Many special event stations are expected to be active this weekend from windmills and watermills. National Mills Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 10 and 11 May, is run by the Mills section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Denby Dale Radio Society co-ordinates the radio events. Further details, including a list of registered stations, can be found at www.g4cdd.net.

On Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May, GB0BW will be operated from Wyke Regis, commemorating the inventor of the bouncing bomb, Barnes Wallis. The locator is IO80SO. HF, VHF and UHF will be used.

The Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association on Vancouver Island will use the special callsign VE7NARA throughout May to celebrate the club's 60th Anniversary.