October 2026

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41 contests and 4 DXpeditions 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.

Contests in October 2026, by day
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
284 AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) RSGB FT4 Contest Series continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	291 continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	302 CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	1 (today)4 CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) SARL 80 m QSO Party SKCC Straight Key Sprint Europe (SKSE) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	25 K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS) NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS) NCCC Sprint (NS) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	35 DARC Hell Contest Deutscher Telegrafie Contest (DTC) Estonian HF Cup (ES LL KV) Oceania DX Contest, Phone continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	45 AWA Valve SSB QSO Party UBA ON Contest, 80m/40m SSB continues: DARC Hell Contest continues: Oceania DX Contest, Phone continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)
54 AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) RSGB 3.5 MHz Autumn Series, CW continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	62 ARS Spartan Sprint continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	72 CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	82 CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	96 H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS) NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS) NCCC Sprint (NS) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	108 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) 10-10 International 10-10 Day Sprint All Cities All Counties Contest (ACAG) Oceania DX Contest, CW PODXS 070 Club 160M Great Pumpkin Sprint SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (WES) Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	118 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) UBA ON Contest, 80m/40m CW continues: All Cities All Counties Contest (ACAG) continues: Oceania DX Contest, CW continues: PODXS 070 Club 160M Great Pumpkin Sprint continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September) continues: SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (WES) continues: Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB
125 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint (SSS) AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	133 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) DARC RTTY-Kurzcontest continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	145 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) Early Morning Coffee QSO Party RSGB 3.5 MHz Autumn Series, Data continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	153 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) continues: SARL Equinox 6m African DX Entity Challenge (September)	166 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS) NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS) NCCC Sprint (NS)	177 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) DARC Ausbildungscontest JARL World Wide RTTY Contest Stew Perry Topband Challenge Worked All Germany Contest (WAG)	187 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) UBA ON Contest, 2m continues: JARL World Wide RTTY Contest continues: Stew Perry Topband Challenge continues: Worked All Germany Contest (WAG)
196 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) continues: JARL World Wide RTTY Contest	203 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition)	217 continues: H49A Solomon Islands (DXpedition) continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) AGCW Schlackertastenabend (STA) CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) IRTS 80m Counties Contest SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest	224 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) RSGB 3.5 MHz Autumn Series, SSB	236 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS) NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS) NCCC Sprint (NS)	243 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB	253 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) continues: CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
265 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) AGCW ZAP Merit Contest (ZMC) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) RSGB FT4 Contest Series	272 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition)	284 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions) SKCC Straight Key Sprint (SKS)	293 continues: 7P8GE Lesotho (DXpedition) continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) CWops Test (CWT)×2 (2 sessions)	306 continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) KH8A American Samoa (DXpedition) K1USN Slow Speed Test (SST) NCCC FT4 Sprint (FT4 NS) NCCC RTTY Sprint (RTTY NS) NCCC Sprint (NS)	314 continues: S9R Sao Tome & Principe (DXpedition) continues: KH8A American Samoa (DXpedition) SARL VHF/UHF FM Mode Contest UK/EI DX Contest, SSB	12 continues: KH8A American Samoa (DXpedition) continues: UK/EI DX Contest, SSB