[Dx-qsl] LZ100JVA special event
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Mon Sep 29 18:20:08 2003
A special event station, LZ100JVA (Lima Zulu One hundred John Vincent Atanasoff), will operate starting 01 oct 2003 to commemorate the 100 anniversary of the birth of John Vincent Atanasoff, the father of the electronic computer. In early forties, together with his assistant Clifford Berry, John V. Atanasoff created the ABC (Atanasoff Berry
Computer) in a laboratory in Iowa state university. Some of the computer basics he invented, are still used in modern computers. J.V.A. was born on October 4-th, 1903. His father was an immigrant from Bulgaria.
A web page is under construction and will be soon available on http://www.qsl.net/lz1pj/lz100jva.
LZ100JVA will be activated by a group of bulgarian hams. QSL via LZ1PJ. Direct requests go to CBA - P.O.Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria, pls include SAE + postage (1IRC or 1G$). Bureau cards and e-mail requests are also welcome.
Ivan Ivanov, LZ1PJ
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http://www.qsl.net/lz1pj