Ham Radio Daily Contest Brief – September 16, 2026

Today

Scheduled contests overlapping September 16, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.

Phone/SSB

No qualifying Phone/SSB event was identified for September 16, 2026.

CW

• A1Club AWT — 1145Z-1300Z, Sep 16; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 1300Z-1400Z, Sep 16; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Mini-Test 40 — 1700Z-1759Z, Sep 16; mode: CW; bands: 40m Only; focus: Worldwide.
• Mini-Test 80 — 1800Z-1859Z, Sep 16; mode: CW; bands: 80m Only; focus: Worldwide.
• RSGB 80m Autumn Series, CW — 1900Z-2030Z, Sep 16; mode: CW; bands: 80m Only; focus: United Kingdom.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 1900Z-2000Z, Sep 16; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest — 0000Z-0100Z, Sep 17 and 0200Z-0300Z, Sep 18; mode: CW; bands: 20m Only; focus: North America.
• NAQCC CW Sprint — 0030Z-0230Z, Sep 17; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40, 20m; focus: United States/Canada.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 0300Z-0400Z, Sep 17; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.

Digital

• VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest — 1700Z-2100Z, Sep 16; mode: FT8/4; bands: 1.2G; focus: Europe.
• VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA — 0000Z-0500Z, Sep 17; mode: FT8/4; bands: 1296 Only; focus: North America.

Tomorrow Look-Ahead

• Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest — 0000Z-0100Z, Sep 17 and 0200Z-0300Z, Sep 18; mode: CW; bands: 20m Only; focus: North America.
• CWops Test (CWT) — 0700Z-0800Z, Sep 17; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
• BCC QSO Party — 1800Z-1959Z, Sep 17; mode: CW, SSB, RTTY; bands: 80m Only; focus: Europe.
• NTC QSO Party — 1900Z-2000Z, Sep 17; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40, 20m; focus: The Netherlands.
• NCCC FT4 Sprint — 0100Z-0130Z, Sep 18; mode: FT4; bands: (see rules); focus: North America.
• Weekly RTTY Test — 0145Z-0215Z, Sep 18; mode: RTTY; bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: North America.
• NCCC Sprint — 0230Z-0300Z, Sep 18; 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.