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2018 W9IMS QSL<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Brian D. Smith (W9IND) who shares the following W9IMS press release:<\/p>\n

Amateur radio station W9IMS prepares to unveil a new season of Indianapolis Motor Speedway-themed special events, with three QSL cards and a certificate available to hams and SWLs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DATE: <\/b>April 24, 2019<\/p>\n

Three colorful QSL cards and a glossy certificate await amateur radio operators and SWLs who manage to contact \u2013 or tune in \u2013 Indianapolis Motor Speedway special event station W9IMS during all three of its 2019 special events. And even those who fall short of the trifecta can claim one or two of the QSLs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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2018 W9IMS QSL<\/p><\/div>\n

Your first shot comes in two weeks as W9IMS fires up from May 5-11 to commemorate the IndyCar Grand Prix. Only nine days later, the second W9IMS special event (May 20-26) gets underway, this one in honor of the venerable Indianapolis 500. Then comes a summer break until Sept. 2-8, when W9IMS stages its third and final special event of the year, celebrating the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race.<\/p>\n

The certificate and QSLs change every year, so even if you scored the clean sweep in 2018, you\u2019ll find new trophies to pursue this year.<\/p>\n

But you\u2019ll have a chance to snare the station on either of two bands (20 and 40 meters) and possibly three (80 meters). Remember, too, that on Race Day \u2013 the final day of each operation \u2013 W9IMS generally stays on the air late, sometimes until midnight local time (0400 UTC).<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of hints for tracking down the station during special event weeks:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to the W9IMS web page (www.w9ims.org<\/a>), find the \u201c2019 Operating Schedule\u201d heading, and click on the link to the IndyCar Grand Prix or any other race. Although some W9IMS operators take to the airwaves at unscheduled times, you\u2019ll have your best luck looking for the station during the hours and bands reserved with a name and a callsign.<\/li>\n
  2. Check DX Summit (www.dxsummit.fi<\/a>) anytime for spots that identify the current frequency (or frequencies) of W9IMS, if any. And if you type \u201cW9IMS\u201d in the search box, you can customize it to show reports for only that station.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For additional details, consult the W9IMS web page. Feel free to submit all of your 2019 QSL and certificate requests in the same envelope. Again, although you\u2019ll need to catch W9IMS during all three races to qualify for the certificate, you can earn a unique QSL card for each individual race.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brian D. Smith (W9IND) who shares the following W9IMS press release: Amateur radio station W9IMS prepares to unveil a new season of Indianapolis Motor Speedway-themed special events, with three QSL cards and a certificate available to hams and SWLs. DATE: April 24, 2019 Three colorful QSL cards and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43],"tags":[3963,7035,6168],"class_list":["post-37020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-brian-smith","tag-indianapolis-motor-speedway","tag-w9ims"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9D6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32007,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/today-w9ims-special-event-honoring-races-at-the-indianapolis-motor-speedway\/","url_meta":{"origin":37020,"position":0},"title":"Today: W9IMS special event honoring races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway","author":"Thomas","date":"May 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor Brian D. 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