contest-operating

contest-operating is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from sbrunner-atx/n3fjp-mcp. It costs 112 tokens per session (1,401 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A procedure for running exchange-based amateur-radio contests, where operators contact stations and exchange short details for points. It also records completed contacts, called QSOs, in N3FJP logging software.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it during ARRL Field Day and similar digital-radio contests. It guides calling CQ, handling the exchange, dealing with interference or unclear signals, and logging completed QSOs.
Why use it?
It helps keep each contact orderly when signals are weak, interference is present, or parts of the exchange need repeating. It also prevents logging a contact before the callsign is confirmed.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it during ARRL Field Day and similar digital-radio contests. It guides calling CQ, handling the exchange, dealing with interference or unclear signals, and logging completed QSOs.

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Install with agentmods
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Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add sbrunner-atx/n3fjp-mcp --skill contest-operating
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sbrunner-atx/n3fjp-mcp

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 112 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,401 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00112 $0.01401
Opus 5 $0.00056 $0.00700
Sonnet 5 $0.00022 $0.00280
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00140

Measured 10d ago against content hash cfca5d0ad772, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

contest-operating scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/contest-operating/SKILL.md · 120 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 120 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Contest operating: exchange state machine and N3FJP logging

The QSO state machine (Field Day example)

Exchange = class + section (e.g., 2A STX). Substitute your contest's exchange as needed.

CQ:        "CQ FD CQ FD de <MYCALL> <MYCALL> pse k\n"
             ↓ caller heard (their callsign decoded)
EXCHANGE:  "<CALL> de <MYCALL> <MYCALL>\nPse copy 2A 2A STX STX\nde <MYCALL> BK\n"
             ↓ they QSL and give (or already gave) their class+section
TU:        "QSL <their CLASS> <their SECTION> TU <CALL> de <MYCALL> GL FD sk sk\n"
             ↓
LOG:       log to N3FJP (see below), then back to CQ

Rules that improved completion rate during live operation:

  • Double everything important. 2A 2A STX STX copies far better than 2A STX through QSB and QRM.
  • Echo their exchange back in the TU (QSL 1D AZ TU W7XYZ ...). It lets the other station verify you logged them correctly before you QRZ.
  • Never log without a confirmed callsign. Class and section can be inferred from a repeat; the callsign cannot.
  • A "CQ" from a station heard mid-loop is not a caller — see QRM below.

Special cases (all encountered live)

Caller sends callsign only, no exchange. Normal. Some operators send just <MYCALL> de <THEIRCALL> and wait. Send your exchange; their class/section arrives in the next over.

They already sent their exchange with the first call. Also normal (K6ABC de W7XYZ 1D AZ 1D AZ pse k). Send your exchange; they reply QSL; go straight to TU.

Caller didn't copy you (repeat, no cpy, AGN). Resend once, in abbreviated form: <CALL> de <MYCALL>\n2A STX 2A STX\nBK\n. If still no response, QRZ once, then return to CQ.

Garbled/partial callsign. Send de <MYCALL> AGN AGN pse k\n, wait one listen window. If the repeat is still unreadable, return to CQ. Budget at most two overs on an undecodable station.

Two stations doubled (called simultaneously). Output looks like two callsigns interleaved with control garbage. Same treatment as garble: one AGN, then CQ. Usually one of them calls again alone.

Read the full file on GitHub · 120 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 10d ago First seen · 120 lines · 112 tokens per session scan A cfca5d0ad772

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contest-operating is a skill published in the GitHub repository sbrunner-atx/n3fjp-mcp (0 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 112 tokens to every session and 1,401 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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