Contest News – 5 June 2016
The CW National Field Day ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC on Sunday, the 5th, on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number.
The South East Asia NETwork Contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the 5th. The SEANET area encompasses CQ Zones 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29, which is a triangle extending from India in the west to Japan in the North East and Australia in the south-east. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.
The UK Six Metre Group’s annual Summer Es Contest ends its 24 hours at 1300UTC on Sunday, the 5th. You don’t need to be a member of UKSMG to participate or enter. The exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and membership number if you have one.
The UK Microwave Group is holding another Low Band contest on 23, 13 and 9cm on Sunday, the 5th. Running from 1000 to 1400UTC on the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
On Monday the 80m Club Championships data leg will take place from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number.
On Tuesday it’s the 144MHZ UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
Next weekend, from 1600UTC on the 11th to 1600UTC on the 12th, the French DDFM 6m contest takes place. Using SSB, CW and FM the exchange is signal report, serial number and the 4-digit locator. Multipliers are French départments and French locator squares.
On the 12th the second 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. If you are intending to take part in the 3 watt section of the 2m Backpackers you might like to carry on for an additional three hours at the end to do the full seven hours of the Practical Wireless event. That 2m Low Power Contest takes place from 0900 to 1600UTC. The maximum power in this one is 3 watts and the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.
The annual IARU ATV Contest takes place on from 1200UTC on the 11th to 1800UTC on the 12th. The contest includes all bands from 432MHz up and additionally the BATC will run an ATV Contest on 71MHz and 146MHz at the same time. Full details and links to the log sheets are at tinyurl.com/iaru-atv-16.
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