{"id":30417,"date":"2022-09-03T19:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=30417"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:09:56","slug":"activators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/activity\/transatlantic-tests\/tct\/activators\/","title":{"rendered":"How RSGB Clubs and Members activated the original 1920s call signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

We invited every RSGB member with a Full Licence and access to an HF station with computer logging, to join the team of activators during December.<\/p>\n

Intermediate and Foundation Licensees were not excluded; they could also operate with the supervision of a Full Licensee \u2013 either at a Club station or at a Full Licensee\u2019s home station.<\/p>\n

Taking part was very simple. Activators operated from home, a club or a public event, some even out portable. More than 150 RSGB members operated as part of the month of activity.<\/p>\n

Each call sign had a volunteer coordinator who was be responsible for allocating operating slots in the Operating Schedule and collected the log files from those who have been activating.<\/p>\n

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The Operating Schedules were held on Google Spreadsheets (as shown above) and were linked both from the QRZ.com page for the particular callsign and on the table below.<\/p>\n

The full table of call signs with links to the QRZ.com pages, the email addresses of coordinators and the Operating Schedules, was\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country\/
\nDependency<\/th>\n		QRZ page<\/th>\nCoordinator Email Address<\/th>\nGoogle Spreadsheet Schedule<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
England<\/td>\nG5WS<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nG5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nG5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG5AT<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nG5AT@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nG5AT Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG6XX<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nG6XX@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nG6XX Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG6ZZ<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nG6ZZ@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nG6ZZ Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG3DR<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nG3DR@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nG3DR Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isle of Man<\/td>\nGD5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGD5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGD5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Ireland<\/td>\nGI5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGI5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGI5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jersey<\/td>\nGJ5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGJ5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGJ5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scotland<\/td>\nGM5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGM5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGM5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guernsey<\/td>\nGU5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGU5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGU5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wales<\/td>\nGW5WS<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nGW5WS@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nGW5WS Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If would like to join the RSGB Contest Club please send an email with your RSGB membership number to ContestClub@rsgbcc.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Each call sign was only be activated from the Nation or Crown Dependency denoted by the prefix \u2013 for example G5WS is exclusively for England.<\/p>\n

Having sent in their ADIF file log, as an activator they had no responsibility for Paper QSL cards, Club Log uploads or LoTW uploads, as these were be carried out by other RSGB volunteers, with Charles Wilmott, M0OXO, kindly agreeing to be the QSL manager for the call signs.<\/p>\n

Which call sign should I use?
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

For members and clubs in England there was a choice of which call sign to activate. Although the main focus was on activating G5WS and its regional variants, (this was the first call to get across East to West), the much higher amateur radio population in England meant that we chose to activate four additional historic call signs from England only. This was planned to ensure that anyone who wishes to take part, will have plenty of opportunities, wherever they are located in the UK and Crown Dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country\/
\nDependency<\/th>\n		QRZ page<\/th>\nRSGB Region<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
England<\/td>\nG5WS<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n9 &
\n10<\/td>\n		London & Thames Valley
\nSouth and South East<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG5AT<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nHQ<\/td>\nRSGB HQ
\nHistoric Allocation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG6XX<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n4 &
\n13<\/td>\n		North East
\nEast Midlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG6ZZ<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n12 &
\n3<\/td>\n		East and East Anglia
\nNorth West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG3DR<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n5 &
\n11<\/td>\n		West Midlands
\nSouth West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isle of Man<\/td>\nGD5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a035<\/td>\nIsle of Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Ireland<\/td>\nGI5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/td>\nNorthern Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jersey<\/td>\nGJ5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n115
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scotland<\/td>\nGM5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1 &
\n2<\/td>\n		Scotland S & W Isles
\nScotland N & N Isles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guernsey<\/td>\nGU5WS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n116<\/td>\nGuernsey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wales<\/td>\nGW5WS<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n6 &
\n7<\/td>\n		North Wales
\nSouth Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We invited every RSGB member with a Full Licence and access to an HF station with computer logging, to join the team of activators during December. Intermediate and Foundation Licensees were not excluded; they could also operate with the supervision of a Full Licensee \u2013 either at a Club station or at a Full Licensee\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20386,"featured_media":0,"parent":27969,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30417\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}