Turkish Special Event

/

The members of the TCSWAT (Special Wireless Activity Team) have been active with the special event TC suffix callsigns for some years now to celebrate the anniversary of Republic of Turkey.

In 2013, Turkey will celebrate their 90th anniversary, and between 14-31st October 2013, the TCSWAT group will be active once more on the air as TC90TC. More details will be available on QRZ.com in the coming days.

Activity will be on all HF bands and all modes.

Plans are ongoing for a Multi-Multi entry at CQWW DX SSB Contest (26-27th October 2013).

QSL via TA1HZ. Please be aware that QSL cards will be printed in 2014, so DO NOT hurry to send direct requests. TCSWAT sends QSL cards 100% via the Bureaus every year.

Collins Radio Special Event

/

Members of the various Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs in various locations will be active during the last two weekends of September (21-23 September and 28-30 September 2013), to celebrate the 80th year anniversary of the incorporation of Collins Radio.

Look for the following stations who will participate:

  • N0CXX Cedar Rapids, IA
  • W0CXX Cedar Rapids, IA
  • W5ROK Richardson, TX
  • W4CRC Melbourne, FL
  • W6CXX Tustin, CA

Operations will begin from 9:00 AM to Midnight "local time" for each station, based on operator availability.

A special QSL card for the event is available for all stations (same design). A certificate is available for those who working 3 or more club stations on any combination of band/mode.

All QSL and certificate requests for ALL stations will be handled through N3SL.

Operations will be on non-WARC bands only. On CW, listen for "CQ CR80". On SSB, listen for "CQ Collins Radio 80th Anniversary Special Event".

Details on the operation and QSL instructions - http://www.w0cxx.org

California QSO Party

/

2013 is the 47th running of the California QSO Party - 'CQP' - perhaps the largest US State QSO Party!

The objective of the CQP is to work as many stations in California as you can on both CW and Phone. Stations may be worked once per mode/band combination for points with California Counties (58 of them) as individual multipliers.

California stations get credit for working stations inside and outside of the state with US States and Canadian Provinces as their multipliers.

The contest runs from 1600Z 5th October 2013 to 2200Z on 6th October 2013.

An all-out effort is being made to beat the record by a wide margin in 2013 – there should be TONS of activity from California!

The Northern California Contest Club sponsors CQP and offers a variety of awards open to stations inside and outside of California. The awards include plaques for the top operators in the Youth (under 18) and YL categories. A list of the awards is included in the rules.

Full rules for the CQP - http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html