[Boatanchors] Midwinter 630 Operating Event

[Mark K3MSB]

When I passed my Extra (1977 I think...) I elected to get a new shorter 2x1
call.   The call I got was AC3C !!   That was an unofficial prefix for
Sikkim, near to Tibet and India.   Like you I had some "fun" with that...

>From the ARRL deleted list:

(AC3)  Only  contacts  made  April  30, 1975, and  before,  count  for
 this  entity.   Contacts  made  May  1, 1975, and after,  count  as  India
 (VU).

73 Mark K3MSB

On Jan 30, 2017 8:06 PM, "Whitebear1122" <whitebear1122 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I remember that very well.  I read and re-read QST several times to make
> sure I understood the rules because it was sort of unbelievable.  Right
> after January 1 1976 I got on 20 meter RTTY from the Milwaukee School of
> Engineering W9HHX using the call AC9HHX.  At the time “AC” was Tibet.
> W9HHX was running a pair of Drake 4B twins, driving a Collins 30S-1 to
> maximum power, into a Hygain TH6DXX up on the roof of the school.  That
> station was heard all around the world.  Anyway, I called CQ on RTTY and it
> was bedlam as everyone was trying to contact the AC9 in “Tibet".  Boy were
> they bummed when they found out it was just me from ole Milwaukee Wisconsin
> using the special event call sign.. hi hi It was fun while it lasted.  By
> the way, the Drake T-4XB drove the 30S-1 to maximum power easily, and that
> 30S1 ran full power on RTTY with no problems.
>
> 73, Scott WA9WFA
>
>
> > On Jan 30, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bry
> >
> > We did the same thing for our bicentennial in 1976.  My call sign started
> > with WA and I think I was allowed to use AA.
> >
> > 73 Mark K3MSB
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2017 3:29 PM, "Bry Carling" <AF4K at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
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