GB2RS Special Events
Special Events News – 10 June 2018
Next weekend sees Museums on the Air, with somewhere in the region of 50 stations active in the UK and around the world. A list of registered stations can be found at www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/stations.htm and examples include GB4GLM from Gloucester Life Museum, GB2MOF from the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, GB3PIT at the Lancashire mining Museum […]
Special Events News – 3 June 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 […]
Special Events News – 27 May 2018
From 25 May until 8 June, Radio Club OK1KLV will activate the special call sign OL90ITALIA to honour the memory of the adventurous and tragic polar expedition of the airship Italia that in 1928 crashed near the North Pole. Activity will be on HF on various modes. The 90th anniversary of Portishead Radio will be […]
Special Event News – 20 May 2018
As noted last week, Cray Valley Radio Society is using the unique call sign GR9RW until the 23rd to mark the Royal Wedding between HRH Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle. Activities will be from HF to UHF—full details are at cvrs.org. Celebrating the 50th birthday of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederiks of Denmark, the Experimental […]
Special Event News – 13 May 2018
Many stations are on the air for some or all of RNLI SOS month. Details of all registered stations are online at sosradioweek.org.uk and there are free awards available for working or even just hearing them. This weekend is Mills on the Air and many special event stations are active. As mentioned last week, the […]
Special Event News – 6 May 2018
May is RNLI SOS week month and many stations will be on the air for part or all of the month from RNLI-related locations, such as lifeboat stations, up and down the country. Details of all the registered stations taking part can be found at sosradioweek.org.uk and there are a variety of free awards available […]
