ARRL International DX Contest is organised by ARRL. Dates below are in UTC and come from the organiser's rule.
| Contest | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| ARRL International DX Contest, CW | Sat, Feb 20, 2027, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Feb 22, 2027, 00:00 UTC |
| ARRL International DX Contest, CW | Sat, Feb 19, 2028, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Feb 21, 2028, 00:00 UTC |
| ARRL International DX Contest, CW | Sat, Feb 17, 2029, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Feb 19, 2029, 00:00 UTC |
| ARRL International DX Contest, SSB | Sat, Mar 6, 2027, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Mar 8, 2027, 00:00 UTC |
| ARRL International DX Contest, SSB | Sat, Mar 4, 2028, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Mar 6, 2028, 00:00 UTC |
| ARRL International DX Contest, SSB | Sat, Mar 3, 2029, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Mar 5, 2029, 00:00 UTC |
The third full weekend of February, from Saturday at 00:00 UTC, for 48 hours.
The first full weekend of March, from Saturday at 00:00 UTC, for 48 hours.
It runs on 160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 20 m, 15 m, and 10 m.
It runs in CW and SSB, so both the CW and the phone segments are busy.
The WARC bands (30, 17 and 12 m) stay contest-free by IARU agreement: that is where DXpeditions and quiet QSOs go.
You do not need to be a contester to hand out a few points: answer a CQ, give the exchange exactly as the rules ask, and log the contact. Most organisers take logs in Cabrillo format through an upload page, with a deadline a few days after the end, and even a short log helps the checking. Check-logs are welcome too.
It is one of the 31 contests in the HamQSO calendar, and the feed adds its next editions to your calendar.
The rules are published by ARRL. They change from year to year: read them before you send a log.
