Rookie Roundup is a contest aimed at Amateurs licensed for three years or less. This six-hour event is held three times per year (April, August and December). Rookies can contact anybody, while "Old Timers" make contact with only Rookies. Mentoring is a big part of this event!
ARRL January VHF Contest
ARRL International DX Contest - CW
International Digital Contest
ARRL June VHF Contest
10 GHz & Up Contest
ARRL September VHF Contest
ARRL 10 GHz & Up Contest - Leg 2
ARRL 160 Meter Contest
ARRL 10 Meter Contest
(Third full weekend in February) Contest Objective: To encourage W/VE stations to expand knowledge of DX propagation on the HF and MF bands, improve operating skills, and improve station capability by creating a competition in which DX stations may only contact W/VE stations. One contest period is CW-only and one is Phone-only. Use only the […]
Twice a year, ARRL offers an event designed to promote Amateur Radio to our youth. Share the excitement with your kids or grandkids, a Scout troop, a church or the general public! Kids Day is designed to give on-the-air experience to young people and hopefully foster interest in getting a license of their own. It […]
About Contest Objective: To support amateur self-training in radiocommunications including improving amateur operating skills, conducting technical investigations, and intercommunicating with other amateurs around the world, especially IARU member society headquarters stations, using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. Dates: The second full weekend of July (July 13-14, 2024). Contest Period: Begins […]
About Objective: Work as many stations as possible on the 222 MHz through 241 GHz bands using any allowable mode. A station in a specific grid locator may be contacted from the same location only once on each band, regardless of mode. Dates: The first full weekend of August, (August 3-4, 2024) Contest Period: Begins […]
Mission: To encourage newly-licensed operators (“Rookies”) in North America (including territories and possessions) to operate on the HF bands and experience competitive Amateur Radio operating. Experienced operators (“Non-Rookies”) are strongly encouraged to participate and help new operators – either on the air or in person. Objective: Rookies exchange information with as many other stations as […]
About Contest Objective: To work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth path on any authorized amateur frequency above 50 MHz. Dates: Four full weekend 48-hour periods (0000 UTC on Saturday through 2359 UTC Sunday). Dates for 2023 are: Weekends 1 and 2: 2.3 GHz & Up - August 12-13, September 9-10 Weekends […]
About New scoring rules in effect! Distance point multipliers for each band have been added to encourage contacts on the higher microwave bands. Contacts on bands higher than 10 GHz will now accrue greater distance points. In addition, single-band "Best DX" and single-band "Top Score" certificates or endorsements will be awarded for each individual band […]
About Contest Objective: To work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth path on any authorized amateur frequency above 50 MHz. Dates: Four full weekend 48-hour periods (0000 UTC on Saturday through 2359 UTC Sunday). Dates for 2023 are: Weekends 1 and 2: 2.3 GHz & Up - August 12-13, September 9-10 Weekends […]
About Contest Objective: To work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth path on any authorized amateur frequency above 50 MHz. Dates: Four full weekend 48-hour periods (0000 UTC on Saturday through 2359 UTC Sunday). Dates for 2023 are: Weekends 1 and 2: 2.3 GHz & Up - August 12-13, September 9-10 Weekends […]
ARRL November Sweepstakes 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 […]