bt3, china (special event)
look for special event station bt3wx to be active until possibly mid-december. activity is to celebrate the launch of xw-1, china's first amateur satellite, as well as inspire radio amateurs and young people to learn about amateur satellite communication technology, space knowledge, and the popular amateur satellite activities in china. amsat-china will set up special event station in taiyuan, shanxi province of china. activity will be on all of hf amateur bands from 160-10 meters and on vhf/uhf amateur satellite bands, including fm, ssb, cw, rtty and pacsat modes. the bt3wx activities have already started (but qsns have been reported) and will last until the end of the launch (
expected december 20th).
qsl manager is ba1du: alan kung, p.o.box 8091, beijing, china 100088. operators mentioned are: ba4rb, ba4rn, ba4rs, ba4rx, ba4ta, ba4tb, bd4ibw, bd4reb, bd4rpj, bd4xx, bh4req, ba6aa, bd6bw, ba7ck, ba7jg and bd7pzl. there are "bt3wx communications awards available" (hf award and satellite award). for details, see amsat's web site at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news
