QST QST QST! The purpose of this Special Event Amateur Radio Station is to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first Portuguese immigrants to the city of Edmonton, Alberta. At the same time I also want to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of my father's arrival in Canada. My father left from Sao Miguel on June 10, 1957.

I will be issuing certificates to those amateur operators who contact the special event station during its operation June 5, 2007 to June 10, 2007. I will try to maintain operations from 15:00 hours UTC to 06:00 hours UTC on these dates. I intend to operate as much as possible on 20 meters on the frequency of 14.200 MHz plus or minus 5 kHz. The station will be operating under the call sign of VC6CTCU. My reason for choosing the call sign are: VC6 identifies the station as being in Alberta Canada, CT is the prefix for amateur call signs form Portugal and CU is the prefix for amateur call signs from the Azores Islands.

Short wave listeners are welcome and if requested will also be issued a certificate as a "listener". All those requesting certificates are asked to send an IRC to help defray the costs. The QSL Manager for this event is VE6JDD and you will find the necessary information on QRZ.com. The special event call sign is also registered on QRZ.COM.

A note to all visitors to this page -

On June 11 the Rede dos Emissores Portugueses - REP will be holding the Portugal Day Contest as indicated on the IARU calendar.

North American Field Day will be held on June 24 and 25.