FreeDV digital HF Voice Mode QSO Party

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The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group is organizing a world first FreeDV digital HF voice mode QSO Party weekend for September 12/13th 2015 using the special event callsign VK100ANZAC courtesy of the WIA.

FreeDV digital voice is an open source codec/system developed by David Rowe VK5DGR. The aim is to encourage as many people as possible to come and try their hand at digital HF voice operation using FreeDV around the world.

More details - http://www.areg.org.au/?p=1578

The Longest Reign Amateur Radio Special Event Station

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This year on the 9th September 2015, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest reigning monarch, passing the reign of Queen Victoria.

To mark the occasion, Medway Amateur Receiving and Transmitting Society (MARTS) from Kent will be running an amateur / ham radio special event station GB2QLR for the Queen's longest reign to commemorate the event starting on Wednesday 9th September 2015 (the day she attained the position ) for 7 days - until midnight the following Tuesday 15th September 2015.

Station will be at located at Nigel G0GDA QTH powered by Solar panels during daylight hours and using a FTdx3000 & a FT857d for all HF 2m & 70cms using SSB & data.

More information - http://www.qrz.com/db/gb2qlr

V-J Day Amateur Radio Special Event Station - GB2VJ

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Members of the Essex CW Amateur Radio Club will be operating an Amateur / Ham Radio special event station, callsign GB2VJ from 8th August 2015 to 4th September 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of V-J Day in Europe and the USA 

Members of the London Group of the Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society, including ICQ Podcast presenters Martin Butler M1MRB and Chris Howard M0TCH, will also be operating the special event station GB70VJ throughout the whole of August from the museum ship HMS Belfast.

On 14th August 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending WW2. Since then, both 14th August and 15th August have been known as ‘Victory over Japan Day,’ or simply ‘V-J Day.’ The term has also been used for 2nd September 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six long years of hostilities to a final close.

GB2VJ will be predominantly operating CW on the HF bands although there may be occasional SSB operation.

Essex CW Amateur Radio Club - http://www.essexcw.org.uk/