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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
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 www.nixahams.net or www.zeros.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
www.titanicbranson.com for the full story.
Source:
Titanic Museum Attraction
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