[KYHAM] HPM's 135th Birthday Celebration

[Ron Dodson]

Keep an ear out for KA4MAP/135 throughout the period will be on HF, 6, 2 
and 440 whenever operating time allows.

73,
Ron, KA4MAP
SEC Ky


>==>AMATEUR COMMUNITY INVITED TO CELEBRATE MAXIM BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
>
>Members of the amateur community are invited to help celebrate the 135th
>birthday anniversary of the League's co-founder and first president Hiram
>Percy Maxim, W1AW, who was born September 2, 1869. ARRL Life Members and
>the League's extended family of elected and appointed volunteers and
>officials are eligible to identify by appending /135 to their call signs.
>The complete eligibility list
><http://www.arrl.org/qst/2004/09/field-positions-135.html>(or see Sep QST,
>p 40) also includes ARRL Headquarters staff members as well as past and
>present ARRL directors, presidents, vice presidents and honorary vice
>presidents.
>
>Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will be on the air for the 135th birthday
>anniversary event. While W1AW has been appending "/90" to its call sign to
>mark the ARRL's 90th anniversary, it will go with the /135 identifier
>during the birthday celebration period.
>
>The object of the 10-day event is to work as many HPM/135 stations as you
>can. Putting at least 25 in the log will make you eligible for an
>attractive certificate, designed especially for this occasion and
>endorsable in increments of 25 contacts up to a maximum of 100 (but don't
>stop there).
>
>The HPM/135 event begins at 0000 UTC on Thursday, September 2, and
>concludes at 2400 UTC on Sunday, September 12. Stations may be contacted
>for credit on any band or mode--including repeaters. HPM/135 stations
>transmit signal report, appointment (or position) and name. All others
>transmit signal report and name.
>
>To obtain a certificate, submit a log extract including date, time, band,
>call sign worked and exchange for each /135 contact. HPM/135 stations are
>eligible for certificates too. Include your name, call sign and address
>and indicate how many HPM/135 stations you worked.
>
>Entries go to HPM/135 Celebration, c/o W1AW, 225 Main St, Newington, CT
>06111-1494. Entries may be submitted on a floppy disk or CD in text
>format. Include a check or money order for US$5, payable to ARRL. Entries
>must be postmarked by October 16, 2004.
>