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The Federal Way CERT Team meets at the Federal Way City Hall on the first & third Wednesdays of the month from 6pm to 8:30pm.
Louisiana QSO Party
For Amateurs to exchange QSO information with as many Louisiana stations as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meter bands. It is also an opportunity for county hunters to work rare or otherwise inactive Louisiana Parishes.
First weekend in April; 1400z to 0200z
Mississippi QSO Party
The Mississippi QSO Party (MSQP) is held the first weekend of April each year. The 12 hour event encourages ALL Mississippi hams to get on the air handing out Mississippi QSOs to hams around the world. This is also an excellent event for county hunters since many participants will operate mobile or portable from rare counties around the state. High scoring participants in each category will receive a beautiful solid wooden plaque recognizing their accomplishment.
First weekend in April; 1400z to 0200z
Missouri QSO Party
The Missouri QSO Party is open for participation by all licensed amateur operators world-wide. The object of the contest is to work as many stations as possible during the contest period, to provide all licensed radio amateurs outside the state of Missouri the opportunity to work Missouri counties, and to provide all licensed radio amateurs in Missouri an opportunity to work other states and countries.
First full weekend in April; 1400z to 0400z Saturday and 1400z to 2000z Sunday
Missouri QSO Party
The Missouri QSO Party is open for participation by all licensed amateur operators world-wide. The object of the contest is to work as many stations as possible during the contest period, to provide all licensed radio amateurs outside the state of Missouri the opportunity to work Missouri counties, and to provide all licensed radio amateurs in Missouri an opportunity to work other states and countries.
First full weekend in April; 1400z to 0400z Saturday and 1400z to 2000z Sunday
147.040 Mhz Repeater (Plus Offset, PL-103.5)
Come join us on the air each Sunday evening at 7:30pm (Pacific) on the club‘s 147.040 Mhz (plus offset, PL=103.5) repeater.
FW School District's Support Service Center (SSC)
The Federal Way Amateur Radio Club‘s monthly club meetings occur on the second Thursday of the month at the Federal Way school district‘s Support Services Center. The SSC is located at 1211 South 332nd Street in Federal Way, this is at the south end of Celebration Park, and east of the FW Community Center. The general club meeting start at 7pm. The club‘s board of trustee‘s meetings start at 6pm.
Nebraska QSO Party.
Objective. Stations outside of Nebraska to work as many Nebraska stations/counties as possible. Stations in Nebraska to work everyone.
Third weekend in April; 1100z Saturday to 2300z.
New Mexico QSO Party
Stations inside New Mexico work anyone in as many New Mexico counties, states, Canadian provinces, and DX entities as possible. Stations outside New Mexico work only New Mexico stations in as many New Mexico counties as possible.
Second Saturday in April; 1400z to 0200z
Georgia QSO Party
For radio amateurs OUTSIDE of the state of Georgia to make contacts with as many SSB and/or CW Georgia stations in as many of the 159 Georgia counties as possible. Amateurs INSIDE the state of Georgia can make contacts with everyone. NOTE: Digital contacts aren’t allowed in the Georgia QSO Party.
Second full weekend in April; 1800z to 0400z Saturday and 1400z to 2400z Sunday
Nebraska QSO Party.
Objective. Stations outside of Nebraska to work as many Nebraska stations/counties as possible. Stations in Nebraska to work everyone.
Third weekend in April; 1100z Saturday to 2300z.
Georgia QSO Party
For radio amateurs OUTSIDE of the state of Georgia to make contacts with as many SSB and/or CW Georgia stations in as many of the 159 Georgia counties as possible. Amateurs INSIDE the state of Georgia can make contacts with everyone. NOTE: Digital contacts aren’t allowed in the Georgia QSO Party.
Second full weekend in April; 1800z to 0400z Saturday and 1400z to 2400z Sunday
147.040 Mhz Repeater (Plus Offset, PL-103.5)
Come join us on the air each Sunday evening at 7:30pm (Pacific) on the club‘s 147.040 Mhz (plus offset, PL=103.5) repeater.
Federal Way City Hall
Pat Maher Room - 1st Floor
City of Federal Way Spring 2026 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic course takes place on Wednesday evenings April 15th through June 10th, 2026, 6pm to 8:30pm. To sign up for this course, please contact Sharon Green at 253-835-2712 or via email at: Sharon.Green@cityoffederalway.com
The ECRT Team meets in the Pat Maher Room at the Federal Way City Hall from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.
The club‘s Emergency Communications Response Team (ECRT) meets on the third Thursday of the month at the Federal Way City Hall starting at 7:00pm.
Quebec QSO Party
An exciting amateur radio event where operators from the province of Quebec contact others from around the world and where the many administrative regions in the province are featured. To stimulate the participation of amateur operators from Quebec in HF contesting in a relaxed environment. We hope that this will help to get more operators on the air year round, provide them with an opportunity to hone their contesting skills and enable them to benefit from the increasing propagation opportunities of the new solar cycle.
