| Route 66 On The Air |
| Past NADXA Route 66 On The Air Events |
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2026 NADXA Results:
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2025 NADXA Results:
The 2025 Edition of the special event wasFriday September 5th at 0000z and went through Sunday September 14th at 2359z. The NADXA willbe supporting the W6G call from NADXA members home QTHs in and around the greater Flagstaff, AZ area. W6T (AZ Rover 2) will be operating portable from the NADXA Communications trailer located next to the '40s Route 66 pavement (still in use) West of Parks, AZ. The status of W6S (AZ Rover 1) is a bit up in the air at this time.
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2024 NADXA Results:
The 2024 Edition of the special event will begin on Friday September 6th at 5pm AZ time and will go thru Sunday September 15th at 5pm AZ time. The NADXA will again support three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that when lined up make a panorama of Arizona Route 66. This year W6S will operate portable from different Old 66 locations East of Flagstaff. W6T will operate portable along Route 66 approximately 3 miles west of Parks. W6G will be operating from NADXA members home QTHs in and around the greater Flagstaff, AZ area.
The bands really hot and cold this year but had a few really good runs. Jamming was an issue though. |
2024 |
Totals |
W6T |
1674 |
W6G |
4641 |
W6S |
1324 |
Totals |
7639 |
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Total for NADXA: 7639 contacts W6T Coordinator: Ron KG7OH |
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2023 NADXA Results:
The 2023 Edition of the special event began on Friday September 8th at 5pm AZ time and went thru Sunday September 17th at 5pm AZ time. The NADXA will again suppored three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that when lined up make apanorama of Arizona Route 66. This year W6S operated mostly portable from (don't forget) Winona and was augmented by other club members.W6T operated portable from '40s Route 66 West of Parks, AZ. W6G operated from NADXA members home QTHs in the greater City of Flagstaff, AZ area. |
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| Mike W7QS stepped up the morning of the start when NJ0W had an out-of-state family emergency and had to leave for ND ASAP. Thanks Mike for coordinating coverage for W6S and setting up your tent in (don't forget) Winona!!! |
2023 |
Totals |
W6T |
4121 |
W6G |
4988 |
W6S |
3253 |
Totals |
12,362 |
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Total for NADXA: 12,362 contacts
W6T Coordinator: Ron KG7OH |
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2022 NADXA Results:
The 2022 Edition of the special event began on Friday September 9th at 5pm AZ time and went thru Sunday September 18th at 5pm AZ time. The NADXA will again suppored three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that when lined up make a panorama of Arizona Route 66. This year W6S operated portable from different Old 66 locations East of Flagstaff. W6T operated portable from '40s Route 66 West of Parks, AZ and and from the abandoned '20s & '30s alignments East of Parks, AZ. W6G will be operating from NADXA members home QTHs in the greater City of Flagstaff, AZ area. |
 Tom KG7DKN stepped in with his RV as W6S as NJ0W had to bow out due to out-of-statefamily issues. |
2022 |
SSB |
DIGITAL |
CW |
Totals |
W6T |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4502 |
W6G |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5185 |
W6S |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2514 |
Totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12,201 |
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Total for NADXA: 12,201 contacts
W6T Coordinator: Ron KG7OH |
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2021 NADXA Results:
NADXA again supported three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff),and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that when lined up make a panorama of Arizona 66 (Rand McNally 1926 Junior Road Map). This year W6S operated from 5 different Old 66 locations East of Flagstaff; '40s 66 North of Walnut Canyon, '20s & '30s 66 East of "Don't Forget" Winona, abandoned '40s 66 SE of Buffalo Range Road, '30s 66 in the AZ Ghost Town of Two Guns, and '40s 66 West of the Meteor City Trading Post. W6T operated from '40s Route 66 West of Bellement and from abandoned '20s & '30s alignments East of Parks, AZ.W6G operated from NADXA members home QTHs in and around Flagstaff, AZ |
 >The bands really hot and cold this year but had more really good runs than in the past. |
2021 |
SSB |
DIGITAL |
CW |
Totals |
W6T |
2485 |
1797 |
0 |
4282 |
W6G |
3410 |
1344 |
263 |
5017 |
W6S |
2256 |
0 |
0 |
2256 |
Totals |
8151 |
3141 |
263 |
11,555 |
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Total for NADXA: 11,555 contacts, WAS, 39 DX
W6T Coordinator: Ron KG7OH |
 W6T Group at Bellemont (with W6S visiting) |
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 NADXA Trailer near Parks operating as W6T ('20s & '30s 66) |
 Setting up the NADXA trailer at Parks |
 Trailer Route 66 Ramp |
 All 3 stations (CW/Phone/Data) operating at Parks |
 W6S North of Walnut Canyon National Monument ('40s 66) |
 W6S in Two Guns ('30s 66) |
 W6S West of the Meteor City Trading Post ('40s 66) |
 W6S on abandoned '40s 66 off Buffalo Range Road |
 Sunset in Two Guns |
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2020 NADXA Results:
NADXA again supported three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that when lined up make a panorama of Arizona 66 (AZ-DOT 1961). This year W6S operated from 5 different Old 66 locations East of Flagstaff. W6T operated from the intersection of the '20s, '30s, and '40s alignments of Route 66 West of Bellement and from abandoned '20s & '30s alignments near Parks, AZ. W6G operated from NADXA members home QTHs in or near Flagstaff, AZ. |
 The bands were soft this year but FT8 was added as a very popular mode for W6G and W6T. The photo on the top of the W6G card is a 360 degree panorama of Flagstaff's Route 66 Park where original cement of the 1940s alignment is preserved. |
2020 |
SSB |
FT8 |
CW/MISC |
totals |
W6T |
1617 |
812 |
38 |
2467 |
W6G |
1953 |
320 |
0 |
2273 |
W6S |
1817 |
0 |
0 |
1817 |
totals |
5387 |
1132 |
38 |
6557 |
| 2019 NADXA Results: NADXA again supported three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that when lined up make a panorama. Because this year is the 20th Anniversary of the NADXA starting the Route 66 On The Air Special Event, this year our QSLs make up a panorama of the inaugeral event certificate from 2000, a list of the NADXA members from that year, and a clip about how the NADXA came up with the idea. This year W6S operated from Old 66 East of Flagstaff in the town of (Don't Forget) Winona. W6T operated from Bellement on Old 66 West of Flagstaff and the Twin ArrowsTrading Post to the East. W6G operated from NADXA members home QTHs in and around Flagstaff. |
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Marginal Bands with mixed results this year.
