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European Russia Special Event
Look for the following special event stations to be active throughout the month of August:
R20RTRN (Moscow, Romantsevo), R20RTA (Krasnodar), R20RTM (Maykop), R20RTT (Tambov) and R20RTP (Petrozavodsk).
Activity is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Radio Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN), which started on August 13th, 2001.
QSL via R7AA. A special QSL and Diploma is available.

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GB1EAA - International Air Ambulance Week 2021
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This year's International Air Ambulance Week will take place between 4th - 12th September 2021, with the focus on supporting and generating donations for flying medical services around the world.

The event covers two weekends, giving amateurs a great chance to get involved and support the event.

Whilst Amateur Radio Operators / Stations are encouraged to promote the donation causes, it is requested that any donations generated go to the stations chosen local or national cause.

Registration will be mandatory and all stations taking part will be issued a registration number which will be listed on this website.
The registered number needs to be quoted by each station regularly. Included in the list alongside each registered station will be a clickable link enabling those wishing to donate, to donate directly to the charity of the service they wish to support.

The event is primarily intended to help support public donation funded flying medical services, whether part or entirely donation funded, though not restricted entirely to those. The location of the special event station can be anywhere you choose to set it up – club, home or if you can manage the permissions to do it, a public place.

No costs will be involved in registering or taking part and a free series of Awards will be available for those who support the event as detailed below..
An award for having registered and taken part in the event.
A Bronze award for having logged a minimum of 5 IAW station.
A Silver award for having logged a minimum of 10 IAW station.
A Gold award for having logged a minimum of 15 IAW station.
Awards for SWL will follow the the above requirements
More than one award may claimed.

Claims for the awards will need to be made to the IAW’s Award Manager including an excerpt from the log as proof of a valid claim.

The event’s date has been set to coincide with the UK’s own funding drive week for its own helicopter ambulance services. Almost all of these, around 30 in number, are entirely public donation funded.

The event is intended to commence on the fourth weekend of September annually and is to be run by the same team which operates the well established International Museum Weekends.

Event Website- http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IAW/Registration.htm

It doesnt matter who you are in life, it matters that the person in the street that you might not know saves lives. UK Air Ambulance Charities save countless lives every single day of the year!

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Spanish special event
Members of the URE Burgos are now active with the special callsign AM1CCB to mark the 800th anniversary of the Burgos Cathedral of the laying of its first stone.
In 1984, the Cathedral was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Activity actually started on July 20th, but will last until August 18th. Operators mentioned are EA1FE, EA1BHB, EA1GLY, EA1JAI, EA1EC, EA1XY, EA1FGJ, EA1IUM and EA1ARW.
QSL via LoTW, by the Bureau, eQSL or direct to: UREBU, P.O. Box: 444, 09080 Burgos, Spain.

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20th Anniversary of 9/11
ARRL The national association for Amateur Radio

