GB100ZZ

Poldhu Amateur Radio Club will be running the unique call sign GB100ZZ during the month of August 2014.

ZZ was the call sign used by Poldhu from the early-mid first decade of the 1900s. It was used to send news bulletins, weather bulletins and safety/danger messages to merchant ships. This usually took place from midnight and into the early hours. For danger and safety messages they used the prefix TTT with emphasis on the length of the Morse T.

ZZ was the call sign used to send the Admiralty message announcing the declaration of WW I to merchant vessels.

David G3PLE has obtained the call sign on behalf of the Radio Officers Association to recognise the work and sacrifice of all Wireless Operators during the Great War and the Club has readily agreed that it should be run from the site where the message was originally sent. This joint enterprise will greatly enhance the standing of our club,

The call sign is available for the whole of August and should attract massive pile-ups.

The declaration of WW I was made on 4th August 1914 and the call sign will be officially opened by the Mayor of Helston at 11am on 4th August 2014.

Club members are asked to operate using this unique call sign and assistance will be given to those who may be wary of operating big pile-ups.

GB100ZZ - http://www.500kcs.org.

Panama Canal Special Event

Panama celebrates its 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal this August 2014.

On 15th August 2014, the Panamanians will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the inaugural transit through the Panama Canal.

To mark this occasion, radio amateurs of the Republic of Panama have organised a  special event station, and will be operating as HO 100 CANAL until 15 August 2014.

Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY.

The QSL Manager for the operation is HP 1 AVS.

More information - http://www.qrz.com/db/HO100CANAL

GB2VJ special event station marks V-J Day

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/