AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) unverified

Weekly Monday-evening telegram-copying activity on 3.563 kHz, scored as a year-long merit tally rather than a single contest.

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

These dates have not been checked against AGCW-DL's own published rules yet. They are computed from the rule below, which is what the catalog holds — but the sponsor's page wins.

When it runs

Every Monday

1740Z → 1830Z Monday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1740Z Mon 5 Oct → 1830Z Mon 5 Oct · 50m2026
in 4 days
1740Z Mon 12 Oct → 1830Z Mon 12 Oct · 50m2026
in 11 days
1740Z Mon 19 Oct → 1830Z Mon 19 Oct · 50m2026
in 18 days
1740Z Mon 26 Oct → 1830Z Mon 26 Oct · 50m2026
in 25 days
1740Z Mon 2 Nov → 1830Z Mon 2 Nov · 50m2026
in 32 days
1740Z Mon 9 Nov → 1830Z Mon 9 Nov · 50m2026
in 39 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 80m
Exchange: Callsign + date + time + RST (SWLs log RST of both stations in a QSO)
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
agcw.de: 'Teilnehmen können alle Funkamateure und SWLs.'

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: unverified — these dates have not yet been checked against AGCW-DL's own page. Treat the sponsor's rules as authoritative.
What the source says: agcw.de/contest/tzap: 'Termin: jeden Montag, Vorloggen ab 1740 UTC, Telegrammsendung 1800 UTC.' Ziel: 'Hören und Bestätigen von Telegrammsendungen auf 3.563 kHz (80m-Band). Teilnehmen können alle Funkamateure und SWLs.'
Recorded caveats: PARTLY UNVERIFIED. The recurrence (every Monday), the 1740 UTC pre-logging opening and the 1800 UTC telegram transmission are all quoted from AGCW. AGCW publishes NO closing time. The 1830 end stored here is a PLACEHOLDER so the record expands -- it is not a sponsor fact and must not be presented as one. Confirm the session length with the ZMC manager before shipping. Points accumulate over a calendar year; logs are due 31 January of the following year.

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

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