W6T: 2012 |
| 2018 NADXA Results: NADXA again supported three call signs for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6S (Rover 1), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6T (Rover 2) with QSL cards that make a panorama. For the second year, W6F (Kingman) joined the panorama so it will again show the path of Route 66 across the entire State of Arizona. W6S operated from the Grand Canyon Caverns on Old 66 West of Seligman. W6T operated from Bellement on Old 66 West of Flagstaff and the Twin Arrows Trading Post to the East. W6G was NADXA members operating from their home QTHs. |
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With the crummy band conditions, though not a banner year, we still did pretty good.
W6T: 2752 |
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2017 NADXA Results:
The NADXA supported three stations for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6T (Rover 2), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6S (Rover 1) and again issued QSL cards that form a panorama. This year W6F (Kingman) was added to the panorma so the map stretches to show Route 66 across the entirestate of Arizona. |
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Pretty good results even with dealing with solar x-ray flares and the hurricanes in TX & FL.
W6T: 2498 |
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2016 NADXA Results:
Once again the members of the NADXA supported three stations for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event; W6T (Rover 2), W6G (Flagstaff), and W6S (Rover 1) and again issued QSL cards that form a panorama. This year W6T loaded up the steel truss bridge (shown on the QSL card) and used it as an antenna. |
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Pretty good results even with sometimes marginal band conditions.
W6T: 2385 |
| 2015 NADXA Results: |
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W6T: 2338 |
| 2014 NADXA Results: |
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W6T: 1837 W6G: 2852 W6S: 2251 Total: 6940 |
| 2013 NADXA Results: |
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| Once again a banner year for NADXA on Route 66! Club members operated W6G from Flagstaff to amass a total of 3988 contacts. A new record! In addition, N7VF, KW7I, and KD7ZIJ operated W6T from Oatman for a total of 1526 QSOs. Dave, NJ0W operated as a rover from multiple locations along Arizona Route 66 East of Flagstaff for a total of 1742 contacts as W6S. The leaders for W6G were N3AIU (2047 QSOs), NF7E (1002 QSOs), KD7RCJ (380 QSOs), and KG7OH (329 QSOs). If you worked all three stations be sure and request the QSLs that go together into a mural across Northern Arizona. |
| 2012 NADXA Results: |
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| 2012 was a banner year for NADXA on Route 66! Club members operated W6G from Flagstaff to amass a total of 3040 contacts. A new record! In addition, N7VF operated W6T from Seligman for a total of 2180 QSOs. Dave, NJ0W operated as a rover from 8 places along Route 66 for a total of 2315 contacts as W6S. If you worked all three stations be sure and request the QSLs that go together into a mural across Northern Arizona. |
| 2012 NADXA Results: |
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| Results from NADXA members: |
| N3AIU | 1012 | Winner of Free Breakfast! |
| NF7E | 711 | |
| AA7DK | 568 | |
| W7YS | 70 | |
| N6MA | 67 | |
| Total | 2428 | |
| NJ0W | 369 | Operating as NJ0W/m66 |
| Grand Total | 2797 |
| 2010 NADXA Member Results: |
| CALL | 15m | 20m | 30m | 40m | 80m | TOTAL |
| KE7FXF | 53 | 54 | 107 | |||
| N6MA | 130 | 14 | 144 (CW) | |||
| N2AIU | 2 | 2 | 278 | 282 | ||
| NF7E | 2 | 314 | 58 | 167 | 541 | |
| AA7DK | 111 | 359 | 17 | 117 | 29 | 646 |
| TOTAL | 1720 |
 In 2010 our own N7VF along with KW7I operated mobile along Route 66 using the call W6T. This photo is from Oatman, Arizona. |
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2009 NADXA Results:
Our club operated W6W from Winona and W6G from Flagstaff in 2009. We made a total of 2333 QSOs from both stations. Thanks to all who made it a success. |
| W6G | W6W | TOTALS | |
| AA7DK | 312 | 5 | 317 |
| W7YS | 22 | 22 | |
| KE7FXF | 61 | 19 | 80 |
| N3AIU | 488 | 488 | |
| W7FYW | 243 | 243 | |
| N6MA | 260 | 262 | 522 |
| K7PAP | 51 | 51 | |
| KE7JVZ | 10 | 10 | |
| KE7QFG | 18 | 18 | |
| Grand Totals | 1188 | 1145 | 2333 |
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| K7PAP operating W6W from Winona 2009 | N7VF operating W6W from Winona 2009 |
| 2000 NADXA Results: |
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| Route 66 in Winona, Arizona | East Route 66 in Flagstaff at the Museum Club |