What's Happening

Welcome to the Orca Challenge

New for all Orca members this year is a club competition we're calling the Orca Challenge. The aim is to promote contest activity within the club.

The Orca Challenge runs parallel to the PNW Club Challenge (PNW Cup). The calendar consists of the 11 contests of the PNW Club Challenge, plus the RAC Winter and RAC Canada Day contests, and the BC QSO Party.

Rules and more about the Orca Challenge

Tops in Tokens So Far...

Orca members were out in force for CQWW SSB on Oct. 24-25, 2026, with 13 stations on the air. Leading the scoreboard once again was Ken VE7BC near 100 Mile House, who earned another two tokens (one for being among the top three Orca scores, and another for participating and submitting a log).

Next was Gabor VE7JH, operating at Duane VE7UF's superstation in Comox, followed by Perry VE7DX in Courtenay to round out the top three Orca scores.



See the leader board for the Orca Challenge

Next Up: CQWW DX CW Nov. 28-29

Orca members are encouraged to get on for ARRL Sweepstakes CW and SSB in November (they're great fun), but the next major upcoming event for the Orca Challenge is CQWW CW contest on Nov. 28-29.

Submit your log to CQWW CW no later than 2359 UTC Dec. 1. Once you've done that, post your score to 3830 Contest Scores so it is entered in both the PNW Cup and Orca Challenge.

PNW Challenge Cup goes to Willamette Valley

Congratulations to the Willamette Valley DX Club on winning the PNW Challege Cup again this year with 93.285 million points, followeed by Orca with 55.627 million, and Spokane DX Assn. with 12.222 million points.

Spokane has decided to opt out of the challenge, so now it's a competition between Orca and Willamette Valley -- a friendly rivalry to encourage as much contest participation as possible by all members.

Announcing the 2026-2027 PNW Challenge

The PNW Challenge got started with CQWW RTTY in September and CQWW SSB in October, and heats up again with the Nov. 7-9 ARRL Sweepstakes CW and Nov. 21-23 Sweepstakes SSB. To add your scores to the Orca total, after each contest be sure to post your raw score (prior to the log due date) to the 3830 Scores website.

See Orca's PNW Cup page

2026 BCQP contest report now online

Thanks to all who participated in the 2026 running of the BC QSO Party February 7-8. The final comprehensive post-contest report and results are now in, and can be viewed online.

2026 comprehensive report

2026 BC Results (PDF) | 2026 W/VE/DX Results (PDF)

View all BCQP Results and Contest Reports

DX to watch for newest FW3GT, Wallis & Futuna Is. Oct. 31-Nov. 14, 2026 3Y0L, Peter I Is. Late Jan. 2027 6O6X, Somalia QRV Feb. 15, 2027 DX Bulletins from DXWorld.net
Recent DX activations...
CY0S, Sable Is. Mar. 19-31, 2026 3Y0K, Bouvet Is. February 2026 KP5/NP3VI, Desecheo Is. Jan. 12-Feb. 12, 2026 FW7AA, Wallis Island Nov. 16-29, 2024 XT2MD, Burkina Faso Oct. 31-Nov. 11, 2024 N5J, Jarvis Is. Aug. 5-20, 2024

Contest Corner VIEW THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS

ARRL Sweepstakes CW Nov. 7-9, 2026 (rules). ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Nov. 21-23, 2026 (rules). CQWW DX CW Nov. 28-29, 2026 (rules).
Recent contest activity... CQWW DX SSB Oct. 24-25, 2026 (rules). California QSO Party (CQP) Oct. 3-4, 2026 (rules). CQWW DX RTTY Sep. 26-27, 2026 (rules). WA State Salmon Run Sep 19-20, 2026 (rules). Worked All Europe DX CW Aug 8-9, 2026 (rules). North Americal QSO Party CW Aug 1-2, 2026 (rules). Post your scores on the 3830 reflector.