New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters

November 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-11-29 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)
The Official broadcast is made on HF on 3900 kHz, LSB at the top end of the 80m band and on the National system as well as some local VHF and UHF repeaters around New Zealand at 8:00 pm (repeated at 9:00 pm)

October 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-10-25 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

September 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-09-27 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

August 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-08-30 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

July 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-07-26 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

NZART Memorial Contest 2026
2026-07-04 20:00 - 2026-07-05 23:00 (Pacific/Auckland)

June 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-06-28 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

May 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-05-24 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

April 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-04-26 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

ANZAC Day AM ZL-VK activity
2026-04-25

March 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-03-29 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

Jock White Memorial Field Day 2026
2026-02-28 15:00 - 2026-03-01 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland)

February 2026 Official Broadcast
2026-02-22 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

1st January 2026 – NZART Centenary 100 QSO Challenge
2026-01-01 00:00 - 23:59 (Pacific/Auckland)
1st January 2026 – NZART Centenary 100 QSO Challenge
You are invited to kick off the Centenary year in style with a fun, on-air event. Can you make 100 contacts in 24 hours? The rules are as follows:
1101 31 December 2025 UTC (0001 NZDT 1st January 2026)
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1059 1 January 2026 UTC (2359 NZDT 1 January 2026)

Object: To celebrate the start of the 2026 NZART Centenary Year by making 100 QSOs with amateur radio stations in 24 hours.
Operating Period: The 24 hours of New Years Day in New Zealand (NZDT).
Bands: All bands including WARC (as this is NOT a contest).
Modes: All modes permitted.
Meaning of QSO: A completed two-way QSO with another amateur station swapping as a minimum callsigns and a signal report appropriate for the mode used. The QSO can otherwise be as long or as short as you like.
Note: This is NOT a contest so there is no number exchange.
Dupes: Stations can be worked more than once but only on a new band or different mode.
Awards: A commemorative PDF certificate will be emailed to each Amateur Station who completes 100 QSOs in accordance with these rules.
Special Certificate Endorsements:

Most Portable stations: New Years Day in ZL and VK is popular for portable operating. Many are active in the SOTA/POTA/WWFF/Lakes/NZ Parks/Huts programs while others are just out enjoying the sunshine. They will be pleased to add to your contact list so give them a call. As we don’t require the /P suffix in ZL, this category will be scored using the SOTA/POTA/WWFF and ontheair.nz alert/spot/log data.
Most DXCC Entities: The person who worked the most DXCC entities in their first 100 QSOs (note you must submit every QSO you make regardless of entity and time you make it. You cannot pick and choose QSOs to increase your DXCC count).
The Fastest: The fastest to work 100 QSOs as judged by the time of their hundredth QSO.
Most Memorable QSO: To enter you must submit why one particular QSO you had stands out (e.g. new DXCC for you, the power you or the other station were running, amazing propagation, were using a beer can antenna, etc – it’s up to you).
Most Modes: For the person who uses the most different modes in making their 100 QSOs.
Least power: The person who makes their 100 QSOs using the least power.

Power: up to and including the NZ legal limit may be used (not recommended for those competing for category 8.f!).
Judging: The committee’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Logs: Logs can be in any electronic format and must be submitted by email to century.challenge@nzart.org.nz by 10pm 3 January 2026 NZDT. ADIF or Cabrillo formats are preferred. If entering the Most Memorable QSO then add a statement at the bottom detailing the QSO and the reason why it is memorable. Zulu time/date is preferred however logs may also be submitted using NZDT provided this is clearly identified.
Results: will be published in the Jan/Feb 2026 Break-In (which is why entries must be in by 3 January 2026).

December 2025 Official Broadcast
2025-12-21 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

November 2025 Official Broadcast
2025-11-30 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

Christchurch Branch Ham Cram
2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23
Contact: Blair – secretary@chchhamradio.org.nz
Venue: Christchurch Amateur Radio Clubrooms, 5 Idris Road, Fendalton Christchurch.
When: Next HamCram will be the weekend of 22nd/23rd November, 0830-1600 approx both days.
Cost: HamCram course is $45 payable in advance to book your place, this includes Study Booklet, snack and drinks. Successful Exam pass $85 payable on the day. No cost to resit the exam once, or $20 thereafter.

Taranaki Ham Cram
2025-11-15 - 2025-11-16

October 2025 Official Broadcast
2025-10-26 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

September 2025 Official Broadcast
2025-09-28 20:00 - 20:15 (Pacific/Auckland)

Test Ham Cram event Day 1
2025-09-13 08:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Tawa Community Centre, 5 Cambridge Street, Tawa, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand
Test Ham Cram Event to demonstrate

NZART Conference
2025-05-31 08:00 - 2025-06-01 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Lower Hutt Events centre, 30c Laings Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
The NZART AGM and annual conference is being held in Lower Hutt over Kings Birthday Weekend 31st May – 2nd June 2025
The Location is the Lower Hutt Events centre 30c Laings Road Lower Hutt.
The Conference will commence on Saturday 31st May 2025 at 9:00am . The registration desk will be open from 8:00am on Saturday. An alternative programme will be run on both days.
For more information and to regioster please go to https://conference25.nzart.org.nz/registration/

Commonwealth Contest
2025-03-08 10:00 - 2025-03-09 10:00 UTC
The Commonwealth Contest is one of the longest-running contests in the HF contesting world. It promotes contacts between stations in the Commonwealth Countries and Territories. Click here for background information.
If you have any queries about these rules, please email hf.query@rsgbcc.org

Jock White Memorial Field Day
2025-02-22 15:00 - 2025-02-23 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
This annual contest is named to honour Jock White ZL2GX, NZART Contest and Awards Manager for over 40 years, for the service that he gave to NZART during that time.
This contest is primarily to test Branch organisation and weld a team of workers together. Your team can aim to be as competitive or as social as it likes, or all points in between. There is work for all: spouses/partners, prospective members etc.
More information can be found on the Jock White Memorial Field Day page
