WNY Section News – Updated 9 October 2025

Events 

The New York QSO Party is coming up!  The NYQP is Saturday October 18, 2025 from 10AM (1400Z) to 10PM (0400Z Oct 19).The QSO party is a fun activity.  Give out a signal report and your NYS county.  See the NYQP website for more information and the county abbreviations.

You will have many State QSO Party Challenge operators calling you!  The State QSO Party Challenge covers 48 QSO parties across the US and Canada! 

Event Review

The 200th Anniversay of the Erie Canal went very well!  A lot of stations activated and many QSOs were made.  A big thank you to Matt K2EAG, Angela N3ARB and Mike N2MAK for getting everyone motaviated!

I activated at Lock 51 in Jordan NY for both US-6532 the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and US-8098 the Empire State Trail.  I was surprised by how many stations called considering these two parks have been activated often.

My ARRL email W2LC@arrl.org and W2LC@arrl.net have both been working!

73 Scott W2LC