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The UK Six Metre Group
Dedicated to promoting 50MHz activity around the world.
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The UKSMG Winter Marathon

The UKSMG aims to promote and encourage activity on the Six Metre band and the Winter Marathon is an ideal opportunity to raise activity.

The UKSMG winter Marathon is open to ALL amateur radio operators world-wide. (UKSMG membership is NOT required.)


This year we are continuing with the Legacy Marathon and a Digital Marathon for this years Winter Marathon. Any QSO may be uploaded. The website will then sort the Legacy modes from the Digital modes and present them in seperate Standings Tables. You may enter either or both sections by managing the QSO' you upload.

Legacy Modes are; CW, SSB, FM, AM, RTTY and SSTV.
Digital Modes are; any other mode not considered as 'Legacy'.


 
The objective is to work as many 4 digit grid squares as possible between the first day of December (01 December 2024 at 00:00 UTC) and the last day of January (31 January 2025 ending at 23:59 UTC) on the Six Metre band.

Logs can be submitted until the 10th Feb 2025.

You can follow this contest online by clicking one of the following buttons:





Results

To view the final results for the Winter Marathon 2024/25 click the following button
 

 

 

 

 

Rules

Rules for the UKSMG Winter Marathon and log format details can be found here :
 

Awards

Each Regional winner will be awarded One Year's FREE Digital UKSMG membership.


To Upload Your Log

Only ADIF files are accepted. Click on this button to upload your log :
 

To View Your Log

Click on this button to view your log :

 

ADIF Logging Program

If you dont have a computer logging program and want a quick way to create adif files, try DF3CB's Fast Log Entry program. Works on any Windows PC and Linux under Wine. Go HERE for more details.

Table & Marathon Leaders

Winter 2024 Marathon - Top 5
Legacy Modes
1G0GGG9Grids
2EI8KN6
View the rules and full results
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Winter 2024 Marathon - Top 5
Digital Modes
1ZL1RS236Grids
2G0GGG181
3VK3ZAZ85
4EI8KN56
5DB2CLK12
View the rules and full results
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All-time Countries Table - Top 5
1IK0FTA266 Terr.QSOs
2SV1DH263
3ON4IQ260
4ON4GG259
5IK5YJY253
View the full All-time table
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2025 Countries Table - Top 5
1PY2XB144
2G8BCG94
3ZL1RS84
4VK3ZAZ50
52E0FVN42
View the full Annual table

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Summer 2024 Marathon - Top 5
Legacy Modes
1IK7LMX244Grids
2IK7EOT230
3IV3KKW218
4IS0BSR192
5IZ5HQB128
View the rules and full results
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Summer 2024 Marathon - Top 5
Digital Modes
1IZ5EME649Grids
2IK7EOT494
3IS0BSR450
4IV3KKW441
5G0CER425
View the rules and full results
 

Summer Contest Results


2024 Summer Contest
Took place on the 1st/2nd June 2024

The results of the 2024 Summer Contest may be found here.



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