PLUTO DISCOVERY 100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EVENT
Year Four of the 100th Anniversary 10-Year Countdown Special Event
The 94th Anniversary is 10-18 February, 2024 (UTC)
Special Note: This year club members will be operating from various QTH locations throughout the country, as well as from our communications trailer which will be located at Lowell Observatory. Members within the greater Flagstaff area will operate as W7P. Members who are outside the greater Flagstaff area will use the call W7P/P.
BAND ENDORSEMENTS = 1 PER CARD
DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE ON OUR W7P QSL CARDS, ONLY ONE BAND ENDORSEMENT IS ALLOWED PER CARD. IF YOU WANT MORE BAND ENDORSEMENTS, INCLUDE AN EXTRA $1.00 PER CARD.
The Northern Arizona DX Association will be continuing with year four of the 10-year special event countdown to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tompaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. This annual 9-day event is held each February through the 2030 anniversary. This year's event will take place February 10-18, 2024 (UTC).
Club members will be operating from Lowell Observatory and their home QTHs using the special event callsign W7P. Again, this will feature a new QSL card. The annual cards have subjects centered around Clyde Tombaugh, his discovery, the moons of Pluto, some of his early telescopes, lenses used, etc., with lots of great information.
The beautiful color certificate suitable for framing, with endorsement stickers foar each year worked during the event, will be available.
Doug Tombaugh (N3PDT), Clyde Tombaugh's nephew, will be operating during the event as W7P/0 and a contact with Dough or his teawm counts as an additional endorsement on the certificate that can be used as a wild cardfor any previous year.
Club members will be operating on as many bands and modes as time and conditions permit. The annual QSL cards, the event certificate, and more can be found HERE.
8" Moonraker refractor
32" short focal length reflector
94th Anniversary QSL Card
94th Anniversary QSL Card - Back
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Lowell Observatory Sign |
NADXA Trailer Set up at Lowell Observatory for the 2022 event |
For QSL instructions and event information, check out the Pluto 100th Anniversary Info Page
