igc","category-operating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3730,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions\/3730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}