W1AW
Schedule
Code Practice/Bulletin Schedule
1996 Field Day Bulletin Schedule
Morse Code · Teleprinter · Voice · Miscellanea
Page author: [email protected]
Page last revised 9:36 AM ET 12/9/96

W1AW, the Headquarters Amateur Radio station of the American Radio Relay League, is a living memorial to the League's cofounder, Hiram Percy Maxim. W1AW transmits on-the-air code practice and bulletins of interest to hams as follows:

Pacific  Mtn    Cent   East  Sun   Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat
 6 AM    7 AM   8 AM   9 AM              Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow
                                         Code  Code  Code  Code
 7 AM    8 AM   9 AM  10 AM              ---- Code Bulletin ---
 8 AM    9 AM  10 AM  11 AM               Teleprinter Bulletin 
 9 AM   10 AM  11 AM   noon
10 AM   11 AM   noon   1 PM        ----------- Visiting ------------
11 AM    noon   1 PM   2 PM        ----------- Operator ------------
 noon    1 PM   2 PM   3 PM        ------------- Time --------------
 1 PM    2 PM   3 PM   4 PM  Slow  Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow
                             Code  Code  Code  Code  Code  Code  Code
 2 PM    3 PM   4 PM   5 PM  ------------ Code Bulletin -------------
 3 PM    4 PM   5 PM   6 PM  --------- Teleprinter Bulletin ---------
 4 PM    5 PM   6 PM   7 PM  Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow  Fast
                             Code  Code  Code  Code  Code  Code  Code
 5 PM    6 PM   7 PM   8 PM  ------------ Code Bulletin -------------
 6 PM    7 PM   8 PM   9 PM  --------- Teleprinter Bulletin ---------
 6:45P   7:45P  8:45P  9:45P ------------ Voice Bulletin ------------
 7 PM    8 PM   9 PM  10 PM  Slow  Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow  Fast  Slow
                             Code  Code  Code  Code  Code  Code  Code
 8 PM    9 PM  10 PM  11 PM  ------------ Code Bulletin -------------
 9 PM   10 PM  11 PM  Mdnte  --------- Teleprinter Bulletin ---------
 9:45P  10:45P 11:45P 12:45A ------------ Voice Bulletin ------------
Pacific  Mtn    Cent   East  Sun   Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat

W1AW's schedule is at the same local time throughout the year. The schedule according to your local time will change if your local time does not have seasonal adjustments that are made at the same time as North American time changes between standard time and daylight time. From the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) = Eastern Time + 4 hours. For the rest of the year, UTC = Eastern Time + 5 hours.

Morse Code Transmissions

Frequencies are 1.818, 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975, 21.0675, 28.0675 and 147.555 MHz.

Slow Code = practice sent at 5, 7-1/2, 10, 13 and 15 words per minute (wpm).

Fast Code = practice sent at 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 13 and 10 wpm.

Code practice text is from the pages of QST magazine, the League's membership journal. The source is given at the beginning of each practice session and alternate speeds within each session. For example, "Text is from July 1992 QST, pages 9 and 81," indicates that the practice session's plain text is from the article on page 9 and its mixed number/letter groups are from page 81.

Code bulletins are sent at 18 wpm.

W1AW Qualifying Runs are sent on the same frequencies as the Morse code transmissions. West Coast qualifying runs are transmitted on approximately 3.590 MHz by W6OWP, with W6ZRJ and AB6YR as alternates. At the beginning of each code practice session, the schedule for the next qualifying run is presented. Underline one minute of the highest speed you copied, certify that your copy was made without aid, and sent it to ARRL for grading. Please include your name, call sign (if any) and complete mailing address. Send a 9 X 12 inch self-addresssed, stamped envelope (SASE) for a certificate, or a business-size SASE for an endorsement.

Teleprinter Transmissions

Frequencies are 3.625, 7.095, 14.095, 18.1025, 21.095, 28.095 and 147.555 MHz.

Bulletins are sent at 45.45-baud Baudot and 100-baud AMTOR, FEC Mode B, 110-baud ASCII will be sent only as time allows.

Keplerian elements for many amateur satellites will be sent on the regular teleprinter frequencies on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.

Voice Transmissions

Frequencies are 1.855, 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and 147.555 MHz.

Miscellanea

A DX news bulletin replaces the regular bulletins on Fridays, UTC.

W1AW is open to visitors during normal operating hours: from 1 PM until 1 AM on Mondays, 9 AM until 1 AM Tuesday through Friday, from 1 PM to 1 AM on Saturdays, and from 3:30 PM to 1 AM on Sundays. FCC licensed amateurs may operate the station from 1 to 4 PM Monday through Saturday. Be sure to bring your current FCC amateur license or a photocopy.

In a communications emergency, monitor W1AW for special bulletins as follows: voice on the hour, teleprinter at 15 minutes past the hour, and CW on the half hour.

ARRL Headquarters and W1AW are closed on New Year's Day; Presidents' Day; Good Friday, Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving and the following Friday; and Christmas Day. On the first Thursday of September, Headquarters and W1AW will be closed during the Eastern Time afternoon.

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