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The NAQCC July 2026 Challenge NAQCC Monthly Challenges are originated and information regarding rules, ideas, or suggestions go to Gary K1YAN. Email him at  .Challenge results and the Challenge App (the online Challenge tracking and reporting application) is administered by Charlie N1AOK. Email him with any questions at  PLEASE SEND ALL CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS TO CHARLIE!!! (If you use the online Challenge App, it will automatically send it to him). LINKS: Challenge App: http://naqcc.wb5rvz.org Challenge Worksheet: challenge_tracker.pdf BEN FRANKLIN'S BONES  PREMISE: Benjamin Franklin spent most of the 20 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence living in England. His residence was located at 36 Craven Street. Plans to turn the house into a museum were underway in 1998, when restoration crews found some 1200 human bones, from 15 bodies, in the basement of the property. Forensic analysis dated the bones to the time when Franklin occupied the house. This sounds like the beginning of a crime novel or a TV detective show, perhaps with Franklin as a main character. However, another, less sinister, explanation has come to light. Human anatomy was a relatively new science in the 1700s and research by doing dissection of cadavers was not thought of very highly. Obtaining the necessary bodies for research was not always done legally. Anatomy schools sometimes resorted to digging up bodies themselves (literally) or paying "resurrection men", a polite term for grave robbers, to supply their needs. Disposal of the remains after dissection was also a secretive process. William Hewson was a good and trusted friend of Franklin and his mother-in-law was the landlady of the Craven Street home. Hewson was also a well known anatomist who established an anatomy school on the property in 1772. The location had some aspects that could have been helpful in the quest for new bodies. A gallows at one end of the street could have been a local source of bodies and a wharf at the other end would have been a good spot for delivery of resurrection mens cadavers. The basement pit would have been a handy spot to dispose of the dissection remains and cut marks on the bones suggest that this might have been the case. There were, of course, no antibiotics at the time and it is thought that Hewson died of an infection he contracted when he cut himself during a dissection. Although there is no documented involvement by Franklin, being a man interested in science, it is not hard to imagine that he would have shown interest in the research. TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z. RULES: Just make these words from calls of stations you work, subject to the General Challenge Rules. 