The
amateur radio club at Kansas State University will take part in the K-State
Radio Centennial: A Century of Sound and Service commemoration of one-hundred
years of broadcasting with a special event station from September 8 through
September 15. The club will operate from the campus using the amateur radio
special event call sign K0S. The special event call sign has been issued by the
Federal Communications Commission specifically for this commemorative occasion
to promote Kansas State University and its history of one-hundred years of
broadcasting.
The
amateur radio club will be using the club station facilities, located on the fourth
floor of Seaton Hall, during the week to contact domestic and international
amateur radio operators. The club plans to set up a remote station at the base
of the original broadcast towers, found next to Nichols Hall, for the
Celebration of the Towers events on September 13.
Visitors are encouraged to stop by
during station operation, at the Seaton Hall club station during the week and
at the remote station location to learn more about amateur radio. While under
the supervision of licensed operators visitors will have the opportunity to get
on the air and contact other amateur radio operators.
The amateur radio club at Kansas
State University shares a lengthy history too. The amateur radio club, under
the call sign W0QQQ, has been in operation since 1927.
For more information contact:
Vern Wirka
W0VMP
402-660-5807