GB2RS Contest News
Contest News 10 November 2013
The last of this year’s WAE DX contests, the RTTY leg, ends after 48 hours at 2359UTC on 10 November. Unlike the CW and SSB WAE contests in the RTTY leg everyone can work everyone. In WAE events QTCs or reports of a previously conducted contest QSOs, can add significantly to your total score, so […]
Contest News 3 November
On VHF, the Marconi CW Contest takes place this weekend. There are 6- and 24-hour sections for Open and Single-operator Fixed entries. This is the final VHF CW Championship event of the year. Running from 1400UTC on the 2nd until 1400UTC on the 3rd, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The International […]
Contest News 27 October 2013
The 48 hour long CQ Worldwide SSB ends today at 2359UTC. If there’s any propagation at all, expect the SSB portions of all the contesting bands between 1.8 and 28MHz to be packed. The exchange is signal report and Zone. The UK is Zone 14. Tuesday sees the 70MHz UK Activity Contest take place from […]
Contest News 20 October 2013
Today, 20 October, the 50MHz Affiliated Societies contest takes place from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 50MHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday, two contests are taking place simultaneously from 1900 to 2130UTC. The 50MHz UK Activity Contest uses all modes and the exchange signal report, […]
Contest News 13 October 2013
On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend, on the 20th, the 50MHz Affiliated Societies contest takes place from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 50MHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and […]
Contest News 6 October 2013
The 21/28MHz contest ends at 1900UTC today, 6 October. Using CW or SSB the exchange is signal report, serial number and District. The UK Microwave Group’s Low Band contest is on today from 0800 to 1400UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. […]





