II3BOVE is the special callsign that is inserted, along with several other callsign, in the initiatives of the 15th antarctic week 2018, scheduled from 17 to 25 February (http://www.waponline.it/antarctic-activity-week/aaw-2018/). In particular II3BOVE (WAP-271 Reference) wants to remember the first Italian scientific base in Antarctica, realized in January 1976 by Cav. Renato Cepparo (I2VZP) and named after him by Giacomo Bove, the Italian explorer who at the end of 1800 wanted to arrange an expedition exactly on the Antarctic Continent. The base, which was active until February 20 1976 with the name I1SR / MM (Mobile Maritime), as a result of political events of the time was destroyed only eight months after its construction and now remains only a stone path to remember its foundations and II3BOVE to remember the memory. In the 15th edition of the AAW 2018, however, II3BOVE will have an even higher meaning in the spirit of W.A.P. In fact, it will be the name that on 24 and 25 February will inaugurate the amateur radio station permanently set up at "Malignani 2000", a Technical Institute in Cervignano del Friuli ITALY (JN65qt). The students of the institute, supported by some radio amateurs, will be able to immerse themselves and experience the world of radio firsthand and to note the constant support that this activity promotes with scientific research. At the same time, with an even more noble significance, the foundation stone of the construction site will be laid in the garden of the Technical Institute for the "ex situ" reconstruction of the Base which has been left in neglect and abandonment for 42 years in Italy Valley (official name) in the Antarctic Peninsula.
To support the nomination of the Antarctic site as "historical site": sign the petition at the following link: https://www.change.org/p/bove
QSL: Only Bureau via IV3CCT
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