YO DX HF Contest

Romania's DX contest over the fourth full weekend of August. YO counties are the multiplier, and YO-to-YO contacts score nothing at all.

Rules at yodx.roThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Fourth full weekend of August

1200Z Saturday → 1159Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1200Z Sat 28 Aug → 1159Z Sun 29 Aug · 23h 59m2027
in 331 days
Logs due 1159Z Sun 5 Sep
1200Z Sat 26 Aug → 1159Z Sun 27 Aug · 23h 59m2028
in 695 days
Logs due 1159Z Sun 3 Sep
1200Z Sat 25 Aug → 1159Z Sun 26 Aug · 23h 59m2029
in 1059 days
Logs due 1159Z Sun 2 Sep
1200Z Sat 24 Aug → 1159Z Sun 25 Aug · 23h 59m2030
in 1423 days
Logs due 1159Z Sun 1 Sep

Operating

Modes: CW / SSB
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
3.5-28 MHz, WARC bands excluded.
Exchange: Stations outside Romania send RS(T) and a serial from 001; YO stations send RS(T) and their county abbreviation.
Logs: Cabrillo · due 7 days after the end
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
The rules give exchanges and point values for stations inside and outside Romania and set no entry restriction.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off FRR's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-19.
What the source says: yodx.ro/rules.php, the Romanian Radio Amateur Federation's own rules. English edition, '3. Date and Time: The contest is held during the fourth full weekend of August: Saturday 12:00:00 UTC - Sunday 11:59:59 UTC (24 hours).' Romanian edition: 'Al patrulea weekend intreg al lunii August: / Sambata 12:00:00 UTC - Duminica 11:59:59 UTC (24 de ore in total).' 4.1 restricts operation to 3.5-28 MHz excluding the WARC bands. 5.1: non-YO stations send RS(T) and a serial from 001; 5.2.1: YO stations send RS(T) and their county. 6: 8 points for a YO station, 4 to another continent, 2 within one's own continent, 1 within one's own DXCC entity, and YO-YO contacts score 0. 12.1: 'All logs must be submitted to the contest organizers within 7 (seven) days from the end of the competition.' Cabrillo to logs@yodx.ro. Second source, published separately by the organisers on yodx.ro: '22-23 August 2026, de sambata de la 12:00:00 UTC pana duminica la 11:59:59 UTC.'
Recorded caveats: August 2026 is the year that separates the readings: 1 August is a Saturday, so the month has five full weekends (1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30) and the fourth is 22-23 August while the last is 29-30. The organisers' own 2026 announcement says 22-23, which is the fourth. CONTRADICTION, recorded not reconciled: an older FRR rules PDF on hamradio.ro says 'Ultimul weekend intreg al lunii August' (the LAST full weekend of August), which would give 29-30. The current yodx.ro rules and FRR's own 2026 announcement agree on the fourth, so that is what is encoded. Observation: the Romanian page leaks '[cite: 9]' markers into its text, which suggests it was assembled by a tool; the wording still matches the English edition.

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