CW OPS PREPARE TO FLY WITH 'FLIGHT OF BUMBLEBEES' EVENT

So here's the buzz: If you're a CW operator and enjoy QRP, four hours on July 27th have been reserved just for you. It's the annual "Flight of the Bumblebees," organized by the Adventure Radio Society and anyone can operate from 1700 to 2100 UTC.

Because the objective is for bumblebee stations to work portable and home-based stations to chase bumblebees, it promises to be quite a hive of activity. You'll know you're working a bumblebee because the operators will append /bb [stroke b b] to their calls. Each bumblebee will be assigned their own number so that they aren't just...bumbling along.

This popular event has also worked well for POTA hunters and SOTA chasers but, as always, there are rules to follow and there is a necessary exchange of bumblebee numbers and other information - but always, short and sweet.

For details, visit the Adventure Radio Society website. The link appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org. The society was formed in the 1990s by Russ Carpenter, AA7QU, in Oregon, to promote the enjoyment of QRP radio outdoors.