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08/13/2016 | Abandoned PA Turnpike Tunnel (Sideling Hill Tunnel)
Aug 13, 1400Z-1800Z, W3UU/70, Etters, PA. Harrisburg Radio Amateurs' Club. 14.265 7.265. QSL. Terry Snyder, WB3BKN, PO Box 355, Halifax, PA 17032. Celebrating Harrisburg Radio Amateurs' Club's 70th anniversary with the second special event of the summer at the Sideling Hill abandoned PA Turnpike Tunnel. location: 40.04726°N 78.116634°W. FN00WB. This section of the PA Turnpike was bypassed in 1968 because of the choke point created by these tunnels. SASE QSL info on QRZ W3UU and on www.w3uu.org www.w3uu.org
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08/13/2016 | Anniversary of the First Transatlantic Telegraph Message Between Two Heads of State
Aug 13-Aug 16, 1400Z-2359Z, N3B, Bedford, PA. Bedford County Amateur Radio Society. 28.450 14.330 14.030 21.240 21.030 7.240 7.030. Certificate. BCARS, See URL to print certificate, or , 300 Cumberland Rd, Bedford, PA 15522. Times are daily. Certificate available from website, printed available for SASE and $2. This event took place between then President Buchanan at the Bedford Springs Hotel, and Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, on August 16, 1958. www.bcars.org
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08/13/2016 | Civilian Conservation Corps On the Air
Aug 13-Aug 14, 1400Z-2100Z, KG8JK, Petoskey, MI. CCC On-the-Air. 21.250 14.250 7.250 3.950. Certificate. Dirk Esterline, 3106 Greenfield Dr., Petoskey, MI 49770. The third annual CCC On-The-Air weekend will be held the second full weekend in August, 2016. The event will start Saturday at 14:00Z (10:00am EDT) and run until Sunday 21:00Z (5:00 pm EDT). We would encourage you to activate the actual location of one of the camps however, if it is no longer accessible or you cannot get permission to set up on the site, you may operate from one of the project sites the camp worked on. Many state local parks have buildings that were constructed by the "CCC Boys" and would make a suitable place to not only honor them but also promote Amateur Radio at the same time. Contact ccc@qsl.net for more info. www.qsl.net/ccc
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08/13/2016 | USS Midway Museum Ship; USCG Establishment Special Event
Aug 13, 1600Z-2300Z, NI6IW, San Diego, CA. USS Midway (CV-41) Museum Ship. 14.320 7.250; PSK31 on 14.070; D-STAR on REF001C. QSL. USS Midway Museum Ship Radio Room, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101.
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08/14/2016 | 75th Anniversary of Martyrdom of Saint Maximilian Kolbe -SP3RN
Aug 14-Aug 20, 1600Z-2100Z, K3M, Bedford, PA. Saint Maximilian Kolbe Net . 3.814 + or - 7.214 + or - 14.314 + or - 21.314 + or -. Certificate. Lloyd Bankson Roach, K3QNT, 120 W Watson St, Bedford, PA 15522. Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM -SP3RN gave his life so another prisoner could live at Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 14 August 1941. He operated between 1938 and 1940 at his large monastery at Niepokalanow, Poland. His radio operations were at the monastery in Poland and the community at Mugnzai No Sono in Nagasaki, Japan. He is the Patron Saint of Amateur Radio. Contact: Lloyd K3QNT at k3qnt@arrl.net. Full details can be seen at www.qrz.com/db/SP3RN and www.saintmaxnet.org
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08/14/2016 | Navajo Code Talkers Day
Aug 14-Aug 16, 0000Z-0000Z, N7C, Window Rock, AZ. Navajo Amateur Radio Club. 14.265 7.265. QSL. Herbert Goodluck, PO Box 06, Chinle, AZ 86503. www.qrz.com/db/n7c
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08/19/2016 | Mud Volleyball (Epilepsy Foundation of CT)
Aug 19-Aug 20, 1600Z-2000Z, W1EDH/1, Middletown, CT. Middlesex Amateur Radio Society. 14.076 14.040 14.240 7.040. Certificate & QSL. Mac Harper, W1FYM, 76 Overlook Rd, Glastonbury, CT 06033. Summer condx, anticipate PSK, JT65, CW daytime; CW and SSB in evening. Operating through the night. Location is in Middlesex County, FN31qm w1edh.weebly.com
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08/19/2016 | Wicomico County Fair
Aug 19-Aug 21, 2200Z-0200Z, W3PRO, Salisbury, MD. Peninsula Radio Operators Society. 14.240 7.240. QSL. Rick Holloway, 30427 W Rustic Dr, Salisbury, MD 21804. On location at the Wicomico County Fair in Salisbury, Maryland. Send SASE for a QSL Card to Rick Holloway K3RIC, 30427 West Rustic Dr. Salisbury, MD 21804
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