Contest News – 20 November 2016

The Essex CW Club Annual Activity Week ends today, the 20th of November. This is a friendly non-contest style event to encourage CW operators old and new. The minimum exchange is non-members give RST and name with members adding their membership number. Full details of preferred frequencies and awards can be found on the Essex CW Club website, just use your favourite search engine.

On Tuesday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Also on Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contests runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using the 2.3 to 10GHz bands, all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Thursday sees the 80m Club Sprint take place from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using CW only, the exchange is serial number and name.

The CQWW DX CW Contest takes place for the entire 48 hours of the weekend the 26th and 27th. It will undoubtedly keep the HF bands busy, although declining solar activity will probably mean patchy and short-lived propagation on 10m. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, which for the UK is 14.

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