I think the contest results have been posted for a little while, but I just noticed them. Overall, our club placed 8th out of 47 clubs in the medium club category with 24 logs, a pretty good showing. All of the following are club member and division winners in their noted operating categories (Dakota Division except where noted):
Classic Rover WØAUS/R
Limited Rover KAØRYT/R
Unlimited Rover WBØLJC/R
Single Operator, High Power N9MU (Central)
Single Operator, Low Power NØUR
Single Operator, Low Power W0UC (Central)
Single Operator, Analog Only, High Power WØGHZ
Single Operator, Portable NØSUW
Single Operator, Three-Band KØVG
Limited Multioperator NØEO
Our club sponsors three different ARRL contest plaques for this event; one for the overall SO3B first place winner, one for Dakota Division SOLP and the third is to be rotated to different deserving divisions at the yearly discretion of the ARRL Contest Manager. This year those three plaque winners were:
Overall Single Operator, Three-Band Northern Lights Radio Society KO9A
Dakota Division Single Operator, Low Power Northern Lights Radio Society NØUR
Delta Division Single Operator, Low Power Northern Lights Radio Society AJ6T
Jim Wilson, K5ND, has written an EXTENSIVE 70 page report on this contest that you can find on the Leagues website at
- The total number of entries for this year came in at 1,296, up by nearly 11% from 2024’s 1,169.
- Log checking found 7,459 different call signs in the submitted logs.
- 80% of all contacts were made on 6m, 11% on 2m, the rest on 222 and up (see the report)
- 70% of all contacts were digital. Broken down by band: 6m 76%, 2m 61%, 432 30%, 222 35%. 10G was 1%.
K5ND's report contains lots of interesting information and maps showing 6m and rover activity during the contest, its a recommended look.
73, Jon
W0ZQ