PLEASE JOIN US on the air for the 62nd Anniversary 2026 PVRC Reunion!

Announcing the PVRC Reunion On the Air 62nd Anniversary on three days from June 10 through June 12, 2026.  This year the reunion is scheduled on weekdays to not conflict with holidays and PVRC 5M contests scheduled on the weekends.

The first PVRC Reunion On the Air was held in 1964 with 71 participants! See the scoring results at https://pvrc.org/FIRSTreunion1964-1163×1536-1.jpg

That was a one-day event. Changes have been made over the years to encourage increased participation, such as having the Reunion span various hours in several successive days.

The Rules are described in detail below:
• Reunion spans 9 hours including early afternoon, evening and night hours (East Coast) to accommodate personal schedules and propagation coverage changes
• For each of the 3 days there will be designated hours for CW, SSB and RTTY modes – only QSOs on the designated mode may be made within the hour designated for it.

Reunion participants may be eligible PVRC Olympics credit for one additional ‘contest’

Bonus points for those who have valid Reunion QSOs with the special PVRC Club callsign stations, W4KFC or W3GRF (see the PVRC History links on our website. If you would like to operate as W4KFC or W3GRF, please coordinate with Tim, N3QE.

Dates, Times and Modes

There will be three daily sessions of three hours each spread over each of
the three days. Within each session (day) there will be designated periods
for CW, RTTY, and SSB

Wednesday 10 June 4 to 9 PM (Includes pre-reunion Zoom)

• Pre reunion Zoom get together 4 to 5 PM
• CW 5 to 6 PM
• RTTY 6 to 7 PM
• SSB 7 to 8 PM

Thursday 11 June 6 to 9 PM

• RTTY 6 to 7 PM
• CW 7 to 8 PM
• SSB 8 to 9 PM

Friday 12 June 7 to 11 PM (Includes post-reunion Zoom)

• SSB 7 to 8 PM
• CW 8 to 9 PM
• RTTY 9 to 10 PM

Modes, Bands and Center-of-Activity Frequencies

Activity is only on the bands below; it is suggested to operate “on the 47’s” to celebrate the founding of PVRC in 1947.
Suggested CW frequencies: 1817, 3547, 7047, 14047, 21047 and 28047kHz.
Suggested SSB frequencies: 1847, 3847, 7247, 14247, 21247, 28347
Suggest RTTY frequencies: 1827, 3577, 7077, 14077, 21077,28077
Moves between bands are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.

Scoring

Any participant: 1 point for each QSO with PVRC members.
PVRC members: 1 point for each QSO with PVRC members and 1 point per
QSO with non-members if the QSO is a result of the member’s “CQ PVRC”.
This way PVRC members are encouraged to work non-members who call the PVRC members. You may work each station once on any band/mode combination in each of the three sessions. Moves between bands, especially at slow times, are highly suggested! So, for example you may work the same station 54 times for QSO points during the Reunion: eighteen times (6 bands x 3 modes) on each day/time over three days.

5 bonus points for each QSO with special PVRC Club callsigns – W3GRF and W4KFC

Spotting

Spotting of PVRC members is highly encouraged. In fact, self-spotting in this event is encouraged as well! It’s amazing the level of non-member activity you can stir up, especially on phone, with a few self-spots. The on-the-air activity with nonmembers is an excellent opportunity to explain a little about PVRC as a contesting club to non-members and point them to the PVRC website (pvrc.org) to get more information about contesting or our club.

When spotting PVRC’ers for this reunion, please give a comment including “PVRC Reunion”.

Participation Eligibility

Both PVRC Members and Non-Members are welcome to participate.
Non-members can work PVRC members for points and earn award
certificates in their own non-member category.
CQ
Call “CQ PVRC” on CW, and RTTY, and “CQ PVRC Reunion” on SSB.
Exchange
A PVRC member’s exchange is the year you joined PVRC, your name, your
state/country, and your callsign when you joined PVRC.
Example QSO between two PVRC members:
WX3B: CQ PVRC DE WX3B WX3B K
K4ZW: K4ZW
WX3B: K4ZW 1998 JIM MD WA2GPQ
K4ZW: WX3B 86 KEN VA KE9A
WX3B: TU WX3B
A non-member only gives his name and state/country for the exchange.
Logger Support
You can use any general-purpose logger for this contest. You will have to
count up the members and non-member QSO’s when filling out the
summary score form.
A UDC file is available for using N1MM+ to handle the PVRC Reunion. It is an
aid to help you track scoring for you automatically in real time. Please right-
click and download PVRC2026 UDC from the N1MM+ website and save it in
your Documents\N1MM Logger+\UserDefinedContests directory. Then quit
and restart N1MM+ and you will find PVRC2026 available as a contest log
type you can create. Thanks to Bill K3WA for creating this UDC!
A YouTube video is available to help you download, install, and use the
PVRC2024 UDC module. Access it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccVPtuB57-8.

Results Submission

The preferred means of submitting your results is to submit your score for
each session to the 3830scores.com web site. If you prefer, you can submit
a Cabrillo log or a log summary in lieu of a 3830 entry as described below.
The 3830 submission is preferred.
Send your Cabrillo log, or a log summary (see below), by E-mail to N3QE:
[email protected]
If you choose to submit a log summary, it should contain the following
information:
For each session: member and non- member QSO count for each mode.
For each session: Special PVRC Club callsigns QSO for each mode
Final scores will be determined by the PVRC Officers and posted to the PVRC
Reflector and pvrc.org website.
Please do post your soapbox comments to the PVRC Reflector mailing list;
posting after each session is encouraged! Also feel free to post your log
summary.

PVRC Olympics Credit

For the current PVRC Contest Season, 2025-2026 ending June 30 and by
meeting the conditions described below meant to encourage all-mode
participation, the PVRC Reunion counts as an extra contest towards meeting
your PVRC Olympic medal goals with the easier thresholds as described
below.
If you are one contest short of qualifying for a PVRC Olympic medal, then
you can get the one contest credit you need in the PVRC Reunion by:
• One or more QSOs in any mode for bronze medal qualification
• Two QSOs or more with at least one QSO in each of two modes for
silver medal qualification
• Three QSOs or more with at least one QSO in each of the three modes
for gold medal qualification
You do not need to participate in the PVRC Reunion to qualify for an Olympic
medal.
Finally…
“Once a member, always a member of PVRC” so this 61st Anniversary PVRC
Reunion On the Air this is an excellent opportunity to meet and greet on the
air those members you may not know and others who are now living out of
circle.
And if you are out of circle, this Reunion is a great opportunity for you to
connect with those of us who may not have heard from you in a while!
Make use of the Zoom meetings to meet-and-greet members. We will
hold two meet-and-greet Zoom meeting sessions. The first is at 4PM on
Wednesday 10 June and the second Friday 12 June at 10 PM after the third
session. The link for the Zoom meeting will be distributed on the PVRC
Reflector and our web site for member use.
Following this year’s reunion, we encourage your feedback and ideas to
make the PVRC Reunion an even better event.
Have Fun!
Bill Axelrod K3WA
PVRC President