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RADIO HISTORY: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF STANDARDIZED RADIO
PREFIXES
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the use of ITU
callsign prefixes, special event station PB-100-PREFIX will
be on the air between October 4th and the 31st.
The back story on the standardization of calls came
following the loss of the ocean liner Titanic in April of
1912. The Titanic used the call letters MGY with the "M"
representing the Marconi company.
As a result there was an acknowledgement that there should
be international standards for radio communications. This
lead to several international meetings in the aftermath of
the Titanic's sinking and the emergence of the callsign
prefix system that has evolved into what we have today.
For more details, visit on this special commemorative
operation please take your web browser to
www.PB100PREFIX.nl. And if you make contact with
PB100PREFIX QSL via PB0P. (OPDX)
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