RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest, November

Three hours of CW on top band on the third Saturday of November.

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

When it runs

Third Saturday of November

2000Z → 2300Z Saturday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

2000Z Sat 21 Nov → 2300Z Sat 21 Nov · 3h2026
in 51 days
2000Z Sat 20 Nov → 2300Z Sat 20 Nov · 3h2027
in 415 days
2000Z Sat 18 Nov → 2300Z Sat 18 Nov · 3h2028
in 779 days
2000Z Sat 17 Nov → 2300Z Sat 17 Nov · 3h2029
in 1143 days
2000Z Sat 16 Nov → 2300Z Sat 16 Nov · 3h2030
in 1507 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 160m
1810-1850 kHz CW. Maximum legal power.
Exchange: RST plus a serial number starting at 1 and incrementing by 1.
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
The entry sections are split into UK&CD and Non-UK&CD, so stations outside the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies have sections of their own.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off RSGB Contest Committee's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-20.
What the source says: rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2026/r160m.shtml: 'Second 1.8 MHz contest: Saturday 21 November 2026: 2000-2300 UTC: CW only.' RSGB's own dates for four years: 18 Nov 2023, 16 Nov 2024, 15 Nov 2025 and 21 Nov 2026 -- the third Saturday of November each time.
Recorded caveats: THE NOVEMBER LEG IS CW ONLY WHILE FEBRUARY'S IS CW AND SSB, which is why these are two records off one rules page rather than one record with two legs: they do not share a mode, and a reader filtering SSB should not be shown this one. The hours moved from 1900-2300 to 2000-2300 in 2025, same as the February leg. RSGB keeps a rules page per year, so its own dates check its own rule. Four years were read for this record -- 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 -- and the recurrence reproduces all of them.

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