Hello Guys

After, the three successfully activities made on the last weekend by the Cuba's recently founded "Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales"(GROS) commemorating the first human manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin, the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle and the 87th Anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union.

We are pleased to inform that we will be activating for very first time a special event stations on satellites. We will continue celebrating the World Amateur Radio Day on the 87th Anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union, IARU.

As you know, this year´s theme for the World Amateur Radio Day is Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years in Space in remembrance the launching of OSCAR 1 on December 12, 1961 and the launch of OSCAR 2 on June 2, 1962.

We will be on Satellites during April 21. The special call sign is T40IARU and tentative operation is from EL92, EL83 and FL11.

Please, QSL via CO2FRC (via direct)

73 & see you on the birds!

Hector, CO6CBF GROS`s vice-coordinator

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