May 14

This week in Radio Sports: (May 15 thru May 21)

 

This week in Radio Sports: (May 15 thru May 21)

ARRL Affiliated Special Events :

  • 05/18/2017 | Hubble Space Telescope

May 18-May 22, 0000Z-2359Z, N7T, Maple Valley, WA. L Greg Magone. 146.52 14.275 14.250. Certificate & QSL. L Greg Magone, 27492 254th PL SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038. This is the May special event station in support of the 2017 KB7QPS Air, Space, and Technology Operating Event. airspacetechnology.webs.com

  • 05/19/2017 | N6L: 95th Anniversary, Lombard St. San Francisco.

May 19-May 29, 0000Z-2359Z, N6L, Healdsburg, CA. Will Pattullo, AE6YB. 21.265 14.265 7.265 3.815. QSL. N6L – Will Pattullo, 161 Presidential Cir, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Built in 1922, Lombard Street in San Francisco, is known for the one-way block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, where eight sharp turns are said to make it the most crooked street in the world. www.qrz.com/db/AE6YB

  • 05/19/2017 | Perrin Air Force Base Museum Special Event

May 19-May 28, 0000Z-2359Z, W5I, Sherman, TX. Grayson County Amateur Radio Club. 14.250 14.070 7.200 7.070. QSL. Grayson County ARC, P.O. Box 642, Sherman, TX 75091. Grayson County ARC hosts the Perrin Air Force Base Museum Special Event which celebrates the Perrin Air Force Base Museum and Armed Forces Day and commemorates Perrin Air Force Base which was active from WW2 until early in the 1970’s. www.graysoncountyarc.com

  • 05/20/2017 | 75th Annual YAARAB Shrine Circus

May 20-May 29, 1000Z-2200Z, W4FEZ, Atlanta, Ga. YAARAB Communication Unit. 28.475 14.275 7.275 3.875. QSL. YAARAB Communication Unit, 400 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308. Shriners spreading the word worldwide about our 22 hospitals for children. Building a better tomorrow for children today. If you would like one of our special event QSL cards, USA please send a SASE, and one of your cards DX send $2 US currency for postage.. w4fez.shriner@gmail.com

  • 05/20/2017 | 90th Anniversary- Lindbergh Flies Across the Atlantic

May 20, 1300Z-2000Z, K2CAM, Garden City, NY. Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club. 21.340 14.240 7.240. QSL. LIMARC, P.O. Box 392, Levittown, NY 11756. We will be operating from inside the Cradle located near the Spirit of St. Louis duplicate. Please QSL SASE. limarc.org

  • 05/20/2017 | American Airpower Museum

May 20-May 21, 1400Z-2000Z, W2GSB, Farmingdale, NY. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club. SSB 14.280 7.280; CW 14.055 7.055. QSL. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704. Also operating on various Amateur Radio Satellites. www.gsbarc.org

  • 05/20/2017 | Armed Forces Day

May 20, 1500Z-2100Z, W9DUP, Westmont, IL. DuPage Arateur Radio Club. 7.240 14.290 28.400 145.430-600. Certificate. Brian Eder, P.O. Box 71, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514. DuPage Amateur Radio Club Armed Forces day from Veterans Memorial Park in Westmont IL. w9dup.org

  • 05/20/2017 | Black Diamond Radio Group 1st Annual “Radio and Rockets”

May 20, 1500Z-2330Z, WI9BD/AFD, Pewaukee, WI. Black Diamond Radio Group. 21.260 14.260 7.260 3.860. Certificate & QSL. Black Diamond Radios and Rockets, PO Box 324, Muskego, WI 53150. In honor of Armed Forces Day, the Black Diamond Radio Group will be QRV as WI9BD/AFD from 1000 CDT to dusk (~1830CDT). Certificate and QSL’s will be available. Please include SASE for QSL. Certificates can be obtained by sending an email to kc9hyy@arrl.net www.qrz.com/db/wi9bd

  • 05/20/2017 | N3M@NCM: Amateur Radio at the National Cryptologic Museum on Armed Forces Day

May 20, 1400Z-1800Z, N3M, Annapolis Junction, MD. National Cryptologic Museum. 7.200 3.900 146.535. Certificate. Charles Dorcey, 9210 Dewberry Ln, College Park, MD 20740. HF/SSB or VHF/FM; single operator. Certificate via email, if address is provided or found in QRZ.com. QSOs logged on QRZ.com by AB3NA. May start earlier and/or end later, depending on conditions and interest. May be pre-empted by hazardous weather.

