Volunteers Sought for 100th Anniversary Station

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To celebrate the first one-way amateur radio QSO across the Atlantic that took place on 12 December 1921, the ARRL have joined with a group of UK operators who plan to recreate the event in December this year.

To celebrate the centenary of Paul Godley, 2ZE’s success, in collaboration with North Ayrshire Council, special event stations GB2ZE and GB1002ZE respectively will be operating from 1 to 28 December 2021.

More Information - https://www.qrz.com/lookup/GM0DEQ

30 Years of Independence Award

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30 Years of Independence Award

The Slovenian Amateur Radio Union will celebrate the country's 30 years of Independence by issuing a special award. It will be eligible to all amateur radio enthusiasts all over the World.

For this event only, starting 26th June 2021, 00:00 UTC and until 31st December 2021, 23:59 UTC, the Slovenian amateur radio stations can use special call signs. Those will add the number '30' into the suffix. For example: S50ZZ will be S5030ZZ, S51A will be S5130A, S57XXX will be S5730XXX etc.

In order to obtain the award a foreign amateur radio station must have at least 30 contacts with an S5 stations (regular and special call signs apply), out of which 10 or more with special prefixes ('30'). The use of any band/mode counts for the award.

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5P2UEFA Special Event Station

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Denmark is taking part in the European Football Championship and a special event station will be on the air between the 11th of June and the 11th of July.

5P2UEFA/xx will be active on all HF bands with CW, SSB and digimodes. The extended suffix/xx will consist of a double-digit number and will be used in connection with the application for a diploma.

European Stations need 12 contacts for the gold award, 8 for silver and 5 for bronze.

You can find out all about QSL cards and the diploma on QRZ.com under the callsign 5P2UEFA.