• Jan 1-Jan 31, 0000Z-2359Z, K3Y, All cities, states and call areas. Straight Key Century Club. 14.050 10.120 7.055 3.550. QSL. Dan Rhodes, KA3CTQ, 618 Seminole Dr, Erie, PA 16505. Celebrating 6 years of steady growth to over 8,500 members on CW. Contact Roger Kepner, W6SQQ, PIO www.skccgroup.com

• 01/16/2012 | Quartzfest 2012

  Jan 16-Jan 29, 0000Z-2300Z, W7Q, Quartzsite, AZ. Quartzfest 2012. 14.250 7.250. QSL. K7PO, PO Box 277, Tonopah, AZ 85354. Quartzfest is a gathering of Amateur Radio Operators in RVs near Quartzsite, AZ. www.quartzfest.org

• 01/21/2012 | Special Event Commemorating the 122nd Anniverary of the birth of US Supreme Court Justice Frederick M. Vinson

  Jan 21, 1400Z-2100Z, K4V, Louisa, KY. Big Sandy Amateur Radio Club (K4PGA). 14.280 7.225. QSL. Big Sandy Amateur Radio Club , c/o C & W Barber Shop, 114 N Main Cross St, Louisa, KY 41230. Certificates will be also awarded to hams who are judges, attorneys or officers of the court. Required: #10 SASE for QSL, 8-1/2" x 11" SASE for cert. & QSL. www.bsarc.org

• 01/28/2012 | 164th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold in California

  Jan 28-Jan 29, 1600Z-2300Z, AG6AU, Coloma, CA. El Dorado County Amateur Radio Club. 21.348 14.248 7.248 AG6AU repeater. QSL. EDCARC, PO Box 451, Placerville, CA 95667. From the Marshall Gold Discovery Site in Coloma, CA. www.edcarc.net

• 01/28/2012 | 60th Anniversary of the Sandusky Valley Amateur Radio Club

  Jan 28, 1700Z-2300Z, W8NCK, Fremont, OH. Sandusky Valley Amateur Radio Club. 14.250 7.250. QSL. J Schlipf, N8TRQ, 1600 Port Clinton Rd, Apt #2, Fremont, OH 43420. www.w8nck.org

• 01/28/2012 | Palm Springs Hamfest 2012

  Jan 28, 0300Z-1200Z, WD6RAT, Palm Springs, CA. Desert RATS Club . 14.251 7.251. QSL. Desert RATS Club, PO Box 1167, Palm Springs, CA 92264. desertrats.am

• 02/02/2012 | Washington County PA Sportsman Show

  Feb 2-Feb 5, 1200Z-1800Z, W3C, Washington, PA. Washington Amateur Communications Inc.. 21.250 18.130 14.260 7.210. QSL. Ed Oelschlager, N3ZNI, 60 Carl Ave B2, Eighty Four, PA 15330. Event is held at a shopping mall Washington Crown Center in Washington PA. This is our 12th year. We show that amateur radio is alive and well in today's electronic world. We also show we are ready to communicate in times of emergency. Over the years we have helped lots of people get into this hobby with this public event. www.wacomarc.org

• 02/03/2012 | 53rd Anniversary of the Death of Buddy Holly

  Feb 3-Feb 5, 1500Z-0400Z, W5B, Lubbock, TX. Buddy Holly Memorial. 18.150 14.260 7.260 3.860. QSL. QSL W5B, 109 N Pontiac Ave, Lubbock, TX 79416. www.amcrc.com/w5b

• 02/04/2012 | Commemorating Groundhog Day at Punxsutawney Airport

  Feb 4, 1400Z-2100Z, K3HWJ, Punxsutawney, PA. Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club. 14.330 7.183 3.845 147.390 PL 173.8. Certificate. Mike Miller, N3HBH, 1097 Wishaw Rd, Reynoldsville, PA 15851. sites.google.com/site/punxyhamclub

