Seattle, Washington – Greg Magone, KB7QPS, announces 2017 KB7QPS Air, Space, and Technology Operating Event. Greg Magone, of Maple Valley, Washington, is pleased to announce the 2017 KB7QPS Air, Space, and Technology Operating Event. One special event station each month will commemorate a historical event relating to air, space, or technology. The special event stations will be operating from Boeing Employee Amateur Radio Society club station located at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Beautiful, full color QSL cards are made available to those successful in making a contact with the special event station. A full-color certificate is available after the conclusion of the operating event for those working one or more special event stations. Donations for QSL cards are accepted and appreciated. Certificates are available for $5. Any monies collected will be used to offset the cost of printing certificates and QSL cards. Should money received exceed the cost of printing and distributing cards and certificates, a donation will be made to the Museum of Flight’s Inspiration Begins Here! fund, which aims to inspire today’s youth in air, space, and technology through their education programs. Youth are especially invited to operate in the event. During the event, many youth only opportunities will be made available to work the special event station. The stations will be operating during the dates in the table below. Specific operating times are dependent based on operator availability and will be announced approximately one to two weeks prior to each special event station. Frequencies will be 20m primarily, focused around 14.250 and 14.275. Should a major contest be taking place the same weekend, the station may opt to use 17m in lieu of 20m. Local operations will also take place on 146.52 mHz. A screen viewable image of the certificate is included in this press release. Press quality images of the QSL cards and certificate are available upon request. More information about the operating event is available at airspacetechnology.webs.com. Questions may be directed to Greg Magone at greg.magone@gmail.com or via phone at 425-569-0040.
Forgot to mention: The back of the certificate will feature all amateur radio operators who make a "clean sweep" by making contact with all twelve special event stations! Based on space restrictions, it may also highlight those amateurs that work 10 or 11 of the 12 stations.
The QSL cards were ordered yesterday. 11 boxes of 500 each. Looking forward to working everybody and hope to exchange lots of cards! For more information, including times and dates that the stations will be on the air, please follow the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/kb7qps/
