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• First full weekend: ARRL 160-Meter Contest.
• Second full weekend: ARRL 10-Meter Contest.
• Sunday of the third full weekend: the ARRL Rookie Roundup, CW.
• Late December: the RAC Winter Contest, open to amateurs worldwide.
• 31 December, evening in the Americas: Straight Key Night begins at 0000 UTC on 1 January.