The Ultimate in SOTA/POTA/Portable All in One event

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Amateurs throughout the US are being urged to sign up and activate parts of the famous Appalachian Trail in the nation’s East Coast. The trail has six national parks, eight national forests, more than 40 SOTA summits and over 65 state parks and forests with POTA designations. This is the event’s second year and it’s a dramatic way to get hams out of their shacks and into the woods and on trails during a most colourful and beautiful time of year in this region of the United States.

Chasers around the world will be listening but right now hams are simply signing up since the event is not until 1st and 2nd October 2022. The event was inspired by the experiences of one ham, Mike WB2FUV, who lives in the mountain region of northern NYS and fell in love with operating QRP there.

Route 66 On the Air Special Event

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Route 66 On the Air Special Event

The annual Route 66 On the Air Special Event will take place 10-18 September 2022. The purpose of the event is to commemorate the history of the "Mother Road" connecting the east and west United States.

Now in its 23rd year, the Northern Arizona DX Association (NADXA) started the event, which is now coordinated by the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club (CBARC) in San Bernardino, California.

There will be 21 stations with 1x1 call signs on the air from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, all with consecutive calls starting with W6. NADXA will operate three of the 21 stations, including W6G (Flagstaff, Arizona), and W6S (Arizona Rover 1). They'll set up at various spots along Route 66 east of Flagstaff, and W6T (Arizona Rover 2) will be set up in Bellemont. Later in the week, the event will be moved to Parks, on old Route 66, west of Flagstaff.

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United States Special Event

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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.