{"id":8594,"date":"2019-09-02T22:52:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T03:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2019-09-02T22:53:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T03:53:19","slug":"arrl-announces-happy-150-hiram-percy-maxim-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"ARRL Announces \u201cHappy 150!\u201d Hiram Percy Maxim Birthday Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of ARRL\u2019s first<\/span> <span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">president and cofounder Hiram Percy Maxim (HPM), W1AW, born on<\/span> <span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">September 2, 1869.<\/p>\n<p>ARRL will hold an operating event this summer to<\/span> <span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">celebrate HPM\u2019s legacy, getting under way at 0000 UTC on August 31 and<\/span> <span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">continuing until 2359 UTC on September 8. It is open to all radio<\/span> <span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">amateurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">ARRL members will append \u201c\/150\u201d to their call signs during this event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">Check out<span> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/arrl-announces-happy-150-hiram-percy-maxim-birthday-celebration\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/arrl-announces-happy-150-hiram-percy-maxim-birthday-celebration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of ARRL\u2019s first president and cofounder Hiram Percy Maxim (HPM), W1AW, born on September 2, 1869. ARRL will hold an operating event this summer to celebrate HPM\u2019s legacy, getting under way at 0000 UTC on August 31 and continuing until 2359 UTC on September 8. 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