Route 66 On The Air 2024

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The 2024 Route 66 On The Air special event will be active September 7-15. This year, 23 clubs located across the route will be operating special 1x1 callsigns. QSL cards and certificates will be available.

This year marks the 25th year of this great radio event. Originally started by the Northern Arizona DX Association, it was a way to allow amateur radio operators a fun way to "Relive the Ride." They also can relive their own memories of Route 66, and get to celebrate the highway’s rich history in making the U.S. what it is today.

Route 66 On The Air 2024 - https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/route-66-on-the-air-s-e-starts-sept-7-2024-wtih-23-stations.928542/

Merchant Navy Day Special Event

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Special event station GB0MND will be on the air to honour merchant seafarers of the world and the British Merchant Navy. GB0MND will be active on Merchant Navy Day, September 3, 2024 from South Shields, a seafaring town on the North East coast of England. Look for this special event station on HF operating CW, SSB, and digital modes.

GB0MND (QRZ) - https://www.qrz.com/db/GB0MND

Celebrating the Dawn of Mass Global Communication

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Celebrating the Dawn of Mass Global Communication

In October 2024, Radio Amateurs in the UK and New Zealand will be celebrating and re-enacting the world’s very first trans-global two-way radio communication. Special callsigns will be active, and awards and QSL cards will be available for those who make contact with these special stations.

At the turn of the last century, radio communication was in its infancy. The properties of "Hertzian Waves" – what we now call radio waves - were only just beginning to be understood.

Starting with Marconi, the use of a crude form of radio communication began to evolve. The development of the thermionic valve then opened up opportunities both in radio transmitter and receiver design. However, the "conventional wisdom" remained that the longer wavelengths of radio signals (as used by Marconi) were those most suited to long-distance radio communication.

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