{"id":50740,"date":"2026-09-25T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=50740"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:56:28","slug":"contest-news-27-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/contest-news\/2026\/09\/25\/contest-news-27-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest News \u2013 27 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>CQ World Wide DX RTTY Contest<\/strong> started at 0000UTC yesterday, 26 September, and ends at 2359UTC today, 27\u00a0September.<\/p>\n<p>Using RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and CQ zone.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is in zone 14.<\/p>\n<p>Also today, 27 September, the <strong>UK Microwave Group High Band Contest<\/strong> runs from 0800 to 1700UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on 5.7 and 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 28 September, the <strong>RSGB FT4 Series Contest<\/strong> runs from 1900 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using FT4 on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 30 September, the <strong>United Kingdom and Ireland Contest Club 80m Contest<\/strong> runs from 2000 to 2100UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is your six-character locator.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Oceania DX SSB Contest<\/strong> starts at 0600UTC on Saturday, 3 October and ends at 0600UTC on Sunday, 4 October.<\/p>\n<p>Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 3 October, the <strong>RSGB 1.2GHz Trophy<\/strong> runs from 1400 to 2200UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Saturday, 3 October, the <strong>RSGB 2.3GHz Trophy<\/strong> runs from 1400 to 2200UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on the 13cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>RSGB and IARU October 432MHz to 245GHz Contests<\/strong> start at 1400UTC on Saturday, 3 October and end at 1400UTC on Sunday, 4 October.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on 432MHz to 245GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, 4 October, the <strong>UK Microwave Group Millimetre Band Contest<\/strong> runs from 0800 to 1700UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Using all modes on 24 to 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CQ World Wide DX RTTY Contest started at 0000UTC yesterday, 26 September, and ends at 2359UTC today, 27\u00a0September. Using RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and CQ zone. The UK is in zone 14. Also today, 27 September, the UK Microwave Group High Band [&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-50740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50740","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=50740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50741,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50740\/revisions\/50741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}