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DARC VHF-/UHF-/SHF-Wettbewerb
Germany's three-times-a-year VHF/UHF/SHF contest: 24 hours in March, May and July, grid locators and serial numbers.
Rules at darc.deThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.
When it runs
Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)
- 1400Z → 1359Z the next day
Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.
The sponsor announces these dates a year at a time and there is no rule to derive, so this calendar holds only the years they have published: 2026.
Next runnings
The sponsor sets this date each year rather than by a rule, and has published through 2026. Years they have not announced are absent rather than guessed.
Operating
- Modes
- CWSSBFM
- Bands
- 2m70cm23cm13cm3cm
Sponsor lists 145 MHz, 435 MHz, 1.3, 2.3, 3.4, 5.7, 10, 24, 47, 76, 122, 134 and 245 GHz and above 300 GHz. Only 2m, 70cm, 23cm, 13cm and 3cm are recorded as tokens; 2.3 GHz is 13cm, 3.4 and 5.7 GHz and the millimetre bands have none.
- Exchange
- RS(T) + serial number from 001 per band + 6-character locator
- Logs
- EDI
- Who can enter
- Entry limited to DL. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.
'Teilnahmeberechtigt sind alle von einem Stationsstandort auf dem Staatsgebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus operierenden Amateurfunkstationen' -- stations in Germany enter; others may be worked.
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 2026-10-15.
- What the source says
darc.de UKW contest pages (index https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ukw/ukw-conteste/ 'Termine DARC UKW Conteste 2026'): March 2026-03-07 14:00 to 03-08 13:59 UTC (log 03-15), May 2026-05-02 to 05-03 (log 05-10), July 2026-07-04 to 07-05 (log 07-12). The March Ausschreibung was read in full; the May and July dates and clock come from the index table, not their own pages. Classes: Single Operator, Multi Operator, Trainee, Checklog; Low Power (100 W) and 6-hour classes on 145 and 435 MHz in the March edition. Read 2026-10-15.
- Recorded caveats
- DATES ARE STATED PER EDITION; THE SPONSOR PUBLISHES NO RECURRENCE RULE. Only the dates the sponsor has actually published are encoded (2026-03-07, 2026-05-02, 2026-07-04); a year it has not announced yields nothing rather than a guess. If a stated rule turns up, this record upgrades from manual. Only the 2026 Ausschreibung was read; earlier DARC years were not checked.
Something wrong? How to report it — a link to the sponsor's own page is all it takes.
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