Poor Band Conditions…. NOPE

Don’t think so….

For the last hour I have been listening to Special Event Station CK6S make contact and concact from the Calgary Stampede in Calgary Alberta.  He currently is operating on 20m (14.252 usb) as of 1510utc

And the really neat thing is that I can hear most of the stations (not all) that he is working…  Its great to have on as background noise and just listen to the band just booming…

For those of you who do contesting you might recognise the voice at the mic…  I did…

Thanks to the Calgary Amateur Radio Association (CARA) for doing a fantastic job of promoting Amateur Radio

73bob

YEEEEEHAAAWWWWWW

The following came to me via the RAC Bulletin Service and just in case you don’t subscribe to the service I thought I would post it here…  After reading it …  Why not subscribe to the service???

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Special Event Station CK6S July 5 – 15, 2012
2012-06-12

CK6S – Special Event Station for the 100th Anniversary of the Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Amateur Radio Association will be operating special event station CK6S, from July 5 to 15th celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Calgary Stampede.

A special QSL card will be available through the QSL bureau or direct, following the CK6S/VE6AO QSL instructions on QRZ.com.

Planned frequencies are in the general portion of the US phone bands around 3.825, 7.180, 14.250, 21.320 & 28.475 +-QRM

All amateurs within the City of Calgary can also use special prefixes CJ6 for VA6 and CK6 for VE6 for the same period.

Work 10 Calgary stations and you can qualify for the Stampede City Award, illustrating the chuckwagon races: http://cara.memberlodge.com/Default.aspx?pageId=905198

73,

Michael Ross, VE6TC
Calgary Amateur Radio Association

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Vernon Ikeda – VE2MBS/VE2QQ
Pointe-Claire, Québec
RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor

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Thanks to the Calgary Amateur Radio Association and the RAC Bulletin Service  for this information

73bob