Busy weekend - September 20th and 21st.

There's a whole lot of shakin' goin' on this weekend - most noticeably the First Autumn Flight of the Bumblebees! Here's what you may hear on the CW bands this weekend. I'm willing to bet there will be plenty of activity!

Contests:

Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW: - https://www.sactest.net/blog/scandinavian-activity-contest-2025-rules/

New Jersey QSO Party - http://www.k2td-bcrc.org/njqp/rules.html - W2LJ WILL be on the air, participating as a QRP Station - please listen for me!

Texas QSO Party - https://www.txqp.net/

Iowa QSO Party - http://www.w0yl.com/IAQP

Probably not, but listed anyway - QRP Afield - see below - https://www.newenglandqrp.org/qrp-afield-2018/ (NEQRP no longer seems interested in promoting this event)

New Hampshire QSO Party - https://w1wqm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/NHQP_Rules.pdf

Washington State Salmon Run - http://salmonrun.wwdxc.org/

Wisconsin Parks on the Air - http://wipota.com/files/WIPOTA_contest_rules.pdf

ARS Flight of the Bumblebees - http://ars-qrp.com/FOBB/FOBB.html

Special Event Stations:

09/20/2025 | Remembering the Freedom Trail - Underground Railroad through Indiana Sep 20, 1400Z-2200Z, W9EFU, Madison, IN. Clifty Amateur Radio Society. 28.328 14.314 7.207. Certificate. Jerry Barnes, 601 Spring Street, Madison, IN 47250. Remembering the citizens of Madison Indiana and the surrounding area along with others throughout the state for their efforts in providing safe passage to escaped slaves from the South. Unique eCertificate sent to operators email listed in QRZ. See our QRZ and FB page for frequency and details. www.qrz.com/db/w9efu

09/20/2025 | SENARC 89 Year Anniversary

Sep 20-Sep 21, 1500Z-2000Z, N0N, Lincoln, NE. SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AMATEUR RADIIO CLUB. 7.180 14.230. Certificate & QSL. Charles Bennett, KD0PTK, P.O. Box 67181, Lincoln, NE 68506. SENRC (senarc) WAS FOUNDED IN 1936 BY GAROLD C. BENNETT (W9WKP) SK. "JERRY" WAS THE FIRST ARRL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR FOR NEBRASKA. HIS MOTTO WAS "ALL HAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY". senebrradioclub@gmail.com

09/20/2025 | State Line Radio Club Annual Picnic

Sep 20, 1400Z-2000Z, W3A, Holtwood, PA. State Line Radio Club. 14.240 21.280. QSL. Edward Reichenbach, 108 Park Circle, Elkton, MD 21921-5444. Annual State Line Radio Club Picnic held at Muddy Run Park in Holtwood, PA. Public, Scouts and Scout groups are welcome! Free admission. www.statelineradioclub.com

It would appear that QRP Afield has gone the way of the Dodo, the dinosaurs and the carrier pigeon. As I've posted earlier, NEQRP no longer appears to be interested in holding or promoting the event, which is very sad. It was noted that perhaps they didn't want to compete occupying the same weekend as the Inaugural Autumn Flight of the Bumblebees, which should have a huge following.  In a way, that makes sense to a certain degree. 

That being said, the first Day of Autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere is Monday, September 22nd. Why not move QRP Afield a weekend or two into October? The weather is still nice for the most part and there really isn't any "official" QRP activity in October, except perhaps for the Peanut Power Sprint.  Unfortunately, there's been no noise or announcement about that event, either. So October might be silent as far as sponsored QRP events go.

72 de Larry W2LJ

QRP - When you care to send the very least!