Special Events News – 2 September 2018

| August 31, 2018

This Sunday, 2 September, the Radio Club of Binche will operate as ON44WAR to commemorate the Belgian Resistance during WWII. Activity will be from 0700 to 1100UTC. CW transmissions on 7MHz from a paraset will take place on the hour for 30 minutes, followed by SSB. QSL via ON7RY, direct, bureau or eQSL.

This Sunday, the 2nd, Thames Amateur Radio Group will be operating GB2MFM, commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the end of WWII. Activity will be from WWII pillbox in Wat Tyler Country Park, near Basildon.

The RSGB Region 8 team will host GB100RAF in the STEM Village, that’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, this Sunday, 2 September at the 2018 Portrush Airshow, AirWaves. Mid-Ulster ARC will provide their display trailer for the weekend and RAF ARS members will facilitate the GB100RAF call sign. QSL information for GB100RAF is via G8FC, the club call sign of HQ RAF ARS.

2018 sees Christ Church, Coventry, celebrate its 60th anniversary. Opened to replace the city centre building bombed out during the war, the Festival of Britain design exhibits many unique architectural features. To coincide with both Churches on the Air and Heritage Open Day, Quantum Amateur Radio and Technology Society will be running a VHF phone and HF FT8 special event station using the call sign GB6CCC. Visitors are welcome to not only visit the special event station but have a look around this magnificent building and climb the tower to see the vistas of Coventry. Further details are at g7lfc.radio.

XR208A, XR208B, XR208C and XR208D are the special call signs for the Discolo DX Group to celebrate the 208th anniversary of the First Government Junta on 18 September 1810. It proclaimed Chile an autonomous republic within the Spanish monarchy. They will operate SSB, PSK31 and FT8 on the HF bands throughout September. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.

Philippe, F5PTA will be active as TM70ONU from Lyon in France from 1 September to 27 December, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. QSL via eQSL only.

Category: GB2RS Special Events