Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using only the Radioteletype (RTTY) mode on the 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands. Any station may work any other station. Stations may be worked once per band, regardless of mode. Automated operation is not permitted, each claimed contact must include contemporaneous direct initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact.
Dates: First full weekend of January, but never on January 1. (January 4-5, 2025).
Contest Period: Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 2359 UTC Sunday,
NOTE: Only contacts using Radioteletype (RTTY) mode are allowed. The new ARRL International Digital Contest has been created as an event in which participants using digital modes (excluding RTTY) may compete.