GB2RS Contest News
Contest News 22 December 2013
The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon continues over the Christmas period, ending on 31 January 2014. It’s a 100% locator square chase, with no points for individual QSOs, but as well as normal QSOs you can claim the squares worked in other 6m contests over the period. The exchange is signal report and locator. […]
Contest News 15 December 2013
To promote activity on 6m during the winter, the UK Six Metre Group has introduced a new event to complement their Summer E’s Contest. Called the Winter Marathon, it will be held over a two-month period, commencing on 1 December 2013 and ending on 31 January 2014. It’s a 100 percent Locator square chase, with […]
Contest News 8 December 2013
The ARRL 160m Contest runs for 42 hours finishing at 1600UTC today, the 8th. This is a CW-only event in which you work the USA, US Territories and Canada only. The wording of the rules suggests that good frequencies to work on are 1830-1835kHz, but you are not limited to this 5kHz window. The exchange […]
Contest News 1 December 2013
All currently issued Special Contest Callsigns, both individual and club, expire on 31 December 2013. All holders need to re-apply if they wish to continue using their currently assigned callsigns after the expiry date. The qualification standard to obtain a SCC will be the same as it is currently. A new application form (4-page/44.8KB PDF) […]
Contest News 24 November 2013
Today the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CQ World Wide DX CW contest ends at 2359 today, 24 November, having run for 48 hours. It invariably keeps the CW portions […]
Contest News 17 November 2013
The 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 2000 to 2230 on 19 November. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CQ World Wide DX CW contest takes place for the full 48 hours of the weekend of 23rd-24th and invariably keeps the CW portions of the HF bands […]
