Contest News – 1 April 2018

| March 29, 2018

The UKEICC DX CW contest concludes its 24-hour run at 1200UTC this Sunday. Using all the contest bands from 3.5 to 28MHz, on CW only, the exchange is signal report, serial number and district code.

Also ending at the same time is the Russian WW MultiMode contest. Using all modes on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number, with Russian stations also sending their oblast code.

Running from 0900UTC to 1200UTC this Sunday, the RSGB First 70MHz Contest takes place. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

The RSGB RoLo 1 contest takes place this Sunday from 1900UTC to 2030UTC. Using SSB on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and the locator received.

Monday sees the RSGB 80m Club Championships from 1900UTC to 2030UTC. Using CW on the 3.5MHz band, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

Also on Monday the IRTS 70cm Counties contest is on the air from 1200UTC to 1300UTC. Using FM or SSB on the 432MHz band, the exchange is signal report plus serial number, with EI and GI stations also sending their county.

Immediately after that, the IRTS 2m Counties contest runs from 1300UTC to 1500UTC. Using FM or SSB on the 144MHz band, the exchange again is signal report plus serial number, with EI and GI stations also sending their county.

Tuesday is busy, too, with the 144MHz FMAC taking place from 1800UTC to 1900UTC, FM only, followed by the 144MHz UKAC from 1900UTC to 2130UTC. This one is all modes on the 2m band. The report for both is the same: signal report, serial number and locator.

On Wednesday it’s the UKEICC 80m contest, which runs from 1900UTC to 2000UTC. Using SSB only on the 3.5MHz band, the exchange is your four character locator.

Running from 1500UTC next Saturday to 1500UTC on Sunday, the SP DX contest uses CW and SSB on all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. Signal report and serial number forms the exchange, with SP stations also sending their province code.

Finally, next Sunday sees the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest 2, which runs from 1000UTC to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3GHz to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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