HF Activity Group

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Special Event - GroundHog Day

02/02/2025 SUNDAY!

The group at HFQSO.com AND BUCKY! bring you our GroundHog Day Special Event.

Really? How does this work?

We’re going to be doing what we do every day but pay HOMAGE to one of our founding HAMs W3FF who just happens to be from that crazy little town in Pennsylvania, called Punxsutawney, that has the worlds most famous rodent, Punxsutawney Phil!

Typically we operate on the four bands during our daily sessions, 17M, 15M, 12M,  and 10M, BUT because this is a weekend, and the OMISS group comes right in after us at 18:30 GMT, we’re changing the rules!

For this special event with the HF activity group on Sunday, February 2nd, 2025, Groundhog Day, we are going to operate as normal on 17M, and leave on-time! at 18:30 GMT,  them QSY to 15M, and start our group as normal.

If you work BOTH BANDS on, 17 and 15M you are eligible for the Special QSL Certificate.

This year we will NOT be returning to 17M again because of the OMISS group.

As you know when your call is completed on our website an “X” is placed in the QSL column next to your callsign.

For this special event, the three letters “HOG” will replace the “X” on 15M only meters signifying you have become eligible for our QSL certificate for this special event. but, you need to EARN that “HOG”.

To summarize what we’re going to do:

  1. 17M at 17:30 UTC as normal, you check-in, get called and an “X” is placed in the QSL column by the Moderators on17M.
  2. When 17M is done, we move onto 15M as normal.
  3. Check in on 15M as usual.
  4. This time, the MODS will call every callsign on the list that has an “X” in the 17M QSL column. (Hams who have already called on 17M).
  5. When the MODS make contact with you, and you confirm, they will put the “HOG” in the QSL column on 15M and you are done.
  6. You will receive a QSL certificate for this special event by email within 24-48 hrs. We will use the email that is currently in QRZ.com to send your QSL certificate. Make sure you have a valid email address in QRZ.com OR provide one using the form on this page!
  7. In 2024, we had over 120 “HOGS”, so don’t be a pig!

So it’s a pretty simple process. Check in and call on 2 bands. 

          Your job, get the HOG!

WHAT DO I GET? 

What frequencies are you using for this ‘Special EVENT?’

FREQ MHzSTART GMTUNTIL GMT
18.157517:3018:30
21.383018:3019:30 END
NO 10M or 12M TODAYOPTIONALHAVE FUN

 

Why do this? Because we love radio. We’re just a group of folks who love Ham Radio. That’s it.

 

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