[CQ-Contest] Helvetia Contest - 25/26 April 2026

[HB9AMO]

Hello

USKA (Union of Swiss Shortwave Amateurs - www.uska.ch)) is inviting you 
to participate in the Helvetia Contest this upcoming weekend.

The contests starts Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 13:00 UTC and finishes 
Sunday, 26 April 2026 at 12:59 UTC

The 2026 rules can be found here:
Rules and Regulations for Helvetia Contest (EN): 
https://uska.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-01-Rules-and-Regulations-for-Helvetia-Contest-issued-March-2026.pdf 

Bestimmungen für den Helvetia Wettbewerb (DE): 
https://uska.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-01-Rules-and-Regulations-for-Helvetia-Contest-issued-March-2026.pdf 


This year we introduce Real Time Contesting (RTC) as described in 
section 2.3 Categories

Following loggers N1MM+, DXLog, QARtest and SDC were successfully tested 
and work with the scoreboard on https://hamscore.com/scoreboard/

Help with Logger Setup can be found here: 
https://blog.contestonlinescore.com/documents/

How does an RTC work? Your logger uploads all new/altered QSO every 2 
minutes (default value) to https://hamscore.com/scoreboard/
After the contest finished on Sunday at 12:59:59 UTC you have 10 minutes 
finalize your log and few minutes later the final results will be 
published.

How do we know we are dealing with a real and not busted call? If a 
callsign appears in two real-time-logs it is treated as a valid callsign.

A "last" minute offer from the RTC-Team:
We’d like to schedule one additional test session this Thursday, 23 
April 2026 from 18:00z to 24:00z.
It’s important for anyone planning to run RTC during the contest to 
become familiar with the logger setup and the scoreboard on hamscore.com.

As mentioned in the contest rules in chapter 2.3.2 Classic you can also 
submit your QSOs the "traditional way" to https://contestlog.uska.ch

USKA and the Team behind the Real Time Contest Server wishes you good 
luck in the Helvetia Contest 2026.

73