36 CRAVEN STREET BASEMENT 1200 BONE PIT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ANATOMY RESEARCH RESURRECTION MEN WILLIAM HEWSON The 92 total letters contain these 26 different letters: A B C E F H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y 0 1 2 3 6 You can use each letter in a call TWICE. For example you could use K3WWP for 2 K's, 4 W's, and 2 P's. Subsequent QSO's with the same station cannot be used for additional letters. For example, no matter how many times you work K3WWP, you can only use his call for 8 of the letters in the words. See General Rule #5 for more details on what callsign letters can be used. If you need some help with your alphabet challenge record keeping take a look at our Alphabet Tutorial page for everything from some great pencil & paper methods to fully computerized tools. AWARDS: A certificate and Participation Point go to everyone making all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. A Participation Point goes to everyone making at least 1, but not all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. YOU MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE WORD TO RECEIVE A PARTICIPATION POINT! LOGS: For your report, list the words you made and the station used for each letter in the word. The number of stations listed must be the same as the number of letters in each word, even though you use the same station for more than one letter as in: WORD - K3WWP N2OD WA8REI N2OD NEXT - NF8M W8REI N8XMS K9EYT (Note how N2OD is listed for both the O and D.) You may also include comments about the challenge. Please preface any comments you want posted with "SOAPBOX:" so we will know what you want posted and what is private. Send your results as text in the horizontal format shown above to Charlie N1AOK at: charlie.wilber AT gmail.com (You must type that address into your email program.) Subject must read: (your call) NAQCC (month year) Challenge For example: K3WWP NAQCC July 2026 Challenge All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. Results as of 7/12/2026: KC5F: 36CRAVENSTREET - KM3STU KB6NU K9CPO KB9RPG AL7T VE3KZE KD8IE KB6NU KM3STU AL7T KB9RPG KD8IE N8PEM AL7T BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - KB6NU AL7T KM3STU N8PEM KM3STU VE3KZE KB6NU KM3STU N1RWJ W2ELS WI0S WI0S KB6NU K5OHY N1RWJ VE3KZE K9CPO KD8IE KM3STU BENJAMINFRANKLIN - KB9RPG VE3KZE N1RWJ N1RWJ N9ANA KM3STU KD8IE N8PEM W2TEF KS4CR N9ANA N8PEM K5OHY AL7T WF4I N9ANA ANATOMYRESEARCH - N9ANA N9ANA N9ANA W2TEF K5OHY N8PEM K5OHY KS4CR VE3KZE KS4CR W2ELS W4ARB N1RWJ K9CPO K5OHY