In the September 2009 issue of QST magazine on page 20 it talks about the HPM/140 Birthday Celebration Event. It is an event in celebration of 140 years since the birth of Hiram Percy Maxim, ARRL’s first president.

There’s a list of folks such as ARRL Directors, Section Managers, ARRL Life Members, ARRL VE’s and others which are allowed to use /140 after their call during the event from Sept 2 – 9th.

Ops that contact 25 or more stations that are signing /140 are eligible for a certificate. /140 stations give the exchange of RS(T), appointment (eg VE for a Volunteer Examiner such as myself) and name. Other stations provide RS(T) and name.

Sounds like some fun for ARRL VE’s such as myself, life members and others on the list if there are folks looking to make contact with the /140 stations. Maybe we could generate a mini pile up. It even indicates that repeater contacts are acceptable in case that is your mode of choice.

Thought it would be fun to send this out to anyone that gets the opportunity to get on the air during the event. Some more info on the ARRL web site.

73,
K2DSL