New York QSO Party

New York's October party: CW and phone, with digital only in a Mixed category.

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

When it runs

Third Saturday of October

1400Z Saturday → 0159Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1400Z Sat 17 Oct → 0159Z Sun 18 Oct · 11h 59m2026
in 6h 42m
1400Z Sat 16 Oct → 0159Z Sun 17 Oct · 11h 59m2027
in 364 days
1400Z Sat 21 Oct → 0159Z Sun 22 Oct · 11h 59m2028
in 735 days
1400Z Sat 20 Oct → 0159Z Sun 21 Oct · 11h 59m2029
in 1099 days
1400Z Sat 19 Oct → 0159Z Sun 20 Oct · 11h 59m2030
in 1463 days

Operating

Modes: SSBCW
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: New York stations send serial number and county; others send serial number and state, province or DX.
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 New York QSO Party Committee's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-10-15.
What the source says: Sponsor's own rules (https://nyqp.org/wordpress/nyqp-rules/), read 2026-10-15: 'Third Saturday in October', 14:00Z to 01:59Z; CW, Phone and Mixed categories; RTTY/digital only in Mixed.
Recorded caveats: Rules PDF v1.1 dated 2026-09-25; text read from v1.0. Digital modes appear only as a Mixed-category option (no FT8-style modes), so Digital is not recorded. All bands except 30, 17 and 12m; the band list was not itemised, so VHF is not asserted.

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

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