{"id":38588,"date":"2019-07-21T06:59:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38588"},"modified":"2019-07-21T06:59:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T10:59:22","slug":"apollo-11-ham-radio-special-event-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/apollo-11-ham-radio-special-event-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 11 ham radio special event stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Randy (KS4L), who writes:<\/p>\n

Don’t know if you’re aware, but there are a number of Special Event Stations on the air this weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.<\/p>\n

This includes W4A at the US Space and Rocket Center here in Huntsville. W4A has 2 SSB stations on 20m and 40m, and a CW station switching between 40m, 30m, 20m and 15m. I believe there may also be a satellite station.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the tip, Randy! I’ll have to put some of these stations in the logs!<\/p>\n

The ARRL has also published a comprehensive list of other special event stations on their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

N8A, until July 24, Midwest VHF\/UHF Society, West Chester, Ohio; WB4ICJ, July 14 \u2013 20, Kennedy Space Center; N1A, July 14 \u2013 28, Milford (Ohio) Amateur Radio Club; N4A, July 16 \u2013 25, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Amateur Radio Club; K2M, July 16 \u2013 24, Great South By Amateur Radio Club (honoring those who built the LEM on Long Island); K2CAM, July 16 \u2013 24, Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club;<\/p>\n

N5A, July 18 \u2013 21, Razorback Contest Club, Springdale, Arkansas; W3A, July 18 \u2013 23, the National Electronics Museum Amateur Radio Club (K3NEM); W4A, July 19 \u2013 21, Huntsville (Alabama) Amateur Radio Club; K8QYL, July 20, Reservoir Amateur Radio Association; K9MOT, July 20 \u2013 21, Motorola Amateur Radio Club; N0M, July 20 \u2013 22, South East Metro Amateur Radio Club; K1M, July 20 \u2013 28, Stratford Amateur Radio Club; GB5EHL, until July 28, Leicester Radio Society \u201cEagle Has Landed\u201d commemoration, and PA11APOLLO, until August 2, in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Search<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for additional Apollo 11 special event stations on the ARRL website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Operations end for many of these stations today (July 21). Work them while you can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Randy (KS4L), who writes: Don’t know if you’re aware, but there are a number of Special Event Stations on the air this weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. This includes W4A at the US Space and Rocket Center here in Huntsville. W4A […]<\/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],"tags":[4225,7903,4102,7492],"class_list":["post-38588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-apollo-11","tag-apollo-11-special-event-stations","tag-ham-radio","tag-randy-ks4l"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a2o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35359,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/new-release-of-win4k3suite-includes-broadcast-schedules\/","url_meta":{"origin":38588,"position":0},"title":"New release of Win4K3Suite includes broadcast EIBI schedules","author":"Thomas","date":"December 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,Randy (KS4L), who shares the following update via\u00a0Tom Blahovici of Win4K3Suite: There is a new release of Win4K3Suite. 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