HA-DX Contest

When it runs

Third full weekend of January

• 1200Z Saturday → 1200Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1. 1200Z Sat 16 Jan → 1200Z Sun 17 Jan · 24h2027

   in 107 days

   Logs due 1200Z Fri 22 Jan

2. 1200Z Sat 15 Jan → 1200Z Sun 16 Jan · 24h2028

   in 471 days

   Logs due 1200Z Fri 21 Jan

3. 1200Z Sat 20 Jan → 1200Z Sun 21 Jan · 24h2029

   in 842 days

   Logs due 1200Z Fri 26 Jan

4. 1200Z Sat 19 Jan → 1200Z Sun 20 Jan · 24h2030

   in 1206 days

   Logs due 1200Z Fri 25 Jan

Operating

Modes

CW / SSB

Bands

160m80m40m20m15m10m

Exchange

Hungarian stations send RS(T) and their county abbreviation; everyone else sends RS(T) and an incremental serial number.

Power categories

High PowerLow Power 100 WQRP 5 W

Logs

Cabrillo · due 5 days after the end

Who can enter

Anyone, anywhere.

'4. Participants: every amateur radio operator in the world'.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor

Yes. The rule on this page was read off MRASZ's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-19.

What the source says

ha-dx.com/en/contest-rules, MRASZ's own rules page. '1. Organizer: Magyar Radioamator Szovetseg (www.mrasz.hu).' '3. Date and time: every year 3rd full weekend of January, from Saturday 12:00 UTC to Sunday 12:00 UTC. In 2026: 17-18 January.' '4. Participants: every amateur radio operator in the world'. '6. Modes: A1A morse code (CW) and A3J phone (SSB).' Bands 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 m. Exchange: HA stations send RS(T) and county, others RS(T) and a serial. Points: 10 for a Hungarian station, 2 within one's own continent, 5 to another; /AM and /MM are worth 2. Categories QRP up to 5 W, LP up to 100 W, HP above. 'Log submission deadline: Logs must be uploaded on the HA-DX website within 5 days of the end of the contest.'

Recorded caveats

MRASZ states the rule and the year in the same sentence, which is its own check: January 2026's full weekends are the 3rd/4th, 10th/11th, 17th/18th and 24th/25th (31 January's Sunday falls in February), so the third is 17-18 January -- the date the rules print. The contest ends at 12:00 UTC, not 11:59, so the Sunday overlaps the Saturday start by a minute; that is what the rules say.

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