BARTG HF RTTY Contest

48-hour RTTY contest with the emphasis on accuracy -- the exchange includes the time of the QSO, which is checked. Round two of BARTG's four-contest Single Operator Championship.

Rules at bartg.org.ukThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Third full weekend of March

0200Z Saturday → 0159Z Monday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0200Z Sat 20 Mar → 0159Z Mon 22 Mar · 47h 59m2027
in 169 days
Logs due 0159Z Mon 29 Mar
0200Z Sat 18 Mar → 0159Z Mon 20 Mar · 47h 59m2028
in 533 days
Logs due 0159Z Mon 27 Mar
0200Z Sat 17 Mar → 0159Z Mon 19 Mar · 47h 59m2029
in 897 days
Logs due 0159Z Mon 26 Mar
0200Z Sat 16 Mar → 0159Z Mon 18 Mar · 47h 59m2030
in 1261 days
Logs due 0159Z Mon 25 Mar

Operating

Modes: RTTY
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: RST + message number (3 or 4 figures from 001) + time in UTC
Logs: Cabrillo · due 7 days after the end
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
BARTG's rules documents define classes, bands and scoring but state no entrant restriction. Worldwide is the strong reading -- BARTG runs an international RTTY series and logs go to the RSGB robot -- 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 BARTG's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-12.
What the source says: bartg.org.uk HF RTTY rules PDF, PERIOD OF OPERATION: 'The contest runs on the third full weekend of March from 0200 UTC on Saturday until 0159 UTC on the Monday.' Cross-checked against BARTG's own published schedules for 2027-2032 (20 Mar 2027, 18 Mar 2028, 17 Mar 2029, 16 Mar 2030, 15 Mar 2031, 20 Mar 2032).

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

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