Radio Amateurs members of the Radio Klub Nikola Tesla, E74BYZ will be active using special call sign E7RUBOS from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 18 - 25 May 2023, commemorating anniversary of the Birth of Rudjer Boskovic.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via E74BYZ.
Information from their QRZ page:
On the occasion of the birth of the great scientist Rudjer Boskovic on May 18, 1711, the Radio-amateurs of the Republic of Srpska will be active on all bands and modes from May 18th to May 25th, 2023, as E7RUBOS.
Serbian physicist, astronomer, mathematician and diplomat from Dubrovnik, one of the most important scientists of his time, listed among the 100 most famous Serbs of all time. He was a university professor, founder of the Milan Observatory and director of the Optical Institute of the French Navy. He was a universal creator: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, engineer, pedagogue, geologist, architect, archaeologist, constructor, optician, diplomat, travel writer, professor, Jesuit, the best Latin poet of the eighteenth century and a polyglot translator.
He was born on May 18, 1711 as the seventh child of merchant Nikola Bošković (Serb from Orahov near Trebinje in Herzegovina) and mother Pavla (of Italian origin, from the family of Bar Betera, a famous Dubrovnik poet). His brother was Bartolomej Baro Bošković. He spent his entire working life abroad, where he gained world fame, and only once stopped in his native Dubrovnik, in 1747.He never hid his native origin - he remained a Slovene, as the South Slavs were called at the time. He died and was buried on February 13, 1787, and his heart was taken to his homeland.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via E74BYZ.
Information from their QRZ page:
On the occasion of the birth of the great scientist Rudjer Boskovic on May 18, 1711, the Radio-amateurs of the Republic of Srpska will be active on all bands and modes from May 18th to May 25th, 2023, as E7RUBOS.
Serbian physicist, astronomer, mathematician and diplomat from Dubrovnik, one of the most important scientists of his time, listed among the 100 most famous Serbs of all time. He was a university professor, founder of the Milan Observatory and director of the Optical Institute of the French Navy. He was a universal creator: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, engineer, pedagogue, geologist, architect, archaeologist, constructor, optician, diplomat, travel writer, professor, Jesuit, the best Latin poet of the eighteenth century and a polyglot translator.
He was born on May 18, 1711 as the seventh child of merchant Nikola Bošković (Serb from Orahov near Trebinje in Herzegovina) and mother Pavla (of Italian origin, from the family of Bar Betera, a famous Dubrovnik poet). His brother was Bartolomej Baro Bošković. He spent his entire working life abroad, where he gained world fame, and only once stopped in his native Dubrovnik, in 1747.He never hid his native origin - he remained a Slovene, as the South Slavs were called at the time. He died and was buried on February 13, 1787, and his heart was taken to his homeland.