{"id":51893,"date":"2022-02-16T07:56:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51893"},"modified":"2022-02-16T07:56:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:56:40","slug":"special-event-to-mark-voas-80th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/special-event-to-mark-voas-80th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Event to Mark VOA’s 80th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Kim Elliott<\/a>, who shares the following news from the Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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VOA 80th Anniversary Special Event<\/h1>\n

To honor this 80 year commitment, three stations have been invited by VOA to be \u201cspecial event stations<\/em>\u201d in the amateur radio bands with the call signs of W3V<\/strong>\u00a0(VOA in Washington DC), W8O<\/strong>\u00a0(VOA Museum in West Chester, Ohio), W4A<\/strong>\u00a0(VOA in Greenville, NC) where the suffix of the calls spell out \u201cVOA<\/strong>\u201c. This event is scheduled to start on February 19th and 20th, from 9am-5pm each day eastern time.[…]<\/p>\n

Date<\/h3>\n

This event will start\u00a0Saturday February 19th<\/strong>\u00a0at 9am to 5pm (Eastern Time) and go through to\u00a0Sunday February 20th<\/strong>\u00a0at 9am to 5pm, 2022 (Eastern Time).<\/p>\n

Bands & Modes<\/h3>\n

Operating modes will be SSB, CW, Digital (FT8) on 20, 40, 80 meter bands. SSB will start at 14,280 \/ 7,280 \/ 3,880 MHz and move up or down to a clear frequency. CW frequencies will be in the CW-General portion of each band. Check\u00a0DxSpots<\/a>\u00a0to find us at a specific time. FT8 will be on the FT8 frequencies on each band as set by WSJT-X software.<\/p>\n

QSL<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Amateur radio stations that contact the VOA stations will get an electronic\u00a0QSL card<\/strong>\u00a0via email\u00a0from each special event station automatically if their email is correct on<\/em>\u00a0QRZ.com<\/strong>. An electronic Certificate will also be sent in PDF format that has contact acknowledgement and information on the stations. Stations that wish to get the paper QSL cards should contact the VOA stations directly and send SASE\u2019s. The cards will be mailed after the event.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full announcement with more details.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kim Elliott, who shares the following news from the Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club: VOA 80th Anniversary Special Event To honor this 80 year commitment, three stations have been invited by VOA to be \u201cspecial event stations\u201d in the amateur radio bands with the call signs of W3V\u00a0(VOA in Washington […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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],"tags":[1664,10,9666,182],"class_list":["post-51893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-kim-elliott","tag-voa","tag-voa-special-event-station","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-duZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35649,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/voa-museum-75th-anniversary-events-activities\/","url_meta":{"origin":51893,"position":0},"title":"VOA Museum 75th Anniversary Events & Activities","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WVXU via Michael Bird) Voice Of America Museum Sets 75th Anniversary Events The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting will celebrate the 75th anniversary of West Chester Township's Bethany Station with yearlong programs highlighted by a presentation by VOA White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman on March 6.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-1-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-1-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-1-1024x678.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14862,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/want-to-develop-a-voa-radiogram-application\/","url_meta":{"origin":51893,"position":1},"title":"Want to develop a VOA Radiogram application?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you an application developer? 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