Special Event Station W5T / Train Mobile - Saturday, 13-April-2013

W5T - “Train Mobile”
Special Event Station, 13 April 2013

Springdale, AR – The ARKAN Radio Club will activate a special event “Train Mobile” station, W5T, on Saturday, April 13, 2013, from 14:00 to 23:00 UTC (08:00-17:00 CDT). W5T will operate in motion on an excursion passenger train traveling round trip from Springdale, AR, through the scenic Boston Mountains of Northwest Arkansas to Van Buren, Arkansas.
On-air operations will be on 20 Meters, using both SSB and CW modes, on 14.240 and 14.030 MHz (+/-), respectively. Tracking for W5T, as it rolls through Washington and Crawford counties, will be available via an APRS beacon at: www.aprs.fi

Special W5T QSL cards may be requested by enclosing a #10 business-sized SASE to AA5AR, the ARKANHAMS club call, (not the W5T address on QRZ.com).
The ARKAN Ham Club also organizes and sponsors the annual Arkansas QSO Party, to be held this year on 14-September-2013. It also sponsors the “Worked All Arkansas Award,” for working all 75 counties. Additional info may be found online at www.ArkanHams.org and http://arkanhams.org/WorkedAllArkansas.pdf .
Photos of the excursion train can be seen at: http://www.amrailroad.com .

For more info, Contact: Scott Anderson, K5SAA - ARKAN Radio Club
(479) 466-3368 · nwarkhams@gmail.com