Special Events News – 2 July 2023

Today is the last chance to work F1IEH who is active as TM100GPF in celebration of the ‘24 Hours of Le Mans’ event. The special callsign’s suffix stands for ‘Grand Prix de France’, the motor race held in June 1906 that has become known as the first Grand Prix. QSL via F1IEH’s home call.

As part of the ‘Crank It Up!’ STEM Event at Beamish Museum today, the 2 July, The Bishop Auckland Radio Amateur Club is operating special event station GB4BM from the 1950s Welfare Hall. They will be operating a range of amateur radio equipment covering HF Voice, HF Data, VHF FM, SSB, DMR and internet-assisted modes. The digital and internet-assisted stations are being run by the Extended Freedom Network team and will allow the special event station to be contacted by a very diverse range of connection types from across the world. For further details visit extendedfreedom.network

Commemorating the role that radio, and radio amateurs, had in rescuing the survivors of the airship ‘Italia’ disaster, special callsigns RT95NS, RT95MS and RT95KG are active until the 12 July. The suffixes memorialise the radio amateurs who first picked up the SOS call on the 3 June 1928, and radio operators on board two of the ships that participated in the search and rescue operations. R1LK will also be active onboard the amateur radio station of the ‘Krasin’, the icebreaker that reached the castaways on 12 July 1928. Certificates will be available on hamlog.online for contacts made with these stations.

Category: GB2RS Special Events