International HEMA Day

'HEMA' is an interesting alternative to SOTA and is now 10 years old. Having been exclusively a UK and Eire only programme for many years; recently it has branched out and engaged other DXCCs around the world. It’s now active amongst our friends in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, and large parts of Australia.

To celebrate this new international flavour and the 10-year anniversary, we announce “International HEMA Day 2022” on Saturday 2nd April 2022.

The operating period can be any time during that day (UTC) and there will be attractive certificates for those successfully taking part. Any station working at least one HEMA activator will receive a commemorative certificate. There will also be additional certificates for any activator achieving a “HEMA to HEMA.”

Alerts and spots can be found on the HEMA website here to facilitate QSOs with stations on the day - http://www.hema.org.uk/indexSpotting.jsp

RSGB Platinum Jubilee Activities

The RSGB is offering a wide variety of amateur radio activities to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

From special event stations to an innovation competition, a radio tournament and an operating award, the Society hopes there is something for everyone.

You can read an outline of each of the activities now and further details will follow shortly. Take a look at the April issue of RadCom or the Society’s website

Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee - https://rsgb.org/main/activity/hm-queen-elizabeth-platinum-jubilee/

RSGB - https://rsgb.org/

TM97WARD, World Amateur Radio Day - 18 April 2022

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