Special Event News – 5 November 2017
Many amateur radio operators will use the 630m band on the 11 November during a special operating event to commemorate the 1906 Berlin Treaty.
On the 3 November of that year the treaty made 500kHz the international distress frequency.
Canadian and authorised US radio amateurs will operate from 472 to 479kHz, using CW.
Some stations are expected to offer cross-band contacts, transmitting on 630m and listening on 160, 80, and 40m.
Experimental operators, including WD2XSH stations and others who don’t yet have UTC approval, will operate in the 472-479kHz band or just outside of it, and there may be some operation on 500kHz proper.
The Maritime Radio Historical Society will activate its KSM/KPH transmitter at Bolinas, California with special messages and bulletins.
Category: GB2RS Special Events
