Red Star Line Amateur / Ham Radio Special Event

Between 1873 and 1934 the Ocean liners from the Red Star Line company sailed to the United States with more than two million adventurers and fortune-hunters on board.

Special callsign ON70REDSTAR will be aired in SSB on shortwave ham bands from 21 September till 21 October 2013 to commemorate the Red Star Line and to celebrate the opening of the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp on 28 September 2013.

QSL via the information on QRZ.com - http://www.qrz.com/db/ON70REDSTAR

Netherlands Special Event

Special event station PA6SAIL will be active between 19th August and 10th September 2013

Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. Also 6m and 2m.

A special QSL card will be issued for working this callsign. Operations are in supporting the maritime event "SAIL De Ruyter" at Vlissingen.

QSL via PA3GEO (by the Bureau or direct)

The 3rd World ATV QSO Party

An Amateur Television QSO Party will be held through the Melbourne-Geelong repeater VK3RTV and many other Australian and USA repeaters, hopefully European involvement with British Amateur Television Club streaming plus the use of Skype.

The concept, initiated by Peter Cossins VK3BFG for the Amateur Radio Victoria centenary in 2011, has been a growing annual event since.

This year's date is Friday the 20th August from 8pm to Saturday the 31st August 2013 10am - the days and scheduling all in Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Peter VK3BFG said Friday will be the time for Australia and possibly Europeans, the locals are to be joined by those ATVers in the USA, with remote stations anywhere using Skype.

The Digital ATV QSO Party transmissions are relatively short, often in a show-and-tell format to explain personal involvement in the visual medium.