United States Special Event

Look for special event station N3U/Flt93 (N3U/United Flight 93) to be activated once again between 9-14th September, to remind 'Amateur Radio Operators World-Wide' of the tragic events that happened near Shanksville (Pa), New York City and Washington DC, on 11th September 2001.

This will be the 13th year for N3U and this memorial operation.

Bob, W3BTX (Trustee W3PN/P41USA/N3U), informs OPDX, "N3U was 1st activated in 2010 and has continued every year since. We also ran a special Aruba call P41USA for several years but COVID 19 got in the way."

Activity will be on all bands that are open at the time using mostly FT8/FT4 as well as CW and SSB.

QSL via club callsign W3PN (QRZ.com) if needed. LoTW will also be used for logging all Digital, SSB and CW.

Remembrance Day Contest

This weekend is the RD contest which commemorates the Amateurs who died during World War II and is designed to encourage friendly participation and help improve the operating skills of participants. It is held on the weekend closest to the 15th August, the date on which hostilities ceased in the southwest Pacific area.

A perpetual trophy is awarded annually to the Australian state or territory with the best performance. The name of the winning State or Territory is inscribed on the trophy, and that State or Territory then holds the trophy for 12 months. The winning State or Territory is also given a certificate, as are leading entrants.

The aim of the contest is for Amateurs to contact other amateurs in all VK call areas, ZL and P29 on all bands except WARC bands. Modes allowed are PHONE, CW and RTTY as per the era being remembered.

VKCL is the logging software that will allow HF and VHF/UHF contacts to be logged. Although there are a few other loggers to use, N1MM is suitable but only if the HF sections are being entered.

Full rules and other information can be found on the WIA website - http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/

AP75PAK Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Pakistan

The Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) is operating under the special callsign AP75PAK and Pakistani operators are using the special AP75 prefix during August  

This is to celebrate 75 years of Pakistan Independence. Please look out for AP75... callsigns On satellites, HF and also on 6 metre.

An award will be given for any combination of 5 QSO's with AP75 stations. Repetitions with same stations on same mode or same band will not be counted.

More Information - http://pakhams.com/