2021 Events and Activities
Special Events and Activities that were held in 2021
RSGB, ARRL and our members organised some great on-air activities to celebrate the achievement of transatlantic communications by radio amateurs one hundred years ago.
The RSGB and the ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® in the US completed joint events to celebrate the achievement of transatlantic communications by radio amateurs 100 years ago. The press release can be read here.
RSGB and ARRL Events (2021)
| 3-5 December 2021 | ARRL 160m Contest 2021 – with 1920s RSGB callsigns |
| 12 December 2021 – 0200–0800 UTC | 160m Transatlantic Centenary QSO Party |
Other Activities (2021)
| November 2021 onwards | Celebrating the events of 1921 at Ardrossan in 2021 |
| 13-14 November 2021 | Transatlantic QSO Party, sponsored by the Radio Club of America |
| 11-12 December 2021 | 1BCG Special Event – activation on 160m CW using a replica transmitter. This was transmission only. |
| 12 December 2021 – 0252 UTC | The Radio Club of America’s W2RCA made a one-way transmission on 1825 kHz at 12 WPM CW, from Connecticut. This was transmission only. The message included slightly abbreviated text of the 1921 1BCG message to Paul Godley, then “best wishes to all from the Radio Club of America for the next 100 years of wireless progress 73 de W2RCA.” |
| 1-26 December 2021 | Special “/2ZE” suffix authorised to mark the Centenary of Paul Godley’s work |
