SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR RADIO DEVELOPMENT TRUST CONSTRUCTION

COMPETITION
2011

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2011 Construction Competition with great prizes

As one of the main objectives of the South African Amateur Radio Development Trust is to promote and expand innovation in Amateur Radio technology, activities during 2011 will focus on various aspects of what makes amateur the most rewarding of all scientific hobbies. 

 Focus is on construction

The 2011 construction competition focuses on construction and operation and not on circuit design. Participants may search the web and the literature for any design. The focus is on the ingenuity displayed in the construction of one of the following two projects:

 A QRP transmitter with an upper power limit of 5 watts using the minimum of components operating on any amateur band

A minimum component transistor receiver operating on any amateur band.  

The competition is in two parts. Part one is a paper entry with a brief write-up, a circuit diagram and a photograph of the prototype or breadboard

 Two Phases

From the first phase entries, three finalists will be chosen to go through to the second phase during which the project must be constructed, tested, be fully operational and suitably housed and submitted with a full write up and circuit diagram. 

Each finalist will receive a grant of R500 to build the project.

The closing dates are as follows:

Phase one 30 January 2011. The three finalists will be announced on 15 February 2011.

The closing date for phase two is 15 April 2011.

 Entry form

Get an entry form here

The winner will receive

  • An Invitation  to the annual award lunch in May 2011, with airfare included if the winner lives outside of Gauteng
     

  • Receive the updated and expanded 2011hardcover  ARRL Handbook
     

  • A choice of one of three SARL construction kits
     

  • A year of free membership of the SARL.

Rules

  • The competition is open to all radio amateurs and electronic hobbyists
  • Each entry must include a bibliography and references
  • The entries will become the property of the SA Amateur Radio Development Trust and may be published on the web and/or in Radio ZS
  • No extensions will be given on the closing dates
  • The  judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into