Concurso Municipios Espanoles (CME)

URE's Spanish municipalities contest: two SSB sessions over the second full weekend of August, Spanish stations sending their municipality number.

Rules at concursos.ure.esThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Second full weekend of August

1200Z → 2259Z Saturdaysession 1
0500Z → 1159Z Sundaysession 2

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

2 sessions run off the one anchor day; each is a separate running with its own log.

Next runnings

1200Z Sat 14 Aug → 2259Z Sat 14 Aug · 10h 59m2027
in 317 days
Logs due 2259Z Sun 29 Aug
0500Z Sun 15 Aug → 1159Z Sun 15 Aug · 6h 59m2027
in 317 days
Logs due 1159Z Mon 30 Aug
1200Z Sat 12 Aug → 2259Z Sat 12 Aug · 10h 59m2028
in 681 days
Logs due 2259Z Sun 27 Aug
0500Z Sun 13 Aug → 1159Z Sun 13 Aug · 6h 59m2028
in 681 days
Logs due 1159Z Mon 28 Aug
1200Z Sat 11 Aug → 2259Z Sat 11 Aug · 10h 59m2029
in 1045 days
Logs due 2259Z Sun 26 Aug
0500Z Sun 12 Aug → 1159Z Sun 12 Aug · 6h 59m2029
in 1045 days
Logs due 1159Z Mon 27 Aug

Operating

Modes: SSB
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: Spanish stations send RS(T) + the number of their municipality (EA4URE sends HQ); DX stations send RS(T) + a serial number beginning with 001.
Power categories: High PowerLow Power 100 WQRP 5 W
Logs: Cabrillo · due 15 days after the end · concursos.ure.es
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
'Participants: Any licensed amateur station.'

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off URE's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-18.
What the source says: concursos.ure.es/en/cme/bases/: 'Sponsored by: Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles (URE).' 'Participants: Any licensed amateur station.' 'Dates: 2nd full weekend of August, from 12:00 UTC Saturday until 22:59 UTC, and from 05:00 UTC until 11:59 UTC Sunday (August 8th and 9th 2026).' 'Mode: SSB.' 'Bands: 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters'. 'Exchange: Spanish stations: RS (T) and number of the municipality. EA4URE will pass the abbreviation HQ. DX stations: RS (T) and serial number beginning with 001.' 'Logs must be received by 24th August 2026 (15 days).' That is exactly the second session's end instant plus 15 days.
Recorded caveats: Two sessions with an overnight break, encoded in the sessions array; the top-level start/end repeat the first session, as elsewhere in this catalog. URE states one deadline for the contest as a whole and it is the second session's end plus 15 days exactly. The engine applies log_deadline_days to each session separately, so the first session's computed deadline falls a day before URE's printed one. Dropping the interval to quote a fixed date instead would lose the arithmetic URE actually states, so the interval is kept and the artefact recorded here.

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