[qrp-canada] Special prefixes for December and January

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72/73 - Bruce ve5rc/ve5qrp - QRP-C#1, QRP-L#886, A1 Operator
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At the request of Radio Amateurs of Canada, Industry Canada has authorized 
all Canadian radio amateurs to use special event prefixes for the months of 
December 2006 and January 2007, to mark the 100th anniversary of the first 
AM voice broadcast by Reginald Fessenden on December 24, 1906.

Reginald Fessenden, who was born in East Bolton, Quebec, on October 6, 
1866, and lived until July 22, 1932, was the holder of more than 500 
patents on a wide variety of subjects, and the inventor of radio as we know 
it today. He is particularly known for: the first voice transmission by 
radio in 1900, the first transatlantic two-way radio communications in 
January 1906, and the first radio broadcasts of entertainment and music in 
December 1906.

On Christmas Eve, 1906, from a transmitting station in Brant Rock, 
Massachussetts, he sent a short program which included the song O Holy 
Night played on the violin and a reading from the Bible. A second short 
program was broadcast on December 31, 1906.

Canadian radio amateurs are authorized to use the following special event 
prefixes during the period 1 December 2006 to 31 January 2007 inclusive: CF
for VA stations CG for VE stations CH for VO stations CI for VY stations

For more information on Reginald Fessenden, see the biography at 
<http://www.hammondmuseumofradio.org/fessenden-bio.html>.

BTW, information on special prefixes assigned by IC can be found at 
<http://www.callsign.ca> or <http://www.indicatif.ca>.

73,
Rich VE3KI (aka VE3IAY; CG3KI during December and January)


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