Gus Grissom Day is in honor of Virgil I "Gus" Grissom a native of Lawrence County, who died along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee in the tragic Apollo 1 pre-launch test accident on January 27, 1967. The 2012 Gus Grissom Day Special Event will be TODAY Saturday July 21st. The Hoosier Hills Ham Club is operating using the callsign W9GUS from 14:00 - 20:00 UTC on 20 meters between 14250 kHz & 14270 kHz, and on 40 meters between 7250 kHz & 7270 kHz. (+/- QRM) We are operating from outside the Grissom Memorial just inside the entrance to Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, IN . This is also an INPOTA (Indiana Parks on the Air) activation. (
inpota.com) Please visit our main website (
http://www.w9qyq.org) for Gus Grissom Day Special Event QSL Information.
73 KB9TMP for the
Hoosier Hills Ham Club
W9QYQ/W9GUS
