GB2VJ special event station marks V-J Day

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Members of the Essex CW Group will be operating the amateur radio special event station GB2VJ from 8 August to 4 September 2014 to mark V-J Day  

On 14 August 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending WW2. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as ‘Victory over Japan Day,’ or simply ‘V-J Day.’

The term has also been used for 2 September 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six long years of hostilities to a final close.

GB2VJ operations will be on the lower HF bands primarily using CW.

Essex CW Club is a unique group supporting and encouraging the learning and use of Morse code - https://sites.google.com/site/essexcw/

20th Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014 Special Event

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To celebrate the Commonwealth Games this summer, the Stirling & District Amateur Radio Society (GM6NX) are hosting a special event station, GA14CG, at their club premises, approximately 25 miles northeast of the city of Glasgow, between 21st July 3rd August 2014.

Stirling and District Amateur Radio Club will be operating special event station GA14CG throughout the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Stirling and District Amateur Radio Club will be operating special event station GA14CG throughout the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

The station will be run by members of the Stirling & DARS along with other clubs in the surrounding area. Visitors are most welcome to the station and visiting amateurs can operate the station, permitted they bring a copy of their license.

There will be 3 HF stations and 2 VHF stations operational. Activity will be on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB and Data.

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To celebrate the Commonwealth Games this summer, the Stirling & District Amateur Radio Society (GM6NX) are hosting a special event station, GA14CG, at their club premises, approximately 25 miles northeast of the city of Glasgow, between 21st July 3rd August 2014.

More Information - http://www.ga14cg.com/
 

The World ATV QSO Party

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This year’s annual on-air gathering of the visual mode of Amateur Television will be held on 29-30 August 2014.

The event will be broadcasted on the Melbourne-Geelong VK3RTV repeater and streamed through the British Amateur Television Club.

The 2014 event is the 4th annual World Digital ATV QSO Party which was originally a part of the centenary for Amateur Radio Victoria.

Friday night will be VK-only including links to new digital repeater VK5RDC at Port Pirie, and possibly joined by VK4RKC in Brisbane.

Australians can work through their local ATV repeaters and net controllers are to provide the Internet links. Those ATVers not within repeater range may pre-arrange to Skype-in direct to master controller Peter VK3BFG.

On the Saturday there will be four net controllers - Peter VK3BFG, Don KE6BXT, Art WR8DMC and for the first time Noel G8GTZ. International repeaters are W6ATN, WR8ATV, GB3HV and possibly GB3SQ and GB3KM.