RSGB Contest Special Rules 2026

S6.
1. The UKuG 2026 General Rules apply to this contest series.
2. This contest will take place on four bands: 76GHz, 122GHz, 134GHz and 241GHz.
3. There are 3 events 08:00 to 17:00 UTC on a Sunday in February, and 08:00 to 20:00 UTC in April and October.
4. Entrants can choose to operate for the whole 9 hours of the contest in February (Note: duration is 12 hours in April and October this was extended following feedback after the first session), or a partial period of their choice.
5. All modes are permitted.
6. Per event, entrants can only submit 1 log per band. Logs for all events entered must be submitted in the week after each session.
7. All events require the use of 8-digit locators.
8. There is a single Open section which has no power or antenna restrictions.
9. Moving location during the contest (Roving) is allowed.
10. Each event will be scored and tabulated separately. There will be an overall championship determined by taking the best 2 normalised scores from each entrant across the 3 events for each band. An overall champion will also be declared based on the normalised championship scores from each band.
11. No Trophies are currently available to be awarded as of December 2025. This may or may not change during 2026.
12. PDF Certificates for all final positions will be available for download from the UkuG contest website.
13. The normalised scores from all bands will be used to create an EHF Band Championship table.