Special event station VI2BV90

Sydney, Australia - 2009 - 90 years of Amateur Radio

Special event station VI2BV90 will be active from the 24th of January 2009 until 1st of February 2009 to celebrate 90th Anniversary of Waverley Amateur Radio Society. 

The club was founded in 1919 and is the oldest continually licensed amateur radio club in Australia as well as being the first to be licensed for TV transmission (1936) and to set up a web site, created by Ben, VK2XUF (1995). The club's 90th anniversary in January 2009 is being marked with a special event callsign VI2BV90.

Celebration Plans: A special event station for VI2BV90 with QSL card. The club expects to operate SSB on or near the following HF frequencies 3.590, 7.090, 14.190, 21.190 & 28.490MHz and CW on or near 7.019 & 14.019MHz with operations shown on the QRZ DX cluster. When possible, it is also planned to stream live TV via the USTREAM site whilst on air. Repeater contact via IRLP (Node 6250) and Echolink (Node 305559) will also be possible. Operating times will depend on availability of members, but it is hoped to list known operating hours here.

Visit club site for more details. 

Source: Waverley Amateur Radio Society