Contests, DXpeditions and Special Events

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Remembering the Sultana Special event N2S

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:43 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...nt-n2s.521509/

04/30/2016 | Remembering the Sultana

Apr 30, 1400Z-2000Z, N2S, Marion, AR. Sultana Disaster Museum. 50.140
21.360 14.270 7.235. QSL. R. Melena, WN2V, 6631 Vallendar Cv, Memphis, TN
38135. We will operate from 0900 CDT to 1500 CDT on April 30, 2016.
Remembering Sultana On April 27, 1865, towards the end of the Civil War,
the steamboat Sultana exploded and sank while traveling up the Mississippi
River, killing an estimated 1,700 people. The event remains the worst
maritime...



Remembering the Sultana Special event N2S

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R1961GP paying tribute to the first man in space GAGARIN

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:31 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...agarin.521507/

Special memorial radio amateur station paying tribute to the first man in
space, signing as R1961GP is active in April 2016.

The station is located on the landing site of the first manned spaceship
Vostok 1 about 40km southeast of the city of Saratov, Russia.

The station is operated by a group of amateur radio enthusiasts from the
cities of Saratov and Engels.