DARC Hell Contest

Nineteen hours of Feld-Hell on 80 and 40 m over the first October weekend, one of the few contests for the mode.

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

When it runs

First full weekend of October

1600Z Saturday → 1059Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1600Z Sat 3 Oct → 1059Z Sun 4 Oct · 18h 59m2026
in 2 days
Logs due 1059Z Sun 11 Oct
1600Z Sat 2 Oct → 1059Z Sun 3 Oct · 18h 59m2027
in 366 days
Logs due 1059Z Sun 10 Oct
1600Z Sat 7 Oct → 1059Z Sun 8 Oct · 18h 59m2028
in 737 days
Logs due 1059Z Sun 15 Oct
1600Z Sat 6 Oct → 1059Z Sun 7 Oct · 18h 59m2029
in 1101 days
Logs due 1059Z Sun 14 Oct
1600Z Sat 5 Oct → 1059Z Sun 6 Oct · 18h 59m2030
in 1465 days
Logs due 1059Z Sun 13 Oct

Operating

Modes: Digital Hell
Bands: 80m40m
80 m: 3.580-3.600 MHz; 40 m: 7.040-7.050 MHz.
Exchange: RST plus a serial number from 001.
Logs: due 7 days after the end
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
Transmitting stations and SWLs; no entity restriction is stated.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off DARC's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-23.
What the source says: darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/, DARC's own Ausschreibung. Recurrence in their words: 'Oktober, erstes vollstaendiges Wochenende' -- October, first complete weekend. Bands: '80m: 3,580 MHz - 3,600 MHz und 40m: 7,040 MHz - 7,050 MHz'. Mode: 'HELL'. Exchange: 'RST + Seriennummer ab 001'. Two categories, transmitting stations and SWLs. Deadline: 'eine Woche nach dem Wettbewerb'. Times from DARC's own 'Termine DARC KW Conteste 2026' table at darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-kw-conteste/kw-conteste/: 03./04.10.2026, 1600-1059 UTC. Checked 2026-08-23.
Recorded caveats: THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date. Feld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.

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