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The NAQCC June 2026 Challenge NAQCC Monthly Challenges are originated and information regarding rules, ideas, or suggestions go to Gary K1YAN. Email him at  .Challenge results and the Challenge App (the online Challenge tracking and reporting application) is administered by Charlie N1AOK. Email him with any questions at  PLEASE SEND ALL CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS TO CHARLIE!!! (If you use the online Challenge App, it will automatically send it to him). LINKS: Challenge App: http://naqcc.wb5rvz.org Challenge Worksheet: challenge_tracker.pdf BOMBING MAUNA LOA  PREMISE: In late November of 1935, Hawaii's Mauana Loa began to erupt. Lava flowed and threatened Hilo, a town with about 16,000 residents. The usual solution for handling such an event is to get out of the way as fast as possible and let nature take its course. Some scientists decided that a different approach might possibly save Hilo. The Army Air Corps, later to be the Air Force, was enlisted to help. The idea was to divert the lava flow by bombing the volcano. The mission was planned for the 23rd Bombardment Squadron led by, then, Lt. Colonel George S. Patton, later of WW2 fame. On December 27th, a group of three B-3A and two B-6A biplane bombers lifted off from Luke Field in Oahu to make a run over the volcano. They came in at low altitude and dropped their twenty 600-pound bombs on Mauna Loa, targeting the channel of the flow. One pilot flew so low that he returned with holes burned through the fabric of his lower wing by flying lava. Their run was right on target and hit the flow and the sides of the channel directing it. The impact was not enough to immediately stop or divert the flow. It did, however, stop shortly after on January 2, 1936. The release of gas and pressure by the explosions was credited with halting the flow and the mission was declared a success. TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z. RULES: Just make these words from calls of stations you work, subject to the General Challenge Rules. 1935 MAUNA LOA ERUPTION LT COLONEL GEORGE S PATTON ARMY AIR CORP B3A B6A BOMBERS RELEASE OF GAS AND PRESSURE The 89 total letters contain these 22 different letters: A B C E F G I L M N O P R S T U Y 1 3 5 6 9 You can use each letter in a call TWICE. For example you could use K3WWP for 2 K's, 4 W's, and 2 P's. Subsequent QSO's with the same station cannot be used for additional letters. For example, no matter how many times you work K3WWP, you can only use his call for 8 of the letters in the words. See General Rule #5 for more details on what callsign letters can be used. If you need some help with your alphabet challenge record keeping take a look at our Alphabet Tutorial page for everything from some great pencil & paper methods to fully computerized tools. AWARDS: A certificate and Participation Point go to everyone making all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. A Participation Point goes to everyone making at least 1, but not all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. YOU MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE WORD TO RECEIVE A PARTICIPATION POINT! LOGS: For your report, list the words you made and the station used for each letter in the word. The number of stations listed must be the same as the number of letters in each word, even though you use the same station for more than one letter as in: WORD - K3WWP N2OD WA8REI N2OD NEXT - NF8M W8REI N8XMS K9EYT (Note how N2OD is listed for both the O and D.) You may also include comments about the challenge. Please preface any comments you want posted with "SOAPBOX:" so we will know what you want posted and what is private. Send your results as text in the horizontal format shown above to Charlie N1AOK at: charlie.wilber AT gmail.com (You must type that address into your email program.) Subject must read: (your call) NAQCC (month year) Challenge For example: K3WWP NAQCC June 2026 Challenge All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. |