Limerick Radio Club Special Event Callsign EI4LCC

Limerick City is honoured and delighted to be Ireland's first National City of Culture 2014.

To celebrate the event, members of Limerick Radio Club will air EI14LCC, Limerick City of Culture 2014, during 2014 from their own QTH and from various locations within Limerick.

The Limerick Radio Club rally will take place at the Radisson Hotel on Sunday 9 March 2014.

Youngsters On The Air Finland 2014

During the summer of 2014, a youth radio camp 'Youngsters on the Air' will be held in Finland, organized by the Finnish Amateur Radio League

During this week teams of young radio amateurs from 15 different European countries will be participating during different activities: presentations, competitions, visiting radio stations, workshops, ARDF etc…

As three previous events in Romania, Belgium/Netherlands and Estonia have shown, for the young HAM’s it will be a great experience they will never forget.

When: 15-22 July 2014

Participants: 15 teams from different European member associations of IARU R1. A team consists of a team leader, who could be an older person over 18, and 4 team members between 15-25 years old.

Location: Virrat, Finland. - http://www.marttinen.fi/en/sijainti

Fees: part of travel costs (calculated with a distance calculator by the European Commission), plus participation fee €50 per person. All other costs (accommodation, food, activities) will be covered by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission.

If your member society is interested to participate, please respond by 31st January 2014, as the full application should be ready for 15.03.2014. For questions and where to send the application, download the invitation document - http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=173&func=fileinfo&id=498

Source IARU Region 1 - http://www.iaru-r1.org/

Youngsters On The Air - http://www.ham-yota.eu/

Latvian Special Prefix

In honor of the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Latvia in November and December 2013, members of the Latvian Contest Club will use the special prefix YL95.

Expect YL95AIW, YL95AJA, YL95CI, YL95CW, YL95DQ, YL95DW, YL95GQT, YL95GY, YL95KF, YL95KL and YL95UI to be on the bands.

For QSL info, follow the operators' instructions, but in most of cases use LoTW, eQSL, by the Bureau or direct to their home callsign is OK.