Contest News – 23 December 2018

A large number of contests and activity parties take place over the next two weeks. Details here will be brief and those taking part should check the rules for details.

The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon runs until 31 January using all modes on the 50MHz band.

Between 26 and 29 December the Christmas Cumulatives takes place on the 50 to 432MHz bands.

The DARC Christmas Contest runs from 0830 to 1100UTC on the 26th using CW and SSB on 3.5 to 7MHz.

The Worked All Britain Christmas Party runs from 26 December to 6 January using all modes on all bands.

Between 1500UTC on the 29th and 1500UTC on the 30th the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge uses CW only.

New Year’s Day sees several contests.

The 144MHz FM AC runs from 1900 to 1955UTC; the 144MHz Machine Generated Morse contest runs at the same time. The 144MHz UK AC follows at 2000 to 2230UTC.

Also on the 1st, the IRTS 80m Counties contest runs from 1500 to 1700UTC, using SSB and CW.

The UKEICC 80m SSB contest is on 2 January from 2000 to 2100UTC.

The ARRL RTTY Roundup starts at 1800UTC on the 5th and runs until 2359UTC on 6 January. It’s data only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands.

The RSGB’s CW AFS contest runs from 1300 to 1700UTC on the 5th, using just the 3.5 and 7MHz bands.

The EUCW 160m CW Party runs from 2000 to 2300UTC on the 5th.

Finally, the EUCW 160m CW Party has its second session from 0400 to 0700UTC on 6 January.

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