The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of "The Sports Page" column in the July-August 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
FISTS Summer Sprint 0000Z Jul 14 0400Z Jul 14
IARU HF World Championship 1200Z Jul 14 1200Z Jul 15
DMC RTTY Contest 1200Z Jul 21 1200Z Jul 22
North American QSO Party, RTTY 1800Z Jul 21 0600Z Jul 22
CQ Worldwide VHF Contest 1800Z Jul 21 2100Z Jul 22
RSGB IOTA Contest 1200Z Jul 28 1200Z Jul 29
10-10 Int. Summer Contest, SSB 0001Z Aug 4 2359Z Aug 5
European HF Championship 1200Z Aug 4 2359Z Aug 4
North American QSO Party, CW 1800Z Aug 4 0600Z Aug 5
WAE DX Contest, CW 0000Z Aug 11 2359Z Aug 12
Maryland-DC QSO Party 1600Z Aug 11 2400Z Aug 12
SARTG WW RTTY Contest 0000Z Aug 18 1600Z Aug 19
ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest 0600* Aug 18 2400* Aug 19
North American QSO Party, SSB 1800Z Aug 18 0600Z Aug 19
ARRL Rookie Roundup, RTTY 1800Z Aug 19 2359Z Aug 19
Hawaii QSO Party 0700Z Aug 25 2200Z Aug 26
YO DX HF Contest 1200Z Aug 25 1200Z Aug 26
SCC RTTY Championship 1200Z Aug 25 1159Z Aug 26
Kansas QSO Party (Part 1) 1400Z Aug 25 0200Z Aug 26
Kansas QSO Party (Part 2) 1400Z Aug 26 2000Z Aug 26
Ohio QSO Party 1600Z Aug 25 0400Z Aug 26
CQOps CW Open, Session 1 0000Z Sep 1 0359Z Sep 1
CQOps CW Open, Session 2 1200Z Sep 1 1559Z Sep 1
CQOps CW Open, Session 3 2000Z Sep 1 2059Z Sep 1
All Asian DX Contest, Phone 0000Z Sep 1 2400Z Sep 2
Colorado QSO Party 1300Z Sep 1 0400Z Sep 2
Alabama QSO Party 1500Z Sep 1 0300Z Sep 2
Tennessee QSO Party 1800Z Sep 2 0300Z Sep 3
MI QRP Labour Day CW Sprint 2300Z Sep 3 0300Z Sep 4
WAE DX Contest, SSB 0000Z Sep 8 2359Z Sep 9
ARRL September VHF Contest 1800Z Sep 8 0300Z Sep 10
Note: In the above chart an * indicates Local Time. For more contest information check out these sites: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/; http://www.contesting.com; http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/; http://www.arrl.org/contests/; http://www.arrl.org/contests/calendar.html;
http://www.arrl.org/dxcc; http://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.