BBC Centenary Events Begin

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BBC Centenary Events Begin

Celebrations to mark the BBC's Centenary began at midday 1/1/2022 via shortwave radio.

BBC Radio 4 announcer/newsreader, Jim Lee, launched a special event amateur radio station GB100BBC, from the BBC's Broadcasting House, in London, at exactly midday.

Within minutes amateur radio stations around the UK and throughout Europe were clamouring to contact the special BBC station and secure a prized entry in the logbook.

The London BBC Radio Group was granted an extended special event radio license by the regulator OFCOM, to operate the station throughout 2022.

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World RadioSport Team Championship Rescheduled

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The World RadioSport Team Championship (WRTC), initially scheduled for 2022, has been postponed to 2023.

To support preparations and make the event known, the following special callsigns will be active between 1st January and 10th July 2022:

II0WRTC, II1WRTC, II2WRTC, II3WRTC, II4WRTC, II5WRTC, II6WRTC, II7WRTC, II8WRTC, and II9WRTC.

QRV on HF on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8.

An award is also available - https://www.wrtc2022.it/

Special Event Call Sign OZ50Q

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Radio amateurs are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the accession to the throne of HM The Queen of Denmark with the call sign OZ50Q

Margrethe II is head of state for Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

On her accession, on January 14, 1972, she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margrethe I, ruler of the Scandinavian kingdoms in 1375–1412 during the Kalmar Union.

Danish Radio Amateurs will celebrate this jubilee by being active with the special event call sign OZ50Q during whole of January 2022.

EDR - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Denmark