Contest News – 15 March 2015
The Commonwealth Contest ends its 24 hours run at 10am today, the 15th. As ever there are DXpeditions to some countries that you don’t hear on the bands every day, so for most of us—even if we are not making a serious entry—there are some new or rare ones to work. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands and CW only, the exchange is signal report and serial number, although HQ stations will also send HQ.
Today, the 15th, the second 70MHz Cumulative contest takes place from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
The Africa All Mode International DX Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the 15th. Both single and multi-operator stations may operate for the entire 24 hour period. Using the 10 to 160m bands with CW, RTTY and SSB, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Full rules are at www.africadxcontest.org.
The 2nd Tesla Memorial HF Contest ends at 0800UTC today, the 15th. Everyone works everyone on the 80m band only using CW. Points are based on distance between stations. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Details at www.radiosport.org.rs/HFTeslaMemorial.
The Worked All Britain 3.5MHz Phone contest takes place today, the 15th March, from 1800-2200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square. Entries need to be with the contest manager by 5th April 2015. Details at www.worked-all-britain.org.uk.
On Thursday the 80m Club Championships runs the SSB leg from 2000 to 2130UTC. The report is the usual signal report and serial number.
The BARTG HF RTTY Contest starts at 0200UTC on Saturday 21st. It runs for 48 hours on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. Exchange a signal report, serial number and the time.
The Russian DX Contest runs for 24 hours starting 1200UTC on Saturday 21st. There are lots of entry categories, mostly for single ops. Running on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number with Russian stations adding the Oblast code.
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