August 30, 2026

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via the ARRL: The ARRL EME Contest

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Mark your calendars now. This year’s second ARRL EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) Contest weekend is September 5 – 6, 2026, 0000 UTC on Saturday through 2359 UTC Sunday, and encompasses the bands 2.3 GHz and up.

The contest objective is to work as many amateur stations as possible via the EME path on the bands associated with the above weekend dates.

“Our goal is scoring – while grid squares are shown in the contest log upload for every QSO reported,” said ARRL Radiosport and Field Services Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ.

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