Hi all, Apologies for this very late notification. During this week events are taking place as part of the "National Science Week " and this years title is "Communication" - a very significant and key player especially in our modern day life. It is also a great opportunity to fly the flag for our hobby "Amateur Radio " and role that it also plays along with other services. Here in "Wales" - UK -members of the "Barry Amateur Radio Society " are putting on two special event stations at separate schools near Cardiff - South Wales. The event stations will operate from the schools on Wednesday 16th March 2011, but are restricted to the hours of school attendance. We will be making a school link up using amateur radio and also demonstrating the many modes of operation that are now used and how it has progressed with technology. This will also include making contact with as many stations throughout the world with an exchange of a special QSL card designed by the students of the schools. They are also competing for an award.

The special event call signs that will be used are GB2SCD and GB2SCP. I shall be operating with call GB2SCD which is St.Cyres School in Dynas Powys. Locator: IO81jk The main operation will be on the HF bands I would also like to make some contacts using the amateur satellites available in the timescale. As I stated we are limited to the hours of school attendance which limits my operation to available pass times - Sadly SO-67 is not scheduled for Europe and HO -68 only in beacon mode. With the kindness of operators -mainly in Europe - I will try to operated with a limited set up for the early passes of AO-7 and VO-52, may also be OK for the first afternoon pass of AO-51.

To get as many contacts in these short passes I would be obliged if operators would just confirm their calls sign and exchange a signal report. My locator as stated is IO81jk.

The second station GB2SCP located in Penarth but will operate HF and digital modes. QSL manger for both of these events is: GW0ANA ( Glyn Jones ) Thanking you for your time. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA