GB2RS Contest News
Contest News – 16 August 2015
Sunday, 16 August, the UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC. It is on the 24 and 47GHz bands, all modes, and the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number […]
Contest News – 9 August 2015
The Worked All Europe, WAE contest ends its 48 hour operation at 2359 today, the 9th. Europe works non-Europe only in this contest, so there tends to be a lot of DX working. Using CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday, the 432MHz UK […]
Contest News – 2 August 2015
Sunday, the 2nd, the second RoPoCo contest takes place from 0700 to 0830UTC. This is the CW leg and the exchange is signal report and in your first QSO you send your full postcode. In subsequent QSOs you send a signal report and the postcode you received in your previous QSO. QSOs with non-UK stations […]
Contest News – 26 July 2015
Sunday sees the final few hours of the RSGB’s flagship Islands on the Air Contest. It started at 1200UTC on the 25th and finishes at 1200UTC today, the 26th. You can use SSB and CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. Everyone who lives in the British Isles lives on an island and so […]
Contest News – 19 July 2015
Sunday, the 19th, is host to several contests. Running from 0900 to 1600UTC, the RSGB Low Power Contest is on the 3.5 and 7MHz bands using CW only. The exchange is signal report, serial number and power level. The UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC today on the 24 to 248GHz bands. […]
Contest News – 12 July 2015
Next Saturday and Sunday the IARU HF Championship takes place from 1200 to 1200UTC. SSB and CW can be used on all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is RS or RST plus your ITU zone, which is 27 for the United Kingdom. The UK Six Metre Group’s Summer Marathon continues throughout […]
