Hawaiian Islands Grid Madness 2026
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The official 2026 Grid Madness Mascot
Sunday, September 27th from 1300 to 1700W
email: gridmadness@gmail.com
Review and join the Discussion Group at: https://groups.io/g/GridMadness/
Use the Electronic Entry Form & Logger (Excel) and receive 10 Bonus Points!
- Print a log sheet or two and the entry form. Look over the rules. You are set to go!
- With your VHF/UHF FM radio, contact as many stations as you can in as many grid squares as you can, using SIMPLEX ONLY.
Questions? gridmadness@gmail.com
Grid Madness.
The title says it all.
And all licensed hams are invited to participate. The popular fall event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 1300 until 1700 HST. This date was picked especially not to conflict with the Ka'u Coffee Trail Run, which draws a big group of ham volunteers helping with communications for the races. (The Ka'u event will be staged on the previous Sunday.) Grid Madness is a statewide event, and last year Hawaii Island hams were joined by folks on Kauai, Maui and Oahu. There was lots of relaying going on and plenty of comments about how much fun everyone had.
The contest is open to licensees at all levels and is on simplex only. The four-hour event is designed for EMCOMM practice, and for FUN. Test your equipment, coverage and operating skills using FM simplex on 6 meters, 2 meters, 1.25 meters and 70 cm.