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Members of the DVRA, the Delaware Valley Radio Association, will operate a Special Event Station to mark the 87th anniversary of the crash of the German airship Hindenburg, May 6, 1937 at Lakehurst, N.J.
Operating under the call sign W2H, the station will be on the air May 4 – 11, originating from the DVRA’s radio station in West Trenton, N.J.
A special event station is a temporary amateur radio station set up to publicize or commemorate an event. Special event stations pop up nearly every day, to honor all kinds of events: holidays, battles, anniversaries, lighthouse lightings, fund raisers and many more.
Ham radio operators are encouraged to contact the station via “HF,” or shortwave bands. Operating frequencies will vary according to atmospheric conditions. Other stations that successfully make contact with the DVRA during the event will be eligible to receive commemorative ‘QSL’ cards – specially designed postcards used to confirm contact between amateur radio stations.
DVRA member Randy Cremer WZ2V was inspired to create the event. A fan of New Jersey history, he drew from the success of other DVRA special event stations that commemorate the battles of Trenton and Princeton in 1776 and 1777 and the fictional Martian landings at Grovers Mill in 1938. Since Lakehurst is only 30 air miles from the DVRA’s facility near Mercer County Airport, it seemed a fitting way to draw attention to a New Jersey event that commanded the attention of the entire world.
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