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May 2056

This month DXpeditions

40 contests running this month. Names only at this zoom — tap a contest for its times, in your own clock or UTC. A contest running across midnight appears on every day it is on the air, with marking the days it continues into rather than starts. Days are UTC, so a contest opening 2200Z sits on the UTC date — which may be the evening before where you are.

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Every session in May 205640

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85 sessions across 40 contests; repeats share a row.

Contests starting in May 2056
ContestDateStartEndDurationModeBandSponsorStarts in
K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST)9 sessions1hCW160-10mK1USN Radio Clubin 10784 daysin 10788 daysin 10791 daysin 10795 daysin 10798 daysin 10802 daysin 10805 daysin 10809 daysin 10812 days
All Austrian Exercise AOEE 80/40m can't enter2 sessions3hCWSSB80m/40mÖVSVin 10784 daysin 10784 days
AGCW QRP/QRP Party6hCW80-10mAGCW-DLin 10784 days
AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) unverified5 sessions50mCW80mAGCW-DLin 10784 daysin 10791 daysin 10798 daysin 10805 daysin 10812 days
ARS Spartan Sprint2hCW80-10mAdventure Radio Societyin 10785 days
A1Club Weekly Test (AWT)5 sessions1h 15mCWnot recordedA1 Clubin 10786 daysin 10793 daysin 10800 daysin 10807 daysin 10814 days
CWops Test (CWT)18 sessions1hCW160-6mCWopsin 10786 daysin 10786 daysin 10787 daysin 10787 daysin 10793 daysin 10793 daysin 10794 daysin 10794 daysin 10800 daysin 10800 daysin 10801 daysin 10801 daysin 10807 daysin 10807 daysin 10808 daysin 10808 daysin 10814 daysin 10814 days
VHF-UHF FT8 Activity: 144 MHz unverified4hFT8/FT42mQSO BANAT Association (YO2KQT)in 10786 days
LRAL 4 May 80m Contest can't enter2 sessions1h 59m59mCWSSBFT8/FT480mLRALin 10787 daysin 10787 days
SKCC Straight Key Sprint Europe (SKSE)2hCW160-6mStraight Key Century Clubin 10787 days
NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS)4 sessions30mFT8/FT4FT4160-6mNorthern California Contest Club (NCCC)in 10788 daysin 10795 daysin 10802 daysin 10809 days
NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS)4 sessions30mRTTY160-15mNorthern California Contest Club (NCCC)in 10788 daysin 10795 daysin 10802 daysin 10809 days
NCCC Sprint (NS)4 sessions30mCW160-15mNorthern California Contest Club (NCCC)in 10788 daysin 10795 daysin 10802 daysin 10809 days
Harry Angel Memorial Sprint1h 46mSSBCW80mWIAin 10789 days
ARI International DX Contest23h 59mCWSSBRTTY80-10mARIin 10789 days
7th Call Area QSO Party18hSSBCWDigital160-10mCentral Oregon DX Clubin 10789 days
URH Magyar Kupa Rádióforgalmi Versenysorozat can't enter23h 59mCWSSBFM2-3cmMRASZin 10789 days
Indiana QSO Party11h 59mSSBCW160-10mHoosier DX and Contest Clubin 10789 days
Delaware QSO Party30h 59mSSBCWDigitalFT8/FT4not recordedFirst State Amateur Radio Clubin 10789 days
New England QSO Party2 sessions9h10h 59mSSBCW80-10mNew England QSO Partyin 10789 daysin 10790 days
AWA Valve SSB QSO Party4hSSB80m/40mAWASAin 10790 days
DARC FT4 Contest1h 29mFT8/FT4FT480m/40mDARCin 10792 days
Early Morning Coffee QSO Party1hSSB80m/40mBo Karoo Amateur Radio Clubin 10793 days
VHF-UHF FT8 Activity: 432 MHz unverified4hFT8/FT470cmQSO BANAT Association (YO2KQT)in 10793 days
CQ-M International DX Contest23h 59mCWSSB160-10mSRRin 10796 days
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (WES)35h 59mCW160-6mStraight Key Century Clubin 10796 days
Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest24hRTTY80-10mSSB and RTTY Club of COMO (A.R.I.)in 10796 days
4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (SSS)2hCWSSBDigital160-10m4 States QRP Groupin 10798 days
DARC HELL-Kurzcontest unverified59mDigitalHellnot recordedDARCin 10799 days
VHF-UHF FT8 Activity: 1296 MHz unverified4hDigitalFT823cmQSO BANAT Association (YO2KQT)in 10800 days
SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest can't enter1hSSBCWRTTY80mSARLin 10800 days
ZS SOTA Activity Weekend45h 59mMixednot recordedSOTA SAin 10803 days
NZART Sangster Shield3hCW80mNZARTin 10803 days
His Majesty the King of Spain Contest, CW23h 59mCW160-10mUREin 10803 days
IARU Region 1 70 MHz MGM Contest24hDigitalMGM (machine generated modes)4mIARU Region 1 VHF+ Committeein 10803 days
9A Activity Contest5hCWSSBFM6-23cmHRSin 10804 days
ÖVSV VHF/UHF/Microwave Activity Contest6hCWSSBAMFM6-3cmÖVSVin 10804 days
ZS3 QSO Party1hCWSSB40mNorthern Cape Amateur Radio Clubin 10804 days
SKCC Straight Key Sprint (SKS)2hCW160-6mStraight Key Century Clubin 10807 days
CQ WW WPX Contest, CW47h 59mCW160-10mCQ Magazinein 10810 days