RESURRECTIONMEN - N1RWJ W2ELS KS4CR KB6NU W4ARB W4ARB W2TEF KS4CR W2TEF WF4I K9CPO N9ANA N8PEM W2TEF N9ANA WILLIAMHEWSON - N1RWJ WI0S AL7T W2ELS WI0S W4ARB WM3PEN K5OHY WM3PEN N1RWJ W2ELS K9CPO WM3PEN N0RZ: 36CRAVENSTREET - KB3RPG KN6MGK AC3WM KB3RPG AL7T N0NV VE3KZE KN6MGK WI0S AL7T KB3RPG VE3KZE VE3KZE AL7T BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - W7PFB AL7T WI0S VE3KZE KN6MGK NE3Z KN6MGK W7BTR K1ECU K2J N0MII N0MII W7PFB W4LOO N0MII NE3Z W7PFB N0MII W7BTR BENJAMINFRANKLIN - KB3RPG K1ECU N0MII K2J AC3WM KN6MGK N0MII W8RNB W7PFB W8RNB AC3WM W8RNB KN6MGK W4LOO N0MII NA9M ANATOMYRESEARCH - NA9M NA9M NA9M N4UOT W4LOO AC3WM K4NYM W8RNB K1ECU K4ZSR VE2KLW NQ3A W7BTR AC3WM KG0HG RESURRECTIONMEN - W7BTR VE2KLW K4ZSR KQ4UX K0RQ K0RQ KD8EEJ K1ECU N4UOT N0MII W4LOO N0NV AC3WM KD8EEJ N0NV WILLIAMHEWSON - W4LOO WI0S W4LOO AL7T WI0S NQ3A N0MII KG0HG KD8EEJ W4LOO KC0ZPS W4LOO N0NV N9WVM: 36CRAVENSTREET - W3O W6SX KC0ZPS KS4CR AF0E K2JVB AF0E NI8M KC0ZPS W2TEF KS4CR AF0E WM3PEN W2TEF BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K2JVB AF0E KC0ZPS WM3PEN NI8M KE8NJW NI8M KM3STU KG1A W2C KC0ZPS KC0ZPS K2JVB W3O N5GG KE8NJW KC0ZPS NI8M KM3STU BENJAMINFRANKLIN - NB5K W2TEF N5GG K2JVB KG1A NI8M NI8M N8JMS AF0E K0RQ KG1A N8JMS KC0ZPS N2QLV WF4I N4G ANATOMYRESEARCH - K2A N4G K2A KA5TXN W3O N8JMS WG0Y K0RQ W2TEF N8JMS N2EPE K3WWA K5OGR KC0ZPS W4DHW RESURRECTIONMEN - K5OGR N2EPE N8JMS KM3STU N1RWJ N1RWJ N2EPE W2C KA5TXN WF4I KG8CO WM3PEN N8JMS N2EPE WM3PEN WILLIAMHEWSON - W3O VE3IGS N2QLV N9OL VE3IGS K3WWA WM3PEN W4DHW KD9YEY W3O KS4CR KG8CO N2QLV VE3KZ: 36CRAVENSTREET - KE3Z N6ZZO KS4CR KS4CR N9ANA N0NV KE8Y N0NV KS4CR KP4TT KS4CR KE8Y KE3Z KP4TT BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - WB0RLJ N9ANA KS4CR K1ECU N2EM K1ECU N0NV KP4TT K1ECU N2EM AF0E AF0E WB0RLJ N6ZZO N0NV N2EM W1RCP WF4I KP4TT BENJAMINFRANKLIN - WB2SMK N2EM N0NV WB0RLJ N9ANA AE0YM KI9T N9ANA AF0E WB0RLJ N9ANA N9ANA KS4CR WB0RLJ KI9T N9ANA ANATOMYRESEARCH - AE0YM N9ANA AE0YM W7BTR N6ZZO N2EM KE8Y WB0RLJ AE0YM WB2SMK AE0YM AF0E W1RCP KS4CR W9FHA RESURECTIONMEN - W1RCP AF0E WB2SMK WU0A W7BTR AF0E K1ECU W7BTR WF4I W4LOO N2EM AE0YM N1KJ/VE1 N2EM WILLIAMHEWSON - WB0RLJ WI0S W4LOO W4LOO WI0S AF0E WB2SMK W9FHA N1KJ/VE1 WB0RLJ KA0CSW W4LOO N1KJ/VE1 NN9K: 36CRAVENSTREET - WM3PEN N6HU W1C W3GTR KA5TXN K2JVB WM3PEN WM3PEN N1BS KA5TXN W3GTR WM3PEN VE3KZE KA5TXN BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K2JVB KA5TXN N1BS VE3KZE WM3PEN VE3KZE WM3PEN TM13COL W1C K2JVB N0GRP N0GRP K2JVB TM13COL N1BS VE3KZE WM3PEN K2I TM13COL BENJAMINFRANKLIN - N1BS VE3MM N1BS K2JVB K2A WM3PEN K2I KA5TXN KB6UF N0GRP K2A KA5TXN K2JVB K2L AC3IE N2VGA ANATOMYRESEARCH - N2VGA N2VGA