{"id":964,"date":"2026-03-10T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/?p=964"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:40:35","slug":"announcing-the-2026-cq-world-wide-wpx-ssb-and-cw-contests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/announcing-the-2026-cq-world-wide-wpx-ssb-and-cw-contests\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2026 CQ World Wide WPX SSB and CW Contests"},"content":{"rendered":"I am pleased to announce the 2026 CQ WPX SSB and CW contests as follows:<br \/><br \/>SSB: March 28 and 29, 2026 <br \/>CW: May 30 and 31, 2026<br \/>Times: 0000 UTC on Saturday to 2359 UTC on Sunday<br \/>Log deadlines (NEW FOR 2026): <br \/>&#8211; SSB: 2359 UTC on March 31, 2026 <br \/>&#8211; CW: 2359 UTC on June 2, 2026<br \/><br \/>***RULE CHANGES FOR 2026***<br \/><br \/>1.\tAll entries must be submitted WITHIN 48 HOURS after the end of the contest<br \/>2.\tAutonomous operation is prohibited<br \/>3.\tThe requirement for a station to sign as portable when operating from a DXCC entity different from that indicated by its callsign has been eliminated<br \/>4.\tPrevious Rookie winners are not eligible for Rookie plaques<br \/>5.\tEligible club members may contribute their DXpedition scores to their club entry<br \/>6.\tEntrants must supply details on their station upon request<br \/><br \/>Please visit < https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/index.htm > for the complete rules and other contest resources.<br \/><br \/>73,<br \/><br \/>Bud Trench, AA3B<br \/>CQ WPX Contest Director<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to announce the 2026 CQ WPX SSB and CW contests as follows: SSB: March 28 and 29, 2026 CW: May 30 and 31, 2026Times: 0000 UTC on Saturday to 2359 UTC on SundayLog deadlines (NEW FOR 2026): &#8211; SSB: 2359 UTC on March 31, 2026 &#8211; CW: 2359 UTC on June 2, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/announcing-the-2026-cq-world-wide-wpx-ssb-and-cw-contests\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcing the 2026 CQ World Wide WPX SSB and CW Contests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7uaXG-fy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}