SARL Newbie QSO Party

Five hours for new licensees, on the first Saturday of July and the third of November: 20 m first, then 40 m, with your licence age as the exchange.

Rules at mysarl.org.zaThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

First Saturday of July, and Third Saturday of November

1100Z → 1600Z Saturday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1100Z Sat 21 Nov → 1600Z Sat 21 Nov · 5h2026
in 51 days
1100Z Sat 3 Jul → 1600Z Sat 3 Jul · 5h2027
in 275 days
1100Z Sat 20 Nov → 1600Z Sat 20 Nov · 5h2027
in 415 days
1100Z Sat 1 Jul → 1600Z Sat 1 Jul · 5h2028
in 639 days
1100Z Sat 18 Nov → 1600Z Sat 18 Nov · 5h2028
in 779 days
1100Z Sat 7 Jul → 1600Z Sat 7 Jul · 5h2029
in 1010 days

Operating

Modes: SSB
Bands: 40m20m
SSB only: 14 125-14 300 kHz from 11:00 to 13:00 UTC, then 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz from 13:00 to 16:00 UTC.
Exchange: RS, a four-character grid square and the phonetic License Age Exchange from the manual's table -- Alpha for under six months, and so on.
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
The manual states no entry restriction for this contest.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off SARL's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-19.
What the source says: 2026 SARL Contest Manual Version 1.1 (2025-12-15), mysarl.org.za, https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manual-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf, 'SARL Newbie QSO Party': '2.1. 11:00 to 16:00 UTC (13:00 CAT - 18:00 CAT) on the 1st Saturday of July - 4 July 2026 2.2. 11:00 to 16:00 UTC (13:00 CAT - 18:00 CAT) on the 3rd Saturday of November - 21 November 2026'. Frequency: '4.1. SSB only 4.2. 14 125 to 14 300 kHz from 11:00 to 13:00 UTC 4.3. 7 063 to 7 100 and 7 130 to 7 200 kHz from 13:00 to 16:00 UTC'. Exchange: '3.1. RS, Four character grid square eg JF95 and Phonetic License Age Exchange'. Every date is checked against SARL's own Date Ordered List of Contests in the same manual, which states UTC directly, and against SARL-Contests-2026-Calendar.ics.
Recorded caveats: The band changes partway through: 20 m for the first two hours, then 40 m for the last three. Both are recorded, because a band filter should find this contest either way; the split itself is in bands_note, which is where a time-varying detail belongs when the field is a flat list. log_format and log_deadline_days are absent: this pass read each contest's Aim, Dates, Frequencies and Exchange sections and did not read its Log Sheets section, so neither is recorded rather than assumed from SARL's other contests.

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