Hams Prepare for SOS Radio Week

Throughout the month of May, when the Royal National Lifeboat Institute conducts its annual fundraiser, "Mayday," hams throughout the UK will be on board. In recognition of all lifeboat crews, including independent ones and coastal watch keepers, hams will be getting on the air at various times between the 1st and 31st of May. Listen for special event station GBØFLB which will be on the air from Fleetwood lifeboat station on the 4th and 5th of May. 

The station is being run by Thornton Cleveleys Amateur Radio Society based in Lancashire and is one of many getting involved. Be listening too for MXØKWA, which is being operated by the Kent Weald Radio Club at various times from the Kent/East Sussex coast.

For more details about SOS Radio Week and a full list of stations - Throughout the month of May, when the Royal National Lifeboat Institute conducts its annual fundraiser, "Mayday," hams throughout the UK will be on board. In recognition of all lifeboat crews, including independent ones and coastal watch keepers, hams will be getting on the air at various times between the 1st and 31st of May. Listen for special event station GBØFLB which will be on the air from Fleetwood lifeboat station on the 4th and 5th of May. 

The station is being run by Thornton Cleveleys Amateur Radio Society based in Lancashire and is one of many getting involved. Be listening too for MXØKWA, which is being operated by the Kent Weald Radio Club at various times from the Kent/East Sussex coast. For more details about SOS Radio Week and a full list of stations, visit https://www.sosradioweek.org.uk/

Many thanks to our friends at ARNewsline for this story - http://www.arnewsline.org

Ohio NVIS Day 2024

Ohio NVIS Day takes place 27th April 2024 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern.

The purpose of NVIS day is to construct and try various antenna ideas, all working as NVIS (Near Vertical Incident Skywave) antennas. These antennas are low to the ground and provide coverage generally within a 400 mile radius- extremely important for regional HF communications in an emergency.

Additional details can be viewed via PDF on the Ohio Section ARES website.

Source - https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/04/ohio-nvis-day-2024/

International Marconi Day 2024

This year, International Marconi Day (IMD) is on 27th April 2024. Italian inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi was born on 25th April 1874, and is credited for inventing the radiotelegraph system, creating Marconi's law, and sending the first wireless transmission over the open sea.

IMD was created to honor Marconi and is hosted annually by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, GX4CRC. The purpose of the day is for amateur radio enthusiasts around the world to contact historic Marconi sites using communication techniques similar to those that he would have used.

The 24-hour event will operate from 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC, and registration is required. Participants can register at GX4CRC's registration web page.

Stations in the United States, including Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, KM1CC, in Massachusetts, are already registering for the event. KM1CC hosts several on-air events each year to keep the accomplishments and story of Marconi and his wireless station site in South Wellfleet alive. In 1975, the Wellfleet station was listed as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places and is now part of Cape Cod National Seashore, a unit of the National Park Service. When possible, KM1CC sets up a temporary radio station inside the park. More information about KM1CC is available on their Facebook page.

ARRL - https://www.arrl.org/news/view/international-marconi-day-2024