New Year QSO Party unverified

JARL's new-year greeting party: five and a half days from January 2, all bands and modes, exchanging a report and the operator's name.

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

These dates have not been checked against JARL's own published rules yet. They are computed from the rule below, which is what the catalog holds — but the sponsor's page wins.

When it runs

January 2, every year

0000Z → 1200Z 5 days later

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0000Z Sat 2 Jan → 1200Z Thu 7 Jan · 132h2027
in 92 days
0000Z Sun 2 Jan → 1200Z Fri 7 Jan · 132h2028
in 457 days
0000Z Tue 2 Jan → 1200Z Sun 7 Jan · 132h2029
in 823 days
0000Z Wed 2 Jan → 1200Z Mon 7 Jan · 132h2030
in 1188 days

Operating

Modes: Mixed
Bands: not read off the sponsor's page yet — so every band filter on the schedule hides this contest
Exchange: RS(T) or a signal strength report plus the operator's name (a handle or initials is acceptable)
Logs: Cabrillo · contest.jarl.org
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
'All amateur radio stations and SWLs.' DX stations may only contact JA stations.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: unverified — these dates have not yet been checked against JARL's own page. Treat the sponsor's rules as authoritative.
What the source says: jarl.org (79th New Year QSO Party Rule -- 2026): 'January 2, 2026, 00:00 UTC to January 7, 12:00 (UTC)'. Participation: 'All amateur radio stations and SWLs.' Bands and modes: 'All bands and Modes permitted for JA amateur radio stations.' Exchange: 'RS(T) or signal strength report of the other station + operator's name (including handle name, initials, etc.)'. Contacts: 'JA stations: JA stations may contact any other stations. DX stations: DX stations may only contact JA stations.' Log deadline is a fixed date, 'January 31, 2026', not an interval, so log_deadline_days is omitted; logs go to nyp@jarl.org. Listed in JARL's own English contest index alongside All Asian DX and WW RTTY, which is why a QSO party is in this catalog at all.
Recorded caveats: BANDS UNRECORDED, NOT UNBANDED. JARL states only 'All bands and Modes permitted for JA amateur radio stations' and points at the Japanese band plan, so there is no band list to record and every band filter on this site excludes this record. VERIFIED:FALSE because JARL publishes the 79th party's dates but no recurrence rule -- January 2 is what the 2026 page says, not a rule JARL has stated.

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

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