February 14-16, 2026
Please read and use only the W0JHice@outlook.com email address to request confirmation certificates. Postal requests will not be recognized. Confirmation certificates for valid contacts will only be sent by email as a pdf, and will be sent to the email address from which your request was made.
Below photos are from our 2025 event.
Having strong Scandinavian heritage, Minnesotans have been known to do odd, crazy things to break the monotony of the long winter. Members of the Stillwater Amateur Radio Association (SARA), will operate a portable special event from a frozen lake in east-central Minnesota. If the ice is thick enough, we will be operating from Lake Elmo, which is a little lake that covers about 281 acres, has a maximum depth of nearly 140 feet and located at grid square EN34 in Washington County, MN.
Primary operation will be SSB ~3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360, and 28.360 + or – depending upon band conditions. For safety and staffing reasons, we will only be on the air during daylight hours in MN. If weather permits, our main station will be located on the ice and likely begin on 75m or 40m in the morning to attempt to get closer stations in our log, prior to moving to 20m. Recent events have produced poor results on 75m & 40m, but excellent results primarly on 20m, 10m, &15m, so that would be the most likely bands to look for us. We anticipate having a second nearby station on the lake shore, which would be on a band that the main station would not simultaneously be on.
No digital QSL’s, QSL Cards, or other postal requests. Confirmation Certificates will be by email only.
To request a certificate send email request with the below info to:
* Your Call Sign
* Date of QSO (UTC date)
* Time of QSO (UTC time)
* Band or Frequency
* Mode
Any email received without the above information may be returned for clarification or discarded.
You will receive an auto-reply when submitting your email request to let you know your request was received and certificates for valid contacts will be sent as a PDF file to your email address beginning approximately 3 weeks following conclusion of the event.
The above email address is for this event only. Please submit your certificate requests promptly, as this email is likely going to be deactivated approximately 3 weeks after conclusion of the event. Late requests will likely not receive confirmation certificates.
