Special Event News – 26 November 2017

The main special event station news is the start of the very special, special event station GB17YOTA. This call sign will be aired by clubs up and down the country during the month of December. Sandringham School radio club starts the ball rolling on Friday, 1 December, handing over to RSGB Region 7 Youth Committee representative Will Davies, 2W0WOD, on Saturday. Next Sunday sees the Wessex Contest Group taking up the call. A list of activations can be found on page eight of the December RadCom.

Very few special event stations seem to be on the air this week. Ofcom reported that no UK special event stations gave their consent to be publicised in the month of November. When an application is made for a special event call sign the applicant signs a confirmation that the special event Station is in support of an event which is of special significance, and will be open to viewing by members of the public. So there is logic in ticking the box to permit Ofcom to tell RSGB about your event, so that we can publicise it in GB2RS, in RadCom, and on the RSGB website.

Category: GB2RS Special Events