Captain Cook Special Event

Pontefract and District Amateur Radio Society (PDARS) are currently active as GB250CC until 28th September 2018 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, spanning the years 1768-1771.

Captain Cook sailed out of Plymouth on August 25th, 1768, on the ship called the "Endeavor".

For more details - https://www.qrz.com/db/gb250cc

QSL via G0BPK direct, by the Bureau to GB250CC, LoTW or eQSL.

300th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Station Registered

The 300th entry for this year’s International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend event has been registered by ICQ Amateur/Ham Radio Podcast's Ed Durrant (DD5LP), for the lighthouse on the West Mole at Lindau on Lake Constance.

This lovely and much-photographed lighthouse is accompanied by a Lion on the East Mole both sheltering the town's harbour.

The lighthouse was built and operated by the railroad (now Deutsche Bahn) until the railroad dropped its ferry routes and sold its Lindau harbor facilities to Stadtwerke Konstanz, which operates ferry service from Lindau to Meersburg on the German side and Romanshorn in Switzerland.

In 2010 the town of Lindau acquired the lighthouse and opened it to the public as a museum.

Site open, museum and tower open daily except when bad weather makes the pier unsafe. Owner/site manager: City of Lindau.

International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend - https://illw.net

JOTA JOTI 2018 Registration Open

Registration for this year's JOTA/JOTI event provides your Group access to the International Jamboree page.

You will be able to see at a glance, all the registered stations from around the world, and take part in the largest Scout event to be held each year. This also gives you the opportunity to contact other stations around the world before the event and setup a dedicated time etc to make the contact. Start planning your event now!

Your National JOTA JOTI coordinator can assist you with getting in touch with one of the local Scout Groups. It's not difficult to setup an event at your local Scout Hall. All you need is a couple of Cubs and Scouts and a Scouter or two to organise the weekend. No need to run the entire weekend either; you choose what days to run according to your groups schedule. The busiest times are on the Saturday.

JOTA JOTI 2018 Registration - http://www.jotajoti.info/sign-up-jota-joti-2018/