USKA Weihnachtswettbewerb (CW / Digital)

USKA's Christmas contest on 80m and 40m: a CW morning on the second Saturday of December, then a digital hour. Cantons are the exchange.

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

When it runs

Second Saturday of December

0700Z → 0959Z Saturdaysession 1
1000Z → 1059Z Saturdaysession 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

0700Z Sat 12 Dec → 0959Z Sat 12 Dec · 2h 59m2026
in 71 days
1000Z Sat 12 Dec → 1059Z Sat 12 Dec · 59m2026
in 71 days
0700Z Sat 11 Dec → 0959Z Sat 11 Dec · 2h 59m2027
in 435 days
1000Z Sat 11 Dec → 1059Z Sat 11 Dec · 59m2027
in 435 days
0700Z Sat 9 Dec → 0959Z Sat 9 Dec · 2h 59m2028
in 799 days
1000Z Sat 9 Dec → 1059Z Sat 9 Dec · 59m2028
in 799 days

Operating

Modes: CW / RTTY / Digital / FT8/FT4 PSK31, PSK63
Bands: 80m40m
Exchange: RS(T) and the canton abbreviation.
Logs: Cabrillo · contestlog.uska.ch
Who can enter: Entry limited to HB. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.
The Reglement announces the contest 'fuer Funkamateure sowie Empfangsamateure in der Schweiz' and requires 'Der Standort muss sich in der Schweiz befinden.'

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 Weihnachtswettbewerb, Ausgabe Mai 2026. 2.1 Datum und Zeit: 'SSB: Erster Samstag im Dezember, 07:00 bis 09:59 UTC / CW: Zweiter Samstag im Dezember, 07:00 bis 09:59 UTC / Digital: Erster und zweiter Samstag im Dezember, 10:00 bis 10:59 UTC.' (SSB: first Saturday in December; CW: second Saturday in December, both 07:00-09:59 UTC; Digital: first and second Saturday in December, 10:00-10:59 UTC.) 2.4 Baender: '80 m und 40 m'. 2.5 Kontrollaustausch: RS(T) and the canton abbreviation. Eligibility: 'Der Weihnachtwettbewerb wird fuer Funkamateure sowie Empfangsamateure in der Schweiz ausgeschrieben' and 'Der Standort muss sich in der Schweiz befinden.' Digital is defined in the Reglement: 'Digital - Damit sind Modes wie RTTY, PSK31, PSK63, FT4 und FT8 gemeint. Cabrillo Tag fuer RTTY = RY, bzw. PSK31, PSK63, FT4 und FT8 = DG' (Digital means modes such as RTTY, PSK31, PSK63, FT4 and FT8; the Cabrillo tag for RTTY is RY, and DG for PSK31, PSK63, FT4 and FT8). 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 runs the Weihnachtswettbewerb on two Saturdays, and each Saturday is a phone-or-CW morning followed by a separate digital hour. This record is the second Saturday: CW 07:00-09:59 UTC and digital 10:00-10:59 UTC, encoded as two sessions because the hour between them is not part of the contest. The two Saturdays are two records because they are different modes, not two legs of one event. The first Saturday of December 2026 is the 5th and the second the 12th, the dates USKA's KW-Contest page prints. USKA states no log deadline in this Reglement -- the other three KW Reglemente all say 'innert 8 Tagen' and this one says nothing at all -- so no interval is encoded rather than one borrowed from its siblings.

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