Contest News – 17 November 2019

This Sunday sees the UK Microwave Group Low Band contest. Running from 1000 to 1400UTC, all modes can be used on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Tuesday the 1.3GHz Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2300UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

On Wednesday the Autumn Series SSB contest runs from 2000 to 2130UTC. Using SSB only on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number.

Thursday sees the 70MHz UKAC, which runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.

The biggest contest this month is CQWW DX CW, which runs for 48 hours over the weekend of 23rd to the 24th. Starting at 0000UTC on Saturday and ending at 2359 on Sunday, this CW-only event uses all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is signal report and zone, which is 14 for the UK.

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