Today
Scheduled contests overlapping October 16, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.
Phone/SSB
No qualifying Phone/SSB event was identified for October 16, 2026.
CW
- K1USN Slow Speed Test — 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 16; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
Digital
- JARL WW RTTY Contest — 0000Z, Oct 17 to 2400Z, Oct 18; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
Tomorrow Look-Ahead
- JARL WW RTTY Contest — 0000Z, Oct 17 to 2400Z, Oct 18; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
- New York QSO Party — 1400Z, Oct 17 to 0200Z, Oct 18; mode: CW, SSB, Digital; bands: All, except WARC; focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party.
- Worked All Germany Contest — 1500Z, Oct 17 to 1459Z, Oct 18; mode: CW, SSB; bands: (Please observe contest free band segments per the rules), 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Germany.
- Stew Perry Topband Challenge — 1500Z, Oct 17 to 1500Z, Oct 18; mode: CW; bands: 160m Only; focus: Worldwide.
- Feld Hell Sprint — 2000Z-2359Z, Oct 17; mode: Feld Hell; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; focus: Worldwide.
- Argentina National 7 MHz Contest — 2130Z-2330Z, Oct 17; mode: SSB; bands: 40m Only; focus: Argentina.
- Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW — 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 18; mode: CW; bands: 20, 15m; focus: Asia/Pacific.
Sources
WA7BNM Contest Calendar | ARRL Contest Calendar. WA7BNM supplies the event details; ARRL is retained as the secondary calendar cross-check.






