International Year of Astronomy Special Event Station

The first amateur radio special event station for the International Year of Astronomy has been announced and it is VE7IYOA located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

VE7IYOA will be active from June 1st to the 30th to
celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first look at the sky through an optical instrument.

This Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher is acclaimed as the father of modern observational astronomy.

VE7IYOA has a unique QSL card on offer.

Jim Linton, VK3PC