Next Tri-City Amateur Radio Club meeting
7:00pm Monday, Sept. 1, 2025
Confluent Makerspace
285 Williams Blvd
Richland, WA





There will be a TOTAL of 24 stations with 1x1 callsigns from W6A up toW6Y, these stations are located or will be operating near the original Route 66, from Santa Monica up to Chicago.
This year will be a special year for the event as we will have a total of 5 rover stations, W6S, W6T, W6V, W6W and W6Y, but specially W6Y will be an Aeronautical Rover station operating from the air on 2 meters simplex 146.490 the operator will be Bill Hartsell, N3SWH, retired USAF Colonel.
All the details and instructions are found at the CBARC website at:
https://w6jbt.org/
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Look for the following 24 stations (5 are rovers) operating in or
around the major cities along the old "Route 66" from Santa Monica,
California, to Chicago, Illinois:
Stations City Clubs/Individuals
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W6A Santa Monica, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club
W6B Los Angeles, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club
W6C San Bernardino, CA Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club
W6D Victorville, CA Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club
W6E Barstow, CA Barstow Amateur Radio Club
W6F Kingman, AZ (#1) Hualapai Amateur Radio Club
W6G Flagstaff, AZ Bill Schuchman RADIOSPORT Association
W6H Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque DX Association
W6I Amarillo, TX Panhandle Amateur Radio Club
W6J Elk City, OK West Central OK Amateur Radio Club
W6K Oklahoma City, OK W6K Oklahoma City
W6L Tulsa, OK Tulsa Amateur Radio Club
W6M Tribune, KS Western Kansas Amateur Radio Club
W6N Joplin, MO Joplin Amateur Radio Club
W6O Lebanon, MO Dale Pruitt, K1USA
W6P St. Louis, MO St. Louis Amateur Radio Club
W6Q Chicago, IL Six Meter Club of Chicago
W6R Springfield, MO Southwest Missouri Amateur RC
W6S ARIZONA ROVER 1 NORTHERN ARIZONA DX ASSOCIATION
W6T ARIZONA ROVER 2 NORTHERN ARIZONA DX ASSOCIATION
W6U Wilmington, IL Wilmington Area Amateur Radio Club
W6V KINGMAN ROVER 1 HUALAPAI AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
W6W KINGMAN ROVER 2 HUALAPAI AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
W6Y AERONAUTICAL ROVER ENGINEERS FLYING CLUB
Special event stations are expected to be found in the vicinity of the following frequencies. (Look for digital modes in the standard band segments for such mode) All frequencies +/- QRM:
CW - 3533, 7033, 10110, 14033, 18080, 21033, 24900, 28033 and 50033 kHz
SSB - 3866, 7266, 14266, 18164, 21366, 24966, 28466 and 50166 kHz
Digi - 3573, 7074, 10136, 14074, 18100, 21074, 24915 and 28074 kHz
W6Y: AERONAUTICAL ROVER WILL USE 146.490 SIMPLEX. NO PL
R66 MOBILE Operations - Any amateurs operating while actually driving
along Route 66 during the special event period are encouraged to
take part in "Route 66 On The Air", by using the designation
"mobile 66" for SSB or "/m66" for CW after their callsigns. All
other amateur radio operators are welcome to contact these mobile
operators. NOTE: W6S AND W6T ARE THE ONLY OFFICIAL EVENT ROVER/
MOBILE STATIONS AND WILL BE ENDORSED ON THE EVENT CERTIFICATE.