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DESCRIPTION: A thrilling period of amateur radio activity in February where radio amateurs
contact stations using vintage ham radio equipment from the early era of the NOVICE LICENSE.
Any licensed radio amateur may participate using any equipment and the object is to contact novice style stations built prior to 1980.

GOOD NEWS:
ADs and notices for the 2017 NRR appeared in JAN and FEB 2017 CQ Magazine, QST, National Contest Journal, Electric Radio, AWA Journal, QCWA Journal, WA7BNM Contest Pages, QRP-L, Facebook etc. etc. Thank you to those whose donations made these ads possible! Thank you to those who wrote ARTICLES, posted to their club newsletters, email groups, web groups etc.

See you on 7100 - 7125 / 3550 - 3600, 21100 - 21200 and 28100 - 28200 kHz and maybe even 2m CW!

AF4K

NRR is an opportunity to brush up your code skills with other stations, many of whom will be patient! Exchange some information for fun, swap NRR and SKCC numbers (not required) and compete for the honors! More of an EVENT than just a typical contest, but still great fun.

We are once again taking our OLD ham radios off the shelf and putting them to use again!
Bring out your straight keys and bugs. Do you have 1950s - 1980s era amateur radio equipment?
Maybe you never lived through the novice era but you would like to know how it felt... how it sounded to communicate through the chirpy chrip-it, chirpy chirp, crackle, spurt, splutter and occasional drift of the earlier tube-era radios.

Perhaps you would just like to HEAR some of those older rigs in action. Why wait until the next NRR? Makes some contacts TODAY! Join our Facebook Group or Yahoo Group and find other operators to make schedules. See below.

RELIVE THE GLORIOUS NOVICE ERA! You may use ANY radio equipment you like, but the scoring will be higher for using real novice-era radios! Of course this will include manual straight keys, bugs, side swipers and other manual keying devices. Simple equipment, but stupendous fun!

EXCHANGE: RST, NAME, QTH, NRR number (IF you are using less than or equal to 75 watts plate input.)

BANDS: 80m, 40m, 15, 10, 2m bands only.


MORE PHOTOS!

SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: Around: 3550 - 3650 kHz
3579, 7055, 7060, 7080, 7100 - 7125 kHz
21.114, 21.120, 21.150 MHz
28.114, 28.120 MHz
144.085 and 144.450MHz CW and AM where allowed.
Literally anywhere that you have a crystal for, of course!

Operate CW anywhere that it is legal for your license class in these 5 bands.
USE OF NOVICE ERA Frequencies suggested where possible.
USE: 3550-3650 (closest we can get now!) and 7100-7125 kHz
Plus 21.100 - 21.200 MHz and 28.100 MHz - 28.200 MHz

ADDITIONAL RULES:
All radio amateurs worldwide are eligible to participate. Any licensed amateur radio station may participate. You do NOT need to be using "NOVICE STYLE' radios to participate, but of course this is encouraged. This will be an annual event held for 9 days in the month of February.

    • 2017 NRR SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS:
    PAPER WREN PRESS
    AF4K CRYSTALS Co.
    VIZ KEY Co.
    SND TUBE SALES Co.
    WA7BNM Contest Calendar SKCC CALENDAR

    2015 & 2016 NRR were sponsored by:

    Paper Wren Press
    Paper Wren Press
    Paper Wren Press BLOG

    AF4K Crystals
    https://af4k.com

    Also sponsored by several kind folks who sent in donations to support the effort... THANK YOU!! 2017 NRR also sponsored by VIZ KEYS. Please patronize our sponsors and help support the all volunteer work of NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP!

    VIZ KEYS - for Quality Hand-crafted Sending Instruments!

    ALSO: The Exciting 2015 NRR SOAPBOX IS STILL AVAILABLE to view!! CLICK HERE TO SEE and ENJOY the SOAPBOX!!!

    Certificates were mailed out in March 2015 and March 2016 to all participants. Winners were announced. All scores are now posted on this web site. Participation in the NRR 2015 & 2016 was much higher than we expected and we had a LOT of logs to process. The NRR 2017 will use AUTOMATED LOG SUBMISSION through a web site! Much much easier to submit and to tally your score!

    Novice Rigs Roundup Group on FACEBOOK

    Questions? Comments? Ideas?

    E-mail

    NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP discussion group on YAHOO GROUPS - SUBSCRIBE HERE:
    https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/novicerigroundup/info

    VIEW 2016 NRR RESULTS - CLICK HERE

    VIEW 2015 NRR RESULTS - CLICK HERE

    BUY CRYSTALS

    Novice Radio History

    NRR STATION PICTURES !!

    • CONTRIBUTIONS:

    Have you found the Novice Rig Roundup events fun and useful?

    Would you like to help defray the costs of putting on this event, the awards and the web site? Contribute to our tip jar... Please consider dropping a small amount in our tip jar! Please contact us via e-mail if you have a company that would like to help sponsor future NRR events.

    Why donate?
    Our goal is to help hams to enjoy old time amateur radio and at the same time having a site that meets the needs of its visitors. Whether you're a newcomer to amateur radio or an "old hand" we hope you will find something about the Novice Rig Roundup to make your radio activities more enjoyable experiences. If you want to support our goal to help make this an annual event where all are welcome and able to use their older novice era equipment, please make a contribution. Any amount is appreciated.

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