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 Special
Canadian prefixes authorized
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, Massachusetts,
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
CI0 for VY0 stations
CI1 for VY1 stations
CI2 for VY2 stations.
Source: Radio
Amateurs of Canada
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