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Members of the US Power Squadron’s Amateur Radio club came to Newington to operate from W1AW on June 7-8. USPS members (left to right) Bob Schober, K2CRR; John Graves, WA1JG; W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q; Carlton Lee, W2PTZ; Ed Summers, KG4SZJ; ARRL Membership Manager Katie Breen, W1KRB; Don Stark, N3HOW, and Marjie Stark, N3HOZ, participated in the special event to promote Safe Boating Week. [Vi Schober, Photo]

Members of the United States Power Squadron's Amateur Radio Club held a Special Event at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station on June 7-8 to celebrate the National Safe Boating Council's Safe Boating Week. This is the second time USPS has operated from the station -- the first time was in 2006 -- and they were enthusiastically anticipating their return to Amateur Radio's flagship station.

While at W1AW, USPS hams made 736 contacts, on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 6 meters (including one satellite QSO on VO-52) using primarily SSB and some PSK31, beating their 2006 QSO count by 217 QSOs. ARRL Membership Manager Katie Breen kept a blog of the event. Carlton Lee, W2PTZ, presented Breen and W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, with special certificates recognizing their participation over the weekend. A special certificate was also presented to the ARRL in recognition for their continued support of the US Power Squadron.