On the new year';s first weekend, the main˙contests are the WW PMC from˙Slovenia and the ARRL RTTY Roundup.
PMC stands for˙Peace Messenger Cities. The complete list is available at˙
http://www.s59dcd.si/en10/index.php?...-pmc&Itemid=93.
The contest';s goal is to promote contacts˙between PM cities and the rest of the world, but it is also a worldwide contest where anyone can work anyone. The time is 1200 UTC Saturday - 1200 UTC Sunday. The modes are CW and˙SSB in the HF bands between 80 and 10 meters. For the rules and other details, see˙
http://www.s59dcd.si/en10/index.php?...1&I temid=124.
The ARRL RTTY Roundup will take place from Saturday, 1800 UTC to Sunday, 2400 UTC in the usual digital modes (Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31, PSK63, Packet). Again in this˙contest anyone can work anyone. For details, see˙
http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup.
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