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70th Pennsylvania QSO Party Is On the Air This Weekend

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Astronaut Frank Culbertson holding a microphone while using a ham radio inside the Zarya module of the International Space Station.
Astronaut Frank Culbertson uses a ham radio aboard the International Space Station in October 2001, a general ham radio photo and not one from the PA QSO Party. Image: NASA (ISS003-E-6730), public domain.

The 70th Pennsylvania QSO Party is on the air this weekend, October 10 and 11. It runs Saturday from noon to midnight Eastern (1600 to 0400 UTC) and Sunday from 9 AM to 6 PM Eastern (1300 to 2200 UTC), on CW and phone, on every band except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters.

If you are outside Pennsylvania, the goal is to work as many Pennsylvania stations as you can across the state’s 67 counties. You send a serial number and your ARRL section; they send a serial number and their county. Listen for this year’s bonus station, K3ZMC of the Pottstown Area Amateur Radio Club, worth 200 points. New for 2026 is a team competition for single operators.

Source: PA QSO Party (paqso.org) and its 2026 rules

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