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08/04/2017 | Ten Mile River Scout Camps 90th Anniversary
Aug 4-Aug 6, 1200Z-2359Z, W2T, Narrowsburg, NY. Greater New York Councils, BSA. 28.405 18.135 14.255 7.195. QSL. James Gallo, 149 Marine Ave, KB2FMH, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the oldest continually operating Boy Scout Camp in the country. tmr90yrs@gmail.com
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08/05/2017 | Colorado 14er Event + SOTA
Aug 5-Aug 6, 1400Z-2359Z, various, Pikes Peak, CO. Colorado 14er Event Task Force. 147.42 14.345 14.060. QSL. QSL to, station, worked. Radio amateurs operate from the Colorado 14,000 foot mountains plus Summits On The Air peaks. See web site for details. Lots of SOTA action across North America this weekend. www.ham14er.org
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08/05/2017 | River City Days
Aug 5, 1500Z-1900Z, W0R, Red Wing, MN. Hiawatha Valley Amateur Radio Club. 14.245 7.250 147.33. QSL. Bill Eichenlaub, 1966 Launa Ave, Red Wing, MN 55066. This is a celebration of the Mississippi River and the importance of that Red Wing, Minnesota. We will be located on the banks of the river as we run this special event. https://sites.google.com/site/hvaradioclub
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08/05/2017 | TM20CC
Aug 5-Sep 3, 0000Z-2359Z, N5TD, Montigny le Bretonneux, FRANCE. Union des Radioclubs Radioamateurs et écouteurs. 14.120 7.120 50.120 144.320. Certificate & QSL. F8URC, URC Union Des Radios Clubs , 3 Rue Saint Lugle, LILLERS 62190, FRANCE. This year we are doing a "tribute to Commandant Cousteau who disappeared 20 years ago for his work for the next generations and to protect the planet." TM20CC will be transmitting from several locations all across France (this is a shared call sign by many clubs) a network of station will be on the air. We hope to have many contacts with the USA because Jacques Yves COUSTEAU used to produced his movies in Los Angeles with his American friends and lastly the Calypso ship was based in Virginia. Cousteau lived there and loved the USA also the Cousteau Society was created in 1973 in the USA. www.urc.asso.fr
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08/06/2017 | Montgomery County MD Agricultural Fair
Aug 6-Aug 19, 1200Z-2359Z, W4H, Gaithersburg, MD. 4H Flying Tigers Aerospace Club & 4H Advanced Electricity Club. 146.955. Certificate. Chuck Schofer, 903 Nora Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904. mcagfair.com
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08/10/2017 | Birth of the IBM-PC
Aug 10-Aug 14, 2359Z-2359Z, K7I, 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 August special event station in support of the 2017 KB7QPS Air, Space, and Technology operating event. airspacetechnology.webs.com
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08/11/2017 | DSES Annual Radio Telescope / Astronomy Open House
Aug 11-Aug 13, 1400Z-2359Z, K0PRT, Haswell, CO. Deep Space Exploration Society. 50.160 14.253 7.238. QSL. Deep Space Exploration Society, 4164 Austin Bluffs Parkway #562, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Astronomy open house at our 60 foot dish antenna site in Kiowa County. Hosted during the Perseid Meteor Shower, with educational activities for the public including optical and radio observing. We may use other amateur radio frequencies, including on 6 meters, if available. dses.science
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08/11/2017 | Meadowcroft Dig Site of 16,000 year old Rock Shelter Avella, PA
Aug 11-Aug 21, 1900Z-2300Z, W3M, Avella, PA. Washington Amateur Communications Inc.. 21.360 14.270 7.275 3.865. QSL. Wiley Dawson, WD8W, 139 Blanche Ave, Benwood, WV 26031. If not for the curiosity of a Washington County, Pa., farmer six decades ago, Meadowcroft Rockshelter – the oldest site of human habitation in North America – might have never been discovered. In 1955, Albert Miller stumbled upon a groundhog hole on his family’s farm in Avella and uncovered what looked to be a prehistoric tool. www.wa3com.com