Author: Lucinda Moody

September 9 – 16

Handiham Radio Club & Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota.

Suggested HF operating frequencies:

• 28.050 CW & 28.350 SSB
• 21.050 CW & 21.350 SSB
• 14.050 CW & 14.250 SSB
• 7.050 CW & 7.200 SSB

QSL Direct to:

Handiham Program
3915 Golden Valley Road
Mail Route 78446
Minneapolis, MN 55422.

In honor of the Handiham Program’s 59th Anniversary, the Handiham Radio Club and the Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota are sponsoring a QSO Party during the 2026 Handiham Radio Camp. The object is for Handiham members to work as many stations as possible during the operating period. We also will use this opportunity to promote and give more details about the Handiham Program and the Handiham Radio Club for those who are interested.

We will be active on all amateur bands and modes to make contacts including digital and VOIP modes. The exchange is simply name and state, province, or country. Stations will be using their own call signs, and you might also hear the club call signs, W0ZSW and W0EQO, and our special event call sign, W0H. Please listen for stations calling CQ Handiham 59, and give us a contact!

Apr 24-Apr 26, 1900Z-1900Z

Handiham Radio Club & Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota. 

Suggested HF operating frequencies:  

28.050 CW & 28.350 SSB 

21.050 CW & 21.350 SSB 

14.050 CW & 14.250 SSB 

7.050 CW & 7.200 SSB

QSL Direct to: Handiham Program, 3915 Golden Valley Road, Mail Route 78446, Minneapolis, MN 55422. 

In honor of the Handiham Program’s 59th Anniversary, the Handiham Radio Club and the Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota are sponsoring a QSO Party. The object is for Handiham members to work as many stations as possible during the 48-hour operating period. We also will use this opportunity to promote and give more details about the Handiham Program and the Handiham Radio Club for those who are interested. 

We will be active on all amateur bands and modes to make contacts including digital and VOIP modes. The exchange is simply name and state, province, or country. Stations will be using their own call signs, and you might also hear the club call signs, W0ZSW and W0EQO. Please listen for stations calling CQ Handiham 59, and give us a contact! 

QSO Party, September 5 – 7, 2100Z – 2100Z
We will be active throughout the week of Radio Camp, September 4 – 11, not just during the QSO Party operating period.

Call signs: W0H, W0ZSW, W0EQO

Suggested HF operating frequencies:

28.050 CW & 28.350 SSB

21.050 CW & 21.350 SSB

14.050 CW & 14.250 SSB

7.050 CW & 7.200 SSB

QSL Direct to: Handiham Program, 3915 Golden Valley Road, Mail Route 78446, Minneapolis, MN 55422.

In honor of the Handiham Program’s 58th Anniversary, the Handiham Radio Club and the Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota are sponsoring a QSO party during the 2025 Radio Camp. The object is for Handiham members to work as many stations as possible during the 48-hour operating period. We also will use this opportunity to promote and give more details about the Handiham Program and the Handiham Radio Club for those who are interested.

We will be active on all amateur bands and modes to make contacts including digital and VOIP modes. The exchange is simply name and state, province, or country. Stations may be using their own call signs in addition to the club and special event call signs. Please listen for stations calling CQ Radio Camp, and give us a contact!

Sponsored by the Handiham Radio Club & Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota

Apr 25-Apr 27, 1900Z-1900Z

Handiham Radio Club & Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota. 

Suggested HF operating frequencies:  

28.050 CW & 28.350 SSB 

21.050 CW & 21.350 SSB 

14.050 CW & 14.250 SSB 

7.050 CW & 7.200 SSB

QSL Direct to: Handiham Program, 3915 Golden Valley Road, Mail Route 78446, Minneapolis, MN 55422. 

In honor of the Handiham Program’s 58th Anniversary, the Handiham Radio Club and the Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota are sponsoring a QSO Party. The object is for Handiham members to work as many stations as possible during the 48-hour operating period. We also will use this opportunity to promote and give more details about the Handiham Program and the Handiham Radio Club for those who are interested. 

We will be active on all amateur bands and modes to make contacts including digital and VOIP modes. The exchange is simply name and state, province, or country. Stations will be using their own call signs in addition to the club call signs. Please listen for stations calling CQ Handiham 58, and give us a contact! 

Instructions for Accessing and Using the Handiham QSO Party Spotting Page
from Mark Senk, WB3CAI
April 21, 2024

The Handiham program and the Handiham Radio Club would like to thank Chip Morgan, N3IW, for granting us space for our Handiham QSO Party spotting page on the site he maintains at http://QSOPartyHub.com/. You will find a link to the Handiham QSO Party and many other amateur radio events on this website.

The Handiham QSO Party runs for 48 hours from 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 2 PM CDT, 1 PM MDT, and 12 PM PDT on April 26, 2024, until 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 2 PM CDT, 1 PM MDT, and 12 PM PDT on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Learn how you can participate and request a special QSL card in honor of the 57th anniversary of the Handiham program at https://handiham.org or http://handiham.net.

Here are some instructions if you would like to try the new spotting page for keeping track of those working the Handiham QSO Party. These instructions seem to work well with the Jaws screen reader.

1. Go to http://QSOPartyHub.com/handiham-qp-spots.php

2. Once this page opens, you will see a form that has three required edit fields. You can quickly get to the first edit field with the screen reader E command. The fields are 1. “call being spotted”, 2. “frequency”, and 3. “QTH”. The QTH field has a combo box, from which you can pick state or province. There also is a field for comments or additional information. Finally, there is a field entitled “poster”, where you can enter your call sign.
(Note: There is not a field for name, so if you want to enter a name, put that in the comment field.)

3. Once you have completed the form, you can Arrow down to where you will find two buttons. These buttons can be used to either Clear or Post your form.

4. Entered spots are displayed in a table below that form, and the info will disappear after about an hour. The newest entries are listed first.

5. You can use the T command to quickly jump to the Table of Stations or JAWS key plus F5 to show a concise list of the web form elements.

Here’s an (imaginary) example of spotting a station:

I enter KA3TTT in the “call being spotted” field. I then tab to the frequency and type 7.057. Finally, I tab to the QTH field, where I find the combo box with options for selecting State or Canadian Province. Next, in the Optional Comment space I might type “QRP from Philadelphia.” I can then Tab or Arrow down twice and use Enter to activate the Post button and the station info becomes visible for anyone hunting for HQP stations.

You are welcome to enter some spots for practice before the event, and don’t hesitate to promote your own callsign and frequency when you start calling CQ Handiham 57!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a sought-after contact and to be on the receiving end of a pileup? Well, your chance to have this experience will be coming soon!

On Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28, the Handiham Program will celebrate its 57th anniversary. We will be celebrating with a QSO party sponsored by the Handiham Radio Club, and all currently licensed Handiham Program members are welcome and encouraged to participate.

The object is to work as many stations as possible during the 48-hour operating period. We also will use this opportunity to promote and give more details about the Handiham Program and the Handiham Radio Club for those who are interested. Participants may use all amateur bands and modes to make contacts, including digital and VOIP modes.

The QSO party will start at 1900 UTC on Friday and run through 1900 UTC on Sunday. Logs will be required and may be submitted by mail or email no later than June 1, 2024. The exchange is simply name and state, province, or country. One point will be given per contact.

Call CQ Handiham 57, and grab those contacts, or listen for stations calling CQ Handiham 57, and give them a contact! Most of all, get on the air and have fun!

Please tell any contacts that they can obtain a commemorative Handiham special anniversary event QSL card by qsling direct to the Handiham Program. See the www.handiham.net or the www.handiham.org web site for more details.

On Monday, September 11, as part of the 2023 Handiham Radio Camp, we will be conducting a “Day in the Park” special event QSO party to honor the 56^th Anniversary of the Courage Kenny Handiham Program.  Our goal is to work as many stations as possible throughout the United States and beyond.  We will  operate on both SSB and CW on 10, 15, 20, and 40 meters as conditions and our antennas allow from 11 AM – 4 PM Central daylight time (16:00 – 21:00 UTC).  We will be using both W0ZSW and W0EQO, two call signs with a rich history in the Handiham Program.  The exchange for this special event will simply be name and state, province, or country.  We also will use this opportunity to promote and give more details about the Handiham Program for those who are interested.  Contacts will be confirmed via a commemorative Handiham special event QSL card if requested.  Please listen out for CQ Handiham 56, and give us a call.  We’d love to hear from you!

Suggested frequencies:

10 meters:  on or near 28.050 CW;  28.350 SSB

15 meters:  on or near 21.050 CW;  21.350 SSB

20 meters:  on or near 14.050 CW;  14.250 SSB

40 meters:  on or near 7.050 CW;  7.200 SSB

QSL direct to:
Courage Kenny Handiham Program
3915 Golden Valley Rd
Mail Route 78446
Golden Valley, MN 55422

While we are sad to see Barry K9AMO move on from his position as net manager, we are grateful that Jerry W0UH has stepped up to fill this position. We wish Barry well and look forward to hearing him on the nets as he is able to participate.

The server that has the Allstar bridge software on it is back up and running!