Thursday, November 03, 2011

Local amateur radio club honours 150th birthday of Dr. James Naismith

SPECIAL EVENT: 150th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY of DR. JAMES NAISMITH, ALMONTE NATIVE, INVENTOR OF BASKETBALL

Sponsored by the Almonte Amateur Radio Club Inc. with the Dr. James Naismith Basketball Foundation and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority

Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 24 hour operation 0000-2359 UTC (8:00 p.m. Eastern November 5 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern November 6)

Place: Mill of Kintail, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, Latitude 45.244339 N, Longitude 76.258062 W, FN 15vf, ITU 4, CQ 4

Description:
Special Event: VA3AAR celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dr. James Naismith, Almonte native, to honour the inventor of basketball at the Mill of Kintail near his birthplace.

Frequencies:
20 m 14150 kHz +/- 5 kHz,
40 m 7250 kHz +/- 5 kHz
80 m near 3755 kHz.
(Frequencies subject to adjustment if already in use by other stations).

Special commemorative QSL.

For more Information regarding VHF and D-STAR contact channels go to: AARC Inc. Email contact Rob Webb VE3UIX, AARC Inc. President, ve3uix@almontearclub.ca

No comments: