SUNDAY CONTEST
Date: Every Sunday.
Time:
in winter 15:00 to 15:30 UTC during winter time (i.e. 16:00 to 16:30 SEC)
in summer 17:30 to 18:00 UTC during summer time (i.e. 19:30 to 20:00 SEC)
Mode: CW.
Stages:
The contest is run in two stages:
1st stage 17:30:00 – 17:44:59 UTC
2nd stage 17:45:00 – 17:59:59 CEST
1st stage 15:00:00 – 15:14:59 UTC
2nd stage 15:15:00 – 15:29:59 UTC (winter time)
The contest is run in two stages, which means that during the contest you may make another QSO with the same station in the second stage.
Contest categories:
up to 100 W output
up to 5 W output (Stations in this category add /Q after their callsign)
Exchange:
RSTNR, where NR is a three-digit serial number.
Contest frequency:
Within the range 3535 KHz to 3560,5 KHz.
Operation follows the SPRINT system:
A station that called CQ on the given frequency must, after making a QSO with another station, leave that frequency and retune elsewhere.
In this context, calling CQ also means ending the previous QSO and indicating that the station remains on frequency and expects to be called by another station.
Exception: a pileup station does not need to retune.
Scoring:
Each valid QSO counts 1 point.
QSO with a station operating up to 5W (/Q): 2 points.
QSO with a privileged station: 3 points.
QSO with a pileup station: 5 points.
The pileup itself is credited with 20 points in the long-term results table.
If a station does not submit a log, then that QSO is recognized only if
that callsign appears in the logs of other stations at least 3 times.
Multipliers:
none; the contest result is the simple sum of points.
Contest log:
Send logs from the new Sunday Contest pages
The QSO time must be given in UTC with an accuracy of plus or minus 1 minute.
Contest evaluation:
Logs are accepted until Monday 10:00 UTC
Results will be published on Monday after 14:00 UTC (16:00 local time).
Note:
The exchanged codes are the same as in the CQ WPX contest.
SWL - 🎧Listeners
For listening to both stations and correctly receiving both RST and NR, 1 point
awarded, and it does not matter whether the category is LOW, QRP, or PILEUP. Time +/- 1 minute given in UTC.
I will evaluate it without a scoring program.
SUNDAY CONTEST MEAT 010 Purpose of the contest:
To try out how well we can manage transmitting with a hand key.
Definition of a hand key:
One movement of the control produces only one make or break of the keyed circuit.
Electrical and mechanical semi-automatic keys, automatic CQ senders
and the use of computers are excluded. A computer may be used for logging,
but it must not key the transmitter!
Taken from the VRK website
Date: Sunday 16.8.2026
Time: The contest takes place from
17:30 to 18:00 UTC
19:30 to 20:00 local time
Mode: CW.
The contest is run in two stages:
1. stage 17:30:00 – 17:44:59 UTC
2. stage 17:45:00 – 17:59:59 UTC
Contest categories: 100 W power and 5 W
stations 5 W add /Q after their callsign.
Exchange: RST 599,
NR is the QSO number.
There will be no pileup station and no favored stations either.
Contest frequency: 3535 kHz to 3560,5 kHz.
Scoring: Each valid QSO counts 1 point, /Q 2 points.
If any station does not submit a log, then that QSO is counted only if
that callsign appears in the logs of other stations at least 3 times.
Time must be given in UTC with an accuracy of plus or minus 1 minute.
The first-place contestants in both categories will receive a small prize in Holice.
The condition is a hand key and attendance in Holice, or appointing someone
who will deliver the prize to the winner. If you do not have a hand key, you may transmit normally,
but you will not receive the prize. State in the comment that you used a hand key.
The contest is only for fun and will not be counted in other tables.
Send logs from the new Sunday Contest pages
These conditions apply only to NZM 010 on 16.8.2026