AN400 Special Event

2016 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, one of the greatest writers in Universal History. His most iconic novel, “Don Quixote” is the most edited and translated book in all Literature History, just behind The Bible.

To commemorate this important event, the URE (Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles), member society of the IARU, is promoting the following special event, available to all licensed hams and SWLs worldwide

Contacts will be valid in any mode and band from 160 to 10 meters with the 14 stations using the special AN400 prefix. The suffixes of the 14 special event stations are the letters of each of the letters of the name of the author

14 special station callsigns are:

1. AN400M
2. AN400I
3. AN400G
4. AN400U
5. AN400E
6. AN400L
7. AN400D
8. AN400C
9. AN400R
10. AN400V
11. AN400A
12. AN400N
13. AN400T
14. AN400S

From 19th September 2016 at 0000z to 9th October 2016 (2359z)

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