Special Events News – 15 September 2019

Thames Amateur Radio Club will operate GB2MFM this Sunday, the 15th, to raise awareness of military sites, particularly in Essex and Kent. GB2MFM will be at a WWII pill box at Wat Tyler Country Park, near Basildon.

This month marks the centenary of radio in the Cambridge area. As well as a celebration day to be held on the 29 September at Foxton, to which all local amateurs are invited, local clubs have activated the callsign GB1CAM and will be operating it throughout September. Further details at cdarc.org.uk.

OL75CARBON commemorates the 75th anniversary of the dropping the CARBON paratroops in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during WWII, known as Operation Carbon. It will be on the air until 30 November. For more information visit QRZ.com.

In memory of those lost in Operation Market Garden, the South Dorset Radio Society will be operating from the wartime glider base at Tarrant Rushton near Blandford in Dorset. They will be on the air from Tuesday, the 17th, until Friday, 20 September, using the call sign GB0MKT.

Southgate ARC will be taking part in Railways on the Air on 21 and 22 September from the Hoddesdon Model and Railway Club at Broxborne Meadows with the call sign GB4HMR. Volunteers, operators and any one interested are more than welcome to come along.

Category: GB2RS Special Events