• 02/04/2012 | IEARC Radio Day

  Feb 4-Feb 5, 1600Z-0059Z, W6IER, Ontario, CA. Inland Empire Amateur Radio Club. 28.400 14.070. QSL. Inland Empire Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1433, Ontario, CA 91762. Questions/comments, Don at president@w6ier.org. Talk-in frequency will be our 2 meeter repeater, at 145.460 (-) PL=77.0Hz. www.w6ier.org

• 02/04/2012 | MN QSO Party - Winona Amateur Radio Club

  Feb 4, 1400Z-2359Z, W1N, Winona, MN. Winona Amateur Radio Club. 14.270 14.050 7.250 7.050. QSL. Winona Amateur Radio Club, Attn: MN QSO Party, PO Box 1264, Winona, MN 55987. Party rules and other information are available from the Minnesota Wireless Association at: http://www.w0aa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=7 www.w0ne.org

• 02/04/2012 | National Weatherman's Day

  Feb 4, 1400Z-2000Z, W5QX, San Angelo, TX. San Angelo Amateur Radio Club. 14.240. Certificate. SAARC, PO Box 4002, San Angelo, TX 76902. w5qx.org

• 02/04/2012 | Santa Fe Trail Stagecoach Stop

  Feb 4, 1600Z-2100Z, KS0KS, Olathe, KS. Sante Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club. SSB/CW/Digital 10 15 17 20 40 m 28.320 21.320 14.250 7.250. QSL. Dell Sawyer, 1259 E Frontier Ln, Olathe, KS 66062. Operating two stations. sftarc.org

• 02/04/2012 | Shuttle Columbia Commemorative Special Event Station

  Feb 4, 1500Z-2200Z, W5NAC, Nacogdoches, TX. Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club. 28.540 21.340 14.240 7.240. QSL. NARC, 167 CR 2093, Nacogdoches, TX 75965. w5nac.com

• 02/08/2012 | 2002 Winter Olympics 10 Year Anniversary

  Feb 8-Feb 28, 2300Z-2300Z, WA7ITZ/W19OG, Salt Lake City, UT. Utah Radio Amateurs. 28.425 21.300 14.250 7.250. QSL. Ray Friess, 1801 Jennifer Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. Send $1 to cover mailing (postage and envelope).

• 02/11/2012 | Arizona Centenial

  Feb 11-Feb 12, 0800Z-1400Z, W7W, Mesa, AZ. Mesa Amateur Radio Club. 14.260. QSL. Mesa Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 159, Mesa, AZ 85211. mesa-arc.org

• 02/11/2012 | Arizona Statehood Centennial

  Feb 11-Feb 13, 0000Z-2359Z, W7A, Glendale, AZ. Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club. SSB 14.255 7.190 PSK31 14.070. QSL. Thunder Bird Amateur Radio Club/W7A, POBox 30841, Phoenix, AZ 85046. www.w7tbc.org

• 02/11/2012 | Arizona Statehood Centennial

  Feb 11-Feb 12, 1700Z-2359Z, W7EI, Prescott , AZ. Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association. 14.292 14.288 14.284 14.280. QSL. Mike Wingate, W7EI, PO Box 3960, Camp Verde, AZ 86322. www.vvara.org

• 02/11/2012 | Thomas Edison Birthday Memorial

  Feb 11-Feb 12, 1500Z-2200Z, NI8G, Milan, OH. Thomas Edison Memorial Radio Club. 28.385 21.385 14.285 7.285. QSL. Jack Hubbard, 13113 River Rd, Milan, OH 44846. Times are daily. NI8N1@yahoo.com

• 02/11/2012 | Thomas Edison's Birthday

  Feb 11, 1500Z-2100Z, W2EF, Caldwell, NJ. West Essex Amateur Radio Club. 146.55 21.377 14.277 7.177. Certificate. West Essex ARC, 34 Eastern Pkwy, Caldwell, NJ 07006. www.wearc.org

