RSGB News

Pontefract and District Amateur Radio Society is marking Pontefract Liquorice Festival 2009 with GB0PLF, which is on the air now until Liquorice Day on 12th July. This will be the fourth year PDARS has run a station for the Liquorice Festival and the attractive GB0PLF QSL cards issued in previous years have become quite famous.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and Neil Armstrong's famous one small step, GB1SS will be on the air from 1st July until 20th July. This follows on from last year's GB0BUZZ when Pontefract and District Amateur Radio Society had a visit from Buzz Aldrin himself. GB1SS will be on the air on the anniversary - including 2017UTC on 20th July, the very moment of touchdown - and they have a special commemorative QSL card ready for all contacts made.
The Brickfields Amateur Radio Society will be active at Havenstreet Railway Station on the Isle of Wight under the callsign GB0FLB on 5 July. They will be mainly on 80m and 40m SSB and 2m FM. The station is being run as part of a 1940s WWII commemoration weekend, set against the backdrop of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. QSL cards will be sent via the RSGB bureau to all stations worked. SWLs are advised to QSL direct via the club callsign GX0BAR.
GB4QES will be on the air on 11 July from the Queen Elizabeth Show near Petersfield.
On Sunday 12 July the Isle of Man ARS will be running GB5LB the second in its series of Life Boat station activations. Working from Port Erin lifeboat station, operations will be centred around 3.7MHz. A special QSL card is available; QSL direct to The Boat House, Lime Street, Port St Mary, Isle of Man IM9 5EF. Include a self-addressed envelope and an IRC because British stamps are not valid on the Isle of Man. A special Award is available if you contact GB5LB at all five of its venues.
VE3MOON was approved by Industry Canada for use in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the landing of men on the moon on 20 July 1969. It will be in use from 14 July until 27 July. eQSL or paper cards can be sent to VE3OIJ either via the Bureau or Direct.