USS Pueblo Memorial for Museum Ships Weekend
– Contacts with USS Pueblo Memorial N0K QSL to:
PPRAA (USS Pueblo)
PO Box 16521
Colorado Springs, CO 80935-6521
– SASE are appreciated but not required, we will send cards to all confirmed contacts.
Major Events
General Membership meeting (12 August) will be both in-person and virtual
– Will be at: Golden Corral, 1970 Waynoka Rd, Colorado Springs
– The business meeting starts at 7 PM, but get your dinner and beverage of choice and check in any time after 6 PM for a social hour.
– Club members check your email for info or email to receive the Zoom information.
PPRAA Picnic and Car Show
– Saturday, August 22, 2026.
– Fox Run Regional Park – Pavilion #3
– 1000-1600, food served at 1230.
– Club will provide burgers, brats, chips, drinks.
– Bring a side dish or dessert to share.
– Come early to operate portable from the park.
– Bring your vehicle and show off your mobile installation. Win Prizes!
– Park Map
Summer SwapFest
– Sunday August 23, 2026 (0900-1300)
– Adams County Fairgrounds
– Brighton, Colorado
– More info here.
ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Wyoming HamCon 2026
– August 28-30, 2026
– Best Western Hotel and Convention Center, 123 West E Street, Casper, Wyoming 82601
– Registration now open
– More info here.
Colorado W1AW/0 Activation
– 1 September – 8 September 2026
– Colorado operators wanted
– The ARRL, as part of the USA 250th Anniversary and Year of the Club is sponsoring week-long W1AW/portable activations in all 50 states, and potentially in several US Possessions and Territories, that will generate on-air activity to achieve a unique WAS Award.
– Operators are needed who are proficient at CW, Digital Modes, and Phone. In Colorado, we want to have operators committed to as many operational periods in all our bands 160 meters through UHF.
– Operators are required to be residents of Colorado and ARRL Members in good standing. All operators must use an appropriate logging software application that can support an operator field and output ADIF formatted files. The use of Discord for real time coordination and a valid phone number are also required. In addition, any contemplated POTA or SOTA operations must be approved by the W1AW/0 contest committee. Operators must be willing to operate in 2 hour shifts, however multiple shifts will be available for the whole week. The ability to handle large contest style pileups and an operating station capable of making nationwide contacts are both pluses!
– If you don’t have a great station, but are a good operator, a remote station is available! Please inquire about use of RMHAM’s remote HF station.
– More info here
– Have questions? Email Amanda
– Sign up for approval here
Colorado QSO Party
– Saturday 12 September 2026
– Get on the air! The one day of the year when everyone else will want to contact someone in Colorado. Be that station everyone else is seeking.
– New date and rules for 2026.
– More info here.
Duke City Hamfest and Convention
– Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September, 18th, 19th and 20th, 2026
– Albuquerque, New Mexico
– More info here.
BARC Fest
– Sunday October 4, 2026 (0900-1300)
– Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building
– 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, CO
– More info here.
CMRG Annual Meeting
– October 2026(TBD)
– More info here.
285 Tech Connect Radio Club TechFest
– November 2026 (TBD)
– More info here.
On-Air Events
Carnation Festival Special Event
– Jul 30-Aug 9, 0000Z-2359Z
– W8LKY
– Alliance, OH. Alliance Amateur Radio Club. 7050 7220 14050 14250. Certificate. Alliance Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 94, Maximo, OH 44650.
– Info here.
1813 Battle of Fort Stephenson
– Aug 1, 1100Z-1700Z
– W8B
– Fremont, OH. W8NCK. 7.040 7.265 14.040 14.265. Certificate. David Dyke, KZ4CW, 2783 E. State St, Fremont, OH 43420.
King Midget Micro-Car 80th Anniversary
– Aug 5-Aug 9, 0000Z-2359Z
– K8M
– Athens, OH. Athens Co. OH ARA. 7.245 14.245. QSL. K8M, 97 Columbia Ave, Athens, OH 45701. Celebrating the smallest street-legal motor car ever made in America.
– Info here.
Mid America Treshing & Antique Tractor Show
– Aug 6-Aug 8, 1600Z-2200Z
– W9T
– Tipton, IN. Tipton Coiunty Indiana Amateur Radio Club. 7.225 MHz 14. 225 MHz 21. 325 MHz 28. 425 MHz. QSL. Tipton County Indiana Amateur Radio Club, 3229 S 110 W, Tipton, IN 46072-8912.
– Info here.
