2026 WHY CW ... IT's the BEST
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listen for my CW beacon on 28.223.5
please try to LISTEN TO 146.52 (simplex) more often
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| WAE DX Contest, RTTY: 0000Z, Nov 14 to 2359Z, Nov 15 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | RTTY | |
| Bands: | 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op (High/Low) Multi-Op SWL | |
| Max operating hours: | Single Op: 36 hours, off times of at least 60 minutes Multi-Single: 48 hours | |
| Max power: | HP: >100 Watts LP: 100 Watts | |
| Exchange: | RST + Serial No. | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | (see rules) | |
| Submit logs by: | 2359Z November 23, 2026 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Upload log at: | https://dxhf2.darc.de/~waerttylog/upload.cgi?form=referat&lang=en | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/wae-dx-contest/en/ | |
| PODXS 070 Club Triple Play Low Band Sprint: 0000Z, Nov 14 to 2359Z, Nov 16 | ||
| Status: | Active historically, but unconfirmed | |
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | PSK31 | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40m | |
| Classes: | HP/MP/LP/QRP | |
| Max operating hours: | 6 hrs per UTC day | |
| Max power: | HP: 100 watts MP: 50 watts LP: 25 watts QRP: 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | RST + (state/province/country) | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO on 40m 2 points per QSO on 80m 3 points per QSO on 160m | |
| Multipliers: | Each state, province and DXCC country once only | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 23, 2026 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Upload log at: | http://hamclubs.info/scorer/ | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.podxs070.com/o7o-club-sponsored-contests/triple-play-low-band-sprint | |
| JIDX Phone Contest: 0700Z, Nov 14 to 1300Z, Nov 15 | ||
| Status: | Active historically, but unconfirmed | |
| Geographic Focus: | Japan | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | SSB | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op All Band (Low/High) Single Op Single Band (Low/High) Multi-Single Multi-Two Maritime Mobile | |
| Max power: | HP: >100W LP: 100W | |
| Exchange: | JA: RST + Prefecture No. non-JA: RST + CQ Zone No. | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 4 points per JA-DX QSO on 160m 2 points per JA-DX QSO on 80m 1 points per JA-DX QSO on 40, 20, 15m 2 points per JA-DX QSO on 10m | |
| Multipliers: | JA Stations: DXCC countries and CQ zones once per band non-JA Stations: JA prefectures plus JD1/O, JD1/MT, JD1/OT once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | December 15, 2026 | |
| E-mail logs to: | ph[at]jidx[dot]org | |
| Upload log at: | http://www.jidx.org/upload/uplog.html | |
| Mail logs to: | JIDX Phone Contest P.O.Box 22, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8799 Japan | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html | |
| SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: 1200Z, Nov 14 to 2400Z, Nov 15 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Awards: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m | |
| Classes: | Single Op (QRP/Low/High) Multi-Op | |
| Exchange: | RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./"NONE") | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO Bonus Points: (see rules) | |
| Multipliers: | Each state, province, or country once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points | |
| Submit logs by: | 2359Z November 22, 2026 | |
| Post log summary at: | https://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/submit-display.php | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/ | |
| OK/OM DX Contest, CW: 1200Z, Nov 14 to 1200Z, Nov 15 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | OK/OL/OM | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Single Band Multi-Single Multi-Two SWL | |
| Max power: | HP: 1500 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | OK/OM: RST + county non-OK/OM: RST + Serial No. | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | OK/OM-Station: 2 points per QSO with same country OK/OM-Station: 3 points per QSO with different country, same continent OK/OM-Station: 5 points per QSO with different continent Non-OK/OM-Station: 10 points per QSO with OK/OM station Non-OK/OM-Station: 1 point per QSO with same country Non-OK/OM-Station: 3 points per QSO with different country, same continent Non-OK/OM-Station: 5 points per QSO with different continent | |
| Multipliers: | Each OK/OM county once per band Each country once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | 2359Z November 22, 2026 | |
| Upload log at: | http://okomdx.crk.cz/index.php?page=send-log | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://okomdx.crk.cz/index.php?page=CW-rules-english | |
| CQ-WE Contest: 1900Z-2300Z, Nov 14 (CW/Digital) and 0100Z-0500Z, Nov 15 (Phone) and 1900Z-2300Z, Nov 15 (Phone) and 0100Z-0500Z, Nov 16 (CW/Digital) | ||
| Status: | Active historically, but unconfirmed | |
| Mode: | CW, Phone, Digital | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2, 432 MHz | |
| Classes: | Single Op | |
| Exchange: | Name + Location Code (see rules) + Years of Service (see rules) | |
| Work stations: | Once per band per mode | |
| QSO Points: | Points equal to years of service received in exchange for each QSO | |
| Multipliers: | Each location code once per mode | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = sum of (total QSO points x total mults) for each mode | |
| Submit logs by: | December 1, 2026 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (see rules) | |
| Mail logs to: | (see rules) | |
| Find rules at: | https://w8zpf.com/cqwe/ | |
| AWA Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party: 2300Z, Nov 14 to 0300Z, Nov 16 and 2300Z, Nov 21 to 0300Z, Nov 23 | ||
| Status: | Active historically, but unconfirmed | |
| Geographic Focus: | United States | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20m | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Max power: | 25 watts input | |
| Exchange: | RST + Name + QTH + Eqpt Year + Transmitter Type (see rules for format) + Input Power(W) | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO | |
| Multipliers: | (none) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points | |
| Submit logs by: | December 15, 2026 | |
| E-mail logs to: | wb7whg[at]arrl[dot]net | |
| Mail logs to: | Dave Parker 1107 NW 15th St Bend, OR 97703 USA | |
| Find rules at: | https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/bk-qso-party-details/ | |
Thanks to WA7BNM
