Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Contesting. Contesting is a competitive activity pursued by amateur radio operators. In a contest, an amateur radio station, which may be operated by an individual or a team, seeks to contact as many other amateur radio stations as possible in a given period of time and exchange information.
Sponsored Topics. Centerton is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 9,515 at the 2010 census. A tornado destroyed 40 homes, damaged 150, and injured 12 people on March 12, 2006. Centerton is part of the FayettevilleâSpringdaleâRogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The town of Silverton is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of, and the only incorporated municipality in, San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Silverton is a former silver mining camp, most or all of which is now included in a federally designated National Historic Landmark District, the Silverton Historic District. The town population was 531 at U.S. Census 2000. Silverton is linked to Durango by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a National Historic Landmark. Silverton no longer has active mining, but subsists by tourism, maintenance of US 550 (which links Montrose with Durango via Silverton), mine pollution remediation, and retirees.