N2VGA KM3STU TM13COL K2M K4NYX N0GRP VE3MM KM3STU AC3IE KG1A K5OGR W1C K2H RESURRECTIONMEN - K5OGR AC3IE KM3STU KM3STU K1RDD K1RDD N3GE TM13COL KM3STU AC3IE W4LOO K4NYX K2M N3GE K4NYX WILLIAMHEWSON - WM3PEN KG6LI K2L TM13COL KG6LI KG1A TM13COL K2H WA7PGE WM3PEN VE3/KK6SQ W4LOO N3GE W4KAC: 36CRAVENSTREET - K3WWA KB6NU K9CPO KS4CR AG4P KE2BVB KE2BVB KB6NU KS4CR W2TEF KS4CR KE2BVB W2TEF W2TEF BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - KE2BVB AG4P KS4CR W2TEF AE0YM N2ETH KB6NU N2ETH KG1A KE2BVB AE0YM AE0YM KE2BVB K9CPO N2ETH N2ETH AG4P NI8M N2ETH BENJAMINFRANKLIN - KE2BVB AE0YM N2ETH AA5JF KG1A AE0YM NI8M N1RWJ W2TEF N1RWJ KG1A N1RWJ KG1A K4TLS KI5OEZ N0GRP ANATOMYRESEARCH - AE0YM N0GRP AE0YM K4TLS K9CPO K2MJP K5OHY N1RWJ AE0YM K4TLS WA7PGE K3WWA KB9RPG K9CPO N2ETH RESURRECTIONMEN - KB9RPG WA7PGE K4TLS KB6NU N0GRP N0GRP KI5OEZ KS4CR K4TLS KI5OEZ K5OHY K4NYX K2MJP KI5OEZ K4NYX WILLIAMHEWSON - W2TEF N2EIM K4TLS K3SLH N2EIM K3WWA N4MAP N2ETH N2EIM W2TEF K3SLH K5OHY WA3N KJ5T: 36CRAVENSTREET - WM3PEN N6AN KG8CO WW9R KQ4LEA KB9VAN KQ4LEA K8SNH K8SNH K7UT WW9R KQ4LEA AF0E K7UT BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - NM5BG KQ4LEA K8SNH AF0E K2M WM3PEN K8SNH KX9RT W1WC K2M N0IPA N0IPA NM5BG KG8CO N0IPA WM3PEN N0IPA N0IPA KX9RT BENJAMINFRANKLIN - KG4BIG WA5ZEG N0IPA K2J N0IPA K2M N0IPA WM3PEN AF0E KX9RT N0IPA WM3PEN KG8CO KQ4LEA KI7QCF W2DON ANATOMYRESEARCH - AF0E W2DON AF0E K6STR KG8CO WM3PEN WG0Y KX9RT WA5ZEG KC0ZPS KE1J N6AN K6STR KG8CO K8SNHRESURRECTIONMEN - K6STR KE1J KC0ZPS K7UT WB0RLJ WB0RLJ WA7PGE KW5CW K6STR KI7QCF W2DON NM5BG WM3PEN WA7PGE NM5BG WILLIAMHEWSON - WW9R KG4BIG KQ4LEA K2L KG4BIG N6AN NM5BG K8SNH KE4WLE WW9R K6STR W2DON N6AN VE9VIC: 36CRAVENSTREET - KM3STU KB6NU WC5WC VE3NR NA2DX VE3BZE K2E N1BS KM3STU KM3STU VE3NR K2E WM3PEN KM3STU BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - N1BS NA2DX KM3STU WM3PEN KM3STU VE3BZE N1BS KR4FTN N1BS K2K KG0HG KG0HG N1BS WA3VSO WM3PEN VE3BZE WM3PEN K2I KR4FTN BENJAMINFRANKLIN - VE3BZE VE3BZE WM3PEN WB0RLJ K5AX KM3STU K2I NA2DX KR4FTN KR4FTN K5AX NA2DX K2K K2L AC3IE N4G ANATOMYRESEARCH - K3WWA N4G K3WWA K9ABT WA3VSO WM3PEN WB8RYX KR4FTN VE3BZE N1BS VE3NR K9ABT WB8RYX WC5WC K2H RESURRECTIONMEN - WB8RYX VE3NR N1BS KM3STU N1RBD N1RBD VE3DN WC5WC K9ABT AC3IE K9CPO NS1C WM3PEN VE3DN NS1C WILLIAMHEWSON - WC5WC KR4IIB K2L WB0RLJ KR4IIB K9ABT TM8WWA K2H KQ4EFU WC5WC NS1C K9CPO WC1N AH6AX: 36CRAVENSTREET - VE3INE N6G KB1WCK W5ZR KQ4LEA VE3INE KQ4LEA N0OMG KB0SNE KA5TJS W5ZR KQ4LEA KB0SNE KA5TJS BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - KB0SNE KQ4LEA KB0SNE KB0SNE N0OMG VE3INE N0OMG N8QT N1W NA2DX N0OMG N0OMG KB0SNE N0OMG KB0SNE VE3INE WP3PW VE3INE N8QT BENJAMINFRANKLIN - KB1WCK VE3INE KB0SNE KA5TJS AA5XA N0OMG VE3INE N1W KD5SMF K5OGR AA5XA N1W KQ4LEA KQ4LEA KK0I K4NYM ANATOMYRESEARCH - AA5XA K4NYM AA5XA KZ3T N0OMG K4NYM K4NYM K5OGR VE3INE KA5TJS WB4MED AA5XA VA2RKV KB1WCK N8DKH RESURRECTIONMEN - VA2RKV WB4MED KA5TJS KA1UUM W2GR W2GR KD8IE KZ4WC KZ3T KK0I K5OGR VE3INE K4NYM KD8IE VE3INE WILLIAMHEWSON - N1W NM1II KQ4LEA AC1LL NM1II AA5XA WB4MED N8DKH VE2KLW N1W KD5SMF K5OGR N8DKH W4JL: 36CRAVENSTREET - N3DC N6G N3DC WD8RIF AC3WM K2JVB N2ETH N3DC AB5SE N3RT WD8RIF N2ETH AB5SE N3RT BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K2JVB AC3WM AB5SE AB5SE AC3WM KE5AKL N3DC KI9T KG1A K2JVB K0FG K0FG K2JVB K5OHY N2YC KE5AKL N9DXP WD8RIF KI9T BENJAMINFRANKLIN - AB5SE W2ELS N2YC K2JVB W4KAC AC3WM WD8RIF N3RT WD8RIF N3RT W4KAC N3RT K2JVB AC8PL WF4I N9DXP ANATOMYRESEARCH - AA9RK N9DXP AA9RK WN4AT K5OHY WW4MW K5OHY N3RT W2ELS W2ELS W2TEF AA9RK AA9RK N3DC K5OHY RESURRECTIONMEN - AA9RK W2TEF W2ELS K2QU W3GTR W3GTR KE9BHN N2YC WN4AT WF4I N8YO WN4AT WW4MW KE9BHN WN4AT WILLIAMHEWSON - AC3WM KI9T AC8PL KE5AKL KI9T AA9RK WM4U K5OHY KE8PTX AC3WM N8JMS N8YO N6G NQ8T: 36CRAVENSTREET - TM13COL AH6AX TM13COL KB9RPG AE0YM N0NV AE0YM NQ5A WI0S TM13COL KB9RPG AE0YM WM3PEN TM13COL BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K2B AE0YM WI0S WM3PEN TM13COL K2E NQ5A KO4TFE TM13COL K2B AE0YM AE0YM K2B TM13COL WM3PEN K2E WM3PEN WI0S KO4TFE BENJAMINFRANKLIN - WB2SMK KO4TFE WM3PEN K2J KG1A TM13COL WI0S N0NV K2F N0GRP KG1A N0NV K2B TM13COL K2I N0NV ANATOMYRESEARCH - NQ5A N0NV NQ5A KM3STU TM13COL AE0YM AE0YM N0GRP KO4TFE WB2SMK VE3IGS K2A W3GTR TM13COL K2H RESURRECTIONMEN - W3GTR VE3IGS WB2SMK KM3STU NR1Z NR1Z KQ4EFU K2C KM3STU K2I KO4TFE KB4N AE0YM KQ4EFU KB4N WILLIAMHEWSON - WI0S VE3IGS TM13COL K2L VE3IGS K2A WM3PEN K2H KB0SNE WI0S KM3STU KO4TFE KB0SNE NN3E: 36CRAVENSTREET - N3GE KO6TX K2C KF6RMK VE7EA VE7EA VE7EA N7WPO KD8UZS KO6TX KF6RMK VE7EA VE7EA KO6TX BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K7BWW VE7EA KD8UZS VE7EA KF6RMK AF0E N7WPO K2EJT N1RWJ K2M N0IJK N0IJK K7BWW KO6TX N0IJK AF0E N7WPO N0IJK K2EJT BENJAMINFRANKLIN - KN6BAZ K2E N0IJK N0IJK KN6BAZ KF6RMK N0IJK KN6BAZ AF0E WB0RLJ KN6BAZ KN6BAZ KO6TX K2L K2I N3GE ANATOMYRESEARCH - AF0E N3GE AF0E KM4CFT KO6TX K2M WG0Y WB0RLJ K2E K9IS N3GE K2A N1RWJ K2C K2H RESURRECTIONMEN - N1RWJ N3GE K9IS KQ4EFU K0RQ K0RQ K2EJT KM4CFT KM4CFT K2I N7WPO N1RWJ K2M K2EJT N1RWJ WILLIAMHEWSON - N7WPO K9IS K2L WB0RLJ K9IS K2A KM4CFT K2H KQ4EFU N7WPO W0SK N7WPO AB4KN W2TEF: 36CRAVENSTREET - K3TE N6MRS W1RCP W1RCP KD3CA WB3AVD K3TE N6MRS N6MRS K3TE W1RCP K3TE N3FE K3TE BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - KR4IIB KD3CA N6MRS N3FE N6MRS W4ELP N6MRS W4UT W1RCP W2TP