This week in Radio Sports: (Feb 27 thru March 5)

This week in Radio Sports: (Feb 27 thru March 5)

** Club House Activation

 March 4th 0:00z

American Radio Relay League International DX Contest

ARRL Affiliated Special Events :

03/01/2017 | Peace Corps Third Goal SE

Mar 1-Mar 7, 1500Z-1500Z, KA9NLX, Arlington Heights, IL. Peace Corps Amateur Radio Club. 7.283 21.375 7.065 21.150. Certificate. John Paskevicz, 1423 N Ridge Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Commemorate 50th anniversary of India 24 PC Group jpaskev@aol.com

03/02/2017 | First Flight of the Concorde

Mar 2-Mar 6, 0000Z-2359Z, KB7QPS, Seattle, WA. L Greg Magone. 146.52 14.275 14.250. Certificate & QSL. L Greg Magone, 27492 254th PL SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038. This is the March special event station that is part of the 2017 KB7QPS Air, Space, and Technology Special Event Station. airspacetechnology.webs.com

03/02/2017 | Kingsport Centennial

Mar 2, 1700Z-1900Z, W4TRC, Kingsport, TN. Kingsport Amateur Radio Club. 3.190 14.280. QSL. Tom Price, 1517 E. Sevier Ave., Kingsport, TN 37664. This is to mark the Centennial of Kingsport, Tennessee. The 2nd of 4 events during the year 2017. w4trc.org

03/02/2017 | Southern California Linux Expo

Mar 2-Mar 5, 0000Z-2359Z, N6S, Pasadena, CA. Ventura County Amateur Radio Society (VCARS). 28.400 21.320 14.255. QSL. Vern Potter, W6NCT, PO Box 523, Newbury Park, CA 91319. SCaLE (15X) is the 15th annual Southern California Linux Expo. The event takes place on March 2-5, 2017, at the Pasadena Convention Center. As the first-of-the-year Linux/Open Source software exposition in North America, SCaLE 15X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the Los Angeles area. This year’s event includes a VE testing session, Ham MeshNet exhibit, and a live HF station. Amateur Radio presentations focus on open-source and Linux support for Amateur Radio. (for QSLs: submit SASE to address indicated) www.socallinuxexpo.org

03/04/2017 | Penn Wireless 50th Anniversary

Mar 4-Mar 18, 0000Z-0000Z, W3K, Levittown, PA. Penn Wireless Association. 14.250 7.200 3.820. Certificate. Jim Petrosky, 311 Doone Pl, Fairless Hills, PA 19030. pennwireless.org

DXpeditions From Affar :

2017 Mar01	2017 Mar03	Guinea Bissau	J5UAP	LotW	HA3AUI 20161201	By HA3AUI; 20-10m, other bands on request; CW; 100w; Spiderbeam; QSL also OK via HA3AUI direct; begin and end dates not clear
2017 Mar02	2017 Mar09	Maldives	8Q7LH	DK8ZZ	DXW.Net 20170220	By DK7TF DF1FF DH6ICE DK2CL DK8ZZ fm Himandhoo I; 80-10m, perhaps incl 60m; CW SSB + digital
2017 Mar03	2017 Mar05	West Malaysia	9M4IOTA	9M2OOO	DXW.Net 20170214	By Kuala Lumpur DX Team fm Tioman I (IOTA AS-046, Rompin District, Pahang); 80-10m; CW SSB + digital

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