The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the January-February 2017 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
- SARTG New Year RTTY Contest 0800Z Jan 1 1100Z Jan 1
- ARRL RTTY Roundup 1800Z Jan 2 2400Z Jan 3
- NA QSO Party CW 1800Z Jan 9 0600Z Jan 10
- NAQCC Sprint CW 0130Z Jan 19 0330Z Jan 19
- Hungarian DX Contest 1200Z Jan 21 1200Z Jan 22
- NA QSO Party SSB 1800Z Jan 21 0600Z Jan 22
- ARRL January VHF Contest 1900Z Jan21 0400Z Jan 23
- NAQCC Sprint CW 0130Z Jan 25 0330Z Jan 25
- CQ 160-Meter Contest CW 2200Z Jan 27 2200Z Jan 29
- Montana QSO Party 0000Z Jan 28 2400Z Jan 28
- REF Contest CW 0600z Jan28 1800Z Jan 29
- BARTG RTTY Sprint 1200Z Jan 28 1200Z Jan 29
- UBA DX Contest SSB 1900Z Jan 28 1300Z Jan 29
- Vermont QSO Party 0000Z Feb 4 2400Z Feb 5
- 10-10 Int. Winter Contest SSB 0001Z Feb 4 2359Z Feb 5
- Minnesota QSO Party 1400Z Feb 4 2400Z Feb 4
- British Columbia QSO Party 1600Z Feb 4 0400Z Feb 5
- Mexico Int. Contest RTTY 1800Z Feb 4 1759Z Feb 5
- North American Sprint CW 0000Z Feb 5 0400Z Feb 5
- CQ WW WPX Contest RTTY 0000Z Feb 11 2400Z Feb 12
- Dutch PACC Contest 1200Z Feb11 1200Z Feb 12
- FISTS Winter Unlimited Sprint 1700Z Feb 11 2100Z Feb 11
- ARRL School Club Roundup 1300Z, Feb 13 to 2359Z Feb 17
- ARRL Int. DX Contest CW 0000Z Feb 18 2400Z Feb 19
- CQ 160-Meter Contest SSB 2200Z Feb 24 2200Z Feb 26
- REF Contest SSB 0600Z Feb 25 1800Z Feb 26
- UBA DX Contest CW 1300Z Feb25 1300Z Feb 26
- South Carolina QSO Party 1400Z Feb 25 0059Z Feb 26
- North Carolina QSO Party 1500Z Feb 26 0059Z Feb 27
- North American QSO Party RTTY 1800Z Feb 25 0600Z Feb 26
- ARRL Int. DX Contest SSB 0000Z Mar 4 2400Z Mar 5
Note: In the above chart an * indicates Local Time.
For more contest information check out these sites:
- https://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/
- https://www.contesting.com
- https://www.sk3bg.se/contest/
- https://www.arrl.org/contests/
- https://www.arrl.org/contests/calendar.html
- https://www.arrl.org/dxcc
- https://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/index_cq_contests.html
Note: The “Contest Calendar” is presented as a guide only. RAC and TCA do not necessarily endorse or support any of the contests or the accuracy of the information. Bands: The 30, 17 and 12m bands are never used in any contest.