EU PSK DX Contest

The European PSK Club's BPSK63 contest: 24 hours on the third weekend of May, EU stations sending an area code.

Rules at eupsk.clubThe 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)

1200Z → 1200Z 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: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029.

Next runnings

1200Z Sat 15 May → 1200Z Sun 16 May · 24h2027
in 210 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 21 May
1200Z Sat 20 May → 1200Z Sun 21 May · 24h2028
in 581 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 26 May
1200Z Sat 19 May → 1200Z Sun 20 May · 24h2029
in 945 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 25 May

Operating

Modes: DigitalBPSK63
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
Sponsor suggests segments around x.070-x.080 MHz (3.580-3.590 on 80 m).
Exchange: EU stations send RST + EU area code (e.g. 599 NOTMSE); DX stations send RST + serial number from 001
Logs: Cabrillo · due 5 days after the end
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
Sponsor: open to amateurs worldwide; EU and DX are entrant groups.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off European PSK Club's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-10-15.
What the source says: eupsk.club rules PDF: 22nd 12:00 UTC 17.05.2025 to 12:00 UTC 18.05.2025; 23rd 16-17.05.2026; 24th 15-16.05.2027; 25th 20-21.05.2028; 26th 19-20.05.2029. BPSK63 (Cabrillo 'PM'). Categories SO-100 and SO-005; groups EU and DX. Cabrillo upload at ua9qcq.com/submit_log.php 'no later than 5 days after the contest ends'. Open to amateurs worldwide. 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 (2025-05-17, 2026-05-16, 2027-05-15, 2028-05-20, 2029-05-19); a year it has not announced yields nothing rather than a guess. If a stated rule turns up, this record upgrades from manual. The sponsor lists the 22nd to 26th editions; each falls on the third weekend of May, but only the dates are stated.

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

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