Contest News – 22 November 2015

The final session of this year’s UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest using the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands is on Sunday, the 22nd. It’s shorter in duration than the others in the series, because the organisers want portables to be able to pack up and vacate remote hilltop sites before it gets dark. Running from 1000 to 1400UTC and using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Tuesday, two different UK Activity contests take place at the same time, 2000UTC until 2230UTC. The 50MHz contest uses all modes and the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The SHF contest uses the 2.3 to 10GHz bands, all modes and the exchange is also signal report, serial number and locator.

Wednesday evening from 2000UTC to 2100UTC the UK EI contest is on the 3.5MHz band, using CW only. The exchange is your four character locator square.

There’s another 3.5MHz band contest on Thursday when the 80m Club Sprint takes place from 2000 to 2100UTC. Again, CW only the exchange is your serial number and name.

Finally for this week, the biggest contest is the CW World Wide DX CW contest running for 48 hours over the 28th and 29th. Using the bands 1.8 to 28MHz the exchange is your signal report and CQ zone. For the UK the zone is 14.

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