Contest News – 29 April 2018

The RTTY leg of the Polish DX Contest continues until 1200 UTC this Sunday, 29 April. The bands for this are 3.5MHz to 28MHz. The contest exchange is a signal report and serial number. Polish stations also give their province code.

The RSGB 144MHz FM Activity Contest takes place on Tuesday, 1 May from 1800 to 1900 UTC, on FM only. It is followed immediately by the 144MHz UK Activity Contest, from 1900 to 2130 UTC, the latter being on all modes. The contest exchange for both is the same; a signal report, serial number and your locator.

Starting Saturday, 5 May, the UK Six Metre Group’s Summer Marathon runs continuously for three months on the 50MHz band. It is basically an exercise in collecting as many locator squares as possible during the main months of the sporadic E season.

The ARI has its International DX Contest next weekend, starting at 1200 UTC on Saturday, the 5th. CW, SSB and RTTY are the modes for this event, the bands being 3.5MHz to 28MHz. Exchange a signal report and a serial number. Italian stations also give a two letter province code. In this contest there are no points for working your own country and a differing number of points for working your own continent, other continents, and Italy. There are no single band entries and only one power category—high. Multipliers are DXCC entities—except Italy and Sardinia—plus Italian provinces.

The RSGB 432MHz Trophy contest and 10GHz Trophy contest each run from 1400 to 2200 UTC on Saturday 5th. The RSGB 432MHz to 248GHz Trophy Contest starts at the same time but continues for 24 hours. In all three of these contests the exchange is a signal report, serial number and your locator.

On Sunday the 6th the UK Microwave Group has another in its series of Low Band contests, on the 1.3GHz to 3.4GHz bands. The contest exchange is a signal report, serial number and your locator.

Also on Sunday, the 6th, the IRTS is holding its 40m Counties Contest. The running times for this are 1200 to 1400 UTC, and SSB and CW are the modes. Exchange a signal report and serial number. Stations in Ireland—both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland— also give a three letter county code.

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