chat with china…

Special Event stations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games began operating on May 18 and are scheduled to continue through September 17. Five special calls, representing the five rings of the Olympic flag, are on the air: BT1OB, BT1OJ, BT1OH, BT1OY and BT1ON. The last letter of the call sign corresponds to the color of each of the rings of the Olympic flag — Beibei (Blue), Jingjing (Black), Huanhuan (Red), Yingying (Yellow) and Nini (Green). A QSL card, reserved for special use incorporating all five symbols, has also been designed. Zheng Feng, BA4EG, will be the QSL manager for all stations. QSLs can be sent either direct or via the bureau and will begin to be answered in October. A Web site supporting the Special Event stations include an online log search and QSL card received and sent status, as well as other information. An award for contacting each of the five stations on 10-160 meters a minimum of five times (using CW, SSB or RTTY, as well as SWL) is also available. The Games of the XXIX Olympiad begin Friday, August 8 and run through Sunday, August 24.

If you have a shortwave radio, you can listen in.  If you have an amateur radio license, you can chat.  Follow the link for suggested frequencies .

NOTE: this will require an actual radio.  You cannot use your computer, a chat room, mirc, or AOL.