BARTG Sprint75 Contest

Four-hour 75-baud RTTY sprint. The September running was replaced by the PSK63 Sprint, so only the April event remains.

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

When it runs

Fourth Sunday of April

1700Z → 2059Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1700Z Sun 25 Apr → 2059Z Sun 25 Apr · 3h 59m2027
in 206 days
Logs due 2059Z Sun 2 May
1700Z Sun 23 Apr → 2059Z Sun 23 Apr · 3h 59m2028
in 570 days
Logs due 2059Z Sun 30 Apr
1700Z Sun 22 Apr → 2059Z Sun 22 Apr · 3h 59m2029
in 934 days
Logs due 2059Z Sun 29 Apr
1700Z Sun 28 Apr → 2059Z Sun 28 Apr · 3h 59m2030
in 1305 days
Logs due 2059Z Sun 5 May

Operating

Modes: RTTY RTTY 75 baud
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: Message number only (3 or 4 figures from 001)
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 Sprint75 rules PDF (2026 v1), PERIOD OF OPERATION: 'The contest runs on the fourth Sunday of April from 1700 UTC until 2059 UTC.' Cross-checked against BARTG's published schedules for 2027-2032 (25, 23, 22, 28, 27 and 25 April).
Recorded caveats: 'Fourth Sunday', not 'last Sunday': 2028 and 2029 both have five April Sundays and BARTG lists the fourth in each. Also note this is 75 baud RTTY, not the usual 45.45 baud.

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

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