IARU Region 1 50 MHz MGM Contest

Region 1's 50 MHz machine-generated-mode weekend: 24 hours on the third weekend of April, grid locators only.

Rules at iaru-r1.orgThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Third Saturday of April

1400Z Saturday → 1400Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1400Z Sat 17 Apr → 1400Z Sun 18 Apr · 24h2027
in 182 days
1400Z Sat 15 Apr → 1400Z Sun 16 Apr · 24h2028
in 546 days
1400Z Sat 21 Apr → 1400Z Sun 22 Apr · 24h2029
in 917 days
1400Z Sat 20 Apr → 1400Z Sun 21 Apr · 24h2030
in 1281 days

Operating

Modes: DigitalMGM (machine generated modes)
Bands: 6m
50 MHz only; machine-generated modes are allowed only in the specific 50 and 70 MHz MGM contests.
Exchange: Report + 4-character locator (no serial number)
Logs: EDI
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
Not encoded as an entity list: the sponsor limits entry to Region 1 ('All licensed radio amateurs in Region 1 may participate in the contest'; special high-power licences enter as check logs only), and enumerating every Region 1 entity is not done here. Stations elsewhere cannot enter but may be worked.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off IARU Region 1 VHF+ Committee's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-10-15.
What the source says: VHF Handbook 10.03 (https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/VHF_Handbook_V10_03_final.pdf), section 'RULES IARU R1 50/70 MHZ, 145 MHZ AND UHF/uW CONTESTS': 'IARU Region 1 50 MHz MGM Contest will begin on the third Saturday of April'; 'Each contest will commence at 14:00 UTC on the Saturday and end at 14:00 UTC on the Sunday.' Sponsor's hub calendar: 2026 Apr 18-19. Categories: SO, MO, 6H, each as an MGM section. Read 2026-10-15.
Recorded caveats: Log deadline is not a fixed offset (EDI 'no later than the first Wednesday following the contest weekend at 23:59:59 UTC'), so log_deadline_days is not encoded.

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

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