GARES Challenges: Rules
These challenges are club sponsored opportunities for members to gain experience in operating on different bands and with different modes. Although we will "keep score" the activity is not meant to be excessively competitive. It is more important that as many people as possible join in to gain experience, perhaps build new antennas and try new modes of operation. Most of all they should be fun!
Rules vary according to the challenge. Click on the closing date to see the rules for that particular challenge.
| Closing Date | Band | Power | Notes |
| 11 January 2025 | 160-10 except 60 | 10/100/>100 | Italy, Germany and Spain |
| 28 Feb 2022 | Pick a band | 10/100/>100 | Triple points for Foundation Double points Intermediate |
| 20 June 2021 | Every Mode (160m-70cm) | 10/50/100 | All modes |
| 9 January 2021 | HF (except 30/60m) | 10/100 | Data and CW/SSB/Data/Weak signal sections |
| 4 July 2020 | 6m and 4m | 100W | Data and CW/SSB sections for each band. |
| 25 Jan 2020 | HF (except 30m) | 10/100 | UK/EI Counties & Islands |
| 29 June 2019 | 6m OR 4m | 100W | Locator squares |
| 26 Jan 2019 | HF except 30 & 60m | 10/100 | Continents |
| 30 June 2018 | 160 to 10m | 10/100 | CQ Zones |
| 2m and 70cm | 25 | Counties and Islands | |
| 6 Jan 2018 | 80/40/30m | 10/100 | Europe |
| 31 May 2017 | 30/17/12m | 100 | US & Canada |
| 31 Jan 2017 | Any | 10/100 | |
| 30 June 2016 | 10/6m | 100 | |
| 31 Jan 2016 | 40/80m | 10 | |
| 31 July 2015 | 6m | Any | |
| 31 March 2015 | Any | 100/400 | Commonwealth and US States |
| 31 May 2014 | Any | Any | Data only |
| 30 June 2013 | 17-6m | Any | |
| 28 Feb 2013 | 160-20m | Any | Districts & Countries |
| 31 July 2012 | 17/12m | 10/100 | WARC Bands |
| 31 March 2012 | One Band | 10/Any | Choose your band |
| 31 Aug 2011 | 6m | Any | |
| 30 May 2011 | 160 - 10m | Any |
Scores from previous contests.