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WAS PALPABLE.  THE ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION IN THE US CONSTRUCTED A
REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL 1BCG TRANSMITTER AND PLANNED TO USE IT ON 160
METERS ON THE EVENING OF OUR ACTIVATION.  THEIR CALL SIGN WAS W2AN/1BCG ON
1820 KHZ, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM THEM.  AN ATTEMPT TO
CONTACT W1AW ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO ATTEMPT A CONTACT BETWEEN GB2ZE AND
W1AW A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE 160 METER TRANSATLANTIC CENTENARY QSO PARTY.
OUR STATION HAD A VISIT FROM RSGB PRESIDENT STEWART BRYANT, G3YSX, WHO HAD
PREPARED A SHORT MESSAGE FROM RSGB TO ARRL FOR US TO TRANSMIT TO W1AW.  OUR
PLAN WAS FOR THE W1AW OPERATOR ARRL CEO DAVID MINSTER, NA2AA TO CALL ME,
THE GB2ZE OPERATOR, FIRST USING PERSONAL CALL SIGNS AND THEN USING W1AW AND
GB2ZE IF THE CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED.  NA2AA WAS HEARD CLEARLY IN ARDROSSAN
ON 1814 KHZ AT 0155 UTC, AND WE RESPONDED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
UNFORTUNATELY, A CONTACT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED.  THE TRANSATLANTIC QSO PARTY
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