Special Events News – 21 January 2024

| January 19, 2024

A team of German amateurs is operating special event callsign DM24EHF until the 28 January. The EHF suffix stands for European Handball Federation. The 16th edition of the European Men’s Handball Championship is being hosted in Germany from the 10 to the 28 January. QSL via the bureau, or directly to DL2VFR.

The Straight Key Century Club’s Straight Key Month is currently underway. The annual on-air event commemorates the Club’s founding in 2006 and celebrates the original instruments of early radiotelegraphy including straight keys, bugs and ‘cootie’ keys. Listen out for the K3Y callsign which is being aired from the ten US call areas. Information on the event and QSL instructions can be found at via the website

“Discovering Marconi” is an international amateur radio diploma organised by the ARI Radio Club of Fidenza in Italy. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian scientist in 1874, this award aims to delve deeper into the thought, vision, capacity and character of Guglielmo Marconi. More details of special callsigns and award rules can be found here

Category: GB2RS Special Events