RSGB Arranges Special RSL for Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations

Ofcom has kindly agreed to an RSGB request that radio amateurs licensed by Ofcom may celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen by using the special RSL ‘Q’.

This will be available for use throughout June 2022 and will require a Notice of Variation that will be available via our website shortly. The Society is also working on other events and activities that it hopes will appeal to a wide range of people. Further details will be released over the coming weeks.

HL Hunley Submarine commemorative station – N4HLH

Every February 17th will mark the anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic by the submarine H. L. Hunley in Charleston SC.This is the anniversary of the first successful sinking of a warship by a submarine.

The Trident Amateur Radio Club will be operating a special event station, N4HLH, on 17th February 2022 from Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan’s Island, SC.

Proposed frequencies are 7.117(CW) 7.262, 14.262 and, for Technicians, 28.462 MHz.

This is a special event station not a contest.

To request QSL card send contact information to N4HLH / Trident Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 60732 N Charleston, SC 29419

A QSL card will be sent upon receipt of a SASE for US requests. International requests, please send SAE and $2 USD (2 Green Backs).

Questions: Contact us at hunley@tridenthams.org or call 843.608.4780

BBC Centenary Events Begin

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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