{"id":25480,"date":"2017-05-05T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=25480"},"modified":"2017-05-03T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T11:47:19","slug":"w9ims-special-event-stations-may-7-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/w9ims-special-event-stations-may-7-13\/","title":{"rendered":"W9IMS special event stations, May 7-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Brian D. Smith, who writes:<\/p>\n

My radio club is about to begin another year of W9IMS special events commemorating the 3 major auto races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re among the most popular annual special event operations in the United States (along with the Original 13 Colonies and Route 66). Our first special event (for the Grand Prix) will run from May 7-13; for more complete info, go to www.w9ims.org<\/a><\/p>\n

As you probably recall, we offer 3 new and colorful QSL cards every year, as well as a nice certificate for stations that work all 3 special events in a given year.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the offer extends to SWLs as well<\/strong> … so paper chasers, take note! And here\u2019s a tip for locating us when we\u2019re on the air: Keep an eye on DX Summit — http:\/\/www.dxsummit.fi\/#\/<\/a> \u2013 which will feature constantly updated DX spots for W9IMS during our weeks of operation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Excellent–thanks for sharing this, Brian. It’s great to know that this event will also issue QSLs for SWL reports!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Brian D. Smith, who writes: My radio club is about to begin another year of W9IMS special events commemorating the 3 major auto races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. We\u2019re among the most popular annual special event operations in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,1167],"tags":[3963,4102,6168],"class_list":["post-25480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-brian-smith","tag-ham-radio","tag-w9ims"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6CY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32007,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/today-w9ims-special-event-honoring-races-at-the-indianapolis-motor-speedway\/","url_meta":{"origin":25480,"position":0},"title":"Today: W9IMS special event honoring races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway","author":"Thomas","date":"May 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor Brian D. 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