[W3GV] Special Event

[Douglas Sweet]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



October 15, 2015



*Contact:*

*Richard E. Lenker **(KB3YRC)  *

*(717) 236-1864*

*Rich3784 at comcast.net <Rich3784 at comcast.net>*





*PA National Fire Museum Reaches Out to the World*

*for Its 20th Birthday*





As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, the Pennsylvania National Fire
Museum, in conjunction with theHarrisburg Radio Amateurs’ Club Inc., will
hold a Special Event Station the weekend of Nov. 14-15. The event will be
held at the museum at 1820 North 4th Street, Harrisburg. Amateur (ham)
radio operators will operate the Special Station onSaturday, Nov. 14, from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 15, from noon to 4 p.m.



Special Event Stations are used by hams to help commemorate historical
occasions or other special events.  Members of the Harrisburg Radio
Amateurs’ Club will use their radios to talk across the state, country and
even around the world to spread the word about central Pennsylvania’s
first-class fire museum.



The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum opened on November 17, 1995.   Housed in
an 1899 Victorian firehouse of the former Reily Hose Company No. 10, the
all-volunteer museum features an outstanding collection of artifacts from
the hand-drawn equipment of yesterday to the modern fire apparatus and
equipment of today. Nearly every aspect of firefighting, from the smallest
hand tools to large, horse-drawn steam pumpers, is on display.



For further information about the Special Event Station, contact Richard E.
Lenker (KB3YRC) at (717) 236-1864 or *Rich3784 at comcast.net
<Rich3784 at comcast.net>.  *Information about the Pennsylvania National Fire
Museum and the Harrisburg Radio Amateurs’ Club can be found at *www.pnfm.org
<http://www.pnfm.org/>* and *www.w3uu.org <http://www.w3uu.org/>*.