Contest News – 6 December 2020

Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice.

As per tradition, December is a quiet month for contests, with no RSGB HF events at all.

This weekend, the ARRL 160m contest ends its 42-hour run at 1600UTC today, the 6th of December. It’s CW only and the exchange is signal report, with American and Canadian stations also sending their ARRL or RAC section abbreviation.

Today, the 6th of December, the 144MHz AFS contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2000UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 432MHz Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange is the same for both contests, signal report, serial number and locator.

On Thursday the 50MHz UK Activity contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Next weekend the Second Machine Generated Mode contest runs from 1400UTC on the 12th to 1400UTC on the 13th. Using any machine generated mode on the 50 and 144MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and your 4-character locator.

Also next weekend is the ARRL 10m Contest. Running for 48 hours from 0000UTC on the 12th to 2359UTC on the 13th, the contest is CW and phone only. The exchange is signal report and serial number with US stations sending their State code and Canadians their Province code.

The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon runs until the end of January 2021. Just exchange a signal report and locator.

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