Will you be a Backpacker or HillTopper in 2025?

Will you be a Backpacker or HillTopper in 2025?

Time to get outside with your Amateur Radio Equipment?

On the following dates are some of the RSGB Backpacker Contests

Please do not switch off when I say Backpacker, because there is a HilToppers section too.

The dates are
Sunday May 4th, Sunday June 15th, Sunday July 6th, Sat August 12th
Sunday 7th Sept.

The Rules for Backpacker are as follows:

a) 5W maximum output from the transmitter
b) Single antenna with no more than 20 half-wave elements (or equivalent)
c) Antenna height: Driven element no more than 6m above the ground
d) No operation from a motor vehicle. The vehicle supply must not be used to power any equipment used during the contest or to recharge batteries for the equipment.
e) All equipment used during the contest must be battery, wind or solar-powered.
f) Equipment must be carried and operated at least 100m from the vehicle.
g) Stations entering in this section must use the /P callsign suffix

If this is not for you, how about giving the Hill Toppers a go?

a) 25W maximum output from the transmitter.
b) One or more antennas with no more than 20 half-wave elements (or equivalent) in total.
c) Antenna height: Driven element no more than 6m above the ground
d) Operation from a motor vehicle permitted.
e) All equipment used during the contest must be battery, wind or solar-powered. If equipment is powered from a vehicle supply, the engine must be switched off for the duration of the contest.
f) Stations entering in this section must use the /P callsign suffix.

I would be happy to team up with a few others to share equipment and operating time.

How about you?

For the Full Detail please see https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/readcal.pl

And also https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2025&contest=144backpack1