Weekend of August 9th and 10th

We're one weekend away from the NJQRP Skeeter Hunt. If you don't already have one, make sure you get your Skeeter number by end-of-day NEXT Saturday!

Here's what's going on this weekend:

Contests:

WAE DX Contest, CW - https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/wae-dx-contest/en/

FISTS Saturday Sprint - https://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints

SKCC Weekend Sprintathon - https://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/

Maryland-DC QSO Party - https://www.w3vpr.org/Maryland-DC_QSO_Party

Kentucky State Parks on the Air - https://k4msu.com/kypota/

4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint - http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf

Special Event Stations:

08/03/2025 | Jackson County Fair, Jackson Mi, Ham Radio demo

Aug 3-Aug 9, 1600Z-2200Z, W8J, Jackson, MI. Cascade Amateur Radio Society (CARS). 7.225 14.250. QSL. CARS - W8JXN, P.O. Box 512, Jackson, MI 49201-0512. w8jxn.org

08/09/2025 | 20th Anniversary Club Celebration - Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS) Ohio

Aug 9, 1400Z-2200Z, K8BF, Ravenna, OH. Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS), Ohio. 7.220 20.260 28.320. Certificate & QSL. Tom Parkinson - KB8UUZ, 9992 State Route 700, Mantua, OH 44255. SASE for certificate and/or QSL Card www.portcars.org

08/09/2025 | Anniversary of Three Polish Lighthouses 2025: Czolpino, Rozewie II, and Krynica Morska

Aug 9-Aug 17, 0000Z-2359Z, SN150LHC*, Gdansk, POLAND. Pomeranian Branch, Polish Amateur Radio Union. 160m to 6m. WARC, 2m, 70cm, SAT, FM; CW SSB FM RTTY FT4 FT8. Certificate. see website, for, information, POLAND. *SN150LRN and SN130LHK. This is an operating event. See website for details. ot09.pzk.org.pl

08/09/2025 | US Coast Guard Birthday

Aug 9, 1600Z-2300Z, NI6IW, San Diego, CA. USS Midway Museum Ship. 14.320 7.250 14.070 PSK31 DSTAR on Papa System Repeaters. QSL. USS Midway Museum Ship COMEDTRA, 910 N Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. www.qrz.com/db/ni6iw

Tomorrow morning, August 9th is our K2ETS VE Exam session. We have a whopping single candidate registered so far. Registrations have fallen markedly this year, and I'm not sure why that would be. Mike N2JUN mentioned something to me about the FAA eliminating the need for a Tech license for drone operations. I'm not up on the regs and rules for that, so I don't know if that's a valid reason or not. Perhaps, and this is just a guess, but maybe the proliferation of online testing will put an end to these in-person sessions in the near future.

If it comes to that, I doubt that I will continue being a VE Liaison. I really don't want to get involved with the on-line testing program.

72 de Larry W2LJ

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