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Route 66 On the Air 2025 Stats

This year, there were 22 stations participating with their “one-by-one” callsigns, Barstow Amateur Radio Club was operating as W6E.

Here is the breakdown for W6E, Route 66 On The Air, special event station, from Barstow CA by the WA6TST, Barstow Amateur Radio Club.

Total Contacts: 2745

Approximate by band:

160M: 10

80M: 103

40M: 527

30M: 6

20M: 1397

15M: 526

10M: 481

6M: 6

2M: 4

Approximate by Mode:

SSB: 2512

FT8: 645

CW: 3

2M FM repeater: 2

2M FM simplex with W6Y: 2

At least 5 members also made contact with W6Y, Aeronautical Mobile, as it flew over Barstow.

Worked all 50 states and multiple countries.

Operators: WA6MTZ, KO6JZH, N6WL, AD6WL.

The Route 66 special event will be on the air September 6th -14th, 2025, from 0001Z September 6th through 2359Z September 14th.

The event commemorates the history of RT66 connecting east and west areas of the US from Illinois to California.

This year, there will be 22 stations participating with their “one-by-one” callsigns, Barstow Amateur Radio Club will be W6E.

W6E will be on the air as operators are available and bands allow.

The Route 66 special event is hosted by the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club. See www.W6JBT.org (http://www.W6JBT.org) for more information.