honors the memories of those who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, including these radio amateurs:
Steven A. “Steve” Jacobson, N2SJ, 53, of New York City (WTC); William V. “Bill” Steckman, WA2ACW, 56, of West Hempstead, New York (WTC); Michael G. Jacobs, AA1GO, 54, an ARRL member from Danbury, Connecticut (WTC); Lt. Robert D. “Bob” Cirri, Sr., KA2OTD, 39, an ARRL member from Nutley, New Jersey and Port Authority police officer who was helping to evacuate workers from the building when it collapsed; William R. “Bill” Ruth, W3HRD, 57, of Mt. Airy, Maryland (Pentagon); Gerard J. “Rod” Coppola, KA2KET, 46, of New York City (WTC); and Winston A. Grant, KA2DRF, 59, of West Hempstead, New York (WTC). An assembly of articles, stories, and messages from the November 2001 issue of QST magazine is available at tinyurl.com/ARRL-QST-9-11.
Several special events will commemorate the attacks of September 11, 2001, and honor the victims.
Saturday, September 11, 1200 – 2359 UTC, the Somerset County Amateur Radio Club and Nittany Amateur Radio Club will activate N3M. Frequencies: 14.293, 7.293, and 3.993 MHz. QSL c/o Nittany Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 614, State College, PA 16801.
Saturday, September 11, 1400 – 1900 UTC, the Harrisburg (PA) Radio Amateurs Club (HRAC) will operate W3M. Frequencies: 7.265 and 14.265 MHz. For a certificate, visit www.w3uu.org/w3mqsl/.
Saturday, September 11, 1200 – 2400 UTC, the Pentagon Amateur Radio Club (PARC) will sponsor special event station K4P. Operation will be in the General-class portions of 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters on CW and RTTY. There will be a special QSL card available via PARC, P.O. Box 2322, Arlington, VA 22202. For more information, contact Gary Sessums, KC5QCN.
Saturday, September 11, 1400 UTC – 2400 UTC, members of the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC), and the Northeast Wireless Radio Club will activate special event call sign W2T.
Through September 13, 1600 – 0200 UTC, members of the American Legion Post 10 Amateur Radio Club, Albany, Oregon, will be active as N7F. QSL with SASE to American Legion Post 10, 1215 Pacific Blvd. SE, Albany, OR 97321. Email for more information.
Through September 13, 0000 – 0003 UTC, the Wireless Association of New York City, Staten Island, will activate WA2NYC. Frequencies: 28.450, 21.350, 14.340, and 7.238 MHz. D-STAR Reflector XLX020B will be monitored at the top of the hour QSL to Wireless Association of New York City, 233 Wolverine St., Staten Island, NY 10306. Email for more information.
Through September 14, N3U will be on the air from Pennsylvania to remember all victims of 9/11. QSL via W3PN. Operation will be mostly on SSB and CW, with some digital activity.
Search the Special Events calendar on the ARRL website for more details on these operations.

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French special event
Members of the '44th Signal Regiment' (F5KBB) located in eastern France at Mutzig will celebrate their 50th anniversary of its creation in October.
On this occasion, the radio club will activate the special callsign TM44RT between October 3-5th.
A special QSL card has been created for the event.
The radio club will broadcast on CW and SSB on various HF bands.
QSL via F5KBB

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Belgian special event
Special callsign OT5IDPD will be on the in observance of the 'International Day of Disabled Persons' (IDPD) between November 3rd and December 3rd.
Activity will be on all bands, CW and SSB.

It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
All operators will be hams with a disability (Frank/ON4AAC, Raff/ON6IX, Roger/ON4AHQ, Greg/ON6YP and Erik/ON4ANN). A special QSL card will be available after the activation.
The log will be uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog and eQSL. Paper cards will automatically be sent via the Bureau. They don't need your QSL card.
QSL via ON6WL

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Members of the BBC’s radio club, The London BBC Radio Group, have been granted an exceptional all-year Special Event callsign to help celebrate the BBC’s centenary year in 2022.

Ofcom will permit GB100BBC to operate throughout the year, starting at midnight on New Year’s Day, from the headquarters station in Broadcasting House, London. Operating slots will then be allocated for use by individual members and local groups of operators, from their home QTH, or BBC premises throughout the UK.

Subject: Re: Special Event Station news Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:38 am

Malaysian special callsign
Members of the Taiping Amateur Radio Club, and coordinated by the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society (MARTS), will be active with special callsign 9M65MA from Jalan Istana, Taiping, Malaysia, between August 30th and September 1st.
Activity is to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Independence of Malaysia.
Operations will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FM and the Digital modes.
QSL via 9M2OHM direct

United States special event
Look for special event station N3U/Flt93 (N3U/United Flight 93) to be activated once again between September 9-14th, to remind 'Amateur Radio Operators World-Wide' of the tragic events that happened near Shanksville (Pa), New York City and Washington DC, on September 11th, 2001.
This will be the 13th year for N3U and this memorial operation.
Bob, W3BTX (Trustee W3PN/P41USA/N3U), informs OPDX, "N3U was 1st activated in 2010 and has continued every year since. We also ran a special Aruba call P41USA for several years but COVID 19 got in the way."
Activity will be on all bands that are open at the time using mostly FT8/FT4 as well as CW and SSB.
QSL via club callsign W3PN (QRZ.com) if needed. LoTW will also be used for logging all Digital, SSB and CW.

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