{"id":21832,"date":"2026-05-23T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/?p=21832"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:05:10","slug":"arrl-2026-the-year-of-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/arrl-2026-the-year-of-the-club\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRL &#8220;2026 the Year of the Club&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70d48d9a77890a6ff4e4da0d299ecaf1 wp-block-paragraph\">To all PCARS Members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To all Amateur Radio Clubs:<br>The ARRL has officially declared 2026 the Year of the Club, and we\u2019re answering that call with a brand\u2011new on\u2011the\u2011air event built specifically to energize your members and put your club front and center.<br>Introducing the Club QSO Party \u2014 the operating event designed FOR clubs, BY clubs.<br>Other than Field Day, there are very few true club\u2011focused operating activities. That changes now!<br>Your club\u2019s station will operate using your call sign plus your club\u2019s age \u2014 for example: K2AA\/110 \u2014 instantly showcasing your club\u2019s history and identity every time you hit the air.<br>Why your club will love this event<br>Every mode counts \u2014 Phone, CW, Digital<br>Every platform counts \u2014 Repeaters, DMR, EchoLink, and more<br>Every band counts \u2014 All amateur bands except WARC<br>Every member counts \u2014 The more members who contact your club station, the bigger your club multiplier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is truly an all\u2011inclusive event. If it gets RF (or even VoIP) out into the world, it counts.<br>Event Dates &#8211; June 20th 00:00 UTC through June 21st 23:59 UTC<br>How to participate<br>Individual operators: Get on the air and work as many clubs and operators as possible.<br>Clubs: Put your club station on the air or allow members to operate using the club call with trustee permission. (Or both there are no geographical restraints)<br>Your mission:<br>Rally your members. Activate your club station. Show the amateur radio community who you are.<br>Full rules and details: www.clubqsoparty.org<br>Questions? Email info@clubqsoparty.org<br>73\u2019s<br>Ken K2WB<br>Sponsored by the South Jersey Radio Association, Phil-Mont Mobile Radio Club, Gloucester County Radio Club, South Jersey Radio Foundation, Kent Amateur Radio Society and the South Jersey Mountain Toppers ARC.<br>We will be discussing this at the next Contest SIG on the 26th of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;<br>73 &#8211; Chuck W8PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-medium-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-medium-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To all PCARS Members: To all Amateur Radio Clubs:The ARRL has officially declared 2026 the Year of the Club, and we\u2019re answering that call with a brand\u2011new on\u2011the\u2011air event built specifically to energize your members and put your club front &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/arrl-2026-the-year-of-the-club\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21832"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21838,"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions\/21838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portcars.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}