PAARC Field Day Results

Jun 29, 2019 | Field Day, Special Event

Congratulations to the PAARC Field Day team who put together another great operating event again at Welkinweir! Our preliminary total score for 2019 is 4,038 points compared to the 2018 score of 4,738. We suffered through poor band conditions on Saturday and getting contacts was a challenge for even the most determined hams. While our score is lower this year it’s still pretty amazing! We were able to plan ahead a try for more bonus points which made a huge difference!  View our 2019 Field Day summary. See the the Field Day page.

Ursinus College 150 Fest Special Event Station – 9/1

Aug 10, 2019 | Special Event, STEM

On September 1st 2019 Ursinus College will be kicking off a year long celebration of its 150th anniversary.  In recognition of this milestone the Education Alliance for Amateur Radio (EAAR) will participate in the celebration by hosting a special event station on Amateur Radio. The callsign for the station will be W3Z. The “Z” acknowledges the founder of the college, Zacharias Ursinus. The station will be on the air from 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to approximately 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time September 1st 2019. The station will utilize the 20 and 40 meter bands.  A special commemorative QSL card will be sent to the first 200 amateurs contacting this special event station.

  • When – Sun. Sep 1, 2019 10am – 7pm Eastern Time – New York
  • Where – Ursinus College, 601 E Main St, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA 

For more information contact Walt Skavinsky, KB3SBC at the Education Alliance for Amateur Radio

13 Colonies Special Event – 7/1-7

Jun 26, 2019 | Special Event

July 1 (9AM Eastern) to July 7 (Midnight Eastern)
(July 1, 2019-1300 UTC to July 8, 2019-0400 UTC)
2019 theme: Forts of the Revolution From July 1st through July 7th members of the Holmesburg, Phil-Mont, and Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Clubs, and the Philadelphia Digital Radio Association will celebrate Independence Week from the city where independence was declared, Philadelphia, PA. They will be operating a special event station using the club call WM3PEN. Amateur radio stations operating from the original 13 colonies will also be on the air.

Learn more: http://www.13colonies.net
Holmesburg ARC page for 13 Colonies and WM3PEN: http://www.harcnet.org/independence.htm
The 13 Colony Special Event will be offering a certificate for contacting participating stations. You do not need all 13 Colonies to get a certificate. When you work WM3PEN make a note on the 13 colony log sheet and you will get an “Liberty Bell” endorsement with the WM3PEN call place on the certificate. WM3PEN will be offering a QSL card: send an SASE, or Green Stamp ($1) with your QSL to WM3PEN. Use the address for WM3PEN at QRZ.COM. You can also QSL via the bureau. SWLs may send a confirmation of reception to request a QSL card. Simply indicate the stations making contact with WM3PEN, time, frequency, and your receiving equipment. SWL stations should follow the same mailing instructions. WM3PEN logs are uploaded to LoTW and EQSL(ag). D-STAR and Fusion contacts will not be uploaded.

Austria World Radio Day 4U0R – 2/13-28

Feb 12, 2019 | Special Event

Members of the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC) [4U1A] will be active with special callsign 4U0R from the Vienna International Center, Austria, for the ‘World Radio Day’ (February 13th) until February 28th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via UA3DX, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog’s OQRS. For more details, see: http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/4u0r  This station counts as Austria for DXCC purposes.