2023 ARRL Field Day

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2023 ARRL Field Day

2023 ARRL Field Day coming soon - 24-25th June 2023. It's the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada.

More than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill, and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills, all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933.

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Museum Ships On-the-Air Weekend

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Museum Ships On-the-Air Weekend

If you like ships and are an amateur radio operator, 100 ships will be on the air from 3-4 June 2023 for the annual Museum Ships Weekend event.

Organizers stress that this is not a contest, but a fun event that begins at 0000Z on 3 June 2023, and runs through 2359Z on 4th June 2023.

While operation on any amateur frequency is allowed, most ships will be operating in the general portion of the bands. Other possible modes and frequencies include:

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UK Coronation Call Signs

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Individual callsigns

Ofcom has kindly agreed that UK and Crown Dependency radio amateurs may use the “R” prefix in their callsigns during May and June 2023. A Notice of Variation (NoV) will be required and you can apply via the RSGB website.

Short contest calls may also use this prefix, providing the parent callsign holds the requisite NoV.

We intend to make a special members QSL card template available for download, details to follow.

Those who do not wish to apply for a NoV can use the suffix “/23C” on the end of their callsigns throughout May and June 2023, but please note this will not work with FT8/4 and similar modes.

Special Event Stations

After discussion with Ofcom, we suggest that for Special Event Stations (SES) radio amateurs use callsigns GB0Rxx or GB4Rxx (where xx are any letters).

A group in each of the Nations with Regional Secondary Locators (RSL’s), and the Crown Dependencies, may like to use GB3KCx where x is their normal RSL. This has been done by Jersey already and is their suggestion.

You can apply for these SES callsigns via the Ofcom portal in the usual way.

Flagship Special Event Station Callsign GB23C

On 10th May the callsign GB23C will be made available for individuals and clubs to use, until the end of June 2023. Application details to follow.