Subject: Special Event Station CG3MUG


"Thunder Bay MCTS Centre (Canadian Coast Guard Radio Station) proudly
celebrates 100 years of radio service. Built by the Canadian Marconi
Company, in the fall of 1910, the new "wireless" station, MUG Port
Arthur, was the first and only Canadian Great Lakes Marconi station
ever built. In 1912, following the success of MUG, the Canadian
government built a chain of marine radio stations from Port Arthur
down to Kingston, Ontario. In 1913, the Marconi station was rebuilt,
and assigned its current government callsign of "VBA". The "V"
denotes a Canadian station, "B" is for the Great Lakes, and the "A"
was given for its historic position as the first.

During themonth of November 2010, the Centre's Hams will be
operating special event station CG3MUG, to celebrate our 100th
birthday. The regular Amateur Radio callsign is VE3VBA. There will be
several options for Amateur Radio Stations and SWL'ers to obtain a
special 100th anniversary CG3MUG QSL card (a certificate may also be
designed). As we get closer to the event, and make the final
preparations, we will update the CG3MUG listing on the QRZ.com
website. VHF and HF operation via CW, PSK, RTTY, SSB, FM, VoIP
(CQ100) and perhaps other digital data modes, on the Amateur Radio
bands. The email address for this special event station is:
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For more information, please visit: http://my.tbaytel.net/va3rom
http://my.tbaytel.net/va3rom."



Thank you.

73,

Robert, VA3ROM
Lori, VE3VAI

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Vernon Erle Ikeda - VE2MBS/VE2QQ
Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec
RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor



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