Ham Radio Daily Contest Brief – October 31, 2026

Today

Scheduled contests overlapping October 31, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.

Phone/SSB

• ARRL EME Contest — 0000Z, Oct 31 to 2359Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, Phone, Digital; bands: 50-1296 MHz; focus: Worldwide.
• UK/EI DX Contest, SSB — 1200Z, Oct 31 to 1200Z, Nov 1; mode: SSB; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Russian WW MultiMode Contest — 1200Z, Oct 31 to 1159Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m.
• North American SSB Sprint Contest — 0000Z-0400Z, Nov 1; mode: SSB; bands: 80, 40, 20m; focus: North America.

CW

• ARRL EME Contest — 0000Z, Oct 31 to 2359Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, Phone, Digital; bands: 50-1296 MHz; focus: Worldwide.
• Russian WW MultiMode Contest — 1200Z, Oct 31 to 1159Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m.
• Silent Key Memorial Contest — 0600Z-0859Z, Nov 1; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40m; focus: Worldwide.

Digital

• ARRL EME Contest — 0000Z, Oct 31 to 2359Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, Phone, Digital; bands: 50-1296 MHz; focus: Worldwide.
• Russian WW MultiMode Contest — 1200Z, Oct 31 to 1159Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m.

Tomorrow Look-Ahead

• ARRL EME Contest — 0000Z, Oct 31 to 2359Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, Phone, Digital; bands: 50-1296 MHz; focus: Worldwide.
• UK/EI DX Contest, SSB — 1200Z, Oct 31 to 1200Z, Nov 1; mode: SSB; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Russian WW MultiMode Contest — 1200Z, Oct 31 to 1159Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m.
• Silent Key Memorial Contest — 0600Z-0859Z, Nov 1; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40m; focus: Worldwide.
• EANET Sprint — 0800Z-1200Z, Nov 1; mode: Any; bands: Any; focus: Worldwide.
• Classic Exchange, CW — 1400Z, Nov 1 to 0800Z, Nov 2 and 1400Z, Mar 3 to 0800Z, Nov 4; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m; focus: Worldwide.
• High Speed Club CW Contest — 1400Z-1700Z, Nov 1; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Real Time Contest — 1600Z-2000Z, Nov 1; mode: CW, SSB; bands: 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• K1USN Slow Speed Test — 0000Z-0100Z, Nov 2; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.

Sources

WA7BNM Contest Calendar | ARRL Contest Calendar. WA7BNM supplies the event details; ARRL is retained as the secondary calendar cross-check.