Scotland Special Event - GB2CR

Special event station GB2CR will be active from Invergordon, Scotland, between 4th - 18th March 2021.

The special callsign's suffix "CR" stands for 'Collins Radio'.

During the GB2CR operation, the equipment will be vintage valve/tube radio equipment manufactured by the Collins Radio Company (1933-1971) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.

Chris, GM3WOJ/GM2V, will also use the special callsign from his home station near Invergordon using a KWM-2A transceiver, 312B-5 external VFO/control unit and 516F-2 AC power supply. An amplifier and good antennas will be used -- with operations on 80-10 meters; mostly SSB with some CW.

Sorry - no paper QSLs - LoTW only. GB2CR will have a real-time logging system, with an online webpage, which feeds all QSOs directly to ClubLog.

Look for more information on QRZ.com

OI Activity Day

Finland's SRAL reports military radio amateurs using the OI callsign prefix will be on-the-air on Friday, 5th March 2021

OI is a rare prefix, there are only about 35 stations with an OI callsign and a special ham radio award is available for working contacts with the OI prefixed stations.

To be eligible for the award, stations need to work contacts with different OI prefixed stations as follows:

• Stations located outside of Finland need to work five OI stations

• Those who are in Finland need to work ten contacts.

OI Award - https://sirad.fi/oi-award/

Spring Red Cross Emergency Communications Drill Set

The spring 2021 Red Cross Nationwide Emergency Communications Winlink Drill will be held on 8th May 2021, which is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2021. Details and instructions are available.

Ahead of the May nationwide exercise, the American Red Cross (ARC) Emergency Communications training group will continue its Winlink Thursdays training sessions on 11th March and 8th April 2021.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2021 - https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/2020/05/07/world-red-cross-red-crescent-day/