AGCW Schlackertastenabend (STA)

Semi-automatic key ('bug') evening, 90 minutes twice a year. Entrants report which bug they used.

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

When it runs

Third Wednesday of February, and Third Wednesday of October

1900Z → 2030Z Wednesday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1900Z Wed 21 Oct → 2030Z Wed 21 Oct · 1h 30m2026
in 20 days
1900Z Wed 17 Feb → 2030Z Wed 17 Feb · 1h 30m2027
in 139 days
1900Z Wed 20 Oct → 2030Z Wed 20 Oct · 1h 30m2027
in 384 days
1900Z Wed 16 Feb → 2030Z Wed 16 Feb · 1h 30m2028
in 503 days
1900Z Wed 18 Oct → 2030Z Wed 18 Oct · 1h 30m2028
in 748 days
1900Z Wed 21 Feb → 2030Z Wed 21 Feb · 1h 30m2029
in 874 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 80m40m
Exchange: RST + running QSO number from 001 per year + type of bug used
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/sta: 'Termin: Jeden dritten Mittwoch im Februar und jeden dritten Mittwoch im Oktober von 1900 bis 2030 UTC. Nächster Termin: 21. Okt. 2026'.
Recorded caveats: AGCW's own 'nächster Termin: 21. Okt. 2026' is the independent check on the October leg -- the third Wednesday of October 2026 is indeed the 21st.

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

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