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1 | W1AW/6 AMERICAS250 - YEAR OF THE CLUB Special Event Istructions | |
2 | Call CQ in the general portion of the band unless there are no clear frequencies. | |
3 | W1AW/6 IMPARTS no operating privileges you must operate within your license privileges | |
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5 | “CQ CQ W1AW/6 W1AW/6" on CW - or on voice "CQ CQ CQWAS250 W1AW stroke 6 , W1AW stroke 6 in California" | |
6 | "CQ W1AW/6 <GRID> on FT8. No need to put CQ WAS250 - everyone knows why you are there | |
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8 | PLEASE INDICATE CLUB CALL WITH YOUR CALL IF YOU'RE SIGNING UP AS A CLUB (I.E. W6SF/NZ6Q) | |
9 | CLUB EVENTS HAVE PRIORITY, HOWEVER THERE IS NO CLAIM JUMPING. IF YOU'RE HOSTING A CLUB EVENT AND YOUR DATE/TIMES ARE TAKEN, CONTACT NZ6Q. | |
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11 | Before signing up, please consider: | |
12 | - The station owner must be an ARRL member. Consider opening your station to local radio club members as a club activity - especially, new hams, youth, YLs and "beginners" | |
13 | - The station owner will be responsible for securing the log and forwarding it to the coordinator (subject to ARRL ADIF requirements) - no paper logs! | |
14 | - Each slot is 1 hours. Sign up for as many days as you can cover. Please cover no more than 4-hours in consecutive band/mode slots to start. You are responsible for covering the entire time. | |
15 | - once we get initial coverage we can back fill to get as many stations on the air as possible. | |
16 | - your station should be in great operating order and sufficient antennas to get W1AW heard well in the bands / mode you want to operate | |
17 | - stations running at least 100 watts to a tribander or better on the high bands, or a vertical or dipole on the low bands, 100 W or higher power on low bands. | |
18 | - We want to have slow speed CW operators as well as "contest grade" CW | |
19 | - DON'T FORGET RTTY, PSK and other "Digital Modes" *** TRY SOMETHING NEW *** | |
20 | - in the case of CW, Digi's if the time slot is full, but you want to operate a band other than what's already committed in that mode, send me an email and I'll add you manually | |
21 | Once an hour give out the call sign of the holder of W1AW/6. Something like "W1AW/6 is sponsored by NZ6Q". You do not need to give out your individual call sign if a club station. | |
22 | Self-spotting is encouraged and may open up a dead band for you... Please spot yourself on DXSummit.fi or another site. | |
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24 | There should be only one station per band/mode at a time. Before operating please go to | |
25 | the signup page (link below) and enter your call and band, as appropriate, in the time slots | |
26 | you want to operate. If you have your call entered those times and band/modes are yours. | |
27 | If there is another call entered, assume they are on the air and operate a different mode or | |
28 | band. You are welcome to operate during any pre-planned time/band slots or at any | |
29 | additional time you would like to get on the air. Just check the schedule first and you are | |
30 | free to operate during any open slots. Enter your call sign and have fun. If your schedule | |
31 | changes and you can not operate, please remove yourself from the schedule so it is free for | |
32 | someone else. Should any issues or questions arise please call (209-687-0774) OR email nz6q@arrl.org | |
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34 | Thank you for your help this year. Have fun and enjoy the event. | |
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36 | The CA authorization for W1AW/6 runs from 0000Z 4/01/2026 to 2359Z 4/07/2026 in California. There will be a 2nd opportunity to be W1AW/6 in October 2026 The week of Pacificon. | |
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38 | This is not a contest, but try to work as many stations per hour as possible. Use good operating practices and pile-up management techniques and Just have fun. | |
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40 | AFTER YOUR ACTICVATION | |
41 | Within 7 days after YOUR LAST SCHEDULED operating time, email your completed logbook in ADIF form to nz6q@arrl.org. | |
42 | If possible use one logbook for the entire week of activations. If you're a club activation, please list the individual operators or the club callsign trustee as operator. | |
43 | DO NOT email your logs directly to ARRL HQ - email your logs to NZ6Q@arrl.org | |
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45 | If you've never worked a pile-up, SOTA, POTA, Special Event call, read this article about managing pile-ups: | |
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47 | https://www.onallbands.com/your-first-pileup-techniques-for-success%EF%BB%BF/ | |
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49 | Thank you for your Participation. Let's get on the air as W1AW/6 as much as possible! | |
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