South Africa JOTA/JOTI 2017

ZS6SSG will be running a station as it has done over the last couple of years for this years JOTA event.

This year JOTA is celebrating its 60th anniversary, and to commemorate this milestone, ZS6SSG will be running a special event call sign over the weekend (20 to 22 October 2017 ) using the callsign is ZS60JOTA.

The station will be operating on 20, 40 and 80 m bands for the weekend.

RAF Cadet Radio Exercise BLUE HAM 17-2

The RAF Cadets have received clearance to run a “Blue Ham” Radio Exercise on 5MHz (60 Metre Band) during the weekends of  21-22 and 28-29 October 2017 from 08:00 to 20:00Hrs.

An updated scoring system etc will be used to reflect some of the feedback we received over the previous Exercises.

Full Details - https://alphacharlie.org.uk/exercise-blue-ham/

History of UK Special Contest Call Signs

Chris GM3WOJ has posted a short history of UK Special Contest Call signs (SCCs) which have now been in use for 21 years

The holder of a UK Amateur Radio Full Licence, Full (Club) Licence or Full (Reciprocal) Licence may apply for a Special Contest Call sign (“SCC”). This call sign may only be used in amateur radio contests of no more than 48 hours duration.

The call sign will be in the format ‘G’ or ‘M’, followed by a chosen digit and a chosen suffix letter. Examples are G8Z or M7R.

Chris recalls that representations to the Regulator to issue the call signs began about 1990 but calls weren't issued until 1996.

Read GM3WOJ's Post - http://www.qsl.net/gm3woj/uksccs.htm

RSGB Special Contest Call Sign page - http://rsgb.org/main/operating/licensing-novs-visitors/online-nov-application/application-for-a-special-contest-call-sign/