RSGB Commonwealth Games Activities

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The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham later this summer. It will see around 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories, compete in 19 sports across 14 competition venues. The RSGB has just published news of the various activities it is planning to link with the Games. You can get involved in one of the seven special event stations or gain one of two special operating awards.

RSGB Commonwealth Games Activities - http://www.rsgb.org/cwg

German Radio Hams Celebrate Morse Code Day

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Each year on 27th April 2022 radio amateurs celebrate Morse Code Day

The date is not chosen at random. 27th April 2022 is the birthday of Samuel Finley Breese Morse, the founder of Morse telegraphy. In the 1930s, together with his colleague Alfred Lewis Vail, he developed a code consisting of characters of three different lengths and pauses of different lengths.

Although Morse code has largely disappeared from the commercial realm, radio amateurs still keep the art of Morse code alive today. Radio amateurs around the world meet on shortwave frequencies and indulge in telegraph radio communications or take part in CW contests. What counts here is speed, precision, physical fitness and an excellent understanding of the sporting world of amateur radio waves.

In 2014, Morse telegraphy was included in the nationwide register of intangible cultural heritage - the German Commission for UNESCO recognized it as an important form of intercultural communication that transcends time and space.

More Information - https://darc.de/ and https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1737.html

Radio Hams to Commemorate Amelia Earhart's Transatlantic Flight

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Radio amateurs in Londonderry and Kansas will be on the air to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the transatlantic crossing by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart

GB0AEL will be active between 13th May and 30th May 2022. The North West Group amateur radio club station MN0NWG will host the activation on most dates throughout the event and they will also be active from the field in which Amelia touched down on her epic flight on the weekend of 21st May 2022 - https://www.qrz.com/db/GB0AEL

KC0VYS will be on-the-air from the Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport starting at 1500 CDT (2100 GMT) on May 20th and ending at 1000 CDT (1500 GMT) on the 21st - https://www.qrz.com/db/KC0VYS