GB2RS Contest News
Contest News – 28 December 2014
For anyone wanting a good excuse to disappear into the shack, the Christmas Cumulatives are still taking place for 2 hours a day until the 29th. 6m, 4m, 2m and 70cm are in use each day, so band hopping is essential if you want to do well. Operations take place from 1400 to 1600UTC each […]
Contest News – 21 December 2014
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon began on the 1st and continues for two months. The Winter Marathon isn’t a contest in the traditional sense; it’s basically a way of promoting activity on 6m during the winter. There are no points for individual QSOs; just for working as many locator squares as possible. You […]
Contest News – 14 December 2014
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon began on the 1st and continues for two months. The Winter Marathon isn’t a contest in the traditional sense; it’s basically a way of promoting activity on 6m during the winter. There are no points for individual QSOs; just for working as many locator squares as possible. You […]
Contest News – 7 December 2014
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon began on the 1st of December and continues for two months. The Winter Marathon isn’t a contest in the traditional sense; it’s basically a way of promoting activity on 6m during the winter. There are no points for individual QSOs, just for working as many Locator squares as […]
Contest News – 30 November 2014
One of the last big contests of the year, the CW World Wide DX contest, ends at 2359 today, the 30th, after running for 48 hours. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. Some rarely activated countries will be on the air. The exchange is signal report and CQ Zone, which is 14 […]
Contest News – 23 November 2014
Today, the 23rd, the UK Microwave Group’s Low Band Contest runs from from 10.00 to 14.00UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday, the 50MHz UK activity Contests runs from 20.00 to 22.30UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal […]





