SKCC QSO Party

Thirty-six hours of straight-key CW across seven bands on the third June weekend, open to members and non-members alike.

Rules at skccgroup.comThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Third Saturday of June

1200Z Saturday → 2359Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1200Z Sat 19 Jun → 2359Z Sun 20 Jun · 35h 59m2027
in 261 days
Logs due 2359Z Mon 28 Jun
1200Z Sat 17 Jun → 2359Z Sun 18 Jun · 35h 59m2028
in 625 days
Logs due 2359Z Mon 26 Jun
1200Z Sat 16 Jun → 2359Z Sun 17 Jun · 35h 59m2029
in 989 days
Logs due 2359Z Mon 25 Jun
1200Z Sat 15 Jun → 2359Z Sun 16 Jun · 35h 59m2030
in 1353 days
Logs due 2359Z Mon 24 Jun

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m6m
160 through 6 m excluding the WARC bands -- SKCC names 60, 30, 17 and 12 m as excluded.
Exchange: RST, QTH, the operator's name, a four-character grid square and the SKCC number. Non-members send 'none' for the number.
Logs: due 8 days after the end
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
'Open to all licensed amateurs, as well as shortwave listeners.' Membership is not required; non-members send 'none' where the SKCC number goes.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off Straight Key Century Club's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-23.
What the source says: skccgroup.com/operating_activities/QSO_Party/, the club's own rules: SKCC's Annual QSO Party 'starts at 1200 UTC on the third Saturday of June and ends at 2359 UTC on Sunday'. Bands: '160-6 meters, excluding the WARC bands (60, 30, 17, and 12 meters)', with suggested frequencies down to 1.8135 and up to 50.090 MHz. Straight keys, sideswipers or bugs required. Exchange: 'RST, QTH, operator name, four-letter grid square and SKCC number', with non-members sending 'none'. Entry is 'open to all licensed amateurs, as well as shortwave listeners'. Logs by '2359 UTC on the Sunday following the event'. Checked 2026-08-23.
Recorded caveats: THIRTY-SIX HOURS, NOT A WEEKEND: 1200 UTC Saturday to 2359 UTC Sunday, so it starts at midday and runs to the end of the second day. Straight keys, sideswipers and bugs only: no keyer, no keyboard. That is the club's whole premise rather than a category. The log deadline is eight days because SKCC states it as a WEEKDAY rather than an interval -- 'the Sunday following the event' -- and the contest ends on a Sunday, so the next Sunday is eight days after the Saturday it started.

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