Contest News – 15 February 2015

The first WPX contest of the year is the RTTY leg, which will end at 2359UTC Sunday, the 15th, having been running for 48 hours. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number.

If RTTY isn’t your thing, the Dutch PACC Contest is held for 24 hours, ending at 1200UTC Sunday, the 15th. Work Dutch stations only, exchanging a signal report and serial number. Dutch stations send a two letter province code instead of a serial number. There are twelve provinces, which act as multipliers to the score.

On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 2000UTC to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator.

On Thursday the CW leg of the 80m Club Championships takes place from 2000UTC to 2130UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number.

The first in the 2014 series of 4m Cumulatives takes place on the morning of Sunday 22nd from 1000UTC to 1200UTC. Between February and August there will be five sessions. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

For the whole weekend of 21st to 22nd the ARRL International DX Contest will be keeping the HF bands busy from 0000UTC to 2359UTC, 48 hours later. This is the CW leg, with the SSB leg next month. Work Ws and VEs only, exchanging a signal report and your transmit power. US and Canadian stations send state or province code, instead of power.

For 36 hours over the same weekend the REF French Contest also takes place on SSB, running from 0600 to 1800UTC. Work France and French overseas territories only. Send a signal report and serial number. French stations send a two digit department code instead of serial number.

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