>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:46:20 -0500 >Organization: Radio Amateurs of Canada >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 > Thunderbird/10.0.2 >Subject: [RAC-Bulletin] Correction: Special Event Station - VO1AA - April, 25, > 2012 >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:rac-bulletins-leave@xxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Id: <rac-bulletins@xxxxxxx> >From: rac-bulletins@xxxxxxx >Reply-to: rachq@xxxxxx >To: Steve Cutway VE3KC <ve3kc@xxxxxx> > > >Correction: Special Event Station - VO1AA - April, 25, 2012 >2012-02-26 > >The Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs >(SONRA) will make history on April 25, 2012 > >April 25th each year marks the birthday of >Guglielmo Marconi, who received the first >wireless signal at Signal Hill, Newfoundland. >This April 25th, SONRA will celebrate the event >with making an Amateur Radio contact with >Princess Elettra (Marconi) who will be in >Bologna Italy to celebrate her father's >birthday. It is planned to have the Canadian >Heritage Minister, the NL Premier, the City of >St. John's Mayor along with the NL Lieutenant >Governor, exchange greetings with the Princess >via Amateur Radio from VO1AA at Cabot Tower. > >This is the first time that this event has been >attempted, and it is anticipated that it will be >a high level media exposure for Amateur Radio in Canada. > >SONRA appreciates the wonderful relationship >that it enjoys with Parks Canada, Signal Hill >National Historic Site, and looks forward to >many years of commemorating this important event. > >73 > >Doug Mercer, VO1DTM/VO1DM >Chief Field Services Officer - Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. > >**----** > >Vernon Ikeda - VE2MBS/VE2QQ >Pointe-Claire, Québec >RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor > >-- > > * * * * > > > > >---------- >You are receiving this bulletin because you are >subscribed to an electronic mailing list. For >more information or to change your subscription >please visit: http://rac.eton.ca/racbullemail.htm