{"id":45346,"date":"2026-02-06T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=45346"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:42:15","slug":"contest-news-8-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/contest-news\/2026\/02\/06\/contest-news-8-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest News \u2013 8 February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 8 February, the RSGB 432MHz Affiliated Societies Contest runs from 0900UTC to 1300UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, 10 February, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900UTC to 1955UTC. Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Tuesday, the RSGB 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000UTC to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 11 February, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity four-hour Contest runs from 1700UTC to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is report and four-character locator.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Wednesday, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity two-hour Contest runs from 1900UTC to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is report and four-character locator. Stations entering the four-hour contest may also enter the two-hour contest.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB 80m Club Championship runs from 2000UTC to 2130UTC on Wednesday. Using PSK63 and RTTY on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, 12 February, the RSGB 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000UTC to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 14 February, the Worked All Britain 1.8MHz Contest runs from 1900UTC to 2359UTC. Entries need to be with the contest manager by 24\u00a0February 2026. Please note that the contest will include SSB contacts only.<\/p>\n<p>To view the complete rules, visit the Worked All Britain website.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Saturday, the first RSGB 1.8MHz Contest runs from 2000UTC to 2300UTC. Using CW and SSB on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n<p>The CQ World Wide WPX RTTY Contest starts at 0000UTC on Saturday and ends at 2359UTC on Sunday, 15 February. Using RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n<p>The PACC Contest starts at 1200UTC on Saturday February and runs until 1200UTC on Sunday, 15 February. Using CW and SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. PA stations also send their province reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 8 February, the RSGB 432MHz Affiliated Societies Contest runs from 0900UTC to 1300UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday, 10 February, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900UTC to 1955UTC. Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45346","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\/20399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45347,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45346\/revisions\/45347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}