WAE DX Contest SSB

The September phone running of the Worked All Europe DX Contest, with the same Europe-to-DX scoring and QTC traffic as the CW leg.

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

When it runs

Second full weekend of September

0000Z Saturday → 2359Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0000Z Sat 11 Sep → 2359Z Sun 12 Sep · 47h 59m2027
in 344 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 19 Sep
0000Z Sat 9 Sep → 2359Z Sun 10 Sep · 47h 59m2028
in 708 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 17 Sep
0000Z Sat 8 Sep → 2359Z Sun 9 Sep · 47h 59m2029
in 1072 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 16 Sep
0000Z Sat 14 Sep → 2359Z Sun 15 Sep · 47h 59m2030
in 1443 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 22 Sep

Operating

Modes: SSB
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.
'... lädt alle Funkamateure weltweit ... ein.' Scoring is one-sided: 'Ein Wettbewerbs-QSO kann nur zwischen einer europäischen und einer außereuropäischen Station geführt werden.' Not encoded as two_sided; see wae-dx-cw.

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: 'SSB: September, zweites Wochenende. Samstag, 12. September 2026, 0000 UTC bis Sonntag, 13. September 2026, 2359 UTC' -- 'SSB: September, second weekend.' DARC prints 'Einsendeschluss SSB: 20.09.2026, 23:59 UTC', which is exactly the stated seven days. Verified 2026-08-18.

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