Contest News – 8 August 2021

With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe. August is the month of the traditional summer holiday so there are no RSGB HF contests this month.

The Machine Generated Modes contest ends its 24 hour run at 1400UTC today, the 8^th. Using the 50 and 144MHz bands, the exchange is your report and 4-character locator.

On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1855UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 432MHz UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Thursday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Next weekend, the first of the Worked All Europe DX contests of the year runs for 48 hours from 0000UTC on the 14^th to 2359UTC on the 15^th. This is the CW leg. Europe works non-Europe only in this German-run series. Exchanging QTCs, that’s reports of previously held contacts, can significantly boost your score, although not everybody chooses to do it. See the rules to learn how QTCs work. The exchange is signal report and serial number.

Next Sunday, the 15^th, is the 5^th 70MHz Cumulative contest that runs from 1400 to 1600UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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