The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of "The Sports Page" column in the January-February 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
- SARTG New Year Contest, RTTY 0800Z Jan 1 to 1100Z Jan
- ARRL RTTY Roundup 1800Z Jan 7 to 2400Z Jan8
- North American QSO Party, CW 1800Z Jan 13 to 0600Z Jan 14
- Hungarian DX Contest 1200Z Jan 21 to 1200Z Jan 22
- North American QSO Party, SSB 1800Z Jan 20 to 0600Z Jan 21
- CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW 2200Z Jan 26 to 2159Z Jan 28
- REF Contest, CW 0600Z Jan 28 to 1800Z Jan 29
- BARTG RTTY Sprint 1200Z Jan 27 to 1200Z Jan 28
- UBA DX Contest SSB 1300Z Jan 28 to 1300Z Jan 29
- Winter Field Day 1700Z Jan 28 to 1700Z Jan 29
- Vermont QSO Party 0000Z Feb 3 to 2400Z Feb 4
- 10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB 0001Z Feb 3 to 2359Z Feb 4
- Minnesota QSO Party 1400Z Feb 3 to 2400Z Feb 3
- British Columbia QSO Party 1600Z Feb 3 to 0400Z Feb 4
- Mexico Int. Contest RTTY 1200Z Feb 3 to 2359Z Feb 4
- North American Sprint, CW 0000Z Feb 4 to 0400Z Feb 5
- CQ WW WPX Contest, RTTY 0000Z Feb 10 to 2400Z Feb 11
- Dutch PACC Contest 1200Z Feb 10 to 1200Z Feb 11
- FISTS Winter Unlimited Sprint 1700Z Feb 10 2100Z Feb 10
- ARRL Int. DX Contest, CW 0000Z Feb 17 to 2400Z Feb 18
- CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB 2200Z Feb 23 to 2200Z Feb 25
- REF Contest, SSB 0600Z Feb 24 to 1800Z Feb 25
- UBA DX Contest CW 1300Z Feb 24 to 1300Z Feb 25
- South Carolina QSO Party 1500Z Feb 24 to 0159Z Feb 25
- North Carolina QSO Party 1500Z Feb 25 to 0059Z Feb 26
- North American QSO Party RTTY 1800Z Feb 24 to 0600Z Feb 25
- ARRL Int. DX Contest, SSB 0000Z Mar 3 to 2400Z Mar 4
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. 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.