{"id":101,"date":"2017-04-05T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.batc.org.uk\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:52:43","slug":"contests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/contests\/","title":{"rendered":"ATV Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Activity Weekends<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_983\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-983\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-983\" src=\"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car-216x162.jpg 216w, https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GW3NWR-Car.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GW3NWR\/P During an Activity Weekend<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The BATC organises and co-ordinates a number of activity weekends for ATV operators throughout the year.\u00a0\u00a0 The latest information along with information on stations who might be active\u00a0 can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.batc.org.uk\/viewforum.php?f=75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on the BATC Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aim of activity weekends is to provide a focus for ATV Activity.\u00a0 Any activity \u2013 home station or portable \u2013 is welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>During 2026 we are running Activity Ladders for 70 cm and 6 cm.\u00a0 The ladders can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/contests\/70cm-ladder\/\">https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/contests\/70cm-ladder\/<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/contests\/6cm-ladder\/\">https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/contests\/6cm-ladder\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><b>Upcoming Activity Weekend and Contest Dates:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Activity weekends in 2026 are confirmed as follows:<\/p>\n<p>April 18\/19 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend 70cm &amp; VHF (Veron Contest)<br \/>\nMay 16\/17 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend all bands IARU Prep<br \/>\nJune 13\/14 &#8211; IARU Region 1 ATV Contest<br \/>\nJuly 11\/12 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend 70cm &amp; up<br \/>\nAugust 15\/16 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend 70cm &amp; VHF (Veron Contest)<br \/>\nSeptember 12\/13 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend\u00a0 All bands (Veron Contest)<br \/>\nOctober 31 and\u00a0 November 1 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend 70cm &amp; VHF<br \/>\nDecember 12\/13 &#8211; BATC Activity Weekend &#8211; 70cm &amp; up<\/p>\n<p><b>Contests:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Every June we encourage BATC Members to take part in the IARU International ATV Contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Contest Manager can be contacted on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:contests@batc.tv\">contests@batc.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UK ATV DX records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A list of historical and current ATV DX records can be found at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.batc.org.uk\/UK_ATV_DX_Records\">BATC wiki on this page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activity Weekends The BATC organises and co-ordinates a number of activity weekends for ATV operators throughout the year.\u00a0\u00a0 The latest information along with information on stations who might be active\u00a0 can be found on the BATC Forum The aim of activity weekends is to provide a focus for ATV Activity.\u00a0 Any activity \u2013 home station\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/contests\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241189,"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/241189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/batc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}