Indiana State Fair
– Aug 7-Aug 23, 1600Z-2359Z
– W9ISF
– Indianapolis, IN. Indiana State Fair ARC. 7.240 14.240 21.300 28.400. QSL. Ken Bandy, 7405 E County Road 900 N, Brownsburg, IN 46112. We’ll be on as much as possible during the run of the Fair.
– Info here.
Lee DeForest Special Operating Event 2026
– Aug 7-Aug 10, 0800Z-0759Z
– K6L
– Hemet, CA. Lee DeForest Amateur Radio Club . 7.238 14.265 18.125 21.370. Certificate & QSL. LDARC, P.O.BOX 491, San Jacinto, CA 92581. Lee De Forest Amateur Radio Club, K6LDF, will operate special event station K6L from Hemet, California, August 7-9, 2026, honoring Lee De Forest, inventor of the Audion tube and pioneer of radio technology. Stations contacting K6L may receive a commemorative eQSL/QSL card and certificate information through the event page.
– Info here.
Navajo Code Talkers Day
– Aug 8-Aug 14, 0024Z-0004Z
– N7HG
– Chinle, AZ. N7HG. 14.265 7.265. Certificate. Herbert Website HRO Goodluck, PO Box 06, Chinle, AZ 86503.
– Celebrating Navajo Code Talkers day.
NOARC Youth Lighthouse Activation
– Aug 8-Aug 9, 1300Z-0200Z
– W8CSO
– Grand Haven, MI. North Ottawa Amateur Radio Club. 14.060 14.237 7.225 28.320. QSL. NOARC, PO Box 976, Grand Haven, MI 49417. invite all youth interested in participating in this year’s ARLHS US National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend (https://arlhs.com/). This youth-only event will be on August 8th, at the inner (ARLHS ID# USA 1077) and outer (ARLHS ID# USA 1078) Grand Haven, Michigan, lighthouses on the Grand Haven South Pier. The on-air activation of the lighthouses will begin at 9am, with plans to operate into the late evening. It will allow young operators the opportunity to use amateur radio equipment from inside the lighthouses to make contact with other stations all over the world. This event has been made possible with support of the Grand Haven Lighthouse Conservancy (https://www.ghlighthouse.com/). Look for NOARC’s club call, W8CSO, on all open HF bands during the event. Informative QSL cards showcasing the beautiful lighthouses and their history, will be available upon request to those that make a contact during the event.
– Info see W8CSO’s website or QRZ page for more information, or contact the event chairman directly at: CQ.N8GMZ@gmail.com www.W8CSO.org
Operation PAUL BUNYAN (8-21-1976)
– Aug 8, 1700Z-2359Z
– NI6IW
– San Diego, CA. USS Midway Museum Ship CV-41 COMEDTRA NI6IW. 7.250 14.320 14.070 PSK31 DStar on PAPA System Repeaters. QSL.
– USS Midway Ship Museum CV-41 COMEDTRA NI6IW, 910 N Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101.
Radio Day at Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum
– Aug 8, 1400Z-1800Z
– K5HTZ
– Colonial Heights, VA. Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum. 14.250 7.225. QSL.
– Kathleen DeMajo Adams (The Radio Lady), 880 West Roslyn Road, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
Jackson County Fair, 6th Annual Exposition 172nd Entertainment Edition
– Aug 9-Aug 15, 1021Z-1021Z
– W8J
– Jackson, MI. Cascades Amateur Radio Society. SSB; CW, FT8; 35 KHz from bottom of General Bands . QSL. Cascades Amateur Radio Society, PO Box 512, Jackson, MI 49204.
– Info here.
50th Anniversary of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad
– Aug 15, 0800Z-1300Z
– W3R
– Middletown, PA. Central Pennsylvania Repeater Asso. 7.050 7.190 14.025 14.260. QSL. Richard Lenker, 3809 Griffin Lane, Harrisburg, PA 17110. We request you apply on the W3nd.org Web site for your card. We will check it agents the logs. We will be sitting in a 1920’s dinning car making contacts. I will be on the IRLP link 7060 from Harrisburg.
– Look for us on Voice, CW, and FT-8 Richard KB3YRC W3nd.org
Deltana Fair Special Event Station
– Aug 15-Aug 17, 1800Z-0100Z
– KL7DRC
– Delta Junction, AK. Delta Amateur Radio Club (DARC). 14.250 14.320. Certificate. Delta Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1061, ATTN: KL7DRC Special Event Station, Delta Junction, AK 99737-1061. Join the Delta Amateur Radio Club operating Special Event Station KL7DRC from the Deltana Fairgrounds in Delta Junction, Alaska. QSO contacts may request a special certificate for verified contacts on either day of operation.
– Info here.
FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE NA026
– Aug 15, 1000Z-2030Z
– W2GSB
– Babylon, NY. GREAT SOUTH BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB. 14.245 28.500 21.325 7.275. QSL. FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE NA026 , 200 East Sunrise Hwy, Lindenhurst, NY 11757.
– Info here.
Port Clinton Lighthouse Activation
– Aug 15, 1400Z-2100Z
– W8GNM/8
– Port Clinton, OH. Port Clinton Lighthouse Conservancy. 7.225 14.313 21.350 28.600. QSL. Geoff Mendenhall -W8GNM/8, LoTW Only for QSL, Port Clinton, OH 43452. Port Clinton Lighthouse activation on Saturday, August 15th, 2026 from 14:00 to 21:00 UTC W8GNM/8 will be QRV from the Port Clinton Lighthouse during the Port Clinton Lighthouse Festival at Port Clinton, OH (ARLHS USA-922). Grid Square: EN81mm (http://arlhs.com/events/) International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend Aug 15, 2026 at Port Clinton, OH. (US 0228) (https://wllw.org/index.php/list-3) Port Clinton Lighthouse Conservancy (http://portclintonlighthouse.org/) Check web clusters for specific frequencies: Typical 40m frequencies were 7.225 or 7.235 Typical 20m frequencies were 14.313 or 14.335 Typical 15m frequencies 21.350 or 21.440 15m FT8 on 21.074 (not F/H) Typical 10m frequencies 28.600 or 28.615T8 on 21.074 (not F/H) QSL via LoTW only to W8GNM/8.
– Info here.
Steamboat Nannie Byers Disaster of 1866
– Aug 15, 1400Z-2200Z
– N9B
– Madison, IN. Clifty Amateur Radio Society (W9EFU). 28.328 14.325 7.250 20 meter and 10 meter FT8. Certificate. Jerry Barnes, 601 Spring Street, Madison, IN 47250. Remembering the lives lost during the collision and sinking of the Steamboat Nannie Byers with the steamer E.C. Hillman around 2:30 AM on the Ohio River within eyesight of Madison Indiana. Unique eCertificate will be sent to operators email listed in QRZ. See our QRZ and FB page for details.
– Jerry Barnes (KA9PIJ), 601 Spring Street, Madison, IN 47250.
Chuck Berry 100th Birthday Special Event
– Aug 17-Aug 18, 0000Z-2359Z
– W0B
– St. Louis, MO. Louis, MO. St. Louis and Suburban Radio Club. 7.180 14.250 28.350. Certificate & QSL.
– Special Event W0B, c/o Jim Briggs, 19429 Quarry Road, Warrenton, MO 63383.
NS Savannah Maiden Voyage Anniversary
– Aug 22, 1330Z-2100Z
– K3S
– Port of Baltimore. Nuclear Ship Savannah ARC. 7, 14. Nuclear Ship Savannah ARC. 7,14,18,21,28 MHz. QSL. Ulis Fleming, 980 Patuxent Road, Odenton, MD 21113.
– Info here.
GREEN VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 47th ANNIVERSARY
– Aug 23, 1700Z-2100Z
– WE7GV
– Sahuarita, AZ. Green Valley Amateur Radio Club. 14.242 14.246 14.248. Certificate & QSL.
– Tom Lang K7VOA, 1085 W EL TORO RD, 1085 W EL TORO RD, Sahuarita, AZ 85629.
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Special Event Station
– Aug 29-Sep 12, 1300Z-2300Z
– K9A
– Auburn, IN. Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association. 7.180MHz 14.250MHz 28.350 MHz. Certificate & QSL. Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association, P.O. Box 145, Auburn, In 46706-0145.
– Info here.
Buhl Farm Park Celebration
– Aug 29-Sep 7, 0000Z-2359Z
– W3LIF
– Hermitage, PA. Mercer County Amateur Radio Club. 7.185 7.074. QSL. Mercer County Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 996, Sharon, PA 16146. Mercer County Amateur Radio Club is celebrating BUHL DAY, the 111th Anniversary of Buhl Farm Park, which covers 300 acres donated to the Shenango Valley community by Frank Buhl a local industrialist, for the use and recreation purposes. Check the www.w3lif.org webpage for scheduled times of W3B operation or the QRZ website for W3B for more information.
– As conditions permit you will find operators at various times on from August 29 to all day on September 7, 2026
– Info here.
Commemoration of the end of WWII
– Aug 29-Sep 2, 0000Z-2359Z
– W5J
– Meridian, MS. Meridian Amateur Radio Club (MS). 14.230. QSL. Larry Anderson, 6674 Highway 19 N., Meridian, MS 39305. Commemoration of the End of WWII, 81 Years Ago.
