Remembrance Day Contest

The WIA's memorial contest for Australian amateurs who died in war: 24 hours from 0300 UTC on the August weekend nearest the 15th.

Rules at wia.org.auThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Saturday nearest August 15

0300Z Saturday → 0300Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0300Z Sat 14 Aug → 0300Z Sun 15 Aug · 24h2027
in 316 days
Logs due 0300Z Sun 29 Aug
0300Z Sat 12 Aug → 0300Z Sun 13 Aug · 24h2028
in 680 days
Logs due 0300Z Sun 27 Aug
0300Z Sat 18 Aug → 0300Z Sun 19 Aug · 24h2029
in 1051 days
Logs due 0300Z Sun 2 Sep
0300Z Sat 17 Aug → 0300Z Sun 18 Aug · 24h2030
in 1415 days
Logs due 0300Z Sun 1 Sep

Operating

Modes: SSB / CW / RTTY
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m6m2m70cm23cm13cm3cm
Contacts may be made on MF (160M), HF and VHF & above bands except for WARC bands (10, 18 & 24MHZ) which are excluded by IARU agreement from all contest operations
Exchange: RS(T) and a serial number
Logs: Cabrillo · due 14 days after the end · vklogchecker.com
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
WIA: 'Amateurs will endeavour to contact amateurs in VK call areas, ZL and P29 on all bands except WARC bands.' Contest teams may be formed from stations anywhere in VK, ZL or P2.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off WIA's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-17.
What the source says: wia.org.au (Remembrance Day Contest rules): 'Weekend in August closest to the 15th, 0300 UTC Saturday to 0300 UTC Sunday.' Modes: 'Modes allowed are PHONE, CW and RTTY as per the era remembered.' Bands: the sentence quoted in bands_note, with SSB frequencies given as '1843-1875, 3535-3570 and 3600-3700, 7080-7300, 14112-14300, 21150-21450, 28300-29100KHz.' Logs: 'Submit Log WITHIN 14 DAYS by 0300z' via vklogchecker.com, or rdlogs@wia.org.au. The nearest-Saturday rule reproduces WIA's own published dates: August 15 2026 is itself a Saturday, and in 2023 the contest ran on August 12, the Saturday three days before Tuesday August 15.
Recorded caveats: QRP entrants are limited to 5 watts average (CW/RTTY) or PEP (SSB) at the transmitter output. The band list is this catalog's reading of WIA's prose: the six HF/MF bands come from WIA's own SSB frequency list, 23cm/13cm/3cm from 'On 23cm or higher bands two points per completed valid contact', and 6m/2m/70cm from 'VHF & above'. 1.25m and 33cm are omitted because they are not Australian allocations.

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