02/12/2023

Two amateur radio events are scheduled in mid-February to celebrate an
astronomer who mapped the universe and an astronomer who discovered a planet.

The Northern Arizona DX Association[1] (NADXA) has been conducting a 10-year
special event countdown to the 100-year anniversary of Pluto's discovery. The
planet was spotted in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in
Flagstaff, Arizona. This is the third year of the special event, which will run
from February 11 - 19, 2023. NADXA club members will operate from the Lowell
Observatory and their own stations. They will be using the call sign W7P on
most bands and modes, beginning February 11 at 00:00 UTC through February 20 at
00:00 UTC. Also operating will be W7P/0 from Kansas City, Missouri. The W7P/0
station is managed by the nephew of Clyde Tombaugh, Doug Tombaugh, N3PDT. Last
year's event resulted in more than 7,000 QSOs, 58 DX entities, and 17,000
lookups on https://www.qrz.com/[2].

In Poland, from February 17 - March 5, 2023, the Polish Amateur Radio Union
[3](PZK) will operate nine special event stations honoring the 550th
anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus mapped the universe
and formulated a model that placed the sun, rather than Earth, at its center.

The nine special event stations will operate from February 17 at 00:00 UTC to
March 5 at 23:59 UTC, using the following call signs: SN550K, SN550O, SN550P,
SN550E, SN550R, SN550N, SN550I, SP550K, and SN550NC.

All amateur operators can participate, and QSL cards and other awards will be
available.

[1] https://nadxa.com/
[2] https://www.qrz.com/
[3] https://550mk.pzk.org.pl/

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