30 Years of Independence Award

30 Years of Independence Award

The Slovenian Amateur Radio Union will celebrate the country's 30 years of Independence by issuing a special award. It will be eligible to all amateur radio enthusiasts all over the World.

For this event only, starting 26th June 2021, 00:00 UTC and until 31st December 2021, 23:59 UTC, the Slovenian amateur radio stations can use special call signs. Those will add the number '30' into the suffix. For example: S50ZZ will be S5030ZZ, S51A will be S5130A, S57XXX will be S5730XXX etc.

In order to obtain the award a foreign amateur radio station must have at least 30 contacts with an S5 stations (regular and special call signs apply), out of which 10 or more with special prefixes ('30'). The use of any band/mode counts for the award.

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New UK Ham Radio Club

A new amateur radio club, the East Ardsley Radio Society, plans to hold its first meeting at 7pm on Friday, 25th June 2021

Founded during the pandemic of 2020, the East Ardsley Radio Society is a modern, forward-thinking club for enthusiastic radio amateurs.

Their aim is to provide a club that caters for everyone, regardless of ability or interests.

They hope to meet twice a week with the main meeting being on a Friday evening.

Providing the Government doesn’t change the schedule of lifting the restrictions on June 21, they will be opening their doors at the East Ardsley Cricket Club on Friday, June 25, at 7pm.

East Ardsley Radio Society - https://ears.radio/

East Ardsley Radio Society (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/GX3EAR