{"id":46823,"date":"2026-04-02T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=46823"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:33:21","slug":"contest-news-5-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/contest-news\/2026\/04\/02\/contest-news-5-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest News \u2013 5 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>SP DX CW and SSB Contest<\/strong> started at 1500UTC yesterday, 4 April, and ends at 1500UTC today, 5 April.<\/p>\n<p>Using CW and SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n<p>Polish stations also send their province code.<\/p>\n<p>Today, 5 April, <strong>The UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest<\/strong> runs from 0900 to 1400UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on 1.3 to 3.4GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, 7 April, the <strong>RSGB 144MHz FM Activity Contest<\/strong> runs from 1800 to 1855UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using FM on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Tuesday, the <strong>RSGB 144MHz UK Activity Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2130UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 8 April, the <strong>RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity four-hour Contest<\/strong> runs from 1700 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is report and four-character locator.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Wednesday, the <strong>RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity two-hour Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n<p>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>On Thursday, 9 April, the <strong>RSGB 50MHz UK Activity<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2130UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>RSGB FT4 International Activity Day<\/strong> starts at 1200UTC on Saturday, 11 April, and ends at 1200UTC on Sunday, 12 April.<\/p>\n<p>Using FT4 on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SP DX CW and SSB Contest started at 1500UTC yesterday, 4 April, and ends at 1500UTC today, 5 April. Using CW and SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Polish stations also send their province code. Today, 5 April, The UK Microwave [&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-46823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46823","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=46823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46824,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46823\/revisions\/46824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}