GreatQSO - Part of the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club

Honoring the National Railway Historical Society Convention

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania   August 26 through August 31, 2024

Event Completed

 

Status Update — Thursday August 29, 2024

 

Thank you to the many stations that succeeded in working Special Event Station K3IEC.  Without your participation this Special Event would not have been possible.

Results —  Our ten Operators worked and logged 435 Stations on CW, SSB, FT8, PSK31, as well as a handful of local stations on two-meter FM Simplex.

 

Our Special Event QSL Cards have been mailed to the senders, with the exception of one card received without the required SASE.

eQSLs have been arriving at our eQSL.cc account in-box.   We uploaded our log to eQSL.cc.  We are researching a couple of unmatched contacts.

 

 

 

The railroad-rich area of Harrisburg, PA will be the venue for the 2024 NRHS National Convention.

During our visit to southeastern Pennsylvania, we’ll be spending six fun-filled days exploring historic museums, current railroad operations and other sites of interest.

The 2024 Convention dates are Monday, August 26 through Saturday, August 31 in Harrisburg, PA.
We hope to see you in 2024 in Pennsylvania.

Planned events include a Members Reception as well as visits to the Strasburg Rail Road Museum and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, the East Broad Top Railroad and the Rockhill Trolley Museum, the Reading & Northern Railroad, the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad and the Northern Central Railway of York, Advisory Council and Board of Directors meetings as well as evening seminars.

CARC Editor’s Note:  Portions of the brief introduction, shown above, were copied from the NRHS Convention Planning booklet:   https://nrhs.com/convention/

Portions of the NRHS heritage information, shown below, were copied from the NRHS website “About Us” page.

Nobody questions the importance of our railways to the history of America, and yet our shared legacy is being threatened by rust, dust, the passage of time and neglect. With its roots in the past and its eyes on the future, the NRHS is transforming rail preservation in the U.S.

The National Railway Historical Society supports train, railway and station preservation projects with hundreds of thousands of dollars awarded in Heritage Grants, as well as education, photographic archives, events, publishing, standards definition and shared resources. The NRHS is a non-profit section 501(c)(3) organization, and contributions are tax-deductible.

The NRHS was founded in 1935 by a group of rail historians. It has since grown from 40 founding members to include over 13,000 men and women of all ages and professions in every state and many foreign countries, making it the nation’s largest rail preservation and historical society.

For additional information about the National Railway Historical Society I invite you to visit their website:    https://nrhs.com

We operated as K3IEC at various times and locations on Saturday September 21, 2024  0000 UTC to 2359 UTC.

Some club members operated using call sign K3IEC from their homes.
Some club members operated using call sign K3IEC from our picnic location in a township park.

We had a good turnout of Club Member Participants, as well as Family Members, and Guests.
They were: KB3PQT, N3FWE, N3GTY, N3EPY, K3EYL, N8QVT, KC3CPT, KC3OSG, KC3JJH, KC3UVG, KC3UVH, K3HQI, K3SWZ, WA3KCP, and AF3I.   Not to overlook our At-Home On-The-Air Participants:  WB3FNJ

• We expected to have two portable HF stations on the air at the park.  We actually had up to five transceivers of various types.
• Setup began at 1300 UTC September 21.   (9:00 a.m. local time)
• We enjoyed a very nice picnic lunch of burgers, frankforts aka hot dogs, salads, chips, beverages, fruit, and desserts.
• Take-down may occur beginning about 1900 UTC September 21.  (3:00 p.m. local time).  It all depends on the attendees.  Their attendance will be influenced by the weather.
• Sunset is 2306 UTC.  We must vacate the park before sunset.