Contest News – 30 January 2022

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The REF CW contest ends its 36-hour run at 1800UTC today, the 30th. Using CW only on the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

Running for 24 hours until 1300UTC today, the 30th, is the UBA SSB DX contest. Using SSB on the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

On Tuesday the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144Hz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Wednesday the 144MHz FT8 Activity Contest runs from 1900-2100UTC. The exchange is your report as appropriate for FT8 and 4-character Locator. A serial number is not required.

On Wednesday, the UK EI Contest Club 80m contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using SSB only the exchange is your 6-character locator.

Next Sunday, the 6th, the 432MHz AFS contest runs from 0900-1300UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and your 6 character locator.

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