William Becknell Heritage Days Amateur Radio Club - Special Event Station
Commemorating the founding of the Santa Fe Trail Sept 1st. 1821
Transmitting on the Trail from - Aug 28th to Sep 5th 2021
Commemorating the founding of the Santa Fe Trail Sept 1st. 1821
Transmitting on the Trail from - Aug 28th to Sep 5th 2021
If you have made contact with our event and wish to receive a notice when your certificate is available. Please CLICK on the The RED button in the lower right of the page and give us your "CALL SIGN" and current "E-Mail Address" We will send you an E-Mail with a link where you can pick up your QSL certificate.
Current weather conditions will be posted on the days of operation.
Clicking on button will take you to the "Radar.Weather.gov" weather page.
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Franklin, Mo is the beginning location of the founding of the SFT. We will have operators there in the park on Sept 1st for the opening ceremonies by the Santa Fe Trail Association
Several Operators will be on the Trail during the 9 day event we have planned. Check with POTA.US spotting page often as we have 15-20 sites we may operate from on different days.
All of our operators will be using the Club Call Sign WB0SFT and identifying themselves with their actual location on the trail.
Keep in mind that you may work the same call sign on the same day but we will have different operators and different sites. Some overlapping at the same time.
With multiple locations on the trail and all using our club call sign you may see us spotted several times. Work all of them as a separate QSL certificate will be issued for each location and each day.
For POTA the SFT is listed as K-4579 it is about 850 miles long. We have identified as many as 250 locations where there is either a marker or the trail may be seen. We may be activating from many of them during the event.
If you live on the trail or wish to activate a Trail Site any time during 2021 please contact "Steve" at wb0sft@gmail.com the Site Coordinator for including your activation in this years activities. Our Activities this year are part of the National Historic Event
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Our Club is the "William Becknell Heritage Days Ham Radio Club".
wb0sft@gmail.com To contact our Amateur Radio Club coordinator send us an email
•Contact on 15m 20m 40m 80m 160M 21.365 - 14.265 - 7.265 - 3.865. - 1.835
•We will voice announce our CW Locations as they are being used.
•From 00:01 GMT Aug 28th to Sept 5th 24:00 GMT 2021
•CW frequencies Check these •21.065 - 14.065 - 7.060 - 3.520 - 1.820
FT-8 Frequencies and Times will be Posted here when available.
As the event gets closer we will be able to give you the frequencies we are transmitting on and a time schedule for each. We will be looking at propagation reports to help with band openings.
We Will Update Daily with Locations and Times
We are establishing additional Event Stations along the trail. During the Anniversary Event in Aug-Sep we will be using our Club Call "WB0SFT" and a locator reference. POTA members will get credit for your Activating the Trail. Your Log will be submitted to the Club for coordinating with QSL cards and Certificates.
If you would like to participate and set up a site just contact us for more information.
I have added as files below. They show 60 + potential site locations on the trail.
If you or your Club would like to find out how you can participate.
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The Santa Fe Trail is listed with POTA "Parks on the Air" K-4579
Contact with our station during the event qualifies as an official contact on POTA
After the Event you will be able to download and obtain your QSL certificate.
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