USSR "50th Anniversary" special event stations - 1972

Modified on Wed, 3 Jun, 2015 at 4:55 AM

Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ

This article is not complete - please help by providing the missing QTH & oblast info! Also, any QSL scans for callsigns that do not have a blue link would be appreciated.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the USSR in 1972, a series of special event stations were active, as detailed in the following table.
Each republic ran five stations for a week. Each republic was allocated a different week, over the period 1972-02-23 to 1972-06-07.

Callsign	Republic	Start Date	End Date	QTH	Oblast	Note
UA50A	RSFSR	1972-02-23	1972-03-01	Rostov	150
UA50B	RSFSR	1972-02-23	1972-03-01	Leningrad	169
UA50C	RSFSR	1972-02-23	1972-03-01	Moscow	170
UA50D	RSFSR	1972-02-23	1972-03-01	Kuibyshev	133
UA50E	RSFSR	1972-02-23	1972-03-01	Taganrog	150
UB50A	Ukraine	1972-03-01	1972-03-08	Simferopol	067	QTH from R3AT log
UB50B	Ukraine	1972-03-01	1972-03-08		059
UB50C	Ukraine	1972-03-01	1972-03-08
UB50D	Ukraine	1972-03-01	1972-03-08	Donetsk	073
UB50E	Ukraine	1972-03-01	1972-03-08	Rovno	072
UC50A	Belarus	1972-03-08	1972-03-15	Minsk	009
UC50B	Belarus	1972-03-08	1972-03-15	Minsk	009
UC50C	Belarus	1972-03-08	1972-03-15	Vitebsk	006
UC50D	Belarus	1972-03-08	1972-03-15	Gomel	007
UC50E	Belarus	1972-03-08	1972-03-15	Mogilev	010
UD50A	Azerbaijan	1972-04-05	1972-04-12	Baku	001
UD50B	Azerbaijan	1972-04-05	1972-04-12	Baku	001
UD50C	Azerbaijan	1972-04-05	1972-04-12	Kusary	001
UD50D	Azerbaijan	1972-04-05	1972-04-12
UD50E	Azerbaijan	1972-04-05	1972-04-12
UF50A	Georgia	1972-03-29	1972-04-05	Nr Tibilisi	012
UF50B	Georgia	1972-03-29	1972-04-05	Batumi	014
UF50C	Georgia	1972-03-29	1972-04-05	Kutaisi	012
UF50D	Georgia	1972-03-29	1972-04-05		012
UF50E	Georgia	1972-03-29	1972-04-05		012
UG50A	Armenia	1972-05-17	1972-05-24	Yerevan	004	UG50 stations share a generic QSL card.
UG50B	Armenia	1972-05-17	1972-05-24	Yerevan	004
UG50C	Armenia	1972-05-17	1972-05-24	Yerevan	004
UG50D	Armenia	1972-05-17	1972-05-24	Yerevan	004
UG50E	Armenia	1972-05-17	1972-05-24	Yerevan	004	Non-generic QSL card
UH50A	Turkmenistan	1972-05-24	1972-05-31		043
UH50B	Turkmenistan	1972-05-24	1972-05-31	Chazdzhou	046
UH50C	Turkmenistan	1972-05-24	1972-05-31	Nebit-Dag	043
UH50D	Turkmenistan	1972-05-24	1972-05-31
UH50E	Turkmenistan	1972-05-24	1972-05-31	Ashkahbad	043
UI50A	Uzbekistan	1972-03-15	1972-03-22
UI50B	Uzbekistan	1972-03-15	1972-03-22
UI50C	Uzbekistan	1972-03-15	1972-03-22
UI50D	Uzbekistan	1972-03-15	1972-03-22
UI50E	Uzbekistan	1972-03-15	1972-03-22
UJ50A	Tajikistan	1972-05-10	1972-05-17	Dushanbe	040	UJ50 stations share a generic QSL card
UJ50B	Tajikistan	1972-05-10	1972-05-17	Dushanbe	041	QSL says Dushanbe and region 041.
UJ50C	Tajikistan	1972-05-10	1972-05-17	Dushanbe	040
UJ50D	Tajikistan	1972-05-10	1972-05-17	Dushanbe	040
UJ50E	Tajikistan	1972-05-10	1972-05-17	Dushanbe	040
UL50A	Kazakhstan	1972-03-22	1972-03-29	Alma Ata	018
UL50B	Kazakhstan	1972-03-22	1972-03-29	Kustanai	026
UL50C	Kazakhstan	1972-03-22	1972-03-29		028
UL50D	Kazakhstan	1972-03-22	1972-03-29	Tselinograd	016
UL50E	Kazakhstan	1972-03-22	1972-03-29
UM50A	Kyrgzstan	1972-05-03	1972-05-10	Frunze	036
UM50B	Kyrgzstan	1972-05-03	1972-05-10	Naryn	170
UM50C	Kyrgzstan	1972-05-03	1972-05-10
UM50D	Kyrgzstan	1972-05-03	1972-05-10
UM50E	Kyrgzstan	1972-05-03	1972-05-10		036
UO50A	Moldova	1972-04-19	1972-04-26	Kishinev	039
UO50B	Moldova	1972-04-19	1972-04-26	Belmsu	039
UO50C	Moldova	1972-04-19	1972-04-26	Kishinev	039
UO50D	Moldova	1972-04-19	1972-04-26		039
UO50E	Moldova	1972-04-19	1972-04-26	Kagul	039
UP50A	Lithuania	1972-04-12	1972-04-19	Vilnius	038
UP50B	Lithuania	1972-04-12	1972-04-19		038
UP50C	Lithuania	1972-04-12	1972-04-19		038
UP50D	Lithuania	1972-04-12	1972-04-19		038
UP50E	Lithuania	1972-04-12	1972-04-19		038
UQ50A	Latvia	1972-04-26	1972-05-03	Riga	037
UQ50B	Latvia	1972-04-26	1972-05-03		037
UQ50C	Latvia	1972-04-26	1972-05-03		037
UQ50D	Latvia	1972-04-26	1972-05-03	Riga	037
UQ50E	Latvia	1972-04-26	1972-05-03	Smiltene	037
UR50A	Estonia	1972-05-31	1972-06-07		083
UR50B	Estonia	1972-05-31	1972-06-07		083
UR50C	Estonia	1972-05-31	1972-06-07	Tartu	083
UR50D	Estonia	1972-05-31	1972-06-07	Viljandi	083
UR50E	Estonia	1972-05-31	1972-06-07		083
USSR50	RSFSR?					This was the net control station, which was QRV each Wednesday at 0845 at the change of operation between two republics

References

The DX News Sheet, issues #512, 513 & 516, published by Geoff Watts, BRS-3129.