The weekend - October 19th and 20th

 Contests filling the bands this weekend:

YBDXPI FT8 Contest - https://contest.ybdxpi.net/rules/

10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW - http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules

New York QSO Party - https://www.nyqp.org/

Stew Perry Topband Challenge - http://www.kkn.net/stew/

Worked All Germany Contest - http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/

Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW - http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt

Illinois QSO Party - https://w9awe.org/ilqp/

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest -  http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/

and not this weekend - but next Friday: 2024 Zombie Shuffle - the rules are at:

 http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/pg.html

Special Event Stations:

10/17/2024 | Wooly Worm Celebration

Oct 18-Oct 19, 1600Z-2000Z, W4W, Johnson City, TN. Kingsport Amateur Radio Club. 7.187 MHz 14.240 MHz. Certificate. John Williams, 303 Autumn Creek Lane, Johnson City, TN 37615. jrwilliams37620@gmail.com

10/19/2024 | 90th Anniversary of Tri-County Radio Association

Oct 19-Oct 20, 1400Z-1800Z, W2LI, Union, NJ. Tri-County Radio Association. 14.250 7.250 other HF frequencies possible. QSL. Tri-County Radio Association, PO Box 3393, Union, NJ 07083. https://www.tricountyradio.org

10/19/2024 | Lester Dent - Doc Savage Special Event

Oct 19-Oct 21, 1400Z-0600Z, W0D, Macon, MO. Macon County ARC. 28.400 14.280 7.250 3.950. Certificate & QSL. Dale Bagley, K0KY, 1402 Eastern Dr., Macon, MO 63552. On October 19 to October 21, the Macon County Amateur Radio Club will operate the Lester Dent-Doc Savage Mystery Special Event WØD, in Macon MO. The purpose of the Special Event is to honor of the accomplishments of Lester Dent, one of the most prolific writers of Pulp Fiction, and an Amateur Radio Operator, WØCBL. It is also the 91st "Birthday" of his creation, the first modern "Superhero" Doc Savage https://www.maconcountymissouriarc.org/

10/19/2024 | North Carolina State Fair Ham Radio Exhibit

Oct 19, 1000Z-1400Z, N4C, Raleigh, NC. NC Ham Radio Operators. 7.230 14.230. QSL. NC Ham Radio Operators, 121 Pebble Dr, Clayton, NC 27520. Special Event stations running during the NC State Fair on multiple days, weekends only.

10/19/2024 | Yorktown Special Event

Oct 19, 1400Z-2000Z, K4RC, Williamsburg, VA. Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club. 7.265 14.265. Certificate & QSL. QSL Manager, WAARC, PO Box 1470, Williamsburg, VA 23187. Celebrating the 243rd anniversary of the British surrender to the joint American and French forces under Gen. George Washington in Yorktown, VA. This ended the American Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781. FOR CERTIFICATE: The Virginia Historic Triangle Certificate is available for contacting the Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown Special Event Stations. You don’t need to contact these stations in the same calendar year. For a Certificate send QSO info from the three stations to qslmgr@k4rc.net. https://www.k4rc.net/events/special-event-stations

10/20/2024 | North Carolina State Fair Ham Radio Exhibit

Oct 20, 1000Z-1400Z, N4C, Raleigh, NC. NC Ham Radio Operators. 7.230 14.230. QSL. Travis Russell, 121 Pebble Dr, Clayton, NC 27520.

Personally, another dry and warmish weekend (with not many commitments) may mean that I might finally get a chance to replace my W3EDP with the MFJ-1982 HP End Fed that I purchased a few months back. Marianne had a landscaper come by earlier this week to clean up all the overgrowth coming over from our neighbor's backyard. I think I may have better access to the "terminating mast" that I have in that corner of the backyard, with less of a chance for wires and ropes to get tangled up in foliage and branches.

72 de Larry W2LJ

QRP - When you care to send the very least!