Portuguese Navy Radio Telegraphy Centenary

The Portuguese Navy Ham Radio Club, NRA will be running special event stations CR5100AM and CR5100VZ on Feb.18 and 20 to commemorate the centenary of radio telegraphy in the Portuguese Navy.

In this month of February we celebrate the 1st centenary since radiotelegraphy has begun naval official service in the navy.

To celebrate it, two Special Event Stations CR5100AM and CR5100VZ plus an onboard station CS5DFG will be active.

One Station located in Lisbon another Station located 15 miles south of Lisbon and the third one not much far from the others, will be active on the next February 18th and 20th in the period of [0900 – 1900] UTC.

A Special QSL Card and a Special Award have been issued by the Navy and NRA to be addressed to all stations that contact one of these three stations in the dates and periods above.

Look for any of these stations on the bands and be awarded with a Special QSL Card and Award.

Contacting us or waiting another hundred years to do so, is your choice.

Hope to meet you on the air,

António Gamito, CT1CZT
The Chairman of Portuguese Navy Hamradio Club – NRA

More info in NRA - Núcleo de Radioamadores da Armada: www.nra.pt