DARC HELL Short Contests 2026

The next season of the DARC RTTY short contests has started 2nd tuesday in january 2026. Condidtions were OK at the beginning and became more worse in the second half of the competition. But nevertheless, we were facing a new record in the number of participants. More than 120 logs were loaded up !!!! So please fellow contesters from EU, keep on being around 2nd Tuesday in April 2026 (April 14th) ! You'r welcome !

No changes of the rules for 2026 ! Be aware, that for a complete QSO, the exchange of RST AND serial number is mandatory. Leaving out the RST will save time and will give an advantage, but it is a violation of the contest rules for the DARC RTTY Short Contests and will lead to a score deduction.

So far we see, that the DARC RTTY Short Contest is set up in WinTest, N1MM, DX-Log and UCX-Log. Nevertheless, we see many users of fldigi in company with ADIF2CABRILLO and others.