K0HX K0HX KR4IIB VO1AW K9IND W4ELP W1RCP KR4IIB W4UT BENJAMINFRANKLIN - WB3AVD AE8EA K9IND WB3DDJ WB3AVD N6MRS KR4IIB NL7V N3FE WW9R WB3AVD NL7V K3TE K3ULG KR4IIB N4HAL ANATOMYRESEARCH - VO1AW N4HAL VO1AW W2TP VO1AW AC9M N8JY WW9R AE8EA W2ELS AE8EA AC9M KR4IIB W1RCP N4HAL RESURRECTIONMEN - KR4IIB AE8EA W2ELS K3ULG N6MRS N6MRS K8RLE KD3CA W2TP KR4IIB N2XTO NX1V AC9M K8RLE NX1V WILLIAMHEWSON - W1RCP K9IND K3ULG NL7V K9IND AC9M N9WVM N4HAL W2ELS W1RCP WA2SPL N2XTO N3FE KC4GIA: 36CRAVENSTREET - TM13COL AC6J N1CCC K0RQ AC6J KZ9V KQ4EFU N1CCC KF5CSO TM13COL K0RQ KQ4EFU WM3PEN TM13COL BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K2B AC6J KF5CSO WM3PEN TM13COL KE8UEX N1CCC YT6X N1CCC K2J K0RQ K0RQ K2B KD7QOW WM3PEN KE8UEX WM3PEN K2I YT6X BENJAMINFRANKLIN - N7MEB KE8UEX WM3PEN K2J K2A TM13COL K2I N7MEB KQ4EFU AC1RV K2A N7MEB KD7QOW TM13COL AI5SM N5O ANATOMYRESEARCH - 9A44FF N5O 9A44FF MB1T KD7QOW WM3PEN KD9YEY AC1RV KE8UEX KC0CPS N7MEB AC1RV N5RAD N1CCC K2H RESURRECTIONMEN - N5RAD N7MEB KC0CPS KQ4EFU K8RLE K8RLE KD9YEY N1CCC MB1T AI5SM TM13COL N5RAD WM3PEN KD9YEY N5RAD WILLIAMHEWSON - KD7QOW II1HQ TM13COL K2L II1HQ AC1RV K2M K2H K8RLE KD7QOW AI5SM TM13COL N6HU N0IPA: 36CRAVENSTREET - KZ3T KN6OMN N7CW KX0R WA2USA WX7V JG0AWE KN6OMN WA2USA KH2TJ KX0R JG0AWE NT6E KH2TJ BASEMENT1200BONEPIT - K1LB WA2USA WA2USA NT6E KN6OMN K6EL KN6OMN K1WAT K1WAT WA2USA JG0AWE JG0AWE K1LB KN6OMN KN6OMN K6EL K6HPX AE7I K1WAT BENJAMINFRANKLIN - N7BYD N0DET KN6OMN JG0AWE WA2USA KN6OMN AE7I N7CW KF9D W5OTR WA2USA N7CW KN6OMN K1LB KI7QCF NT6E ANATOMYRESEARCH - JG0AWE NT6E JG0AWE KT0A KN6OMN N7KOM N7BYD W5OTR N0DET W5ODS AE7I K1WAT KF9R N7CW WU7H RESURRECTIONMEN - KF9R AE7I W5ODS WA2USA NF5R NF5R N0WAE W5QC KT0A KI7QCF W5ODS N7KOM N7KOM N0WAE N7KOM WILLIAMHEWSON - WA2USA AI7PS K1LB K6EL AI7PS K1WAT KQ4MHE WU7H KQ4MHE WA2USA W7SKH W5ODS N7BYD All the above get a certificate and participation point. All below get only a participation point.Not eligible for a certificate or participation point for the following reason(s): @ = Non-member $ = QRO power Soapbox: W4KAC: The planets aligned and I finished up this morning. Thanks for the fun. Ken, W4KAC KJ5T: This month all contacts were with the CFT-1, a couple were made from a POTA activation using the CFT-1 and EFHW and others were from home with my 6BTV. Bands weren't great the last couple of days and getting the V in the log was tricky but KB9VAN came up just enough to get it done. 73 de KJ5T VE9VIC: I was lucky to find a number 6 in Michigan AH6AX: Tnx for another great story and challenge! W4JL: Another tough one with coditions, but got it! 72 W4JL Dave NC #10660 NQ8T: Thank YOU! for yet another QRP activity! 72 steve |