Ham Radio Daily Contest Brief – October 9, 2026

Today

Scheduled contests overlapping October 9, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.

Other or all-mode activity

• 10-10 Int. 10-10 Day Sprint — 0001Z-2359Z, Oct 10; mode: All; bands: 10m Only; focus: Worldwide.

Phone/SSB

No qualifying Phone/SSB event was identified for October 9, 2026.

CW

• K1USN Slow Speed Test — 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 9; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party — 0000Z-2359Z, Oct 10; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Oceania DX Contest, CW — 0600Z, Oct 10 to 0600Z, Oct 11; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Oceania.

Digital

• Makrothen RTTY Contest — 0000Z-0800Z, Oct 10 and 1600Z-2400Z, Oct 10 and 0800Z-1600Z, Oct 11; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.

Tomorrow Look-Ahead

• Makrothen RTTY Contest — 0000Z-0800Z, Oct 10 and 1600Z-2400Z, Oct 10 and 0800Z-1600Z, Oct 11; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party — 0000Z-2359Z, Oct 10; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• 10-10 Int. 10-10 Day Sprint — 0001Z-2359Z, Oct 10; mode: All; bands: 10m Only; focus: Worldwide.
• Oceania DX Contest, CW — 0600Z, Oct 10 to 0600Z, Oct 11; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Oceania.
• SKCC Weekend Sprintathon — 1200Z, Oct 10 to 2400Z, Oct 11; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; focus: Worldwide.
• Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB — 1200Z, Oct 10 to 1200Z, Oct 11; mode: SSB; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Scandinavia.
• Arizona QSO Party — 1500Z, Oct 10 to 0500Z, Oct 11; mode: CW, Phone; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party.
• Pennsylvania QSO Party — 1600Z, Oct 10 to 0400Z, Oct 11 and 1300Z-2200Z, Oct 11; mode: CW, Phone; bands: All, except WARC; focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party.
• South Dakota QSO Party — 1800Z, Oct 10 to 1800Z, Oct 11; mode: CW, Phone, Digital; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2, 222, 432; focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party.
• PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint — 2000Z, Oct 10 to 2000Z, Oct 11; mode: PSK31; bands: 160m Only; focus: Worldwide.
• UBA ON Contest, CW — 0600Z-1000Z, Oct 11; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40m.

Sources

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