This January will mark the Twenty-Fifth Annual WASH 2 Meter Test. We’re looking
forward for a chance to stretch our legs, our wheels, and our antennas once again! This year it has taken on a more important meaning due to the resent events in North Carolina.  It is important to check your equipment & location out to see how well it works without depending on repeaters.  Join us for a fun operating event, where you can hear some old friends, and maybe make some new ones.

Date & Times: Saturday, January 11th , 2025 from 7 to 10 PM EST.

Needed Forms:

Logging: Wash-2m-Logging-Forms.pdf
FULL RULES HERE: WASH-2025.pdf

Objectives:

• To check out your equipment & location without depending on repeaters
• Knowledge on how to setup for simplex operations
• To make as many contacts as possible
• To have lots FUN !

Band, Modes & Frequencies: The contest will take place solely on the 2 meter band.

FM : 

• FM simplex only, no repeater contacts.
• The FM frequencies are all standard 2 Meter Simplex frequencies, as per the ARRL 2 Meter
• Band Plan, every 15 kHz, from 146.505 to 146.595 MHz, and 147.450 to 147.580 MHz.

CW:

• 144.05 to 144.1 MHz Only. (See ARRL 2 Meter band plan)
• CW Notes: Listen for CW QSO’s around 144.1 MHZ 15 minutes after the hour
• SSB & AM: 144.2 to 144.275 MHz Only. (See ARRL 2 Meter band plan).
• Voice Notes: → Listen for SSB & AM QSO’s around 144.2 MHz 30 minutes after the hour
• Digital (including RTTY): 144.51 to 144.55
  MHz. (See ARRL 2 Meter band plan) Multiple
  digital modes may be used, and participants
  are free to use any generally accepted Digital
  mode, but only ONE Digital QSO with a given
  station regardless of mode.

FULL RULES HERE: WASH-2025.pdf