Contest News – 17 February 2019

The ARRL International DX contest ends its 48 hour run at 2459UTC this Sunday, the 17th. Using CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and transmit power. American and Canadian stations will also send their state or province details.

On Tuesday, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Then on Thursday it’s the 70MHz UK Activity Contest, also from 2000 to 2230UTC. Both contests use all modes and the same exchange of signal report, serial number and locator.

Next Sunday, the 24th, the First 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

The CW World Wide 160m DX contest runs for 48 hours from 2200UTC on the 22nd to 2200UTC on the 24th. Using SSB on the 1.8MHz band only, the exchange is signal report and CQ zone, which for the UK is 14. American and Canadian stations will also send their state or province.

The REF Contest runs from 0600UTC on the 23rd to 1800UTC on the 24th. Using SSB only on the 3,5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number with French stations sending their department number or overseas prefix.

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