URE and the 150th anniversary of ITU

This year 2015, the month of May marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union.

To commemorate this important event, the Spanish Amateur Radio Association URE, member of the IARU, launches the following Special Award, available to all licensed radio amateur or SWL worldwide. Will be valid contacts made in any mode or band between 160 meters and 6 meters with the 11 special stations with the prefix AO150. The suffixes of the 11 Special Event Stations are the letters of ITU’s motto for its 150th anniversary

“ITU: INNOVATING TOGETHER”

Therefore, the 11 different stations are:

1. AO150I
2. AO150N
3. AO150O
4. AO150V
5. AO150A
6. AO150T
7. AO150G
8. AO150E
9. AO150H
10. AO150R
11. AO150U

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