Contest News – 1 December 2019

The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon begins on Sunday, 1 December and runs until the end of January. There are no specific operating modes or periods. Just work as many locator squares as you can on the 50MHz band.

On Tuesday the 144MHz Machine Generated Mode Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC with the exchange of signal report and four character locator. Simultaneously, the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs with the exchange of signal report, serial number and locator. It is immediately followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange for this contest is also signal report, serial number and locator.

Next weekend, the ARRL 160m contest runs from 2200UTC on the 6th to 1600UTC on the 8th. It’s CW only and the exchange is your signal report, with US and Canadian stations also sending their ARRL or RAC section number.

Next Sunday, the 8th, the 144MHz AFS contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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