  • 05/20/2017 | USS Kidd Armed Forces Day

May 20, 1500Z-2030Z, W5KID, Baton Rouge, LA. Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club. 14.730 14.270 7.280 7.230. QSL. USS Kidd Amateur Radio Club, 305 S. River Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802. brarc.org

  • 05/20/2017 | William Becknell Heritage Days – Founder of the Santa Fe Trail

May 20-May 21, 1400Z-2200Z, KC0VYS/WB0SFT, Overland Park, KS. William Becknell Heritage Days. 21.365 14.265 7.265 3.865. Certificate & QSL. Robert “Steve” Everley, 6521 West 78th Ter., Overland Park, KS 66204. Please see website for information on how to receive QSL and/or Certificate. www.wb0sft.org
Dxpeditions From Afar:

2017 May15 2017 May19 Lakshadweep Is VU7KP Club Log TDDX 20170426 By W4VKU and VU2PAI fm Bangaram I; 40-10m; CW SSB RTTY; 2 stations; amps; beach verticals; holiday style operation
2017 May15 2017 May24 Malta 9H3SQ LotW DXW.Net 20170418 By SQ3RX fm Gozo I (IOTA EU-023); 40-10m; CW SSB RTTY; inverted V, vertical wires; QSL also OK via SQ3RX (Buro or direct) and Club Log
2017 May15 2017 May29 Galapagos HC8 LotW DXW.Net 20170407 By LW9EOC as HC8/LW9EOC fm Isabela I (IOTA SA-004); 160-6m, focus on WARC bands; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via LW9EOC direct
2017 May15 2017 Jul15 Minami Torishima JD1 JA8CJY DXNews 20170403 By JG8NQJ as JG8NQJ/JD1 fm IOTA OC-073 (QL64xg); 80-6m; CW RTTY; begin and end dates approximate
2017 May16 2017 May30 Palestine E44WE SP9FIH SP9FIH 20170415 By SP9FIH fm KM71oq; 17 10 6m; 100w; QSL also OK via Club Log
2017 May18 2017 May21 Ceuta & Mellila ED9T EA4PN DXNews 20170307 By EA4PN EA3NN EA3HSJ EA4GMX EA5UF EA5IHK EA4JJ EA3CV EA8ZT EA2CW for the King of Spain CW Contest; will be EG9TOR before contest; HF; mainly CW

 

Contesting:

+4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, May 15
+ Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, May 17
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, May 17 and   1900Z-2000Z, May 17 and   0300Z-0400Z, May 18
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, May 19
+ NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, May 19
+ Slobozhansky Sprint Contest 1800Z-1959Z, May 19 (SSB) and   2000Z-2159Z, May 19 (CW)
+ UN DX Contest 0600Z-2100Z, May 20
+ NZART Sangster Shield Contest 0800Z-1100Z, May 20 and   0800Z-1100Z, May 21
+ Aegean RTTY Contest 1200Z, May 20 to 1200Z, May 21
+ EU PSK DX Contest 1200Z, May 20 to 1200Z, May 21
+ His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW 1200Z, May 20 to 1200Z, May 21
+ Feld Hell Sprint 1600Z-1759Z, May 20 and   2000Z-2159Z, May 20
+ Baltic Contest 2100Z, May 20 to 0200Z, May 21
+ UA2 QSO Party 1300Z-1659Z, May 21

Spirit of St. Louis duplicate. Please QSL SASE. limarc.org
• 05/20/2017 | American Airpower Museum
May 20-May 21, 1400Z-2000Z, W2GSB, Farmingdale, NY. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club. SSB 14.280 7.280; CW 14.055 7.055. QSL. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704. Also operating on various Amateur Radio Satellites. www.gsbarc.org
• 05/20/2017 | Armed Forces Day
May 20, 1500Z-2100Z, W9DUP, Westmont, IL. DuPage Arateur Radio Club. 7.240 14.290 28.400 145.430-600. Certificate. Brian Eder, P.O. Box 71, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514. DuPage Amateur Radio Club Armed Forces day from Veterans Memorial Park in Westmont IL. w9dup.org
• 05/20/2017 | Black Diamond Radio Group 1st Annual “Radio and Rockets”
May 20, 1500Z-2330Z, WI9BD/AFD, Pewaukee, WI. Black Diamond Radio Group. 21.260 14.260 7.260 3.860. Certificate & QSL. Black Diamond Radios and Rockets, PO Box 324, Muskego, WI 53150. In honor of Armed Forces Day, the Black Diamond Radio Group will be QRV as WI9BD/AFD from 1000 CDT to dusk (~1830CDT). Certificate and QSL’s will be available. Please include SASE for QSL. Certificates can be obtained by sending an email to kc9hyy@arrl.net www.qrz.com/db/wi9bd

 

Jesse Rogers