– Info here.
MYERS FAMILY – LEVITTOWN CIVIL RIGHTS – AUGUST 1957
– Aug 29-Aug 30, 1200Z-0200Z
– W3M
– Feasterville Trevose, PA. PENN WIRELESS ASSOCIATION. 7.200 14.250 18.135 146.79 -0.6 131.8PL REPEATER. QSL. PENN WIRELESS ASSOCIATION, PO BOX 925, Levittown, PA 19058. In August 1957, Daisy and William Myers and their three children became the first Black family to move into Levittown in the Dogwood Hollow section. They endured weeks of harassment before the state intervened to protect them. Daisy Myers became known as the “Rosa Parks of the North” and a fair-housing civil rights leader. This is one of the early civil-rights fights of the era and the most nationally significant event in Levittown’s history. Key dates within the event: August 15, 1957 — Governor George Leader ordered State Police to Levittown. August 20, 1957 — commonly cited as the date the family became the first African American residents. August 26, 1957 — protesters dispersed and the State Police withdrew.
– Info here.
The Battle of Brooklyn at the Old Stone House
– Aug 29-Aug 30, 1018Z-1018Z
– W1B
– Brooklyn, NY. Kings County Radio Club NY. 14.270. QSL. Lloyd Westerman, PO Box 174, Woodstock, NY 12498.
– Info here.
2026 Megafest Raffle Winners
– A big thanks to all attendees and vendors who turned out to support us this year. Thanks to CMRG and RT Systems for their prize donations.
Congratulations to this years raffle winners:
- Grand Prize: Lab599 Discovery TX-500 Transceiver w/case – Joshua Moore, WG6C
- Second Prize: Icom ID-52A Plus Anniversary Special Edition – Myron Babcock, KL7YY
- Third Prize: openSPOT4 Pro Portable Digital Radio Internet Gateway (hotspot) – Chuck Lucas, WG5X
- Fourth Prize: Yaesu FTM-500 DR – Matthew Zimbelman, KF0RIG
- Fifth Prize: Raspberry Pi Ultimate Radio Build Kit – Frank Roybal, KA0YPX
- Sixth Prize: Powerwerx PWRbox-20 – Terryl “Ted” Tilman, NE0TT
- Seventh Prize: Milwaukee Packout Rolling Case set – Robert Bunch, KA4RTS
- Eighth Prize: HRO SOTA POTA 150 Antenna – Terryl “Ted” Tilman, NE0TT
- Ninth Prize: YAESU VX-6R – Lawrence “Ray” West, II, W2LRW
- Tenth Prize: MFJ-945E Tuner – Tim Wisen, N7TMP
- Eleventh Prize: MFJ-4128 Switching Power Supply – Jonathan Cotten, AG5HV
- Twelfth Prize: Powerwerx Powerpole Case 150 Piece assorted – Fred Baumgartner, K0FMB
(7/25/26)
Winter Workshop 2022
– On Thursday, Dec. 29, PPRAA conducted a hands-on workshop to build tape measure yagi antennas.
PPRAA 2022 Field Day
Summary Report
Double Fox Hunt
– On Saturday, Oct. 2, several PPRAA fox hunters used their radio direction-finding skills to track down two fox transmitters nestled in the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs. Kyle, KD0TRD, was the fox, and picked two locations with great views of the city. The weather was warm and sunny, and made this a great fall outdoor activity. Thanks to all participants for making this a fun event!
– Congratulations to Derek, K0ATV (right), for being the first fox hunter to locate both transmitters. He picked an SDRPlay receiver as his first-place prize, and here he receives the PPRAA fox hunt trophy from the previous champion fox hunter, Derek, N0DCW (left).
PPRAA World Amateur Radio Day Fox Hunt”
– In celebration of World Amateur Radio Day on April 18, the PPRAA hosted a fox hunt across the north side of Colorado Springs.
– The “fox,” Jason (K0WTF), was soon found transmitting from Fox Run Park. The first team to find him was Derek (N0DCW) and his friend Jerry (soon-to-be-licensed), who found the fox in 19 minutes.
– Many finishers showed off hand-built Yagi antennas, a variety of attenuators, and triangulation techniques. Participants from Colorado Connections and Rocky Mountain Ham provided a display of their radio direction finding van, complete with a doppler tracking station.
– Thanks to Jason (K0WTF) for his work as the fox and net control, and Cheyenne Mountain Repeater Group for the use of their 147.345 repeater for the socializing net.
– The DRT thank you letter to PPRAA can be read here.
(11/21/05)