W3SK · Lower Bucks County, PA
Amateur radio is more fun with friends.
Penn Wireless Association is a welcoming ham radio club serving Lower Bucks County. Whether you're studying for your first license or chasing DX, there's a place for you here.
PA QSO Party 2026 · Preliminary results
Nine logs, eleven members, and about double last year's score.
Penn Wireless entries reported 1,126 contacts and more than 113,000 claimed points in the 70th PA QSO Party on October 10–11. N3FEL leads the club at 36,636, with N3DD and N2US (QRP CW) close behind. Scores are self-reported until the official results post — logs are due by October 18, and every one counts for the club.
9
Entries
1,126
Contacts
113,011+
Claimed points
2×
Last year's total
Coming up
Nov 21 – 23
ARRL November Sweepstakes, Phone
Contest
HF contest. A first club entry on HF — work as many ARRL/RAC sections as you can.
Dec 12 – 13
ARRL 10 Meter Contest
Contest
HF contest that Technicians can work: 10 meter SSB is in the Tech phone allocation.
Sat, Dec 19
W3S — U.S. Steel Fairless Works
Special event station
Single-day special event station honoring the steel mill that built Lower Bucks County. Operators needed now.
Thu, Dec 31· 11 PM to midnight
New Year's Eve countdown net
On the air
On the W3SK repeater — ring in 2027 with the club.
Club Announcements
New: Contesting page for members
Say you're in before a contest and post your claimed score after. The members area now has a Contesting page with a scoreboard and club total for every contest we work. The PA QSO Party 2026 board is already up: nine entries and 113,000+ claimed points, about double last year. Next on the list: ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phone), November 21–23. Log in and look for Contesting in the members menu: Contesting page
Board meeting tonight
The Board of Directors meets tonight, Tuesday, October 13, at 6:30 PM on Zoom. It's the first meeting of the new term: committee chairs, the board's priorities for the year, and the 2027 calendar.
General meeting Monday, October 19: OpenHamClock
Join us Monday, October 19, at 7 PM at the Falls Township Municipal Building, 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills. Chris Hetherington, K0CJH, presents OpenHamClock, the open-source ham radio clock and dashboard that runs on a Raspberry Pi. We'll also announce the committee chairs for the new term, the 2027 special event station lineup, and the club's PA QSO Party results. All are welcome.
What we're about
Weekly Nets
2m FM net Sundays at 8 PM on the W3SK repeater, and a Fusion net Tuesdays — all are welcome to check in.
License Exams
VE exam sessions the first Wednesday of each month at the Levittown Library. New hams welcome.
Community
Field Day, POTA, public service events, and an Elmer program to help you get on the air.
Member Tools
Equipment lending library, member directory, forum, document hub, and online dues payment.
From the newsletter
September / October 2026
Board of Directors voting open through September 20, full results from W3M honoring the Myers family and Levittown civil rights, a call for more special-event operators, a complete field guide to running N3S Star Trek Day from your home shack, and what’s ahead with W3B and W3S.
Ready to get on the air?
Join Penn Wireless Association and connect with operators across Lower Bucks, PA.