ARRL Affiliated Special Events :
- 03/19/2017 | Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon
Mar 19-Mar 20, 1600Z-0100Z, K5B, Las Cruces, NM. Mesilla Valley Radio Club. 14.250 7.250. QSL. Mesilla Valley Radio Club, P. O. Box 1443, Las Cruces, NM 88004. See website for full details. www.n5bl.org
- 03/21/2017 | The Buckingham Gunnery Army Airfield
Mar 21-Mar 23, 1421Z-1421Z, W4LX, Fort Myers, FL. Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club . 21.240 14.240 2m FM. Certificate & QSL. W4LX, P. O. Box 061183, Fort Myers , FL 33906 . Honoring the 50,000 some gunners that trained at that airbase. www.fmarc.net
- 03/25/2017 | 35th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival
Mar 25, 1400Z-2000Z, W4BKM, Macon, GA. Macon Amateur Radio Club. 14.240 7.225 145.37. Certificate. MARC, P.O. Box 4862, Macon, GA 31208. www.w4bkm.com
- 03/25/2017 | Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Creek Indian War) Anniversary
Mar 25, 1400Z-2100Z, N4H, Daviston, AL. Lake Martin Amateur Radio Club. 14.325 7.280. Certificate & QSL. John Philips, P.O. Box 938, Alexander City, AL 35011. This battle, fought March 27, 1814, brought a close to the Creek War, made Andrew Jackson an American hero and opened much of present day Alabama and Georgia for settlement .Send SASE for QSL only or Self addressed 9×12 envelope with three (3) forever stamps for QSL and certificate. Operation on other dates/times and frequencies may occur. See the N4H page on QRZ or our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/K4YWE/ for the latest information. www.qrz.com/db/n4h
- 03/25/2017 | W/K ARC of Greater Milwaukee – 40th Anniversary
Mar 25-Mar 26, 0000Z-2359Z, W9K, Hales Corners, WI. W/K ARC of Greater Milwaukee. 21.260 7.275 3.850. QSL. Jerry Scherkenbach, N9AW, 11300 Bridget Ln, Hales Corners, WI 53130. CW 50 KHz up from the bottom of the band Standard Digital Frequencies. W/K celebrates 40 years as an Affiliated club. QSL with SASE. www.wkarc.club
Dxpeditions From Afar:
| 2017 Mar20 | 2017 Mar21 | Ceuta & Melilla | EA9 | LotW | TDDX 20170215 | By JA0JHQ as EA9/JA0JHQ; mainly 17 15m, perhaps 20m; CW RTTY; 100w; micro vertical; QSL also OK via JA0JHQ (Buro or direct) and Club Log |
| 2017 Mar20 | 2017 Mar24 | Cayman Is | ZF2CJ | LotW | TDDX 20160927 | By JJ2RCJ fm ZF1A club station; 80-6m; mainly RTTY; QSL also OK via JJ2RCJ |
| 2017 Mar20 | 2017 Mar27 | Cayman Is | ZF2TC | LotW | DXW.Net 20170208 | By KE5TC and K5QBX; 40-10m; SSB + slow CW; 100w; vertical + longwire; holiday style operation; QSL also OK via KE5TC direct |
| 2017 Mar21 | 2017 Mar26 | Cayman Is | ZF2FL | K5QBX | DXNews 20170223 | By K5QBX fm Grand Cayman I (IOTA NA-016); HF |
| 2017 Mar21 | 2017 Mar27 | Bangladesh | S21KW | YL2GN | TDDX 20170213 | By YL3CW YL2KA UT7UJ US7UX UT7U; 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL OK via Buro or direct, also Club Log |
| 2017 Mar22 | 2017 Mar28 | Tonga | A35JP/p | LotW | JA0RQV 20170216 | By JA0RQV fm Niaufo’ou I (IOTA OC-123); 40-6m; CW SSB; 100w; vertical, VDA; QSL also OK via JA0RQV (Buro or direct w/ SASE) and Club Log |
| 2017 Mar22 | 2017 Mar29 | Albania | ZA | LotW | PA2LS 20170215 | By PE1KL, PD5LKM, PA2LS as ZA/PA2LS fm Pishat e Buta; 160-2m; SSB CW PSK RTTY; QSL OK via PA2LS (Buro or direct) or Club Log; QRV for CQ WPX SSB |
| 2017 Mar23 | 2017 Apr13 | Tuvalu | T2TT | N7RO | TDDX 20170309 | By NL8F; vertical + 80m OCF; QRV for CQ WPX SSB |
Contesting:
| Run for the Bacon QRP Contest | 0100Z-0300Z, Mar 20 |
| + Bucharest Contest | 1800Z-2059Z, Mar 20 |
| + CLARA Chatter Party | 1700Z, Mar 21 to 1700Z, Mar 22 and 1700Z, Mar 25 to 1700Z, Mar 26 |
| + SKCC Sprint | 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 22 |
| + QRP Fox Hunt | 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 22 |
| + Phone Fray | 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 22 |
| + CWops Mini-CWT Test | 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 22 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 22 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 23 |
| + RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB | 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 23 |
| + QRP Fox Hunt | 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 24 |
| + NCCC RTTY Sprint | 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 24 |
| + NCCC Sprint | 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 24 |
| + FOC QSO Party | 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 25 |
| + CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB | 0000Z, Mar 25 to 2359Z, Mar 26 |
