The Gathering - Irish amateur radio special event

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"The Gathering... an Irish party, on and off the airwaves."

Throughout 2013, Irish families and clans will be coming together in thousands of events, both on the island and around the globe, to celebrate their history and heritage in a unique event called "The Gathering".

Irish amateur radio stations, North and South, will be participating and all operators throughout the world, whether they have some green Irish blood or not, are invited to join-in the celebrations.

The special event callsign EI13CLAN will be active throughout the year and there will be a variety of awards and other activities, details of which will be posted on the IRTS Web site at - http://www.irts.ie/thegathering

QSL via Bureau or direct to the QSL Manager EI6AL at the following address - Silver Howe Sydenham Mews, Corrig Avenue Dunlaoghaire, Co Dublin IRELAND.

The BBC broadcast morse code for 90th anniversary

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Wednesday 14 November 2012 was the 90th anniversary of the first broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from station 2LO London.

At 17:33 GMT a composition, 2LO Calling, composed by Blur frontman Damon Albarn was played to radio listeners around the world to mark 90 years of BBC broadcasting. It included a quote from philosopher Bertrand Russell, "Love is wise, hatred is foolish", broadcast in Morse code.

The BBC report that more that 55 stations transmitted the 2LO Calling composition, it can also be heard online - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zl7xd

The BBC at 90 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9769000/9769490.stm

Damon Albarn marks 90 years of BBC radio - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20309289

Listen to BBC's first radio broadcast and other highlights - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20325049

Former hostage John McCarthy on radio lifeline - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20326184

2LO - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2LO

N0D special event station celebrating the End of the World

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According to one of the three Mayan Calendars, the End of the World will occur on 21 December 2012.

To celebrate this literally once in a lifetime event, Special Event Station N0D (Now Zero Days) will be activated for three days during and after(?) the end of the world.

December 20 is a celebration of the end of the world. 21 December 2012, the day of destruction, we will be on the air as long as possible. 22 December 2012, that is a little iffy right now.

N0D will be activated on the satellites by Allen Mattis, N5AFV, on 20 December, 2012, on 21 December 2012 unless the day of destruction makes that impossible, and on 22 December 2012 if the world survives.

More information is available on the Official N0D website - http://www.nowzerodays.com