ARP Radio-Club de Paris Special Events Start January 1

ARP Radio-Club de Paris will be operating five special event call signs to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ville de Paris department, created January 1, 1968.

The five special event call signs are TM8P, TM4A, TM1R, TM2I and TM7S. Together, the suffixes spell PARIS. Dates and frequencies are listed below.

TM8P from 1 Jan to 15 Jan 2008

TM4A from 26 Jan to 9 Feb 2008

TM1R from 16 Feb to 2 Mar 2008

TM2I from 29 Mar to 12 Apr 2008

TM7S from 24 May to 7 Jun 2008

Time: 0000Z-2359Z.

Frequencies: 14.275, 10.110, 7.075, 3.775

A QSL card is available to all who make contact. QSL information should be sent to: Association des Radioamateurs de Paris, ARP Radio-Club de Paris, 66 Avenue de la Republique, Paris 75011, France. (Remember: US postage is not valid for replies.)

January 1, 2008 also begins a new ARP Award Program – Diplôme de la Ville de Paris (DVP) — that creates the word “PARIS.”

You can obtain this award by having a QSO with each of the five valid ARP stations, thereby spelling “PARIS.”

Rules and more information are available.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/12/28/100/?nc=1

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