  1. K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST)

    CW · 160-10m · K1USN Radio Club

    • → · 1hin 10784 days
    • → · 1hin 10788 days
    • → · 1hin 10791 days
    • → · 1hin 10795 days
    • → · 1hin 10798 days
    • → · 1hin 10802 days
    • → · 1hin 10805 days
    • → · 1hin 10809 days
    • → · 1hin 10812 days

  2. All Austrian Exercise AOEE 80/40m can't enter

    CWSSB · 80m/40m · ÖVSV

    • → · 3hin 10784 days
    • → · 3hin 10784 days

  3. AGCW QRP/QRP Party

    CW · 80-10m · AGCW-DL

    • → · 6hin 10784 days

  4. AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) unverified

    CW · 80m · AGCW-DL

    • → · 50min 10784 days
    • → · 50min 10791 days
    • → · 50min 10798 days
    • → · 50min 10805 days
    • → · 50min 10812 days

  5. ARS Spartan Sprint

    CW · 80-10m · Adventure Radio Society

    • → · 2hin 10785 days

  6. A1Club Weekly Test (AWT)

    CW · A1 Club

    • → · 1h 15min 10786 days
    • → · 1h 15min 10793 days
    • → · 1h 15min 10800 days
    • → · 1h 15min 10807 days
    • → · 1h 15min 10814 days

  7. CWops Test (CWT)

    CW · 160-6m · CWops

    • → · 1hin 10786 days
    • → · 1hin 10786 days
    • → · 1hin 10787 days
    • → · 1hin 10787 days
    • → · 1hin 10793 days
    • → · 1hin 10793 days
    • → · 1hin 10794 days
    • → · 1hin 10794 days
    • → · 1hin 10800 days
    • → · 1hin 10800 days
    • → · 1hin 10801 days
    • → · 1hin 10801 days
    • → · 1hin 10807 days
    • → · 1hin 10807 days
    • → · 1hin 10808 days
    • → · 1hin 10808 days
    • → · 1hin 10814 days
    • → · 1hin 10814 days

  8. VHF-UHF FT8 Activity: 144 MHz unverified

    FT8/FT4 · 2m · QSO BANAT Association (YO2KQT)

    • → · 4hin 10786 days

  9. LRAL 4 May 80m Contest can't enter

    CWSSBFT8/FT4 · 80m · LRAL

    • → · 1h 59min 10787 days
    • → · 59min 10787 days

  10. SKCC Straight Key Sprint Europe (SKSE)

    CW · 160-6m · Straight Key Century Club

    • → · 2hin 10787 days

  11. NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS)

    FT8/FT4FT4 · 160-6m · Northern California Contest Club (NCCC)

    • → · 30min 10788 days
    • → · 30min 10795 days
    • → · 30min 10802 days
    • → · 30min 10809 days

