Special Events News – 3 June 2018

| June 1, 2018

Special event station YB50AR will be active throughout June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia, (ORARI)—Indonesia’s IARU Member Society. In addition to the HQ station, another 32 special call signs will be active from the ORARI subdivisions over the same period. All will have the YB50 prefix. Information on the ORARI Golden Anniversary Awards will be posted to orari.or.id.

Special call signs with a 4X70 prefix are active until 27 June to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary. Logsearch and an electronic certificate are available via israel70.iarc.org.

Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club will be running a special event station GB2MAC on the weekend of 9 and 10 June. Planning to be on the air on all bands from 160m to 6m, they will also be monitoring GB3CP for any one needing directions to visit, either just to see what is going on or, if you bring your licence, to operate. The station is usually up and running by 10am on the Saturday and ends on Sunday around 4pm. The station will be on the air overnight, with particular focus on 160 and 80m. QSL will be via the bureau and LOTW.

As mentioned in the main news there are a large number of special event stations on the air in the UK and elsewhere celebrating FIFA World Cup 2018. Many awards are available–details at rsgb.org/fwc.

Category: GB2RS Special Events