Special event on 600m for Anniversary of Titanic sinking: >April 13, 2012 > >Gentlemen: > > The ARRL WD2XSH experimental stations and others >will be holding a special event on 500 kHz to mark the >100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. > > Operations will occur on Friday night 04/13, >Saturday night 04/14, and maybe Sunday night 04/15. >Operations will occur in the bands from 472 to 512 kHz. > > WD2XSH stations will operate on 472 to 478 kHz >as well as 495 - 510 kHz. Operations will include >calling on 500 kHz followed by QSY as well as beacon >transmissions with commemorative messages. > > WA1ZMS (WF9XIH) will transmit a simulation of >the MGY spark gap on 483 kHz. WE2XGR will also >make a simulated spark-gap transmission. > > Heritage stations WNE (472 kHz, MA) and NWVC >(512 kHz, OH) will also be operating. > > > Juergen Gerpott DL8PFB sends word of a cross-band >event. The weather-service station DDH47 in Pinneberg- >Hamburn will send Morsecode keying from 14th April 22:30 gmt >until 15th April 02:00 gmt. After a broadcast to all ham >radio amateurs might contact ddh47 on amateur hf bands and >have qso with ddh47/dl0swa. During the silence periods of >former maritime service the names of radio officers will be >keyed at very low speed ( qrss3 one dot at 3 seconds) for long >distance and below noise level recognition of signals. Reports >from US and Canadian stations are very welcome. > >http//:www.doese-apprt.de/mrd/titanic.html > > >73 de Fritz W1FR >Coordinator, ARRL 500-kHz experiment > >Frederick H. (Fritz) Raab, Ph.D. >GREEN MOUNTAIN RADIO RESEARCH COMPANY >77 Vermont Avenue, Fort Ethan Allen >Colchester, Vermont 05446 USA >Tel./Fax.: +1 (802) 655-9670 Home: +1 (802) 862-0997 >E-mail: f.r...@ieee.org
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