K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST)

Weekly one-hour slow-speed CW contest with a 20 wpm upper limit and no lower limit. Designed for new CW operators; friendly greetings encouraged rather than pure rate.

Rules at k1usn.comThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Every Monday

0000Z → 0100Z Mondaysession 1
2000Z → 2100Z Fridaysession 2

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

2 sessions run off the one anchor day; each is a separate running with its own log.

Next runnings

2000Z Fri 2 Oct → 2100Z Fri 2 Oct · 1h2026
in 23h 33m
0000Z Mon 5 Oct → 0100Z Mon 5 Oct · 1h2026
in 3 days
2000Z Fri 9 Oct → 2100Z Fri 9 Oct · 1h2026
in 8 days
0000Z Mon 12 Oct → 0100Z Mon 12 Oct · 1h2026
in 10 days
2000Z Fri 16 Oct → 2100Z Fri 16 Oct · 1h2026
in 15 days
0000Z Mon 19 Oct → 0100Z Mon 19 Oct · 1h2026
in 17 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: Name + state/province/DX country
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off K1USN Radio Club's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-11.
What the source says: k1usn.com/sst.html: 'held twice weekly at 0000Z Mondays and 2000Z Fridays'. Second EU-friendly Friday session added Feb 2021.
Recorded caveats: No formal log submission -- participants post scores to 3830scores.com.

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

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