Thursday, April 12, 2007

Amateur radio commemorates Radio Maritime Day April 14-15

RMD SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event stations to be active from 1200z April 14th to 1200z April 15th to commemorate Radio Maritime Day. This is a CW event which will be operated from former marine coastal radio stations and possibly ships at sea. Suggested frequencies are: 1854, 3520, 7020, 14052, 21052 and 28052 kHz.

Look for the following mentioned stations (or individual operators with a special /designator): RĂ¼gen Radio /DHS (MRD callsign DL2DHS) Norddeich Radio /DAN (MRD callsign DL7DAN) Boulogne Radio /FFB (MRD callsign TM1FFB) ST Lys Radio /FFL (MRD callsign TM2FFL) ST Nazaire Radio /FFO (MRD callsign TM3FFO) Napoli Radio /IQH (MRD callsign IIOIQH) La Spezia Radio /ICS (MRD callsign II1ICS) Roma Radio /IAR (MRD callsign IIOIAR) Genova Radio /ICB (MRD callsign II1ICB) Trieste Radio /IQX (MRD callsign II3IQX) San Benedetto Radio /IQP (MRD callsign IQ6SB) Portisheadradio GKA (MRD callsign MOROA) South Chatham Massachussets Radio /WCC (MRD callsign WA1WCC) KPH / KSM Radio (MRD callsign K6KPH) Tuckerton Wireless /WSC (MRD callsign W2WSC) Gothenburg Radio /SAG (MRD callsign SK6SAG) Praha Radio /OLP (MRD callsign OL32OLP) See the RMD Web page for further info and updated stations at: www.radiomaritimeday. org (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #799 & 803/ODXA Listening In-Ham Radio Corner)