USKA National Mountain Day (NMD)

Four hours of 80m from a Swiss summit above 800 m, carrying everything you need in six kilos. Non-NMD stations are worked for a point and need send only a report.

Rules at uska.chThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Third Sunday of July

0600Z → 0959Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0600Z Sun 18 Jul → 0959Z Sun 18 Jul · 3h 59m2027
in 289 days
Logs due 0959Z Mon 26 Jul
0600Z Sun 16 Jul → 0959Z Sun 16 Jul · 3h 59m2028
in 653 days
Logs due 0959Z Mon 24 Jul
0600Z Sun 15 Jul → 0959Z Sun 15 Jul · 3h 59m2029
in 1017 days
Logs due 0959Z Mon 23 Jul
0600Z Sun 21 Jul → 0959Z Sun 21 Jul · 3h 59m2030
in 1388 days
Logs due 0959Z Mon 29 Jul

Operating

Modes: CW / SSB
Bands: 80m
CW in 3510-3560 kHz and SSB in 3600-3650 kHz.
Exchange: Between NMD stations, RS(T) and a text of at least 15 characters that may be used only once. With everyone else, the report alone.
Logs: Cabrillo · due 8 days after the end
Who can enter: Entry limited to HB. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.
3 of the Reglement: 'Der Standort muss sich in der Schweiz befinden und mindestens 800 m ueber Meer liegen.' Anyone may be worked; only stations on a Swiss summit can enter.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off USKA's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-19.
What the source says: uska.ch Reglement fuer den National Mountain Day, Ausgabe Mai 2026. 4 Datum und Zeit: 'Dritter Sonntag im Juli, 06:00 UTC bis 09:59 UTC.' (Third Sunday in July, 06:00 UTC to 09:59 UTC.) 2 Betriebsarten: 'Zulaessige Betriebsarten sind CW und SSB. CW-Verbindungen sind im Bandsegment 3510 - 3560 kHz abzuwickeln. SSB-Verbindungen sind im Bandsegment 3600 - 3650 kHz abzuwickeln. Dem Rufzeichen muss der Zusatz /P angehaengt werden. ... Remote-Betrieb ist nicht zulaessig.' 3 Standort: 'Der Standort muss sich in der Schweiz befinden und mindestens 800 m ueber Meer liegen.' 6b Gewicht: 'Die gesamte Stationseinrichtung darf hoechstens sechs Kilogramm wiegen' -- no mains power and no pre-existing antennas. 9 Bewertung: 4 points for a QSO with an NMD station, 1 for any other. Logs go to nmd@uska.ch within 8 days; entries must be registered by the Tuesday before at nmd.uska.ch/anmeldung. USKA's own KW-Contest page (uska.ch/kw-contest/) prints the 2026 dates separately from the Reglemente: Helvetia 25.-26. April, Field Day 6.-7. Juni and 5.-6. September, NMD 19. Juli, Weihnachtswettbewerb 5. und 12. Dezember. Every one of them is reproduced by the encoded rule.
Recorded caveats: USKA splits the four hours into halves (06:00-07:59 and 08:00-09:59) only to allow one repeat QSO per mode with each NMD station; it is one continuous contest and is encoded as one span. The third Sunday of July 2026 is the 19th, which is the date USKA's KW-Contest page prints.

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