CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Worldwide RTTY contest scored on prefixes worked: every different callsign prefix counts once, on any band, so the multiplier grows all weekend rather than saturating.

Rules at cqwpxrtty.comThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Second full weekend of February

0000Z Saturday → 2359Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0000Z Sat 13 Feb → 2359Z Sun 14 Feb · 47h 59m2027
in 134 days
Logs due 2359Z Tue 16 Feb
0000Z Sat 12 Feb → 2359Z Sun 13 Feb · 47h 59m2028
in 498 days
Logs due 2359Z Tue 15 Feb
0000Z Sat 10 Feb → 2359Z Sun 11 Feb · 47h 59m2029
in 862 days
Logs due 2359Z Tue 13 Feb
0000Z Sat 9 Feb → 2359Z Sun 10 Feb · 47h 59m2030
in 1226 days
Logs due 2359Z Tue 12 Feb

Operating

Modes: RTTY
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
Only the 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 MHz bands may be used
Exchange: RST report plus a progressive contact serial number starting with 001
Power categories: High Power 1500 WLow Power 100 WQRP 5 W
Logs: Cabrillo · due 2 days after the end · cqwpxrtty.com
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
CQ WPX RTTY rules I: 'For amateurs world wide to contact as many amateurs and prefixes as possible during the period of operation.'

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off CQ Magazine's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-16.
What the source says: cqwpxrtty.com states the period ('Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday') and the year's dates ('February 14-15, 2026') but no recurrence rule. Second full weekend of February -- equivalently the second Saturday, which in February is always a full weekend -- reproduces all eleven CQ-published runnings 2016-2026, each read from that year's archived rules PDF on cqwpxrtty.com. Verified 2026-08-16.
Recorded caveats: CQ's own WPX_RTTY_Rules_2025_en.pdf is headed 'February 10-11, 2024' -- those were the 2024 dates. The same PDF's log deadline (2359 UTC February 14, 2025) puts the 2025 running on February 8-9, which is what this record generates.

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

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