Fort Wayne Radio Club

Welcome to ARRL Field Day week! 📻✨

This weekend (June 27-28), tens of thousands of hams across North America will pack up their gear, set up temporary stations, and get on the air for amateur radio’s biggest open house of the year!

Give your club or operating location a shoutout in the comments!👇

Stay in the mix by joining the ARRL Field Day Facebook group:
🔗- www.facebook.com/groups/arrlfd

🎙️✨ Get the Kids on the Air This weekend! ✨🎙️

Looking for a fun, hands-on activity to share with your kids, grandkids, or local Scout troop this weekend? ARRL Kids Day is happening, June 20, from 1800 UTC to 2359 UTC (2:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern)!

Kids Day is a fantastic, relaxed event designed to give young people real, on-the-air experience. It’s the perfect, low-pressure way to spark a lifelong interest in STEM, electronics, and global communication—and maybe even help them foster an interest in getting a radio license of their own!

📻 How to Participate:
- Fire up the station and head to the suggested frequencies (like 28.350–28.400 MHz on 10 meters or 14.270–14.300 MHz on 20 meters).
- Call out "CQ Kids Day" to find other youth operators.
- Share the suggested exchange: Name, age, location, and favorite color!

🏆 Earn a Certificate!
Every young operator who participates can take home their very own colorful Certificate of Participation to commemorate their time on the airwaves! (pictured)

Check out and download the certificate on the ARRL website and learn more about the event:
🔗 www.arrl.org/kids-day

is taking over the world, but it’s also taking over the airwaves! ⚽️📻

If you’re a ham who also loves the beautiful game, you need to check out the 2026 World Soccer Tournament Special Event Stations!

Operators across all 16 North American host cities are officially activating special callsigns right now. From W2C in the Northeast to W6C on the West Coast, and unique callsigns spanning Canada and Mexico, there is a massive pile-up waiting for you.

🗓️ Your Goal: Work the stations, collect all 16 custom-designed tournament QSL cards, and earn your clean-sweep operating certificate!

Who is chasing this week? Let us know what bands you're finding them on!👇

📡 FIELD DAY BANNER GIVEAWAY! 📡

Field Day 2026 is just around the corner (June 27–28!) To help your club or portable setup look sharp, we're giving away an official 2026 ARRL Field Day Banner!

Want to hang it at your station? Here is how to enter:
👇 HOW TO WIN: 👇

Drop a comment below and tell us about:
Your all-time favorite Field Day memory or your best "go-to" field antenna setup!

The winner will be randomly selected from the comments and selected on Friday (6/19) afternoon!

🔗- www.arrl.org/field-day

The ARRL June VHF Contest kicks off this weekend, and it’s the perfect opportunity to explore the "magic bands" 🪄

Whether you’re setting up a multi-element Yagi on a mountain ridge as a rover, checking out Sporadic-E openings on 6 meters from your home shack, or aiming for some local simplex contacts on 2 meters and 70 centimeters, there is a place for every station class!

The action begins this Saturday, June 13 at 1800 UTC (2:00 PM EDT) and runs through Monday, June 15 at 0259 UTC.

👉What bands are you focusing on this year?

Log submission info, full rules, and club tools can be found at arrl.org/june-vhf