ARRL November Sweepstakes – CW

Contest Objective: To support amateur self-training in radiocommunications, including improving amateur operating skills, conducting technical investigations, and intercommunicating with other amateurs. Stations in the United States and Canada (including territories and possessions) exchange information with as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.

New for 2023:

– For 2023 we have 85 Sections: Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) updated a couple of their sections, replacing Maritime (MAR) by making New Brunswick (NB) and Nova Scotia (NS) individual sections; Greater Toronto Area (GTA) was renamed to be ‘Golden Horseshoe’ (GH); and Northern Territories has been renamed just ‘Territories’ (TER) – this impacts the Sections Lists for RAC events, as well as ARRL Field Day and ARRL Sweepstakes;

– Limited Antenna Overlay: Any Single Operator or Single Operator Unlimited entrant can enter using the Limited Antennas Overlay. Operation is limited to the use of single-element antennas such as a single vertical, end-fed wire, or a single dipole antenna no more than 50 feet above ground at its highest point. The antenna(s) may cover multiple bands, as in the case of multiband verticals and dipoles with fan or trap constructions.
Dates:

CW: First full weekend in November (November 4-6, 2023).

Phone: Third full weekend in November (November 18-20, 2023).

Contest Period: Begins 2100 UTC Saturday and runs through 0259 UTC Monday.

Click here for the complete ARRL November Sweepstakes rules (PDF)

Click here for information on the Affiliated Club Competion program

For contest information contact contests@arrl.org or (860) 594-0232