Contest News – 10 June 2018

| June 8, 2018

The IARU ATV contest ends its run at 1800 this Sunday. Using all forms of TV on all bands above 400MHz, the exchange is P-grade, serial number, your chosen four digit on-screen code, and your locator. Participation in this one can be relatively quiet so if you have any ATV gear it’s well worth digging it out; people have won sections with as little as a single contact.

The 144MHz Backpackers #2 contest takes place this Sunday from 0900UTC to 1300UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, signal report, serial number and locator forms the exchange.

Also starting this Sunday at 0900UTC, but finishing later at 1600UTC, is the PW 2m QRP contest. Using all modes on the 144MHz band, with a maximum power of 5W, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Finally for this weekend, the UK Microwave Group millimetre-wave contest runs from 0900UTC to 1700UTC. Using all modes on the 24 to 248GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Tuesday it’s the 433MHz UKAC, running from 1900UTC to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Wednesday sees the 80m Club Championships from 1900UTC to 2030UTC. Using CW only, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

The 4m band gets an airing on Thursday, with the 70MHz FMAC running from 1800UTC to 1900UTC, FM only, then the 70MHz UKAC running from 1900UTC to 2130UTC. That uses all modes on the 4m band. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator.

Next weekend the All Asian DX contest runs for 48 hours from 0000UTC Saturday to 2359UTC Sunday. This CW-only event uses all the HF contest bands from 1.8 to 30MHz and the exchange is serial number plus the operator’s age.

Sunday is busy on 6m, with the WAB 6m Phone contest running from 0800UTC to 1400UTC. Using phone on the 50MHz band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square.

Commencing at 0900UTC and running to 1200UTC, the 50MHz CW contest has an exchange of signal report, serial number and locator.

Finally for next weekend, Sunday’s 70MHz Cumulative #4 runs from 1400UTC to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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