Special Event Stations
Eight stations, eight stories: one this December, then seven more across 2027. Each one puts a Lower Bucks County callsign in a few thousand logbooks — and gives a newer member a real reason to get on the air.
Next up
W3S — U.S. Steel Fairless Works
Saturday, December 19, 2026 · 9 AM – 9 PM Eastern
One day, one callsign
Stations run a single day (Flag Day gets the weekend), 9 AM to 9 PM Eastern, so they're easy to say yes to. Most of the 2027 dates fall on a weekday — after-school and evening slots are part of the plan.
Members operate from home
Members claim two-hour slots on the sign-up page, one operator per slot per mode (SSB, CW, Digital), so the callsign stays clear on the air. New licensee? This is the easiest way to work your first pileup.
QSL cards for everyone who works us
Each pop-culture station gets its own card, designed by the club. Work the station, send your QSL request, and the card goes out after the logs are merged.
The lineup
Flag Day plus six anniversaries worth celebrating on the air. The 1x1 callsigns are reserved for the dates below; each card below is the QSL you’ll get for working that station.
Saturday, December 19, 2026
W3S — U.S. Steel Fairless Works
Levittown's opening day
The industrial engine behind Levittown. U.S. Steel's Fairless Works poured its first steel on December 11, 1952, and the thousands of workers it drew needed houses nearby — the reason Levittown was built. December is also Levittown's own opening day: the exhibit center and sample homes opened December 8, 1951. S is for steel, and for the families who built this community one shift at a time.
Monday, April 19, 2027
W3D — The Simpsons
40th anniversary
Forty years after the first Simpsons short aired on April 19, 1987, Springfield goes on the air. Same frequencies, different universe. D is for donuts, and D'oh.
Tuesday, May 25, 2027
K3J — Star Wars
50th anniversary
Fifty years to the day after Star Wars opened on May 25, 1977. Half a century of a galaxy far, far away — and one day of QSOs from a lot closer. J is for Jedi.
June 13 – 14, 2027
W3F — Flag Day
The weekend of June 14
Flag Day marks the adoption of the Stars and Stripes on June 14, 1777. W3F puts the flag on the air over the weekend of June 14 and invites operators everywhere to join the commemoration.
Wednesday, June 23, 2027
W3H — Harry Potter
30th anniversary
Thirty years since the first Harry Potter book reached readers in June 1997. A midweek station with after-school and evening slots, so the operators who grew up with the books get a turn at the microphone. H is for Hogwarts.
Monday, July 12, 2027
W3C — Contact
30th anniversary
Thirty years of the 1997 film about listening to the sky and hearing something back — the most ham-radio movie Hollywood ever made. C is for Contact, and for CQ.
Friday, September 24, 2027
W3I — The Princess Bride
40th anniversary
Forty years of the 1987 film. Inconceivable? Hardly. I is for Inigo — and for the QSL cards, which we are told will have a very good reason to exist.
Tuesday, November 16, 2027
W3T — Close Encounters of the Third Kind
50th anniversary
Fifty years to the day after Close Encounters opened on November 16, 1977. Five notes, one callsign, and a day of trying to make contact. T is for the Third Kind.
Chasing a Penn Wireless station?
Listen for the callsign on the HF bands all day on the dates above — SSB, CW, and digital, with the heaviest activity on 20 and 40 meters. Work us on as many bands and modes as you like. QSL requests go to the club after the event; details for each station are posted here as the date gets close. Not a member yet but want a seat at the microphone? This is exactly the kind of thing we do.
Stations we’ve run
Sep 27, 2026
W3B — Bolton Mansion
The Phineas Pemberton House, c. 1687
One Sunday putting three centuries of Bucks County history into logbooks, with an SSB station on the mansion lawn.
On site at Bolton Mansion, Levittown, and from home
409 contacts in the club log
Sep 7 – 9, 2026
N3S — Star Trek Day
First broadcast, September 8, 1966
Three days, ten crew, and one FM contact through an orbiting satellite.
1,318 contacts in the club log
Aug 29, 2026
W3M — The Myers Family
Levittown civil rights, August 1957
Honoring Daisy and William Myers, the first Black family to move into Levittown, and the fair-housing fight that followed.
181 contacts in the club log
Mar 28 – 29, 2026
W3P — William Penn
Founder of Pennsylvania
The club's first station of 2026, for the man the state is named after.
213 contacts in the club log
Aug 7 – 17, 2025
N3G — Major General Nathanael Greene
Revolutionary War, Southern Campaign
Eleven days on the air for the general who turned the war in the South.
Washington Crossing Historic Park and from home
1,368 contacts in the club log