DARC CW-Ausbildungscontest unverified

One hour of slow CW for learners, four times a year on the second Tuesday of March, June, September and December.

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

These dates have not been checked against DARC'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

Second Tuesday of March, June, September and December

1800Z → 1859Z Tuesday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1800Z Tue 8 Dec → 1859Z Tue 8 Dec · 59m2026
in 68 days
1800Z Tue 9 Mar → 1859Z Tue 9 Mar · 59m2027
in 159 days
1800Z Tue 8 Jun → 1859Z Tue 8 Jun · 59m2027
in 250 days
1800Z Tue 14 Sep → 1859Z Tue 14 Sep · 59m2027
in 348 days
1800Z Tue 14 Dec → 1859Z Tue 14 Dec · 59m2027
in 439 days
1800Z Tue 14 Mar → 1859Z Tue 14 Mar · 59m2028
in 530 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: not read off the sponsor's page yet — so every band filter on the schedule hides this contest
Exchange: not recorded yet
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
DARC welcomes CW newcomers and asks experienced operators to take part as QSO partners; no participation clause has been read.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: unverified — these dates have not yet been checked against DARC's own page. Treat the sponsor's rules as authoritative.
What the source says: darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/cwa/darc-cw-ausbildungscontest/, DARC's own page for the series: it runs '1-mal im Quartal' -- once a quarter -- and 'reiht sich vom Termin her in die anderen neuen DARC Kurzconteste (RTTY, FT4) ein', aligning with the other new DARC short contests. Speeds are moderate, 'around 12 WPM and potentially extending to 22-24 WPM', with extended character spacing for learners. Dates and times from DARC's own 'Termine DARC KW Conteste 2026' table at darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-kw-conteste/kw-conteste/: 10.03.2026, 09.06.2026, 08.09.2026 and 08.12.2026, each 1800-1859 UTC. Checked 2026-08-23.
Recorded caveats: IT COMPLETES A PATTERN DARC DESCRIBES BUT DOES NOT SPELL OUT. Their three short contests take one month of each quarter in turn, all on a Tuesday evening: the RTTY-Kurzcontest in months 1/4/7/10, the FT4 Contest in 2/5/8/11, and this one in 3/6/9/12. All four of DARC's published dates are the SECOND TUESDAY of those months. That is what 'reiht sich vom Termin her in die anderen ... ein' means, and the arithmetic confirms it rather than assuming it. VERIFIED FALSE because the page that describes the series is prose about teaching CW rather than an Ausschreibung: no bands, no exchange, no deadline. BANDS ARE UNRECORDED, so every band filter excludes this record. WHERE THE BANDS WOULD HAVE BEEN: Not stated on the page that describes the series. That sentence sits here rather than in bands_note, because bands_note is for a sponsor's own wording ABOUT a band list and must never stand in for one -- a test enforces it, and it caught this.

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