Contest News – 15 April 2018

The First 50MHz Contest takes place this Sunday morning, 15 April, from 0900 to 1200 UTC. Exchange signal reports, a serial number, your six figure locator and the first two letters of your postcode. All modes can be used, but most activity will be on single sideband.

The Worked All Britain Data Contest takes place on Sunday, 15 April. There are four separate periods, from 1200 to 2200 UTC. The modes are RTTY and PSK, and the bands are 3.5MHz to 14MHz. Exchange signal reports, a serial number and your Worked All Britain reference, which are the first, second third and sixth digits of your Ordnance Survey reference.

On Tuesday, 17 April the RSGB 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 1900 to 2130 UTC. Exchange signal reports, a serial number and your six figure locator.

On Thursday, 19 April the 70MHz FM Activity Contest takes place from 1800 to 1900 UTC. It is immediately followed by the 70MHz UK Activity Contest, which takes place from 1900 to 2130 UTC. In each of these events the exchange is a signal report, a serial number and your six figure locator.

Next Sunday, 22 April, the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group’s Sprint 75 Contest takes place for four hours on the 3.5MHz to 28MHz bands. All activity is at 75 bauds and the contest exchange is a serial number only.

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