• 02/11/2012 | Women Marines Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday and Boy Scouts of America Founded 1910

  Feb 11, 1700Z-2359Z, NI6IW, San Diego, CA. USS Midway (CV-41) Museum Radio Operations Room. SSB 14.320 7.250 PSK31 14.070 D-STAR 012C and 2 m/70 cm SOCAL rptrs. QSL. USS Midway Museum Radio Room, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101. kk6fz@arrl.net

• 02/12/2012 | Arizona Centennial Week 1912-2012

  Feb 12-Feb 19, 0000Z-2359Z, K7Z, Sun City, AZ. Dick Hale. 28.450 21.405 14.285. Certificate. K7Z, 9874 W Magnolia Ct, Sun City, AZ 85373. Send call/freq/time/UTC day info to K7Z@cox.net to receive a certificate by e-mail. Choose 5MB or 185K file size. www.qrz.com/db/K7Z

• 02/12/2012 | State of Arizona Centennial

  Feb 12, 1700Z-2100Z, WE7GV, Green Valley, AZ. Green Valley Amateur Radio Club. 14.246 14.244 14.242. Certificate & QSL. Green Valley Amateur Radio Club, 601 N La Canada Dr (SAV), Green Valley, AZ 85614. tlang1080@gmail.com

• 02/13/2012 | Arizona Centennial

  Feb 13-Feb 19, 1500Z-2359Z, K7UGA, Various locations, AZ. Central Arizona DX Association. All bands CW SSB RTTY PSK31 Satellite. QSL. Bob Davies, K7BHM, 1623 N Los Altos Ct, Chandler, AZ 85224. 100th Anniversary operation on February 14 from Prescott, Tucson and Phoenix only. www.cadxa.org

• 02/14/2012 | Arizona's 100th Birthday

  Feb 14, 1600Z-2200Z, N7A, Prescott, AZ. Granite Mountain Middle School and Yavapai Amateur Radio Club. 28.390 21.335 14.250 7.250. QSL. Terry Pemberton, Granite Mountain Middle School, 1800 Williamson Valley Rd, Prescott, AZ 86305. kb7tre@cableone.net or www.w7yrc.org

• 02/17/2012 | 2012 ARRL SW Division Convention & Arizona Centennial

  Feb 17-Feb 18, 1900Z-2359Z, W1AW/7, Yuma, AZ. Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization. 28.348 21.312 14.248 7.212. QSL. ARRL W1AW/7 Special Event, Joesph Carcia, NJ1Q, W1AW Station Manager, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. www.yumahamfest.org

• 02/18/2012 | 67th Anniversary of the Battle for Iwo Jima and the Flag Raisings

  Feb 18-Feb 19, 1500Z-2200Z, W0FSB, Waterloo, IA. 5 Sullivan Brothers Amateur Radio Club. 21.240 14.240 7.240. Certificate & QSL. W0FSB ARC, 4015 Independence Ave, Waterloo, IA 50703. send #10 SASE for QSL; $1, no envelope for certificate.

• 02/18/2012 | 8th Annual 'Freeze Your Keys' Winter Operating Event

  Feb 18, 1400Z-2200Z, W0EBB, Leavenworth, KS. Kickapoo QRP Amateur Radio Club. 14.285 14.060 7.285 7.040. QSL. Gary Auchard, 34058 167th St, Leavenworth, KS 66048. w0ebb@juno.com

• 02/18/2012 | Freeze Your Acorns Off

  Feb 18, 1500Z-2100Z, K8BF, Kent, OH. Portage County Amateur Radio Service. 21.315 14.315 7.215 3.815. Certificate. Al Atkins, KB8VJL, 12433 Chamberlain Rd, Aurora, OH 44202. 7th Annual FYAO QRP operating event. www.portcars.org

