Special Call Signs to Mark 50th Anniversary of First France-to-US EME Contact:

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To mark the 50th anniversary of the first France-to-US EME (moonbounce) contact, special call signs TM8DO (for F8DO) and TM1BF (for F6BEG, then F1BF) will be on the air from February 4 until February 11 on 2-meter and 70-centimeter 144 MHz EME using JT65.

The original contact was between Marius Cousin, F8DO, in Dracé, France, and Bill Conkel, W6DNG, in Long Beach, California, on January 27, 1967...

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