[TCARC-NTX] Cuba participating in Field Day

[David Johnson]

 First joint Cuba-US Field Day operation set (Jun 27, 2003) -- Members
of the Pi=F1a Colada Contest Club (KP2AA) will join forces with the
Federaci=F3n 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=20

=3D[J u s t  C a l l  D a v i d]=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Computer and Internet Services
David Johnson
(817)444-6163
(817)829-2564 ** note my new mobile number!

david@justcalldavid.com
www.justcalldavid.com
=20