Special Events News – 4 May 2025
The Ramsbury Amateur Radio DX Group will be active on the 3, 4 and 8 May using special callsign GB1VE to celebrate VE day. The group will be operating on 20m and 40m using CW, SSB and digital modes.
The Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society will be commemorating VE Day on Thursday the 8 May. Members will be controlling a number of nets on varying frequencies between 7am and 2pm. They will be using vintage military equipment dating from the WWll period and beyond. The full programme of events can be found via vmars.org/news
Worthing Radio Events Group are planning to operate GB8OFP for the anniversary of VE Day on the 8 May. Operation will take place on the seafront at the Ferring Pillbox, Patterson’s Walk, West Sussex. Members will be active between 10am and 2pm on the 40m and 20m bands using SSB.
The East Midlands Electronics and Radio Group will be on the air between the 8 and 11 May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Using the callsign GB1BK, the group will operate from former RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire. Members expect to be operational on at least 40m, 20m and 2m, using SSB and possibly some FT8 and SSTV.
Guernsey Amateur Radio Society will be operating special event radio station GU80LIB between the 9 and the 11 May in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Guernsey at the end of World War Two. See QRZ.com for more information.
Special event station GB0SAR will be operating between the 3 and the 30 May to support SOS Radio Week. The station will mostly be working using FT4 on the 20m band but you might also catch it on the other HF bands using phone. For more information visit QRZ.com
Category: GB2RS Special Events
