LRAL 4 May 80m Contest

Latvia's 80m contest on 4 May: four half-hour CW/SSB rounds and then two FT8 rounds, with Latvian districts as the multiplier.

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When it runs

May 4, every year

0700 → 0859session 1
0915 → 1014session 2

Times are the sponsor's own clock in Europe/Riga, so the UTC instant moves an hour across a daylight-saving boundary. The runnings below are the resolved instants.

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

Next runnings

0400Z Tue 4 May → 0559Z Tue 4 May · 1h 59m2027
in 214 days
Logs due 0559Z Tue 18 May
0615Z Tue 4 May → 0714Z Tue 4 May · 59m2027
in 214 days
Logs due 0714Z Tue 18 May
0400Z Thu 4 May → 0559Z Thu 4 May · 1h 59m2028
in 580 days
Logs due 0559Z Thu 18 May
0615Z Thu 4 May → 0714Z Thu 4 May · 59m2028
in 580 days
Logs due 0714Z Thu 18 May
0400Z Fri 4 May → 0559Z Fri 4 May · 1h 59m2029
in 945 days
Logs due 0559Z Fri 18 May
0615Z Fri 4 May → 0714Z Fri 4 May · 59m2029
in 945 days
Logs due 0714Z Fri 18 May

Operating

Modes: CW / SSB / FT8/FT4
Bands: 80m
CW 3515-3580 kHz; SSB 3605-3650 kHz; FT8 3577 kHz.
Exchange: A serial number and the two-letter Latvian or Riga district code (001 LM). RST may be sent but is not part of the number. The FT8 rounds use signal report and a four-character locator instead.
Power categories: All entrants 100 W
Logs: Cabrillo · due 14 days after the end
Who can enter: Entry limited to YL. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.
'Dalibnieki: Visi Latvijas radioamatieri' -- all Latvian radio amateurs. The nolikums names no other entrants.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off LRAL's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-19.
What the source says: lral.lv/hf-80m-nolikums/, the Latvijas Radioamatieru liga's own nolikums, which covers both events. 'Sacensibas notiek 6 turos / 18. novembri no 08.00-11.14 pec vietejа laika' with rounds 08.00-08.29, 08.30-08.59, 09.00-09.29 and 09.30-09.59 CW/SSB and 10.15-10.44, 10.45-11.14 FT8; '4. maija no 07.00-10.14 pec vietejа laika' with rounds 07.00-07.29, 07.30-07.59, 08.00-08.29 and 08.30-08.59 CW/SSB and 09.15-09.44, 09.45-10.14 FT8. ('pec vieteja laika' = local time.) 'Frekvences un tehniskie noteikumi: CW - 3515-3580 kHz; SSB - 3605-3650 kHz; FT8 - 3577 kHz. Raiditaju izejas jauda: <=100 W.' 'Dalibnieki: Visi Latvijas radioamatieri.' (Participants: all Latvian radio amateurs.) Exchange: 'Kontroles numurs CW un SSB turos ir QSO kartas numurs un divi burti, kas apzime Latvijas vai Rigas pilsetas radioamatieru rajonu (piemeram, 001 LM). RST var raidit, bet tas kontroles numura neietilpst' -- the serial and district only; RST may be sent but is not part of the number. The FT8 rounds carry no serials. Each QSO is one point; the multiplier is districts per round, or locator squares in the FT8 rounds. Classes: A (CW+SSB), B (CW), B1 (CW with a straight key), C (SSB), D (FT8), E (multi-op). 'Atskaites iesniedz 14 dienu laika pec sacensibam, sutot uz adresi: yltest@lral.lv.'
Recorded caveats: SPONSOR-ANCHORED LOCAL TIME. LRAL states the schedule 'pec vieteja laika' -- in local time -- and never in UTC, so the record carries timezone Europe/Riga and wall_clock times. The two blocks are encoded as sessions because LRAL puts a gap between them and says the FT8 rounds are a separate contest: 'FT8 tures ir atseviskas sacensibas, dalibnieki, kas starte FT8 darba veida, var startet ari kada no A, B, vai C klasem.' Both sessions carry the record's whole mode list, which the catalog cannot narrow per session; the split is stated here and in bands_note. One nolikums covers both dates, so both records cite the same URL.

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