RSSGB2RS Special Events

Special Event News – 18 March 2018

| March 16, 2018

Special Event Station news for April did not arrive in time to be included in the printed edition of RadCom, but the information can be found on the RSGB website. M0TRJ will be operating GB60OT until next Sunday as part of the Radio Amateur Old Timers’ Association diamond jubilee celebrations. QSL via the bureau or […]

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Special Event News – 11 March 2018

| March 9, 2018

The Radio Amateur Old Timers’ Association (RAOTA) will be operating GB60OT during 2018 as a part of its diamond jubilee celebrations. GB60OT will be active from 17 to 25 March operated by Simon, M0TRJ. GB0WM will be on the air from Woolsthorpe Manor as part of British Science Week on 17 and 18 March. Woolsthorpe […]

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Special Event News – 4 March 2018

| March 2, 2018

EI50AOM will be on the air throughout March to remember the 61 lives lost after the crash of an Aer Lingus Viscount airliner in the Irish Sea 50 years ago. QSL via EI2KA, direct with $2 and self-addressed envelope, or via the bureau. The log will be uploaded periodically to Logbook of The World for […]

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Special Event News – 25 February 2018

| February 23, 2018

March 2018 sees the 80th anniversary of the launch of HMS Belfast and, to mark the event, the RNARS (Affiliated) London (HMS Belfast) Group have been granted the unusual call sign of GB80GGCN. Golf-Golf-Charlie-November was the marine call sign of HMS Belfast. The special event call will last from March through to May. Visitors to […]

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Special Event News – 18 February 2018

| February 16, 2018

The 5th Paddock Wood Guides will taking part in GirlGuiding London and South East England’s Impact Big Sleepover on the 24 and 25 February near Sittingbourne, Kent. A special event station will operate on the 25th, GB5PWG for Paddock Wood Guides. GB4UKG, representing UK Guiding, will be on the air from Abermule School, Montgomery, Wales […]

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Special Event News – 11 February 2018

| February 9, 2018

Thinking Day on the Air 2018 will take place over the weekend of 17 and 18 February. Guides and Scouts are taking part from the UK, Canada, USA, the Netherlands and possibly other countries. A list of known stations is displayed on the website, and if your station isn’t listed, please send in details via […]

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