Saturday of the third full weekend in April; 1200z to 2200z
Michigan QSO Party
The Michigan QSO Party is an opportunity for amateur radio operators around the world to celebrate the great state of Michigan. If you are a ham we invite you to use the links to the left and explore this site. You’ll find the rules, past scores, planned operations for this year’s event, scoring records and more.
Saturday of the 3rd weekend in April; 1600z to 0400z
Ontario QSO Party
Welcome to the Ontario QSO Party (OQP). This event is held annually on the third full weekend of April. Beginning in 1998 under the thoughtful guidance of Bob Chandler VE3SRE it quickly became a popular event among Ontario hams and beyond. In 2006 the organization of the party was turned over to Contest Club Ontario (CCO) who now manage the event. During the contest, stations outside Ontario make as many contacts with Ontario amateur radio stations as possible. Ontario stations contact as many amateur radio stations as possible both in Ontario and world-wide. See the full set of rules for the contest exchange, frequencies, modes and categories.
Third full weekend in April; 1800z to 0500z Saturday and 1200z to 1800z Sunday
Ontario QSO Party
Welcome to the Ontario QSO Party (OQP). This event is held annually on the third full weekend of April. Beginning in 1998 under the thoughtful guidance of Bob Chandler VE3SRE it quickly became a popular event among Ontario hams and beyond. In 2006 the organization of the party was turned over to Contest Club Ontario (CCO) who now manage the event. During the contest, stations outside Ontario make as many contacts with Ontario amateur radio stations as possible. Ontario stations contact as many amateur radio stations as possible both in Ontario and world-wide. See the full set of rules for the contest exchange, frequencies, modes and categories.
Third full weekend in April; 1800z to 0500z Saturday and 1200z to 1800z Sunday
Rookie Roundup
Rookie Roundup is a contest aimed at Amateurs licensed for three years or less. This six-hour event is held three times per year (April, August and December). Rookies can contact anybody, while "Old Timers" make contact with only Rookies. Mentoring is a big part of this event!
Sunday of the third full weekend of April, August and December; 1800z to 2359z
SSB: April
RTTY: August
CW: December
147.040 Mhz Repeater (Plus Offset, PL-103.5)
Come join us on the air each Sunday evening at 7:30pm (Pacific) on the club‘s 147.040 Mhz (plus offset, PL=103.5) repeater.
Federal Way City Hall
Pat Maher Room - 1st Floor
City of Federal Way Spring 2026 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic course takes place on Wednesday evenings April 15th through June 10th, 2026, 6pm to 8:30pm. To sign up for this course, please contact Sharon Green at 253-835-2712 or via email at: Sharon.Green@cityoffederalway.com
Please come join us for our Hams & Eggs monthly breakfast on the fourth Saturday of the month at Denny‘s located on the NE corner of Highway 18 & Enchanted Parkway in Federal Way. Folks generally start showing up around 8:30am. All will be welcomed.
Florida QSO Party
The Florida QSO Party is sponsored by the Florida Contest Group. Since it’s re-introduction to the contest scene in 1998, the Florida QSO Party has become one of the fastest growing and most popular State QSO Parties around today. This is due, in part, to the tremendous effort by the mobile teams to activate as many counties as they can in order to allow those participating from out-of-state, to achieve a county “Sweep” (working all 67 Florida Counties). Florida stations operating from home are also valuable, since that increases the chances that stations will work all counties! Regardless of if you are a serious or casual participant from Florida, or from outside of Florida, the Florida QSO Party was designed to be a FUN operating event. Why not give it a try.
Last Saturday in April; 1600z to 0200z Saturday and 1200z to 2300z Sunday
Florida QSO Party
The Florida QSO Party is sponsored by the Florida Contest Group. Since it’s re-introduction to the contest scene in 1998, the Florida QSO Party has become one of the fastest growing and most popular State QSO Parties around today. This is due, in part, to the tremendous effort by the mobile teams to activate as many counties as they can in order to allow those participating from out-of-state, to achieve a county “Sweep” (working all 67 Florida Counties). Florida stations operating from home are also valuable, since that increases the chances that stations will work all counties! Regardless of if you are a serious or casual participant from Florida, or from outside of Florida, the Florida QSO Party was designed to be a FUN operating event. Why not give it a try.
Last Saturday in April; 1600z to 0200z Saturday and 1200z to 2300z Sunday
147.040 Mhz Repeater (Plus Offset, PL-103.5)
Come join us on the air each Sunday evening at 7:30pm (Pacific) on the club‘s 147.040 Mhz (plus offset, PL=103.5) repeater.
Federal Way City Hall
Pat Maher Room - 1st Floor
City of Federal Way Spring 2026 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic course takes place on Wednesday evenings April 15th through June 10th, 2026, 6pm to 8:30pm. To sign up for this course, please contact Sharon Green at 253-835-2712 or via email at: Sharon.Green@cityoffederalway.com