October 10, 2021

Amateur Radio Volunteers Assist in Major US Cycling Event

October 10, 2021/ Colin Butler

On 11th September 2021, some 115 amateur radio volunteers from five states provided communication support for LoToJa, the longest single-day USA Cycling (USAC)-sanctioned bicycle event in the country and now in its 39th year. Starting in Logan, Utah, the 203-mile course ends in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, taking cyclists through northeastern Utah, southeastern Idaho, and western Wyoming in the process.

The race attracts thousands of applicants, and upward of 2,000 are selected to compete. Some 1,700 competed this year. The event generates more than $2 million a year for Huntsman Cancer Foundation. Hams participate from multiple clubs in Utah, including Goldman Spike Amateur Radio Club (GSARC), Ogden Amateur Radio Club (OARC), and Utah Valley Amateur Radio Club (UVARC). The race deploys four command centers and multiple repeaters.

October 10, 2021

Exercise Blue Ham

October 10, 2021/ Colin Butler

The RAF Air Cadets (RAFAC) are pleased to announce that they are proposing to run their ever-popular Blue Ham Radio Communications Exercise in October 2021.

The exercise will take place during the weekend of 16-17th October 2021, when we hope that you can put some time aside to join in with the cadets and staff on the exercise, details of the exchange of information to count as a QSO will be published on our website.

Also, we will issue you a Blue Ham participation Certificate if you contact 15 or more special MRE Callsigns over the period of the exercise, details of how to do this will be on the alphacharlie.org.uk website.

We hope to meet many of you on the air during the exercise, all the best from all at the Blue Ham Radio Team.

Exercise Blue Ham - https://alphacharlie.org.uk/exercise-blue-ham early October