RSGB National Field Day (CW)

Twenty-four hours of portable CW over the first June weekend, RSGB's oldest field day.

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

When it runs

First Saturday of June

1500Z Saturday → 1500Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1500Z Sat 5 Jun → 1500Z Sun 6 Jun · 24h2027
in 247 days
1500Z Sat 3 Jun → 1500Z Sun 4 Jun · 24h2028
in 611 days
1500Z Sat 2 Jun → 1500Z Sun 3 Jun · 24h2029
in 975 days
1500Z Sat 1 Jun → 1500Z Sun 2 Jun · 24h2030
in 1339 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 m, CW only.
Exchange: RS(T) plus a serial number starting at 1 and incrementing by 1, irrespective of band.
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Entry limited to G. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.
'This contest is primarily intended for RSGB Members and Affiliated Societies. Non-Members may only enter as part of an Affiliated Society multi-operator team, or if they are entering as a single operator on behalf of an Affiliated Society.' Entry is effectively through a UK club; stations elsewhere may be worked.

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/rnfd.shtml, 'RSGB Field Day Contests', which covers both: 'CW FD (NFD) - Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 June 2026 1500-1500 UTC. SSB FD - Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 September 2026 1300-1300 UTC.' Frequencies and modes: 'CW FD - 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m - CW only.' Entrants: 'This contest is primarily intended for RSGB Members and Affiliated Societies. Non-Members may only enter as part of an Affiliated Society multi-operator team, or if they are entering as a single operator on behalf of an Affiliated Society.' RSGB's own dates for four years: 3 Jun 2023, 1 Jun 2024, 7 Jun 2025 and 6 Jun 2026 -- the first Saturday of June each time.
Recorded caveats: 2024 IS THE YEAR THAT SETTLES THE RULE. 1 June 2024 was itself a Saturday and RSGB used it, so this contest has NO first-of-the-month exception -- unlike the RSGB AFS contests, where 1 January 2022 was a Saturday and the contest moved a week. Two contests from the same committee, two different answers, and only the published dates distinguish them. 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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