Contest News – 26 July 2015

Sunday sees the final few hours of the RSGB’s flagship Islands on the Air Contest. It started at 1200UTC on the 25th and finishes at 1200UTC today, the 26th. You can use SSB and CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. Everyone who lives in the British Isles lives on an island and so we will be in demand that weekend. Exchange a signal report, serial number and your island reference. Mainland Britain is EU-005, mainland Ireland is EU-115, while the smaller islands have different reference that can be found at www.QRZ.com/i/iota.html.

Also Sunday, the 26th, the UK Microwave Group contest takes place from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using the 5.7 and 10GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 2.3GHz and up bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On the same day, the 28th, the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange for this one is also signal report, serial number and locator.

On VHF, the first weekend of August is dedicated to low power. The first contest to begin, at 1300UTC on the 1st, is the fourth session of the 2m Backpacker series. It runs for four hours and the power limit is 3 or 10 watts, depending on which section you enter. One hour later the 2m Low Power Contest begins. It runs for six hours and the power limit is 25 watts. The 70cm Low Power Contest runs for four hours the following morning, Sunday the 2nd. In both Low Power contests the multipliers are Countries, Postcodes and Locator squares. In all three contests you can use any mode on the band and the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode.

Also on Sunday the 2nd, the second RoPoCo contest takes place from 0700 to 0830UTC. This is the CW leg and the exchange is signal report and in your first QSO you send your full postcode. In subsequent QSOs you send a signal report and the postcode you received in your previous QSO. QSOs with non-UK stations don’t count and should not appear in your contest log.

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