Contest News – 4 September 2016

SSB Field Day takes place for 24 hours over this weekend ending at 1300UTC on Sunday the 4th. Like its CW counterpart, this contest has Open and Restricted sections, although the antenna limitations are different, so please check the rules beforehand. It runs on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number.

The 144MHz Trophy also takes place for 24 hours this weekend and ends at 1400UTC on Sunday, the 4th. It is hotly contested in the Open category, but there are four other categories. Three of them are for single ops, so there are opportunities for all to strive to do well. Running on 2m from 1400 to 1400UTC using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

The IARU 144MHz Contest takes place at the same time this weekend. It coincides exactly with the RSGB 144MHz Trophy contest. For those taking part in the former there’s no need to enter the latter, because your entry will be automatically submitted for you unless you specify that you don’t want to enter the IARU event. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

Overlapping the last three hours of the 144MHz Trophy contest and then continuing for one hour on its own, the fifth and final 144MHz Backpacker Contest takes place today, Sunday the 4th, from 1100 to 1500UTC. In the Backpackers there are two permitted power levels, 3W and 10W. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

The All Asian DX Contest takes place for the whole 48 hours this weekend ending at 2359UTC today, the 4th. UK stations taking part in SSB Field Day will find it helpful to have a suitable number to give them, because All Asian stations want to be sent the operators’ age, not a serial number. Using SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and age, although YL operators can send 00.

The Worked All Britain 144MHz QRO Phone Contest takes place today, the 4th of September, from 1000 to 1400UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and Worked All Britain square. Entries need to be with the contest manager by 25 September. It helps if stations, including mobiles, please try to find out their IARU locator in addition to their WAB area, as this contest coincides with part of the RSGB contest. Full details of the rules and log sheets may be obtained from the WAB website or from the contest manager Tony Beardsley, G3XKT, via email to aebbooks@ntlworld.com.

On Tuesday the 144MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Wednesday it’s the UK EI CC that runs from 2000 to 2100UTC using SSB on the 80m band. The exchange is your four character locator square.

Next weekend, the 10th and 11th, the WAE DX SSB contest runs for the whole 48 hours. Using SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note that European stations work non-European stations only.

On the 11th from 0900 to 1700UTC the UK Microwave Group’s contest is on the 24 and 47GHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

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