Contest News – 10 May 2015

Today, the 10th, the 70MHz CW contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode.

On Tuesday, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator.

On Wednesday it’s the data leg of the popular 80m Club Championships. It runs from 1900 to 2030 and the exchange is signal report and serial number.

The 144MHz May Contest runs for 24 hours over the weekend of 16-17th. This contest is part of the VHF Championship series. With 6- and 24-hour sections for Single-Op Fixed and Single-op Open stations, plus an Open section for multi-op stations, there are convenient categories for everyone. Running from 1400 to 1400UTC the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode.

On Sunday 17th the first of this year’s 144MHz Backpacker events runs for four hours, the first three of them overlapping the final three hours of the 24-hour contest. Taking place between 1100 and 1500UTC the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

The Worked All Britain 7MHz Phone contest takes place next Sunday from 1000-1400UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square. Entries need to be with the contest manager by 7th June 2015. Full details of the rules and logsheets may be obtained from the WAB website www.worked-all-britain.org.uk or from the contest manager Tony Beardsley, G3XKT, via email to aebbooks@ntlworld.com

Also next Sunday, starting at 1200UTC and running for three hours, the IRTS 40m Counties Contest runs along similar lines to their 80m contest in January using SSB and CW only. Exchange a signal report and serial number, with EIs and GIs also giving their county.

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