CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest is organised by CQ Magazine. Dates below are in UTC and come from the organiser's rule.
| Contest | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, CW | Fri, Jan 29, 2027, 22:00 UTC | Sun, Jan 31, 2027, 22:00 UTC |
| CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, CW | Fri, Jan 28, 2028, 22:00 UTC | Sun, Jan 30, 2028, 22:00 UTC |
| CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, CW | Fri, Jan 26, 2029, 22:00 UTC | Sun, Jan 28, 2029, 22:00 UTC |
| CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, SSB | Fri, Feb 26, 2027, 22:00 UTC | Sun, Feb 28, 2027, 22:00 UTC |
| CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, SSB | Fri, Feb 25, 2028, 22:00 UTC | Sun, Feb 27, 2028, 22:00 UTC |
| CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, SSB | Fri, Feb 23, 2029, 22:00 UTC | Sun, Feb 25, 2029, 22:00 UTC |
The last full weekend of January, from Friday at 22:00 UTC, for 48 hours.
The weekend of the last Saturday of February, from Friday at 22:00 UTC, for 48 hours.
Rule inferred from the published 2026 dates: the weekend of the last Saturday of February, even when its Sunday is March 1.
Only 160 m is used: the rest of HF carries on as on any other weekend, and there is room everywhere for those not taking part.
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 CQ Magazine. They change from year to year: read them before you send a log.
