IARU Region 1 Field Day coming soon

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A Highlight for European Hams

For European Hams the IARU Region 1 SSB Field Day is one of the highlights of the year (Not that popular as the ARRL Field Day for US hams but still an important contest for European hams).

Hosted by the national amateur radio associations

What makes this contest special is that it is not organised by IARU R1 itself, but by the individual national amateur radio associations in Europe. This means that although the contest takes place at the same time, all participating countries have their own contest rules, which may differ slightly, and compile their own rankings.

I have already mentioned this briefly in this forum in other thread:

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Name: IARU-R1 Fieldday SSB
Date: Always 1st full weekend in September
Geo: World
Hosts: RSGB (UK), DARC (Germany), ARI (Italy), USKA (Switzerland), RAAG (Greece)
Bands: 10m - 160m
Mode: SSB
Rules: Each host country has its own rules. The details vary (e.g., how much power you are allowed to use, how far away the nearest house with 110 V/230 V power supply must be, etc.) but the important rules are the same everywhere:

• Field Day stations are “portable” ( /P ).
• Exchange is RST + a consecutive three-digit number (001, 002, 003, etc.).
• Contacting /P stations gives you more points than fixed stations.

Confusing contest name

Even though the contest is called IARU R1 SSB Field Day, it is only offered in about a dozen European national amateur radio associations. In particular, since the IARU R1 VHF Contest takes place at the same weekend, certain national associations have only included the latter in their contest calendar.

Registration needed

IARU R1 SSB Field Day needs in most participating countries a pre-contest registration:

• Hams from countries that offer the IARU R1 Field Day themselves, take part in their country’s Field Day (see list below).

• All other hams I recommend to participate at the Germany’s Field Day. This has a separate ranking list for foreign participants and provide the contest rules also in English language.

Links to registration and contest rules

• Belgium (UBA):
  • in French language: Registration – Contest rules
  • in Dutch language: Registration – Contest rules
• Germany (DARC): Registration – Contest Rules in English – Contest Rules in German
• Greece (RAAG): Contest rules in Greek (Version 2024; PDF)
• Italy (ARI): No pre-contest registration needed – Contest rules in Italian
• Norway (NRRL): Contest Rules in Norsk
• Switzerland (USKA): Registration: see infos in contest rules – Contest rules in German, French, Italian and English available
• United Kingdom (RSGB): No pre-contest registration needed – Contest Rules in English
• The Netherlands (VERON): No pre-contest registration needed – Contest rules in Dutch (PDF)

This list is maybe not exhaustive. European hams should consult the homepage of their national association.

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73 de Pepe HB9EVT

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IARU R1 SSB Field Day is running. Lot of European stations on air. So far i worked portable stations from

73 Pepe

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edit: additional flags

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The All Asia DX Phone Contest is still running until 00:00z. Strong signals currently on 20m.

Exchange: RS + 2-digit age

Enroll in the contest: https://app.worldradioleague.com/contest

73 Pepe