ON75 stations for 75th Anniversary of UBA

In 2022, the UBA will blow out 75 candles. On the occasion of this anniversary, the HF committee will organize a special activity under the title 'UBA 75 On The Air Event' during January and February

An information campaign was launched via the CM last summer. After many months of preparations, the project is slowly taking shape. All participating UBA sections will be in the air during the months of January and February with special prefix ON75 followed by the three-letter abbreviation of the department as a club station.

Recently, all CMs received a newsletter with much-needed information and useful tips for the operators of the ON75stations. If you are an operator of one of these stations and if your CM has not yet provided the information to you, we urge you to contact the CM of your section about this.

Further information about the award program that the UBA will offer will follow in the near future.

UBA - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Belgium

Centenary of Transatlantic Amateur Signals

December 2021 marks the centenary of the first amateur radio signals crossing the Atlantic.

Signals from the USA were received by Paul Godley, 2ZE, at a specially prepared receiving setup at Ardrossan in Scotland.

From 1 to 26 December 2021, all UK and Crown Dependency licensees may add the suffix /2ZE to their amateur call sign to mark the centenary.

A programme of celebratory events will take place throughout December 2021 on both sides of the Atlantic—more details will be included in next week’s GB2RS News.

Transatlantic Test Centenary - http://www.transatlantic.org.uk/

GB2/GB100 Scotland Special Event

Special event stations GB1002ZE and GB2ZE will be active to commemorate centenary achievement by Paul Godley's, 1921 DXpedition to Ardrossan, Scotland.

Paul Godley, 2ZE, was able to receive the first transatlantic shortwave amateur radio message from the amateur station 1BCG located in Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A. The received message was recorded in Godley's logbook on the 12th December 1921 at 02:52 GMT which was hastily composed by his 1BCG colleagues:

“Nr 1 de 1BCG words 12, New York. Date December 11, 1921, to Paul Godley, Ardrossan, Scotland. Hearty Congratulations. (Signed) Burghard, Inman, Grinan, Armstrong, Amy, Cronkhite.”

— QSL via GM0SEI

More details - https://www.transatlantic.org.uk

All UK and Crown dependency licensed radio amateurs may use the suffix "/2ZE" with your own callsign between December 1-26th, 2021