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Title: [RAC-Bulletin] 06-017E Special Canadian Prefixes Authorized Post by: Ed-VA3ES on December 05, 2006, 03:33:57 PM At the request of Radio Amateurs of Canada, Industry Canada has authorized all Canadian radio amateurs to use special event prefixes for the months of December 2006 and January 2007, to mark the 100th anniversary of the first AM voice broadcast by Reginald Fessenden on Decemebr 24, 1906.
Reginald Fessenden, who was born in East Bolton, Quebec, on October 6, 1866, and lived until July 22, 1932, was the holder of more than 500 patents on a wide variety of subjects, and the inventor of radio as we know it today. He is particularly known for: the first voice transmission by radio in 1900, the first transatlantic two-way radio communications in January 1906, and the first radio broadcasts of entertainment and music in December 1906. On Christmas Eve, 1906, from a transmitting station in Brant Rock, Massachussetts, he sent a short program which included the song O Holy Night played on the violin and a reading from the Bible. A second short program was broadcast on December 31, 1906. Canadian radio amateurs are authorized to use the following special event prefixes during the period 1 December 2006 to 31 January 2007 inclusive: CF for VA stations CG for VE stations CH for VO stations CI0 for VY0 stations CI1forVY1 stations CI2 for VY2 stations. ---------- Send comments to: rachq@rac.ca Title: Re: [RAC-Bulletin] 06-017E Special Canadian Prefixes Authorized Post by: W2PFY on December 05, 2006, 07:24:05 PM Thanks Ed, That sure clears things up. There was a CG2PLL calling CQ DX on 3.881. 12-5-06
I was the first to answer this rare DX. There are not many hams north of the border that bother to operate AM from this QTH. He was located near Montréal. Title: Re: [RAC-Bulletin] 06-017E Special Canadian Prefixes Authorized Post by: Tom WA3KLR on December 08, 2006, 09:10:01 AM The Canadian AM'ers I have heard on lately are not using the CF/CG prefixes.
Why not, eh? See you on 3725 soon, eh? Title: Re: [RAC-Bulletin] 06-017E Special Canadian Prefixes Authorized Post by: Ed-VA3ES on December 08, 2006, 02:06:26 PM The Canadian AM'ers I have heard on lately are not using the CF/CG prefixes. Eh, eh? I posted the callsign list on VA3NTH's Short Skip website. I guess the Canuks don't care. Or have forgotten already. The cold causes short-term memory loss. Did I tell you that cold causes short-term memory loss? Eh?Why not, eh? See you on 3725 soon, eh? Eh? |