Get your free tickets to the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo today!

This virtual expo is intended give Amateur Radio Operators, and others interested in the hobby, an opportunity to “engage with amazing speakers, leading suppliers of equipment, parts and services, and fellow attendees”¹ without exposing themselves to COVID-19.

The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is sponsored by the QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast and is hosted on the vFairs virtual events platform.

Make that elusive South Dakota contact and celebrate Independence Day by contacting the during the Mount Rushmore Specal Event Station W0I between July 3rd 1800Z and July 5th 2359Z!

Members of the Pierre Amateur Radio Club (PARC)—AKA SDHAMS—will be participating in this special event from the Black Hills Amateur Radio Club building in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary rule waivers on May 27, 2020. for the 2020 ARRL Field Day event.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many radio clubs have made decisions to cancel their group participation in ARRL Field Day this year due to public health recommendations and/or requirements, or to significantly modify their participation for safe social distancing practices. [These] temporary rule waivers allow greater flexibility in recognizing the value of individual and club participation regardless of entry class. ¹

Field Day is Amateur Radio’s open house. It is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, fun!

Field Day is held on the 4th weekend in June; in 2020 that is 1:00PM CDT Saturday, June 27th, to 3:59PM CDT Sunday, June 28th.

Please use the ARRL Field Day Station Locator to find other Field Day sites.

Effective Sunday, May 3^rd, the Goose River 160 meter net will change to its summer hours. The net will meet at 7:00 AM local time on a frequency of 1.925 MHz and will continue throughout the summer.

Thanks to everyone who has been getting up to participate in the net. Our numbers are up and we enjoy having all the stations check in. Please join us and be a part of one of the oldest nets in the Red River Valley.

Please contact if you have questions or comments about this net.