AGCW Handtastenparty 40m (HTP)

The 40 m running of the straight-key party, three hours on the first Saturday of September.

Rules at agcw.deThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

First Saturday of September

1300Z → 1600Z Saturday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1300Z Sat 4 Sep → 1600Z Sat 4 Sep · 3h2027
in 338 days
1300Z Sat 2 Sep → 1600Z Sat 2 Sep · 3h2028
in 702 days
1300Z Sat 1 Sep → 1600Z Sat 1 Sep · 3h2029
in 1066 days
1300Z Sat 7 Sep → 1600Z Sat 7 Sep · 3h2030
in 1437 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 40m
Exchange: RST + running 3-digit QSO number from 001 + class + name + age
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
This contest's AGCW page states no entrant clause. AGCW's other contests say 'Teilnehmen können alle Funkamateure' and nothing here restricts entry, so worldwide is the strong reading -- but it is a reading, not a quote.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off AGCW-DL's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-12.
What the source says: agcw.de/contest/htp: 'Handtastenparty 40m: Jährlich am ersten Samstag im September vom 13:00 bis 16:00 UTC, nächster Termin: 5. September 2026'.

Something wrong? How to report it — a link to the sponsor's own page is all it takes.

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