The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of "The Sports Page" column in the May-June 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
10-10 Int. Spring Sprint 0001Z May 5 2359Z May 6
ARI International DX Contest 1200Z May 5 1159Z May 6
7th Call Area QSO Party 1300Z May 5 0700Z May 6
Indiana QSO Party 1600Z May 5 0400Z May 6
Delaware QSO Party 1700Z May 5 2359Z May 6
New England QSO Party (Part 1) 2000Z May 5 0500Z May 6
New England QSO Party (Part 2) 1300Z May 6 2400Z May 6
VOLTA WW RTTY Contest 1200Z May 12 1200Z May 13
CQ-M International DX Contest 1200Z May 12 1200Z May 13
Arkansas QSO Party 1400Z May 12 0200Z May 13
FISTS Spring Sprint 1700Z May 12 2100Z May 12
50 MHz Sprint Sprint 2300Z May 12 0300 May 13
His Majesty King of Spain Contest, CW 1200Z May 19 1200Z May 20
CQ WW WPX Contest, CW 0000Z May 26 2359Z May 27
SEANET Contest 1200Z Jun 2 1200Z Jun 3
VK Shires Contest 0600Z Jun 9 0600Z Jun 10
Asia-Pacific Sprint, SSB 1100Z Jun 9 1300Z Jun 9
Portugal Day Contest 1200Z Jun 9 1159Z Jun 10
ARRL June VHF Contest 1800Z Jun 9 0300Z Jun 11
All Asian DX Contest, CW 0000Z Jun 16 2400Z Jun 17
His Majesty King of Spain Contest, SSB 1200Z Jun 23 1200Z Jun 24
Ukrainian DX DIGI Contest 1200Z Jun 23 1200Z Jun 24
ARRL Field Day 1800Z Jun 23 2100Z Jun 24
RAC Canada Day Contest 0000Z Jul 1 2359Z Jul 1
DL-DX RTTY Contest 1100Z Jul 7 1059Z Jul 8
Marconi Memorial HF Contest 1400Z Jul 7 1400Z Jul 8
IARU HF World Championship 1200Z Jul 14 1200Z Jul 15
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.