[AGCW] 50 Years celebration of DWD on 8/9 November 2002

[Thomas M. Rösner]

Forward:

During the night from 8th to 9th November 2002, the National Weather 
Service of Germany, Deutscher Wetterdienst is going to celebrate it's
50th anniversary. A special crossband event will take place between
amateur radio stations and weather service longwave transmitter ddh47
on 147,3 kHz from 22:30 GMT until 05:30 GMT. Amateur radio stations 
are encouraged to call DL0SWA/DDH47 on 3565, 7025 or 14052 kHZ 
according to announcement made by transmissions from DDH47. The crew
of DL0SWA (Seewetteramt) listens for calls on mentioned hf frequencies
and replies on longwave 147,3 kHz and shortwave (7025, 1 watt)
Please give rapport for ddh47 at your place and your locater only. 
Your rapport is used to calculate 
receiption diagrams. During the former silence periods in maritime 
service, twice an hour from h+15 to h+18 and h+45 to h+48 minutes the 
transmitter will be keyed with the names of famouse scientists in 
ultra slow keying. Expect one dot in 3 seconds. This special 
transmission 
is for long distance receiption for proof of recognition. The crew of 
DL0SWA is hopefully to get reports from America!
All weather services of the world benefitted from the invention of 
wireless. From this time on weather reports could be taken from far 
away places and be submitted to the service just in time. After 
analysing
the weather situation, forecast could be made and being sent back to 
shipping by famous stations like Washington/NSS, Portishead/GKB and 
Pinneberg/DDH47. 
On 11th November 1952 the national weather service of Germany,
Deutscher Wetterdienst was founded as a national authority.
This crossband event is conducted to celebrate it's 50th anniversary of
service.
QSL cards are printed and distributed after the event via DARC Bureau.
The crew is asking for fair play in calling us, so that more distant
stations got the same chance to be heared as close ones.
This event has been given approval by the national radio authority,
Regulierungsbehoerde fuer Telecommunikation und Post and comes to you
by courtesy of Deutscher Wetterdienst.
Webinfo: 
www.dwd.de/de/wir/Geschaeftsfelder/Seeschifffahrt/Sendeplaene/Amateurfunk