{"id":50244,"date":"2026-09-04T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=50244"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:21:06","slug":"contest-news-6-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/contest-news\/2026\/09\/04\/contest-news-6-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest News \u2013 6 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

RSGB SSB Field Day<\/strong>, IARU Region 1 Field Day<\/strong> and IRTS SSB Field Day<\/strong> started at 1300UTC yesterday,5 September, and ends at 1300UTC today, 6\u00a0September.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

The RSGB 144MHz Trophy Contest<\/strong> started at 1400UTC yesterday, 5 September, and ends at 1400UTC today, 6\u00a0September.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

The All Asian DX Contest<\/strong> started at 0000UTC yesterday, 5 September, and ends at 2359UTC today, 6\u00a0September.<\/p>\n

Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and your age.<\/p>\n

Today, 6 September, the RSGB 5th<\/sup> 144MHz Backpackers Contest<\/strong> runs from 1000 to 1400UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, 7 September, the RSGB Autumn Series SSB Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2030UTC.<\/p>\n

Using SSB on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday 8 September, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest<\/strong> runs from 1800 to 1855UTC.<\/p>\n

Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

Also on Tuesday, 8 September, the RSGB 432MHz UK Activity Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2130UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, 9 September,\u00a0the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity four-hour Contest<\/strong> runs from 1700 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n

Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is report and four-character locator.<\/p>\n

Also on Wednesday, 9 September, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity two-hour Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n

Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is report and four-character locator.<\/p>\n

Stations entering the four-hour contest may also enter the two-hour contest.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, 10 September, the RSGB 50MHz UK Activity Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2130UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

The Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest<\/strong> starts at 0000UTC on Saturday, 12 September and ends at 2359UTC on Sunda, 13\u00a0September.<\/p>\n

Using SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, 13 September, the UK Microwave Group Millimetre Band Contest<\/strong> runs from 0800 to 1700UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on 24 to 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, 13 September, the IRTS 70cm Counties Contest<\/strong> runs from 1300 to 1330UTC.<\/p>\n

Using SSB and FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. EI and GI stations also give their county.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, 13 September, the IRTS 2m Counties Contest<\/strong> runs from 1300 to 1500UTC.<\/p>\n

Using SSB and FM on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. EI and GI stations also give their county.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, 13 September, the Practical Wireless 70MHz Contest<\/strong> runs from 1200 to 1600UTC.<\/p>\n

Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RSGB SSB Field Day, IARU Region 1 Field Day and IRTS SSB Field Day started at 1300UTC yesterday,5 September, and ends at 1300UTC today, 6\u00a0September. Using all modes on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The RSGB 144MHz Trophy Contest started at 1400UTC yesterday, […]<\/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-50244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50244","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=50244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50246,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50244\/revisions\/50246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}