  12. NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS)

    RTTY · 160-15m · Northern California Contest Club (NCCC)

    • → · 30min 10788 days
    • → · 30min 10795 days
    • → · 30min 10802 days
    • → · 30min 10809 days

  13. NCCC Sprint (NS)

    CW · 160-15m · Northern California Contest Club (NCCC)

    • → · 30min 10788 days
    • → · 30min 10795 days
    • → · 30min 10802 days
    • → · 30min 10809 days

  14. Harry Angel Memorial Sprint

    SSBCW · 80m · WIA

    • → · 1h 46min 10789 days

  15. ARI International DX Contest

    CWSSBRTTY · 80-10m · ARI

    • → · 23h 59min 10789 days

  16. 7th Call Area QSO Party

    SSBCWDigital · 160-10m · Central Oregon DX Club

    • → · 18hin 10789 days

  17. URH Magyar Kupa Rádióforgalmi Versenysorozat can't enter

    CWSSBFM · 2-3cm · MRASZ

    • → · 23h 59min 10789 days

  18. Indiana QSO Party

    SSBCW · 160-10m · Hoosier DX and Contest Club

    • → · 11h 59min 10789 days

  19. Delaware QSO Party

    SSBCWDigitalFT8/FT4 · First State Amateur Radio Club

    • → · 30h 59min 10789 days

  20. New England QSO Party

    SSBCW · 80-10m · New England QSO Party

    • → · 9hin 10789 days
    • → · 10h 59min 10790 days

  21. AWA Valve SSB QSO Party

    SSB · 80m/40m · AWASA

    • → · 4hin 10790 days

  22. DARC FT4 Contest

    FT8/FT4FT4 · 80m/40m · DARC

    • → · 1h 29min 10792 days

  23. Early Morning Coffee QSO Party

    SSB · 80m/40m · Bo Karoo Amateur Radio Club

    • → · 1hin 10793 days

  24. VHF-UHF FT8 Activity: 432 MHz unverified

    FT8/FT4 · 70cm · QSO BANAT Association (YO2KQT)

    • → · 4hin 10793 days

  25. CQ-M International DX Contest

    CWSSB · 160-10m · SRR

    • → · 23h 59min 10796 days

  26. SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (WES)

    CW · 160-6m · Straight Key Century Club

    • → · 35h 59min 10796 days

  27. Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest

    RTTY · 80-10m · SSB and RTTY Club of COMO (A.R.I.)

    • → · 24hin 10796 days

  28. 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (SSS)

    CWSSBDigital · 160-10m · 4 States QRP Group

    • → · 2hin 10798 days

  29. DARC HELL-Kurzcontest unverified

    DigitalHell · DARC

    • → · 59min 10799 days

  30. VHF-UHF FT8 Activity: 1296 MHz unverified

    DigitalFT8 · 23cm · QSO BANAT Association (YO2KQT)

    • → · 4hin 10800 days

  31. SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest can't enter

    SSBCWRTTY · 80m · SARL

    • → · 1hin 10800 days

  32. ZS SOTA Activity Weekend

    Mixed · SOTA SA

    • → · 45h 59min 10803 days

  33. NZART Sangster Shield

    CW · 80m · NZART

    • → · 3hin 10803 days

  34. His Majesty the King of Spain Contest, CW

    CW · 160-10m · URE

    • → · 23h 59min 10803 days

  35. IARU Region 1 70 MHz MGM Contest

    DigitalMGM (machine generated modes) · 4m · IARU Region 1 VHF+ Committee

    • → · 24hin 10803 days

  36. 9A Activity Contest

    CWSSBFM · 6-23cm · HRS

    • → · 5hin 10804 days

  37. ÖVSV VHF/UHF/Microwave Activity Contest

    CWSSBAMFM · 6-3cm · ÖVSV

    • → · 6hin 10804 days

  38. ZS3 QSO Party

    CWSSB · 40m · Northern Cape Amateur Radio Club

    • → · 1hin 10804 days

  39. SKCC Straight Key Sprint (SKS)

    CW · 160-6m · Straight Key Century Club

    • → · 2hin 10807 days

  40. CQ WW WPX Contest, CW

    CW · 160-10m · CQ Magazine

    • → · 47h 59min 10810 days