Contest News – 12 July 2015

| July 10, 2015

Next Saturday and Sunday the IARU HF Championship takes place from 1200 to 1200UTC. SSB and CW can be used on all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is RS or RST plus your ITU zone, which is 27 for the United Kingdom.

The UK Six Metre Group’s Summer Marathon continues throughout July. With no particular operating times, just try to work every locator square you can, whenever you can. The exchange is your four character locator.

On Tuesday the 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator.

Wednesday is the turn of the 80m Club Championships, the SSB leg, from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number.

Next weekend, on the 19th, is host to several contests. Running from 0900 to 1600UTC, the RSGB Low Power Contest is on the 3.5 and 7MHz bands using CW only. The exchange is signal report, serial number and power level.

The UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC next Sunday on the 24 to 248GHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Finally for the 19th the 70MHz trophy that runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode.

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