Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day / 110 year anniversary

The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) will be activating special event stations to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day and the WIA's 110 year anniversary.

The stations will be on air from 18th April 2020 for 6 months. There will be 9 official callsigns (e.g VK1WIA, VK2WIA, VK3WIA etc and VI100WIA).

There will be a commemorative certificate available (as well as LoTW and eQSL confirmations) for QSOs with one or more of these special event stations.

More Information - https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2020/20200411-1/index.php

Canadian Special Event Calls

The RAC - Radio Amateurs of Canada activates the following special event calls for the World Amateur Radio Day on 18th April 2020 (12z to 2359z):

VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC, VE4RAC, VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC, VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC, VY0RAC, VY1RAC, and VY2RAC.

The club also issues an award.

More Information - https://www.rac.ca/operating/world-amateur-radio-day-april-18/

Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Postponed

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 response and mitigation actions, the 2020 Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test scheduled for Saturday 9th May 2020, has been postponed. Because it’s uncertain just when stay-at-home orders will be lifted across the US, AFD planners chose to postpone this year’s event, because the government stations that typically support this event may not be available.

Armed Forces Day Crossband Test planners are considering scheduling a November event in honour of Veteran’s Day, depending on COVID-19 mitigation actions. During the AFD Crossband Test, military stations in various locations transmit on selected military frequencies and announce the specific ham frequencies they are monitoring to work radio amateurs.