--- title: 'Calendar of shortwave competitions in FT8 and FT4 modes' url: 'https://ra1ahq.blog/en/kalendar-sorevnovanii-ft8-ft4-hf' markdown: 'https://ra1ahq.blog/en/kalendar-sorevnovanii-ft8-ft4-hf.md' lang: en date: '2024-05-07' description: 'The article provides a list of shortwave competitions in the FT8 and FT4 digital modes. Calend' taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - КВ - соревнования archives_month: - may_2024 archives_year: - '2024' --- # Calendar of shortwave competitions in FT8 and FT4 modes 7 May 2024 18:03 ### Calendar of shortwave competitions in FT8 and FT4 modes [КВ](https://ra1ahq.blog/en/tag:%D0%9A%D0%92), [соревнования](https://ra1ahq.blog/en/tag:%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F) 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](http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_nysb_rus.htm)** 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](http://www.procontestclub.ro/PDC%20Rules.html)** | 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](https://www.rdrclub.ru/ft4-sprint/)** | FT4 | RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting with **001** | **CQ RU** | | 4 | **FEBRUARY** 20; 1400-2000 UTC | **[AGB-CIG Contest](http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/contests.htm)** 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](https://yo3test201x.blogspot.com/)** | FT4 | RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting with **001** | **CQ BU** | | 6 | **APRIL** 20; 07:00-19:00 UTC | **[PACCdigi Contest](https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/traffic-bureau/hf-contesten/paccdigi-rules/)** | 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](https://www.rdrclub.ru/ft4-sprint/)** | 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](http://www.arrl.org/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](https://www.rdrclub.ru/ft4-sprint/)** | FT4 | RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting from 001 | **CQ RU** | | 11 | **SEPTEMBER** third Friday; 1600 - 1700 UT | **[AGB-NEMIGA Contest](http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_nemiga_rus.htm)** | 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](https://www.rdrclub.ru/ft4-sprint/)** | FT4 | RS(T) and QSO sequence number, starting from 001 | **CQ RU** | | 13 | **DECEMBER** third Friday; 1600 - 1700 UT | **[AGB-PARTY](https://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/61.html)** | 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. 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