Cray Valley 70th Event

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Cray Valley Radio Society is celebrating its 70th anniversary in October 2016.

Ofcom have issued the special callsign GB70CV which will be active from the club shack in Eltham, south-east London for 28 days starting on 1st October 2016.

Members of the Cray Valley Amateur Radio Club will also be active from their home stations and using the club callsigns G1RCV/GX1RCV/G3RCV/GX3RCV.

There is a special Platinum Award for contacting CVRS stations in October., where 70 points for working stations achieves the award. For more details, see the club website below.

Cray Valley Radio Club - http://www.cvrs.org

2017 RST Special Event

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Members of the North Country DX Association (NCDXA) will be active during the month of March 2017 from several different locations in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland using all NCDXA "RST" fixed station callsigns KL7RST, VY1RST, VE8RST, VY0RST and OX7RST to further promote Amateur Radio in northern North America.

This is the group's 2nd annual special event with the addition of OX7RST, more rovers and fixed stations, new QSLs and certificates! Activity will be on all modes on 160-6 meters and the WARC bands are permissible.

SWLs are welcome to participate. The object is to work or log (SWL) as many NCDXA "RST" stations as you can from their different locations. To participate you need to work each "RST" station only once per their QTH, band and mode. No cross band, cross mode or remote operating allowed.Portable rover "RST" stations will also participate.

Portable stations will include - KL7RST/KL7, VY1RST/VY1, VY1RST/KL7, VE8RST/KL7 and VE8RST/VY1 ...etc. 

Depending upon DX spots, the group hope to have stations on from a Canadian research station near the North Pole on Ellesmere Island, a diamond mine in NWT, an Alaskan bush school, an OM/YL team from Nuuk, Greenland, and many other cities up north large and small.

The group intends to upload logs to the ARRL's LoTW.

Full color QSLs are available via K7ICE (bio on QRZ.com).

North Country DX Association (NCDXA) Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/North-Country-DX-Assoc-K7ICE-1717462798496577

JOTA in Ireland 2016

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The Scout Jamboree on the Air, JOTA, takes place on the weekend of 15th and 16th October.

Scouting Ireland and IRTS are making a special effort to increase activity and a number of radio clubs and individual operators have already indicated their intention to take part.

Activity can be for the whole weekend, just one day or even a few hours. This is a really worthwhile activity for both Scouting and Amateur Radio and will help promote the hobby particularly among teenagers and young adults.

If you can help out either by hosting some scouts at your station or giving a hand at the local club station please contact Paul EI2CA QTHR. 

There is a particularly active and enthusiastic scout group in Ashbourne County Meath who want to team up with a club or individual operators. They are well resourced and have a premises in the town complete with a mobile antenna tower. Let us know if you can help.