GB100GP to mark Gilwell Park Centenary

/

Gilwell Park is recognised by many people involved in Scouts as the movement’s spiritual home.

It is also home to Scouting’s UK administrative headquarters.

Gilwell Park also hosts an amateur radio station, GB2GP, which has been getting Scouts on the air for over 50 years.

The year 2019 is the centenary of the site being donated to Lord Baden Powell, and there are numerous events taking place to mark this.

There is a special call sign GB100GP to mark the site’s centenary.

It will be active at a Funday for Beavers and Cubs on 8 and 9 June 2019.

ISWL callsigns - June 2019

/

The following International Short Wave League club callsigns will be used throughout the month of June 2019.

GX4BJC/A - Operated /A, from the Bristol area, by Simon, M0TRJ (WAB Square - ST67 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).

MX1SWL/A - No Operator has been allocated yet.

ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the individual operator

The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.

QSL info - http://www.iswl.org.uk

Special Event Station Chain to Mark 75th Anniversary of D-Day

/
Special Event Station Chain to Mark 75th Anniversary of D-Day

6th June 2019 will mark the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord during World War II and the D-Day landings in Normandy. To commemorate those who took part, a small team from the Torbay Amateur Radio Society (TARS), Devon, UK, is organizing a chain of five special event stations along the UK’s southern coastline. Each will be based in the geographical area of a beach-landing force point of departure and will use a relevant call sign.

TARS will activate a site above Brixham Harbour in Devon — a departure point for many US soldiers who later landed on Utah Beach and will use the call sign GB75UF.

Read More