Contest News – 6 March 2022
When operating in any contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following all relevant pandemic-related government rules. For RSGB Contests, until further notice, all logs received from stations in the Russian Federation or Belarus will be treated as check logs.
The March 144/432MHz contest runs for 24 hours until 1400UTC today, the 6th of March. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
The ARRL DX contest runs for 48 hours this weekend ending at 2359UTC today, the 6th. Stations outside the US and Canada should work as many contiguous states and provinces as possible. Using phone only on the contest sections of the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metre bands, the exchange is signal report and power. US and Canadian stations will send a signal report and their state or province.
On Monday the 80m Club Championships will run between 2000 and 2130UTC. Using PSK63 and RTTY, the exchange is signal report and serial number.
On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator.
The 432MHz FT8 Activity Contest takes place between 1900 and 2100UTC on Wednesday. The exchange is signal report as appropriate for FT8 and your 4-character locator. A serial number is not required.
On Thursday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
The second 70MHz Cumulative Contest takes place from 1000 to 1200UTC next Sunday, the 13th. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
Next weekend is the RSGB Commonwealth Contest running for 24 hours from 1000UTC on the 12th to 10000UTC on the 13th. This is one of the longest-running contests in the HF contesting world. It is CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted. The exchange is signal report and serial number.
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