Nice Post Henry. Thanks. Might be wanting to go up to see the station and operate, etc.
73....Rick -- W5RH On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 2:47 AM D. Howard Bingham via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > *From: Austinhams* > > *Forwarded by: D. Howard Bingham ke5apj* > > *============================* > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [austinhams] WWV Anniversary and special event station... > Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 07:08:22 -0500 > From: Charlie Hein [email protected] [austinhams] > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > > *The National Institute of Standards and Technology Radio Station WWV *will > be celebrating its 100-year anniversary in October 2019. The oldest > continuously operating radio station in the world deserves a grand > celebration. > > The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Northern > Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC) have reached an agreement and are > working together to organize the event. > > NIST will focus on the plans for Tuesday, October 1, when they will host a > recognition ceremony and an open house at the radio station north of Fort > Collins. > > NCARC will operate a special event amateur radio station, call sign > *WW0WWV*, on the WWV property starting September 28 and going 24-hours a > day through October 2. The goal is to make as many U.S. and world-wide > contacts during the 120-hour period as possible, using multiple bands and > multiple modes on at least 4 simultaneous transmitters. The effort will > require hundreds of volunteer operators. > Information on the Special Events Station visit: http://wwv100.com > > <https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2019/10/nist-radio-station-wwv-100-year-anniversary> > <https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2019/10/nist-radio-station-wwv-100-year-anniversary> > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: Charlie Hein <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Rick Hiller *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Cell: 832-474-3713* *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* * Houston, TX 77036*
_______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]
