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All Asian DX Contest 2019

Coming weekend – Sep 7th, 00:00 UTC to Sep 8th, 24:00 UTC the 60th All Asian DX Contest (SSB) takes place. It is a good opportunity to make contacts in Asia and DX and test your station and antenna.

Entry classes for Asian Stations is Single OP or multi OP, high and low power (100 W). Exchange RST + operators age. Deadline for log submission (Cabrillo Format) is Oct 9th, 2019.

Detailed rules on the JARL Contest page.

SARTS Meeting Aug 2019

We had visitors from Spain, Austria and Germany. Klaus gave a talk about the SARTS website redesign.

  • Morserino-32 by Willi, OE1WKL
  • Gul, EA8ZT, with Siva 9V1SV
  • Gul, EA8ZT and Christof, 9V1CR
  • Klaus, 9V1KG presenting the new SARTS web design
  • Question to Willi, OE1WKL, about the Morserino

Pulau Ubin Field Day Jul 2019

On July 27 and 28 a team of Singapore hams took the ferry to Pulau Ubin and used the IOTA contest as an opportunity to have a field day.


  • Excellent CW Op!
  • Bonfire

  • Passionate team of licensed ham radio operators

  • Not complete without a bonfire!

  • Station setup

  • Sharing session with curious members of the public



  • PAC-12 Vertical Antenna

  • Inverted-vee dipole (40m)

IARU HF Championship

From July 14 to 15 the IARU HF Championship will take place, starting Saturday 12.00 UTC (20.00 SGT) and ending Sunday 11.59 UTC (19.59 SGT).

Objective is to contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. You can find the detailed rules on the ARRL website.

Logs must be uploaded within 5 days after the event via the preferred online web service at contest-log-submission.arrl.org.

RSGB Cricket World Cup Radio Marathon 2019

The RSGB is pleased to invite all radio amateurs across the world to join us in celebrating the Cricket World Cup which is being held in England and Wales in 2019.  We are organising an International Amateur Radio Marathon for the duration of the competition.

Overview and Objectives

  • The marathon will run from 30 May 2019 to 14 July 2019
  • UK and International callsigns will be activated on 9 HF bands using SSB, CW and Digital modes.
  • A series of award certificates will be offered based on the number of QSOs made with the special UK and International stations.
  • RSGB will be using the excellent Hamlogs system that was used so successfully for the Football World Cup marathon in 2018.
  • RSGB is inviting other countries to take part and to activate special call signs with the suffix 19CWC or similar.

Full details of the Marathon including the Rules for Awards and a list of International callsigns can be found on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/cricket. 

You can follow your progress in the Marathon on the Hamlogs Website atcricket2019.hamlogs.net. 

For further information relating to the marathon please email ContestClub@rsgbcc.org. 


SARTS website – New Design

After many years using plain HTML to edit the SARTS website, we now made a new fresh design using wordpress as content mamagement system.

The content management system allows us to keep the content up-to-date and to post news related to amateur radio in Singapore and the region more frequently.

The site is now also much easier to read on mobile devices and tablets.

Please let us know your feedback and leave a comment below.