There are three South African contests scheduled for the next two weeks. The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest will be run from 16:00 UTC on Friday 14 January until 12:00 UTC on Sunday 16 January 2022. Unfortunately, no news item was received from the hosting Club about the contest. Turn to page 26 of the 2022 Blue Book for further information.

The first leg of the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest will be run from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC on Wednesday 19 January with phone, CW and digital activity. The exchange is a RS, RST or RSQ report, your four-character grid square and the name or abbreviation of your Club. You score two points for a phone QSO, three points for a CW and digital QSO, two points for each new grid square and one point for each new Club worked. The format has changed to a contest because South African radio amateurs are not ready to operate sprints. Submit your MS Excel log by 21:59 UTC on Monday 24 January to contest@sarl.org.za. Your call sign must appear in the name of the file, e.g., ZS4BS 2022 Wednesday 80 m Club Contest.xlsx. On page 57 of the 2022 Blue Book, you will find a list of Clubs and their abbreviations.

The first leg of the SARL QRP Contest, the Summer contest, will be on the air from 12:00 to 13:30 UTC on Saturday 22 January 2022. More detail in next week’s bulletin.

Clubs and individuals who are the hosts of the contests in the 2022 Blue Book are referred to Rule 2 of the General Rules. They are requested to advertise the contest by submitting a news item to SARL News for at least 2 Sundays before the contest. Upload the news item, in English and Afrikaans, to www.sarl.org.za/NewsInbox.asp.

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