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May
2024
18:03

Calendar of shortwave competitions in FT8 and FT4 modes

7 May 2024 18:03

The article provides a list of shortwave competitions in the FT8 and FT4 digital modes.

Calendar of HF contests in FT8 and FT4 modes

No. Date and Time Title Modes Exchange General call
1 JANUARY
1 - New Year's Eve 00:00 - 01:00 UTC
AGB-NYSB - "NewYearsSnowBalls" Contest NEW YEARS SNOWBALLS FT8, FT4 Participants working FT4, FT8 conduct regular QSO, without numbers CQ TEST
2 JANUARY
3rd day off in January; Saturday 12:00 UTC - Sunday 11:59 UTC (24h)
PRO Digi Contest FT4 only 599 ME CQ PDC
or
CQ TEST
3 JANUARY
last Saturday; 07:00-09:00 UTC on the 40 and 20 meter bands in the following frequency bands 7043-7046 KHz and 14076-14079 KHz.
FT4 SPRINT quick workouts FT4 RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting with 001 CQ RU
4 FEBRUARY
20; 1400-2000 UTC
AGB-CIG Contest
Joint AGB + CIGA + BELOSTO)
any RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting with 001 CQ TEST
5 MARCH
third Monday; 18.00-20.59 UTC
BUCURESTI Digital FT4 RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting with 001 CQ BU
6 APRIL
20; 07:00-19:00 UTC
PACCdigi Contest FT8, FT4 RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting from 001 Radio amateurs from Holland: abbreviation of the province. For example: NH, ZH, ZL, NB, UT, FL, FR, GR, OV, DR, GD, LB; the rest - RS(T) and the QSO sequence number, starting with 001 CQ TEST
7 APRIL
last Saturday; 07:00 - 09:00 UTC on the 40 and 20 meter bands in the following frequency bands 7043-7046 KHz and 14076-14079 KHz.
FT4 SPRINT quick workouts FT4 RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting from 001 CQ RU
8 JUNE
1-2; 1800 UTC Saturday - 2359 UTC Sunday
ARRL Digital Contest Any types except RTTY WW locator - 4 characters For example KP40 CQ TEST

Example QSO FT8 / FT4:

CQ TEST N1SFE FN31

N1SFE W9SZ EN50

W9SZ N1SFE R FN31

N1SFE W9SZ RR73

W9SZ N1SFE 73
9 JULY
last Saturday; 07:00-09:00 UTC on 40 and 20 meters in the following frequency bands 7043-7046 KHz and 14076-14079 KHz
FT4 SPRINT quick workouts FT4 RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting from 001 CQ RU
11 SEPTEMBER
third Friday; 1600 - 1700 UT
AGB-NEMIGA Contest FT8, FT4, JT65, ... regular QSO without numbers repeats every 15 minutes CQ TEST
12 OCTOBER
last Saturday; 07:00-09:00 UTC on 40 and 20 meters in the following frequency bands 7043-7046 KHz and 14076-14079 KHz
FT4 SPRINT quick workouts FT4 RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting from 001 CQ RU
13 DECEMBER
third Friday; 1600 - 1700 UT
AGB-PARTY FT8, FT4 regular QSOs without numbers are allowed to be repeated CQ TEST

For detailed contest rules, please refer the links in the contest title.
I assume no responsibility for the accuracy and reliability of the information.
Source: qrz.ru -> Contests.



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