Contest News – 19 January 2014

| January 17, 2014

The 24 hour HA-DX contest concludes today at 1159 GMT. Operation is on contest bands from 160m to 10m on CW and SSB. The exchange is RST plus serial number from 001, and HA stations will send their county abbreviations.

The RSGB 1.3GHz UKAC takes place on Tuesday 21 January from 2000-2230. Working all modes on 23cm, the exchange is RS(T) plus serial number and locator.

The CQ WW 160m DX Contest takes place for 48 hours starting at 10pm on Friday 24th. Work the contiguous 48 States plus Canada only, giving a signal report and CQ Zone, which is 4 for the UK. USA stations will send a signal report and their 2-letter State code, while Canadian stations will send a signal report and their 3-letter Province code.

The Worked All Britain 1.8MHz Phone contest takes place on Saturday 25th January from 1900 to 2300 GMT. The exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square. Entries need to be with the contest manager by 15th February. Full details of the rules and logsheets may be obtained from the WAB website www.worked-all-britain.co.uk.

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