{"id":25155,"date":"2020-06-05T15:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=25155"},"modified":"2020-06-05T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:47:06","slug":"contest-news-7-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/contest-news\/2020\/06\/05\/contest-news-7-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest News – 7 June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please remember to check before the events for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. RSGB strongly advises obeying your own government\u2019s advice first and foremost.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As previously announced, the RSGB confirms that this weekend\u2019s National Field Day event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. The 144MHz Backpackers contest scheduled for next Sunday, the 14th, is also cancelled.<\/p>\n

The SEANET contest ends its 24 hours run at 1200UTC on the 7th. Using CW and SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

The UK Microwave Group<\/strong><\/a> Low Band contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC this Sunday, 7 June. Using all modes on the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 432MHz UK Activity Contest. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday the 80m Club Championships CW leg runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

Also on Wednesday is the UK EI Contest Club Summer Series, running from 1800 to 1900UTC. Using FT4 only on the 80m band, the exchange is your six character locator.<\/p>\n

On Thursday the 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

Next weekend from 1200 UTC on the 13th, to 1800UTC on the 14th, the IARU ATV contest is on the 432MHz and up bands. The exchange is picture report, serial number, your four digit code and locator.<\/p>\n

The World Wide South America Contest runs from Saturday 1500UTC on the 13th to 1500UTC on the 14th. It\u2019s CW only on the 80 to 10m contest bands, with full rules at contest.com.ar\/gacw-wwsa<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Practical Wireless<\/em> 2m QRP contest runs from 0900 to 1600UTC next Sunday, the 14th. It\u2019s phone only on the 2m band, with an exchange of signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

EIDXG is running a Summer Challenge as a fun event from 1 June to 30 August. Simply work as many unique DXCCs, CQ Worked all Zones, participating EIDXG members, and 32 Irish counties as possible. Full information at eidxg.com\/sc2020<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The UK Six Metre Group\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> Summer Marathon runs until 2 August. Using all modes on the 50MHz band, the exchange is your four character locator.<\/p>\n

And finally, join the fun of the next round of RSGB Hope QSO Party on weekdays\u2014see rsgbcc.org\/hf<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please remember to check before the events for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. RSGB strongly advises obeying your own government\u2019s advice first and foremost. As previously announced, the RSGB confirms that this weekend\u2019s National Field Day event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}