Contest News – 26 March 2017

| March 24, 2017

The CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359 today, the 26th. Using all contest bands from 160 to 10m, the exchange is signal report and serial number. In this contest everyone can work everyone.

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

On Wednesday, the UK EI Counties Contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using the 80m band only, the exchange is your 4-character locator.

Next weekend is a busy one. The SP DX contest runs from 1500UTC on the 1st to 1500UTC on the 2nd. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. SP stations send their Province code too.

On the 2nd, running from 0900 to 1200UTC, the Frist 70MHz contest takes place. Using all modes on the 70MHz band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Also on the 2nd, but from 1900 to 2030UTC, the RoLo 1, or Rolling Locators, contest takes place. Using SSB only on the 3.5MHz band, the exchange is signal report and the locator you received.

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