THE BUTLER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION ("BCARA") will be conducting and amateur radio "special event" February 18-26, 2012 to commemorate a historic Washington's Birthday amateur radio message relay which was conducted on February 22, 1916 by members of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL); formed in 1914; and members of the Radio League of America (1915-1921).

The special event will be conducted from BCARA's club station W8WRK located in the original station building of Special Land Station "8ZU" (1915-1919) which was one of the twenty-seven primary receiving and sending stations used for the February 22, 1916 radio message relay!

(Special Land Station 8ZU, at 329 N C Street, Hamilton, OH was operated by the Doron Brothers Electrical Company.  The Dorons operated amateur radio stations "D5" (pre-1911), "8AJT" (1912-1915), Special Experimental Station "8XAG" (1922-1925), and "WRK" (1922-1930) which was the first broadcast radio station in the City of Hamilton and our country's 57th licensed broadcast radio station.)   
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ("HAMS"). 

For more detailed information, operating frequencies (tentatively 10 Meter at 28.410, 20 Meter at 14.245, 40 Meter at 7.220  7.052, 80 Meter at 3.838. ), QSL information, and updates, please visit:  http://www.historic-prospect-hill.org/2012eventnotice.htm

BCARA club information at http://www.bcara.net

THE BUTLER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION ("BCARA") will be conducting a special event in commemoration of the early amateur radio history and broadcast radio history of Hamilton, Ohio on September 24-25, 2011 (Sat-Sun) where early amateur radio history and broadcast radio history was made.

The event is being held at the original site of the Doron Brothers Electrical Co. amateur radio stations "D5" (pre-1911), "8AJT" (1912-1915), Special Land Station "8ZU" (1915-1919) which participated in the ARRL's historic 1916 Washington's Birthday cross-country radio message relay, and broadcast station "WRK" (1922-1930) which was the first broadcast radio station in the City of Hamilton and the 57th licensed broadcast radio station in the U.S..  The event is open to the general public.
 
For more detailed information, operating frequencies (tentatively 28.410, 14.245, 7.220, 3.838), QSL information, and updates please visit: http://www.historic-prospect-hill.org/2011eventnotice.htm and BCARA's website http://www.bcara.net