AGCW VHF/UHF Contest

AGCW's CW-only VHF/UHF activity contest: three hours on 2 m followed immediately by one hour on 70 cm, four times a year.

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

When it runs

January 1, every year, and Third Saturday of March, and Second Saturday of June, and Fourth Saturday of September

1400Z → 1700Zsession 1
1700Z → 1800Zsession 2

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

2 sessions run off the one anchor day; each is a separate running with its own log.

Next runnings

1400Z Fri 1 Jan → 1700Z Fri 1 Jan · 3h2027
in 92 days
1700Z Fri 1 Jan → 1800Z Fri 1 Jan · 1h2027
in 92 days
1400Z Sat 20 Mar → 1700Z Sat 20 Mar · 3h2027
in 170 days
1700Z Sat 20 Mar → 1800Z Sat 20 Mar · 1h2027
in 170 days
1400Z Sat 12 Jun → 1700Z Sat 12 Jun · 3h2027
in 254 days
1700Z Sat 12 Jun → 1800Z Sat 12 Jun · 1h2027
in 254 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 2m70cm
Exchange: RST + running number + locator
Power categories: A 5 WB 50 WC
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
agcw.de: 'Teilnehmen können alle Funkamateure.'

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/vhf-uhf: 'Termine: Jährlich 1. Januar, 3. Samstag im März, 2. Samstag im Juni, 4. Samstag im September, jeweils auf den Bändern 2m/70cm: VHF von 14.00 bis 17.00 UTC auf 2m (144 MHz) und UHF von 17.00 bis 18.00 UTC auf 70cm (432 MHz).'
Recorded caveats: Four dates a year, each with two back-to-back sessions on different bands: the first session is 2 m only, the second 70 cm only. Encoded as two sessions off one anchor, so eight occurrences a year. The per-session band split is not expressible in the current schema -- both bands are listed at contest level.

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