RSGB SSB Field Day

Twenty-four hours of portable SSB over the first September weekend, on five HF bands.

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

When it runs

First Saturday of September

1300Z Saturday → 1300Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1300Z Sat 4 Sep → 1300Z Sun 5 Sep · 24h2027
in 338 days
1300Z Sat 2 Sep → 1300Z Sun 3 Sep · 24h2028
in 702 days
1300Z Sat 1 Sep → 1300Z Sun 2 Sep · 24h2029
in 1066 days
1300Z Sat 7 Sep → 1300Z Sun 8 Sep · 24h2030
in 1437 days

Operating

Modes: SSB
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 m, SSB only -- no 160 m, unlike the CW field day.
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.
Shares the CW field day's rules page and its entrant clause: 'primarily intended for RSGB Members and Affiliated Societies', with non-members entering only through an Affiliated Society.

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: 'SSB FD - Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 September 2026 1300-1300 UTC.' 'SSB FD - 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m - SSB only.' RSGB's own dates for four years: 2 Sep 2023, 7 Sep 2024, 6 Sep 2025 and 5 Sep 2026 -- the first Saturday of September each time.
Recorded caveats: Two differences from the CW field day in June, both the sponsor's: it starts at 1300 rather than 1500, and it drops 160 m. Same rules page, same 24 hours. 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.

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

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