9A Activity Contest

Croatia's monthly VHF-and-up activity contest: the third Sunday from January to November, five hours (eight in June).

Rules at hrvhf.netThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Third Sunday of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November; June ends 1500 UTC instead of the usual hours

0700Z → 1200Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0700Z Sun 18 Oct → 1200Z Sun 18 Oct · 5h2026
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Logs due 1200Z Mon 26 Oct
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0700Z Sun 17 Jan → 1200Z Sun 17 Jan · 5h2027
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Logs due 1200Z Mon 25 Jan
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Logs due 1200Z Mon 29 Mar
0700Z Sun 18 Apr → 1200Z Sun 18 Apr · 5h2027
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Logs due 1200Z Mon 26 Apr

Operating

Modes: CWSSBFM
Bands: 6m4m2m70cm23cm
Every VHF, UHF and microwave band from 50 MHz to 250 GHz in the IARU Region 1 band plan; the controlled band set holds only the first five, the rest (2.3 GHz and up) are not filterable.
Exchange: RS(T), serial number (001 per band, restarting each period) and WW locator.
Logs: EDI · due 8 days after the end · hrvhf.net
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
'Sve licencirane postaje iz Republike Hrvatske i iz zemalja članica IARU-a' -- licensed stations from Croatia and from IARU member countries; not enumerated as an entity list.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off HRS's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-10-15.
What the source says: hrvhf.net, 'Pravila UKV natjecanja 9A Activity Contest' (HRS's own VHF contest site): 'Termin svakog od 11 perioda je treća nedjelja u mjesecu i to počevši od siječnja i zaključno sa studenim'; 'Od 0700 do 1200 UTC, osim 6. perioda koji traje do 1500 UTC zbog preklapanja sa Alpe-Adria contestom'. Modes 'CW, SSB i FM'. Eligibility: 'sve licencirane postaje iz Republike Hrvatske i iz zemalja članica IARU-a'. Scoring 1 km = 1 point. Logs in EDI per band within 8 days of each period. Read 2026-10-15.
Recorded caveats: Eleven periods a year, January to November: there is none in December. June (the sixth period) ends at 1500 UTC instead of 1200 because it overlaps the IARU R1 50/70 MHz contest. Categories include FM-only classes on 144 MHz.

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