CQ WW WPX Contest is organised by CQ Magazine. Dates below are in UTC and come from the organiser's rule.
| Contest | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB | Sat, Mar 27, 2027, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Mar 29, 2027, 00:00 UTC |
| CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB | Sat, Mar 25, 2028, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Mar 27, 2028, 00:00 UTC |
| CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB | Sat, Mar 24, 2029, 00:00 UTC | Mon, Mar 26, 2029, 00:00 UTC |
| CQ WW WPX Contest, CW | Sat, May 29, 2027, 00:00 UTC | Mon, May 31, 2027, 00:00 UTC |
| CQ WW WPX Contest, CW | Sat, May 27, 2028, 00:00 UTC | Mon, May 29, 2028, 00:00 UTC |
| CQ WW WPX Contest, CW | Sat, May 26, 2029, 00:00 UTC | Mon, May 28, 2029, 00:00 UTC |
The last full weekend of March, from Saturday at 00:00 UTC, for 48 hours.
The last full weekend of May, 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 SSB and CW, 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.
