Ham Radio Daily Contest Brief – October 21, 2026

Today

Scheduled contests overlapping October 21, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.

Phone/SSB

• ARRL School Club Roundup — 1300Z, Oct 19 to 2359Z, Oct 23; mode: CW, Phone, RTTY/Digital; bands: All, except 60, 30, 17, 12m; focus: Worldwide.
• IRTS 80m Counties Contest — 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 21; mode: CW, SSB; bands: 80m Only; focus: Ireland/Northern Ireland.

CW

• ARRL School Club Roundup — 1300Z, Oct 19 to 2359Z, Oct 23; mode: CW, Phone, RTTY/Digital; bands: All, except 60, 30, 17, 12m; focus: Worldwide.
• A1Club AWT — 1145Z-1300Z, Oct 21; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 21; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Mini-Test 40 — 1700Z-1759Z, Oct 21; mode: CW; bands: 40m Only; focus: Worldwide.
• Mini-Test 80 — 1800Z-1859Z, Oct 21; mode: CW; bands: 80m Only; focus: Worldwide.
• AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening — 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 21; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40m; focus: Worldwide.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 1900Z-2000Z, Oct 21; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• IRTS 80m Counties Contest — 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 21; mode: CW, SSB; bands: 80m Only; focus: Ireland/Northern Ireland.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 0300Z-0400Z, Oct 22; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.

Digital

• ARRL School Club Roundup — 1300Z, Oct 19 to 2359Z, Oct 23; mode: CW, Phone, RTTY/Digital; bands: All, except 60, 30, 17, 12m; focus: Worldwide.
• VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest — 1700Z-2100Z, Oct 21; mode: FT8/4; bands: 1.2G; focus: Europe.

Tomorrow Look-Ahead

• ARRL School Club Roundup — 1300Z, Oct 19 to 2359Z, Oct 23; mode: CW, Phone, RTTY/Digital; bands: All, except 60, 30, 17, 12m; focus: Worldwide.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 0700Z-0800Z, Oct 22; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• RSGB 80m Autumn Series, SSB — 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 22; mode: SSB; bands: 80m Only; focus: United Kingdom.
• NCCC FT4 Sprint — 0100Z-0130Z, Oct 23; mode: FT4; bands: (see rules); focus: North America.
• Weekly RTTY Test — 0145Z-0215Z, Oct 23; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: North America.
• NCCC Sprint — 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 23; mode: CW; bands: (see rules); focus: North America.

Sources

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