{"id":40284,"date":"2025-06-06T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=40284"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:04:29","slug":"get-involved-with-the-gr2hq-contest-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2025\/06\/06\/get-involved-with-the-gr2hq-contest-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Get involved with the GR2HQ contest challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GR2HQ challenge: get involved!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/contest-support-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB Contest Committee<\/strong><\/a> is looking forward to the IARU HF Championship contest on 12-13 July. This is a great opportunity for both individuals and clubs to get involved. During the contest, Headquarters Stations represent their countries and the RSGB\u2019s station GR2HQ will be run by a network of about a dozen stations around the UK and islands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A new challenge for this year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of last year&#8217;s GR2HQ Challenge, the RSGB Contest Committee has made some changes to encourage individual stations to work the GR2HQ station on each band-mode slot. The contest is open to both individuals or clubs so why not encourage your club members to take part whether they are regular contesters or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Logs and scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year, to make life simpler, you won\u2019t need to submit your log. All you will need to do, after the contest, is to visit the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbcc.org\/hf\/information\/information.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> RSGB Contest Committee web page<\/strong><\/a> and register your entry to the Challenge. You will need to provide your name, call sign and email address.<\/p>\n<p>Your score will be calculated by the adjudicator who will automatically search the GR2HQ log for all QSOs made by GR2HQ with your station.<\/p>\n<p>If you provide your club or group name when you register your entry, each QSO with GR2HQ will count towards an aggregate score for your club or team.<\/p>\n<p>There will be two results tables, one for individuals taking part and one for clubs, so your QSOs can contribute to both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support the RSGB\u2019s station, GR2HQ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, thanks in part to those entering the GR2HQ Challenge, the <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">GR2HQ Team<\/span> improved its position from third to second. Needless to say, it would like to improve that result even further. Could you take part and make a difference?<\/p>\n<p>For the full rules go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbcc.org\/hf\/rules\/2025\/gr2hq.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GR2HQ Challenge page<\/strong><\/a> on the Contest Committee website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GR2HQ challenge: get involved! The RSGB Contest Committee is looking forward to the IARU HF Championship contest on 12-13 July. This is a great opportunity for both individuals and clubs to get involved. During the contest, Headquarters Stations represent their countries and the RSGB\u2019s station GR2HQ will be run by a network of about a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40535,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40284\/revisions\/40535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}