TM97WARD, World Amateur Radio Day - 18 April 2022

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Special event station TM97WARD will be on the air 16-25 April 2022 to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day which takes place on 18 April 2022

As last year, the REF has planned to celebrate WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) by activating the special call sign TM97WARD from 16-25 April 2022.

Operators willing to participate in this global event must come forward before March 15 by sending an email with their contact details (Area Code, Last Name, First Name, Locator, Department) to indicatives-speciaux@ref.org indicatives-specials@ref.org

They will receive an acknowledgment of receipt that will confirm their registration and specify the terms and conditions. Only the first 30 applications will be considered.

During the activation period, a web page dedicated to the schedule of use of this indicator will be made available to operators, who will be required to provide their logs, and the REF will take care of printing and sending the QSLs.

By being even more present than last year on all our bands, the operators of the REF will thus display the dynamism of our country within the international amateur radio community.

It is also an effective way to get people talking about us with the public and the media.

REF - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-France

Avro Lancaster 80th Anniversary of the 1st operational sortie

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Avro Lancaster 80th Anniversary of the 1st operational sortie

In March 1942 the first sorties of the AVRO Lancaster aircraft took place. This commemorative event for Lancaster aircraft is being simultaneously partnered in the UK by callsign GB80LAN; and, in Canada by callsign VE80LAN organised by Hamilton Amateur Radio Club, and Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and, in Australia by callsign VK80LAN organised by the Western Australian VHF Group. They want to commemorate those involved with the Lancaster.

Also of interest, is that the Lincoln Short Wave Club will be operating GB6IBC from the International Bomber Command Memorial on 5th March 2022.

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Spanish Naval Infantry Amateur Radio Special Event

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Members of the Seccion Comarcal URE San Fernando (EA7URF) will activate the special callsign EG485FIM on the following weekends: 19-20th February and 26-27th February 2022.

Activity is to celebrate the 485th anniversary of the Spanish Naval Infantry (FIM - Fuera de Infanteria de Marina).

Operations will be on various HF, VHF and UHF bands and on all possible modes.

A commemorative QSL card will be available. QSL via EA7URF, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW.