Nov 15 W8V (V for Victory) Special Event Updates and Corrections

Special event station W8V (V for Victory) will be operating on Nov 15 2010 from the VA Hospital in Brecksville OH commemorating the 65th anniversary of the reopening of amateur radio in the US and Canada following the shutdown for the duration of WWII.

The special event station will operate on 7245 (primary freq) and 18145 (if open). The hours of operation will be limited. The station will be on the air ONE DAY ONLY with operation between 1330-2100 GMT (0830-1600 EST). The Navy Net is on 7245 from 0730 until about 0900. We are going to hold off until the Navy net clears the frequency which should be at 0900 or before. As usual we may QSY + or - 5kc for QRM.

Amateur operation in the United States had been ordered off the air for 3 weeks short of 4 years starting on Dec 8, 1941, the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. Amateurs in Canada had been off the air for 6 years and 2 months starting Sept 5, 1939, 2 days after Canada declared war on Germany.

On Nov 15, 1945 both the US and Canada were allowed to return to the air. As of that date US amateurs were only allowed to operate on 10 meters 28-29.7 Mc, the old 5 meter 56-60 Mc band, the new 144-148 Mc 2 meter band and four unused microwave bands in the Ghz range. Canadian amateurs were only allowed to operate on the same frequencies except no FM operation on 5 meters 56-60 Mc. The other bands including 20-40-80 meters were given back at different times during 1946 as the military released them, 160 meters was lost to Coast Guard LORAN operation. The US had allowed limited amateur use on the 112-116 Mc band used by Civil Defense, called War Emergency Radio Service, on a shared basis starting Aug 21, 1945. That order was cancelled on Nov 15 and 112-116 Mc amateur use withdrawn.

The dates the military released the frequencies for amateur operation is as follows. The dates and frequencies are the same for the US and Canada except were noted. I do not include microware bands.

Jan 16, 1946 -420-430Mc-------Part of 3/4 meters
Mar 1, 1946 --50-54 Mc --------56-60Mc withdrawn for amateur use
Mar 3, 1946 -235-240Mc --------New 1 1/4 meter band
Mar 13, 1946 27.185-27.455 Khz -New 11 meter band
Apr 1, 1946 --3625-4000 Khz ----US only upper half of 80 meters
Apr 1, 1946 --3500-4000 Khz ----Canada only 50 watt max power
May 9, 1946 -3500-3625 Khz -----US only, Canada 50 watt canceled
July 1, 1946 -7150-7300 Khz -----CW only, upper half of 40 meters
July 1, 1946 -14100-14300 Khz --upper half of 20 meters
Nov 2, 1946 -7000-7150 Khz ----rest of 40 meters
Nov 2, 1946 -14000-14100 ------lower 20 meters
Nov 2, 1946 -14300-14400 ------upper 20 meters


Anyone interested in the WWII Civil Defense radio operation, The War Emergency Radio Service, may want to check out my site and join in with the other collectors.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/war_em..._radio_service

A certificate will be issued for a SASE and a QSL card or QSO info to Sam Hevener W8KBF 3583 Everett Rd. Richfield, OH 44286 w8kbf@qsl.com
samhevener@yahoo.com