{"id":31706,"date":"2023-03-28T16:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=31706"},"modified":"2023-07-10T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T09:00:53","slug":"coronation-call-signs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/the-coronation-of-the-king-and-the-queen-consort\/coronation-call-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation call signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Please note that the Society Coronation events finished on 30 June 2023.\u00a0 It is no longer possible to use the special callsigns or prefixes.\u00a0 This page is retained as a record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Individual callsigns<\/h3>\n<p>Ofcom has kindly agreed that UK and Crown Dependency radio amateurs may use the \u201cR\u201d prefix in their callsigns during May and June 2023.\u00a0 A Notice of Variation (NoV) will be required and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/licensing-novs-visitors\/online-nov-application\/notice-of-variation-coronation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apply via the RSGB website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Short contest calls may also use this prefix, providing the parent callsign holds the requisite NoV.<\/p>\n<p>A special QSL card template is <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/the-coronation-of-the-king-and-the-queen-consort\/a-coronation-special-qsl-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available for download and printing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those who do not wish to apply for a NoV can use the suffix \u201c\/23C\u201d on the end of their callsigns throughout May and June 2023, but please note this will not work with FT8\/4 and similar modes.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Event Stations<\/h3>\n<p>After discussion with Ofcom, we suggest that for Special Event Stations (SES) radio amateurs use callsigns GB0Rxx or GB4Rxx (where xx are any letters).<\/p>\n<p>A group in each of the Nations with Regional Secondary Locators (RSL\u2019s), and the Crown Dependencies, may like to use GB3KCx where x is their normal RSL. This has been done by Jersey already and is their suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/manage-your-licence\/radiocommunication-licences\/amateur-radio\/amateur-radio-info\/applying-for-special-event-station-notice-of-variations-online\">apply for these SES callsigns via the Ofcom portal<\/a> in the usual way.<\/p>\n<h3>Flagship Special Event Station Callsign GB23C<\/h3>\n<p>From 10 May until 30 June 2023 the callsign GB23C is available for RSGB members and clubs to use.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/the-coronation-of-the-king-and-the-queen-consort\/coronation-uk-flagship-sses\/gb23c-registration-details\/\">Please apply here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that the Society Coronation events finished on 30 June 2023.\u00a0 It is no longer possible to use the special callsigns or prefixes.\u00a0 This page is retained as a record. Individual callsigns Ofcom has kindly agreed that UK and Crown Dependency radio amateurs may use the \u201cR\u201d prefix in their callsigns during May and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"parent":31704,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31706","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\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31706\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}