GB2RS Special Events
Special Events News – 19 November 2023
Radio Club de Nice is active as TM8AB to commemorate the anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy, 8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO in November 1923. Listen for activity on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW, FT8 and SSTV until 10 December. QSL via F4KJQ. Special callsign LX90RTL is […]
Special Events News – 12 November 2023
Special callsign HB8DELOY is in use by members of the Swiss Air Force Museum’s Radio Club, HB4FR, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy, 8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO in November 1923. Listen for activity until the 31 December. QSL via HB9ACA, preferably via the bureau. RAF […]
Special Events News – 5 November 2023
The ONZ Oostkust Radioclub, ON6HC is active on all bands and modes as OR79CLM until 12 November. The special callsign’s suffix stands for Canadian Liberation March, the annual event that celebrates the liberation of the Belgian town of Knokke on the 1 November 1944. QSL via the bureau. For more information, and details of an […]
Special Events News – 29 October 2023
Tom, VK2WN will be active as AX37EUDXF until the 30 November to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the European DX Foundation. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL and Club Log’s OQRS. On the 10 October 1923 the BBC, then the British Broadcasting Company, opened its seventh transmitter and based it in Aberdeen. Using the […]
Special Events News – 22 October 2023
Members of ARI Pordenone and ARI Belluno will be active as II3RDV until the 31 October. The special callsign is active to mark the 60th anniversary of the Vajont Dam disaster. On the 9 October 1963 a massive landslide plunged into the reservoir, causing a 250m-high mega-tsunami. QSL via IV3EHH. “Amateur Radio” magazine, the official […]
Special Events News – 15 October 2023
Today, the 15 October, is the last chance to work EI4FOTA from the Blasket Islands, EU-007. A team of ‘Friends on the Air’ will be busy activating special locations in and around Ireland until the 31 August 2024. See QRZ.com for more information. Members of Radio Club F5KDC will be active as TM400BPA until Monday […]
