[ETSList] 1st Cuba-US Field Day operation set (Jun 27)

[Ronald A. Loneker Sr. KA2BZS]

First joint Cuba-US Field Day operation set (Jun 27, 2003) -- Members of
the Pi�a Colada
Contest Club (KP2AA) will join forces with the Federaci�n de
Radioaficionados de Cuba in
the first-ever joint Cuba-US Field Day operation June 28-29. Operating
as CO0US (and T42FD
for the "Get On The Air" newcomer station), the team will operate from a
location near Havana
(Grid EL83) on 80 through 2 meters. Commemorative QSLs recognizing the
two countries'
common interest in emergency communication preparedness and
international goodwill through
Amateur Radio will be available via K7JA (include an SASE or SAE and
other return postage).
Participating Cuban operators will include Arnie Coro, CO2KK. Chip
Margelli, K7JA, will be
among the US operators. "All the operators and support people look
forward to making as many
QSOs as possible and testing our ability to provide a wide-area
emergency communications link
throughout the duration of Field Day," Margelli said. This marks the
second year that Field Day
welcomes participation by stations throughout International Amateur
Radio Union Region 2--the
Americas. In Field Day, operators outside the US and Canada exchange
operating class and "DX"
as their "section" designator. Signal reports are not exchanged during
ARRL Field Day, which
begins at 1800 UTC June 28 and ends 2100 UTC June 29. Complete rules are
on the ARRL
Web site.--Chip Margelli, K7JA

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