| Contest | Description | Date |
| North American QSO Party | Contact as many North American stations and states as possible | January/August |
| RTTY Roundup | Test your RTTY or FT-8 digital skills by contacting as many stations around the world as possible | January |
| Winter Field Day | Operate off-grid outdoors and contact as many stations as possible. | January |
| ARRL Rookie Roundup, SSB | Great for new hams! | April |
| Field Day | Contact as many USA stations and states and around the world as possible | June |
| Ohio QSO Party | Contact as many Ohio stations and counties as possible | August |
| Ohio State Parks on the Air (Fall Field Day) | Set up in an Ohio State Park and contact as many other parks as possible. | September |
| CQ World-Wide DX, CW and SSB | Contact as many stations around the world in different CQ Zones. | October/November |
| ARRL Sweepstakes, CW and SSB | Contact as many stations as possible with a longer exchange. | November |
| ARRL 10 Meter Contest | Contact as many stations as possible on 10 meters CW or SSB. | December |
| Phone Fray | 30 minute SSB HF contest Wednesdays at 0230Z (9:30 or 10:30 pm Tuesday) |
Contests in bold are usually club events.
A good resource listing all the contests can be found at Contest Calendar. Some upcoming contests are listed below.
If you work a contest from home, you can still give credit to BARC by listing Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club as your affiliated club. Be sure to spell it all the way out.
In addition to uploading your scores to the contest website, be sure to add your score to 3830scores.com and give credit to Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club (select Other under Club and type it in).