RSSGB2RS Special Events

Special Events News – 12 March 2017

| March 10, 2017

The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven will host a variety of special events on Sunday, 12 March, to support the local charity of Samaritans of West Cumbria. In addition to the scheduled beacon exhibits on display, members of the RSGB will operate GB1SWC. As well as live tracking of the International Space Station and interactive demonstrations such […]

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Special Events News – 5 March 2017

| March 3, 2017

The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, will host a variety of special events throughout the weekend of 11 and 12 March to support the local charity, Samaritans of West Cumbria. In addition to the scheduled beacon exhibits on display, members of the RSGB will operate GB1SWC. As well as live tracking of the International Space Station and […]

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Special Events News – 26 February 2017

| February 24, 2017

GB0SMD will be operating from the historic church of St Margaret of Antioch on Saturday, 4 March from 10am-4pm. Operation will be on HF using the 10 to 80m bands and a special QSL card will be produced. PA2017BP is on the air until 20 March to commemorate Lord Baden-Powell who founded the Scout Movement, […]

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Special Events News – 19 February 2017

| February 17, 2017

Operators from the Darwin Amateur Radio Club will on air using the call sign VI8BOD from 18 February to 28 March to remember the 75th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Darwin, Australia in 1942. QSL Manager is M0URX and QSL cards can be requested on the M0URX OQRS. More information can be found by […]

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Special Events News – 12 February 2017

| February 10, 2017

The 14 February marks the 95th anniversary of the start of the UK’s first ever regular, advertised broadcast radio station, 2MT, which came live from Writtle in Essex. A team from Chelmsford ARS will be making operating GB952MT from the 12th to the 14th to mark this occasion. Details are on QRZ.com. Until 19 February, […]

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Special Events News – 5 February 2017

| February 3, 2017

Members of the Paphos Radio Club are operating a special event station H2017PFO throughout 2017 for Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2017. Activity is on the HF bands using all modes. QSL direct to 5B4AIE. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are operating as LZ235SIR during February for All Saints 2017. QSL via the […]

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