{"id":44679,"date":"2026-01-16T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=44679"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:32:10","slug":"rsgb-regions-6-and-7-launch-a-new-challenge-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/01\/16\/rsgb-regions-6-and-7-launch-a-new-challenge-for-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Regions 6 and 7 launch 40m challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RSGB Regional Representatives in <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/region6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>North <\/strong><\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/region7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Wales<\/strong><\/a> have launched a new challenge for this year.<\/p>\n<p>The 40 Metre Challenge encourages radio amateurs to make as many QSOs as possible on the 40m band between 1 and 28 February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The event has six categories to enter, and is open to individual RSGB members living in Wales and members of RSGB affiliated clubs located in Wales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The categories are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>25W voice modes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>25W CW<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>25W machine-generated modes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>100W voice modes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>100W CW<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>50W machine-generated modes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Competition rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Make as many QSOs as you can. You can operate from home, an alternative address or portable<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You are able to work the same station on multiple occasions throughout the month<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You can use any antenna you like\u2014multi-band, single band, home brew, or commercial<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Download and complete an <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.services\/\/public\/events\/RSGB_Region_6_and_7_Challenge_submission_form2026.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>entry form<\/strong><\/a> and send it to Simon Taylor, MW0NWM at <strong>rr6@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong>\u00a0by 10 March 2026<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Certificates and Club Trophy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certificates will be awarded to the top station in each category.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a 7MHz Challenge Trophy for the RSGB affiliated club with the most QSOs submitted by its membership.<\/p>\n<p>Please don\u2019t forget to include your club name on the entry form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RSGB Regional Representatives in North and South Wales have launched a new challenge for this year. The 40 Metre Challenge encourages radio amateurs to make as many QSOs as possible on the 40m band between 1 and 28 February 2026. The event has six categories to enter, and is open to individual RSGB members living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44679","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\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44679"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44867,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44679\/revisions\/44867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}