ARLA/CLUSTER: 6 estações especiais na visita do Papa Francisco aos Estados Unidos de 22 a 27 de Setembro de 2016

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Special ham radio stations for Papal visit

*CBS Phily TV News* reports on plans to celebrate the Papal visit to the
USA with special event amateur radio stations

*Pope Francis* visits the United States September 22–27 and amateur radio
will be part of the celebration. Throughout the 6 day event (September 23
0000Z – September 28 0000Z) 6 special event amateur radio stations will be
on the air to commemorate the event.

Call signs from the Washington, DC area will be K3P and N4P.
>From New York and New Jersey the call will be K2P.
W3FRC/WMF will be on the air from southeastern Pennsylvania and W3P will be
on the air in Philadelphia.  WM3PEN, also of Philadelphia, will join in
Thursday evening at 8 PM EST (Friday 0000 GMT).

Four unique qsl cards will be available along with a certificate to mark
this special and historic event.  A website is being established for QSL
and certificate information. Early information and links can be found on
the WM3PEN qrz.com website

*Mark Abrams* writing for KYW Newsradio says:

When Pope Francis arrives in the United States at the end of next month, a
group of amateur radio operators from across the region will be activating
special stations to mark the historic occasion.

*Ron Sigismonti*, a Chester County ham operator whose radio call sign is
N3RS, is recruiting ham operators from the Frankford Radio Club in
southeastern Pennsylvania, south Jersey and Delaware to take part.
Sigismonti says “Frankford Radio Club has a call sign, W3FRC. And, we’ll be
working W3FRC portable WMF which is standing for the World Meeting of
Families.�

Watch the CBS Phily TV News story at
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/08/30/amateur-radio-operators-plan-to-celebrate-papal-visit-with-special-stations-on-air/

Celebrate the Pope’s Visit to Philly via Amateur Radio
http://www.epa-arrl.org/popeinphilly/
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