SPECIAL EVENT STATION W8W FEBRUARY 25-26, 2017 Commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the February 24, 1917 Washington's Birthday trans-continental east coast to west coast and back amateur radio relay message by member stations of the Radio League of America (1915-1922) sent from the mayor of New York City to the mayors of Los Angeles and Seattle and a reply back. The HAMILTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ("HAMARC") will be operating W8W. Tentative operating hours are Saturday Feb 25 noon (EST) to 8 PM (EST) and Sunday Feb 26 noon (EST) to 8 PM. Frequencies will be posted on the HAMARC website www.hamarc.net and on QRZ.com under W8W. W8W will also be spotted. We will be operating from the HAMARC W8AJT station on North C Street in Hamilton. We have a printable QSL certificate that we will e-mail to contacts and the certificate includes the pages from the relay's 7-page article in the May 1917 Electrical Experimenter magazine.
