Contest News – 28 January 2018

| January 26, 2018

The CQ WW 160m DX Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2200UTC on the 28th. Using CW only on the 1.8MHz band, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, with US stations sending their state and Canadian stations sending their province. Remember that D region absorption will render the band pretty much useless during daylight hours.

The BARTG RTTY Sprint ends its run at 1200UTC on the 28th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is serial number.

On Wednesday the 31st the UKEICC 80m contest takes place from 2000UTC to 2100UTC. Using CW only on the 3.5MHz band, the exchange is yourfour character locator.

Next Sunday, 4 February, the 432MHz AFS contest takes place from 0900UTC to 1300UTC. Using all modes on the 432MHz band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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