Contest News – 7 June 2015

This weekend is the CW National Field Day, running until 1500UTC today, the 7 June. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

The South East Asia Network Contest takes place for 24 hours this weekend, ending at 2359UTC today. If you’re not busy taking part in one of the other contests that weekend, it’s a good opportunity to work stations in CQ zones 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Basically that’s a triangle that extends from India in the West to Japan in the North East and Australia in the South East. Using CW and SSB only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

The UK Six Metre Group’s annual Summer Sporadic-E Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1300UTC today. Although there’s no guarantee of Sporadic-E propagation, the first weekend of June was chosen to coincide with the peak of the season. You don’t need to be a member of UKSMG to participate or enter. The exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and UKSMG membership number if you have one.

Today, Sunday 7th, the UK Microwave Group is holding another of their Low Band contests, from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

A new annual HF contest is scheduled to take place this weekend ending, at 1500UTC today, the 7th. The date and time of this Dutch contest are simultaneous to the IARU CW Field day and the contest exchange is the same, signal report and serial number. Rules are available in English on the DKARS website, where you can also upload your log via their robot.

Starting on 1 June and ending on 30 September, the UBA contest is designed to promote VHF DXing during the Sporadic-E season as well as encouraging meteor scatter contacts. The Belgian Society, UBA, invite every VHF DXer to participate in this contest and so promote the use of the bands. More info about the rules can be found on the UBA website (2-page/74.5KB PDF).

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.

On Wednesday it’s the CW leg of the ever popular 80m club championships running from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number.

Next weekend, on the 14th, the second 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Also next weekend, but running for 24 hours, the French REF DDFM 6m Contest runs from 1600 to 1600UTC. Multipliers are French Departments and French Locator squares. The exchange is signal report, serial number and the first four digits of your locator.

The Low Power contest organised by Practical Wireless takes place for 8 hours on Sunday the 15th, running from 0900 to 1600UTC. The maximum power in this contest is 3 watts, so if you are intending to take part in the 3 watt section of the 2m Backpackers’ contest you might like to carry on for an additional three hours at the end to do the full seven hours of the PW event. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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