W0S ob 95-ti obletnici Titanika 14-15. 4. 2007 - ANG

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Titanic's 95th Anniversary Commemorated With Worldwide Ham Radio
Transmission From Branson, Missouri

BRANSON, Mo., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The World's Largest TITANIC
Museum Attraction http://www.titanicbranson.com
<http://www.titanicbranson.com/> will host a special event amateur
radio transmission from Branson, Missouri to Belfast, Ireland and other
points across the globe April 14-15, 2007. Ham operators stationed
at the TITANIC Museum Attraction will transmit the news of the 95th
anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic using special event call sign
W0S. Operators from Nixa, Missouri have permission from the FCC to
transmit using this special call sign, which stands for "White Star,"
the name of the company that built the Titanic. Radio operators in
Belfast will use the actual call sign of the Titanic, GB6MGY. The
brainchild of the museum attraction co-owner, Mary Kellogg Joslyn and
Nixa Amateur Radio Operators Rich Vogt (KB9YZE), Dave Beckler (WA0SAP),
Al Gallo (W0ERE) and Rod Kittleman (K0ADI), the worldwide transmission
will take place to honor the radio broadcasters working aboard the
Titanic on the night she sank. "The wireless radio operators aboard
Titanic sent a distress signal which was heard by operators in Cape
Race, Newfoundland immediately after the ship hit the iceberg. The
Carpathia's operators also heard the signal," said Rod Kittleman,
spokesperson for the group. "Without these successful radio
transmissions, many additional lives would have been lost that night."
Spectators are invited to witness these ham operators live at the
TITANIC Museum Attraction's free Outdoor Entertainment Center from 8
a.m. Saturday, April 14 until 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2007. For more
information or to participate as a ham volunteer, visit
http://www.nixahams.net <http://www.nixahams.net/> or
http://www.wzeros.com <http://www.wzeros.com> . The World's Largest
TITANIC Museum Attraction opened in 2006 and is Branson's new landmark
tourist destination. The 17,000 square foot, ship- shaped structure --
built half scale to Titanic's original size -- towers more than 100 feet
above its anchored position on the Branson Strip. A 90-minute,
self-guided tour covers 20 galleries on two decks where more than 400
priceless artifacts that once belonged to Titanic's passengers or crew
are on display. None of the artifacts were retrieved from the ocean's
floor. The NEW 'London Waterloo Train Station' opens at TITANIC on
April 12, 2007. Visit http://www.titanicbranson.com
<http://www.titanicbranson.com/> for the full story.