• 02/18/2012 | George Washington Special Event

  Feb 18-Feb 19, 1600Z-2100Z, K4US, Alexandria, VA. Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club. 14.240 7.240 7.035. Certificate. Mount Vernon ARC, Box 7234, Alexandria, VA 22307. Commemorating George Washington's 280th birthday from his estate. k4us@mvarc.com or www.mvarc.org

• 02/18/2012 | Harry S. Truman

  Feb 18, 1500Z-0000Z, N0HV, Belton, MO. South Side Amateur Radio Club. 28.460 21.360 14.260 7.260. QSL. Robert Beard, PO Box 1514, Belton, MO 64012. Look for us on CW digital modes. www.southsidearc.net

• 02/18/2012 | Washingtons Birthday Amateur Relay Message 1916

  Feb 18-Feb 26, 1200Z-2359Z, W8WRK, Hamilton, OH. Butler County Amateur Radio Association. 28.410 14.245 7.220 7.052. QSL. Kevin Jones, 7035 Morris Rd, Hamilton, OH 45011. See URL for updates. www.bcara.net

• 02/20/2012 | Antarctic Activity Week - 9th Edition

  Feb 20-Feb 26, 0000Z-2359Z, WAP, Worldwide, OT. Worldwide Antarctic Program. 28.450 21.350 14.250 7.150. Certificate & QSL. WAP Reference Numbers Worked, Various addresses, Worldwide, OT. This is an all bands, all modes worldwide event celebrating the international scientific work in Antarctica. Certificates may be obtained from the WAP, and QSLs from the WAP-Reference Numbered stations worked. See WAP website for details, or in US you may e-mail questions to kb0mzf@arrl.net. waponline.it

• 02/22/2012 | Celebrating George Washington's Birthday

  Feb 22, 0001Z-2359Z, WS7G, George, WA. Columbia Basin DX Club. 28.450 28.040 18.135 14.250 14.042 3.880. QSL. Brian J. Nielson, 11650 Road 1 SE., Moses Lake, WA 98837. cbn.homestead.com/WS7G.html

• 02/24/2012 | 80th Annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  Feb 24-Mar 19, 1200Z-0200Z, K5R, Houston, TX. Northwest Amateur Radio Society. 28.390 21.390 14.290 7.185. QSL. Tom King, 9438 Cedar Point Cir, Houston, TX 77070. Since its beginning in 1932, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has committed approximately $283 million to scholarships, research, endowments, calf scramble participants, junior show exhibitors, School Art participants, and other educational and youth programs. Of that total, the Show has committed more than $165 million in direct educational program support, since the first scholarship was awarded in 1957. See hlsr.com or k5r.org

• 02/26/2012 | Johnny Cash 80th Birthday Celebration

  Feb 26-Feb 27, 1800Z-0200Z, K5NEA, Jonesboro, AR. Northeast Arkansas Radio Club. 28.330 14.260 7.260 3.795. Certificate. Timothy S. Goodrich, N5ASH, 4501 Aggie Rd, Jonesboro, AR 72401. We will be operating at least one station in Johnny Cash's boyhood home of Dyess Colony (Mississippi County), Arkansas. Stations contacting the Dyess Colony station will get a special designation on their certificate. nea-rc.org

• 02/29/2012 | Fourth Annual Snowbird Field Day

  Feb 29, 1500Z-2200Z, W7ASL, Mesa, AZ. Sunlife Amateur Radio Club. 28.490 24.980 21.440 18.158 14.340 7.290. QSL. Earl, Palmer, 560 S Rosemont, Meza, AZ 85206. www.sunlifearc.webs.com

• 03/01/2012 | 90th Anniversary of WWL 870 AM New Orleans

  Mar 1-Mar 31, 0000Z-2300Z, W5WWL, New Orleans, LA. WWL Radio. 28.425 14.235 7.185 3.820. QSL. W5WWL, 400 Poydras, Suite 400, New Orleans, LA 70130. Special operation by Club Station W5WWL wwl.com

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