WAE DX Contest CW

The DX half of the WAE trio: only Europe-to-DX contacts count, and QTC traffic lets a DX station double its score by passing logged QSOs back to Europe.

Rules at darc.deThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Second full weekend of August

0000Z Saturday → 2359Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0000Z Sat 14 Aug → 2359Z Sun 15 Aug · 47h 59m2027
in 316 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 22 Aug
0000Z Sat 12 Aug → 2359Z Sun 13 Aug · 47h 59m2028
in 680 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 20 Aug
0000Z Sat 11 Aug → 2359Z Sun 12 Aug · 47h 59m2029
in 1044 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 19 Aug
0000Z Sat 10 Aug → 2359Z Sun 11 Aug · 47h 59m2030
in 1408 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 18 Aug

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points: a QSO already logged is reported back to a European station as time, callsign and serial, at most 10 between any two stations, and each correctly passed QTC counts a point to both ends.
Power categories: High PowerLow Power 100 W
Logs: Cabrillo · due 7 days after the end · dxhf2.darc.de
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
'Der Deutsche Amateur Radio Club (DARC) lädt alle Funkamateure weltweit ... ein.' Scoring is one-sided: 'Ein Wettbewerbs-QSO kann nur zwischen einer europäischen und einer außereuropäischen Station geführt werden' -- a contest QSO can only be made between a European and a non-European station. Not encoded as two_sided, which would need DARC's whole WAE country list enumerated in both engines; same call as JARL All Asian.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off DARC's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-18.
What the source says: darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/wae-dx-contest/regeln/ (Ausschreibung, Stand 2025-06-17): 'Der Deutsche Amateur Radio Club (DARC) lädt alle Funkamateure weltweit zum jährlich stattfindenden WAEDC-Contest ein.' -- 'DARC invites all radio amateurs worldwide to the annual WAEDC contest.' Bänder: '3,5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz.' Kontrollziffernaustausch: 'Ausgetauscht werden RS/RST und eine Seriennummer ab 001.' -- 'RS/RST and a serial number from 001 are exchanged.' Einsendeschluss, Punkt 13: 'Der Einsendeschluß ist immer 7 Tage nach dem Contest.' -- 'the deadline is always 7 days after the contest.' Wettbewerbszeiten: 'CW: August, zweites Wochenende. Samstag, 8. August 2026, 0000 UTC bis Sonntag, 9. August 2026, 2359 UTC' -- 'CW: August, second weekend. Saturday 8 August 2026, 0000 UTC to Sunday 9 August 2026, 2359 UTC.' Ruhepausen: 'Während des 48 Stunden dauernden Contests dürfen Einmannstationen nur 36 Stunden arbeiten.' -- single operators may work only 36 of the 48 hours. Verified 2026-08-18.
Recorded caveats: DARC states the deadline twice as an interval and once as an instant, and for the CW leg the instant disagrees. Rule 13 says 'immer 7 Tage nach dem Contest' and the general contest rules say the same; seven days from this leg's end is 16 August 2026, which is the date DARC's own KW contest calendar prints. The per-leg line on the same rules page reads 'Einsendeschluss CW: 17.08.2026, 23:59 UTC', a day later. The interval is what is encoded -- it is stated twice, and it reproduces the printed instants of the SSB and RTTY legs exactly. Both statements are recorded here rather than reconciled.

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