South Dakota QSO Party

South Dakota's October party, 24 hours, with FT exchanges accepted.

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

When it runs

Second full weekend of October

1800Z Saturday → 1800Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1800Z Sat 9 Oct → 1800Z Sun 10 Oct · 24h2027
in 357 days
1800Z Sat 14 Oct → 1800Z Sun 15 Oct · 24h2028
in 728 days
1800Z Sat 13 Oct → 1800Z Sun 14 Oct · 24h2029
in 1092 days
1800Z Sat 12 Oct → 1800Z Sun 13 Oct · 24h2030
in 1456 days

Operating

Modes: SSBCWDigitalFT8/FT4
Bands: not read off the sponsor's page yet — so every band filter on the schedule hides this contest
Exchange: South Dakota stations send RS(T) and county; others send RS(T) and state, province or DX.
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off Prairie Dog Amateur Radio Club's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-10-15.
What the source says: Sponsor's own rules (https://pdarc.org/sd-qso-party), read 2026-10-15: '2nd full weekend of October', 1800Z Saturday to 1800Z Sunday (10-11 Oct 2026); phone, CW, digital and mixed with 'standard FT exchanges'.
Recorded caveats: 160m to 70cm excluding WARC; no itemised list, so bands are left empty (unrecorded). The old sdqsoparty.com is stale and was ignored.

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

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