Interesting Ongoing Events

 ARRL has launched the America250 Worked All States (WAS) year-long event, calling on amateur radio operators worldwide to make contact with all 50 US states in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. ARRL will produce an achievement award for radio amateurs who meet the challenge.

Every week there are multiple stations in several States operating under the callsign W1AW/x (x representing a number from 0 to 9). All bands and modes are being used. Work these stations and collect States for your WAS award. No need to send special logs, just upload your log in ADIF format to LoTW for ARRL to track your progress.

The image shows a partial list, for a complete list see link below 

ARRL 2026 America250 WAS:

https://www.arrl.org/america250-was

Every year we have the large collection of State QSO Parties, typically starting in February and going all year long into October. Every single one is a lot of fun, and to multiply the fun, we can also combine results and participate in the State QSO Party Challenge.

To qualify for the challenge, one must make at least TWO QSOs in at least TWO SQP contests. But, of course, the more the merrier!

Check details on both, the individual QP's and the challenge below.

List of individual SQP sorted by date: https://www.contestcalendar.com/stateparties.php

Details and rules for the State QSO Party Challenge:

StateQSOParty.com