BARTG January Sprint Contest

When it runs

Fourth full weekend of January

• 1200Z Saturday → 1159Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1. 1200Z Sat 23 Jan → 1159Z Sun 24 Jan · 23h 59m2027

   in 114 days

   Logs due 1159Z Sun 31 Jan

2. 1200Z Sat 22 Jan → 1159Z Sun 23 Jan · 23h 59m2028

   in 478 days

   Logs due 1159Z Sun 30 Jan

3. 1200Z Sat 27 Jan → 1159Z Sun 28 Jan · 23h 59m2029

   in 849 days

   Logs due 1159Z Sun 4 Feb

4. 1200Z Sat 26 Jan → 1159Z Sun 27 Jan · 23h 59m2030

   in 1213 days

   Logs due 1159Z Sun 3 Feb

Operating

Modes

RTTY

Bands

80m40m20m15m10m

Exchange

Message number only (3 or 4 figures from 001) -- no RST, to shorten the QSO

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 Sprint rules PDF, PERIOD OF OPERATION: 'The contest runs on the fourth full weekend of January from 1200 UTC on the Saturday to 1159 UTC on the Sunday.' Cross-checked against BARTG's published schedules for 2027-2032 (23, 22, 27, 26, 25 and 24 January).

Recorded caveats

January is the month where 'full weekend' bites hardest: 2032 has five January Saturdays but only four full weekends, and BARTG's own table gives 24 January 2032 -- the fourth full weekend, not the fourth Saturday.

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

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