Today
Scheduled contests overlapping August 20, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.
Phone/SSB
No qualifying Phone/SSB event was identified for August 20, 2026.
CW
- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest — 0000Z-0100Z, Aug 20 and 0200Z-0300Z, Aug 21; mode: CW; bands: 20m Only; focus: North America.
- CWops Test (CWT) — 0700Z-0800Z, Aug 20; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
- NTC QSO Party — 1900Z-2000Z, Aug 20; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40, 20m; focus: The Netherlands.
- QRP Fox Hunt — 0100Z-0230Z, Aug 21; mode: CW; bands: 20m Only; focus: United States.
- NCCC Sprint Ladder — 0230Z-0300Z, Aug 21; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m; focus: North America.
Digital
- NCCC FT4 Sprint — 0100Z-0130Z, Aug 21; mode: FT4; bands: (see rules); focus: North America.
- Weekly RTTY Test — 0145Z-0215Z, Aug 21; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: North America.
Tomorrow Look-Ahead
- K1USN Slow Speed Test — 2000Z-2100Z, Aug 21; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
- Turkiye HF Contest — 0600Z, Aug 22 to 0600Z, Aug 23; mode: CW, SSB; 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.
