Contest News – 25 December 2016
The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon continues on 6m until the end of January. Details are on the UKSMG.org website.
Christmas Cumulatives runs for 2 hours each day between the 26th and 29th of December. Between 1400 and 1600UTC on all bands from 50 to 432MHz the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
The Worked All Britain Christmas Party runs from the 26th to the 31st of December. Using all bands and modes the exchange is your WAB book number, with the aim to collect as many as possible.
The DARC Christmas Contest takes place on the 26th of December between 0830 and 1100UTC. Using the 3.5 and 7MHz bands with CW and SSB, the exchange is signal report and serial number. German station will also send either DOK or NM.
On the 1st of January, the IRTS 80m Counties Contest runs from 1500 to 1700UTC. Using SSB and CW on the 3.5MHz band the exchange is signal report and serial number, with EI and GI stations also sending their County.
The 3rd of January sees two contests. The Low Power 144MHz FM contest runs from 1900 to 2000UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The 144MHz UJ Activity Contest is from 2000 to 2230UTC, using all modes and with signal report, serial number and locator as the exchange.
The 4th sees the UK EI CC take place on 80m from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using SSB only, the exchange is your 4-character locator.
The EUCW 160m CW Party takes place in two sessions on the 7th and 8th of January. On the 7th it’s between 2000 and 2300UTC and on the 8th it’s between 0400 and 0700. For details of the exchange it’s best to check out the website, www.eucw.org/eu160.html
The ARRL RTTY Roundup runs from 1800UTC on the 7th to 2359 on the 8th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number, with US stations sending their State and Canadians their Province.
Finally, on the 8th the CW AFS takes place from 1400 to 1800UTC. Using the 3.5 and 7MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number.
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