The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the November-December 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
WAE DX Contest, RTTY 0000Z, Nov 10 2359Z, Nov 11
JIDX Phone Contest 0700Z, Nov 10 1300Z, Nov 11
OK/OM DX Contest, CW 1200Z, Nov 10 1200Z, Nov 11
WAE DX Contest, RTTY 0000Z, Nov 10 2359Z, Nov 11
JIDX Phone Contest 0700Z, Nov 10 1300Z, Nov 11
OK/OM DX Contest, CW 1200Z, Nov 10 1200Z, Nov 11
LZ DX Contest 1200Z, Nov 17 1200Z, Nov 18
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB 2100Z, Nov 17 0300Z, Nov 19
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 24 2400Z, Nov 25
ARRL 160-Meter Contest 2200Z, Nov 30 1600Z, Dec 2
Ten-Meter RTTY Contest 0000Z, Dec 2 2400Z, Dec 2
ARRL 10-Meter Contest 0000Z, Dec 8 2359Z, Dec 9
OK DX RTTY Contest 0000Z, Dec 15 2400Z, Dec 15
Croatian CW Contest 0000Z, Dec 15 2400Z, Dec 15
RAEM Contest 0000Z, Dec 23 1159Z, Dec 23
DARC Christmas Contest 0830Z, Dec 26 1059Z, Dec 26
RAC Winter Contest 0000Z, Dec 29 2359Z, Dec 29
Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Dec 29 1500Z, Dec 30
SARTG New Year RTTY Contest 0800Z, Jan 1 1100Z, Jan
ARRL RTTY Roundup 1800Z, Jan 5 2400Z, Jan 6
North American QSO Party, CW 1800Z, Jan 12 0600Z, Jan 13
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.