Satellite Operation from RMS Queen Mary

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As part of the activities taking place during a period docked at Long Beach California, the RMS Queen Mary will be active for Satellite Amateur Radio Operations on 15th December 2018.

The day is designed to be like a Field Day. It is hoped that operations from portable station(s) will be on FM, SSB and maybe some packet along with HF.

Callsign in use will be W6RO, which is the callsign of the wireless room on the ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach.

More information - http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO

Australian Armistice Centenary Amateur Radio Special Event Callsigns

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The WIA has secured special event callsigns for use across all Australian States and Territories, to commemorate the signing of the Armistice that ended World War 1.

These callsigns are VI # PEACE and VI # LWF, with the # representing the call area numerals – one through zero. In addition, VI100PEACE has also been obtained.

The callsigns will be available for use over the nine days between the third and the eleventh of November, now coming up fast.

In particular, look out for Victor_India_9_PEACE from Christmas Island.

Clubs, groups and/or individuals can apply to use the State and Territory callsigns on a roster basis for periods at least 24 hours over the third to eleventh November.

To make application, send an email to trainsafe@silvertrain.com.au with “Armistice callsigns” in the subject line.

These callsigns and their licence fees are paid for by the WIA, and the ACMA has agreed on their use for the nominated period.

ACMA licence conditions apply when using the special event callsigns: applicants must have an Advanced to apply but all levels of licence can operate within the LCD that applies to their licence.

WIA - http://www.wia.org.au

Portuguese AM Event

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The Portuguese Amateur Radio Association of Litoral Alentejano(ARLA) will sponsor its traditional AM event over the November 3-4 weekend.

AM operation will take place on 80, 40, 20, 10, 6, and 2 meters, starting at 09:00 UTC on 3rd November until 22:00 UTC on 4th November 2018.

All radio amateurs and SWLs are invited to take part. This is the second year the event will take place over two consecutive days.

Operators should respect the IARU band plan.

These frequencies AM (±5 kHz) are suggested as starting points:
3705 kHz; 7146 kHz; 14270 kHz; 29075 kHz; 51.575 MHz, and 144.550 MHz - The official station of ARLA - CS5ARLA - it will work only on this frequency in 2m band.