10/02/2026
Get ready to contact college and university radio clubs during this weekend's
Collegiate QSO Party[1], 0000 UTC October 3 through 2359 UTC ImageOctober 4
(Friday evening through Sunday in the US). Students, faculty, staff, and alumni
will be on the air using the call sign of a college, university, or other
post-secondary academic institution. Look for stations on CW, phone, and digital
modes on any band except 12, 17, 30, and 60 meters. The exchange is call sign,
US state, Canadian province, or DX, and signal report. Points are scored for
each mode and band worked.
There's another reason to work these college radio clubs. Many are ARRL
Affiliated Clubs and can count toward the Affiliated Clubs endorsement for the
ARRL America250 Worked All States Award[2], provided the club uploads its QSOs
to Logbook of The World¿ (LoTW¿).
Schools interested in participating should register now. Visit the Collegiate
QSO Party websit[3]e for registration details and operating information. Among
the registered schools so far are Bursa Uludag University, Carnegie Mellon
University, Cornell University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Indiana
University, Kansas State University, Lehigh University, Michigan State
University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Missouri University of Science and
Technology, New York University, North Carolina State University, Purdue
University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology, The Ohio State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
University of Wisconsin-Stout, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Visit the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program at www.arrl.org/WeWantU[4] for
other ways to support and promote amateur radio among students and ham radio
clubs at colleges and universities.
[1] https://collegiateqsoparty.com/?utm_source=ARRL&utm_campaign=854576c042-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_30_11_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-854576c042-
443773700
[2] https://america250.arrl.org/?utm_source=ARRL&utm_campaign=854576c042-EMA
IL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_30_11_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-854576c042-443
773700
[3] https://collegiateqsoparty.com/?utm_source=ARRL&utm_campaign=854576c042-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_30_11_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-854576c042-
443773700
[4] https://www.arrl.org/collegiate-amateur-radio?utm_source=ARRL&utm_campai
gn=854576c042-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_30_11_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=
0_-854576c042-443773700
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