Subj : The Weekly ARRL Letter To : All From : Sean Dennis Date : Fri Dec 03 2021 09:05 am The ARRL Letter December 2, 2021 * Two 160-Meter Events in December Give Nod to 1921 Transatlantic Tests * Dayton Hamvention Expects to be Live Event in 2022 * ARRL Podcasts Schedule * Fall ARRL Section Manager Election Results * YOTA Month Continues to Expand into the Americas * ARRL Learning Network Webinars * IARU Reports Another Over-the-Horizon Radar System is Under Construction in India * ARDC Grants Will Expand Emergency Capabilities in Haiti and the US Virgin Islands * Announcements * Amateur Radio in the News * ARRL Author, QST Technical Editor Joel Hallas, W1ZR, SK * Past ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director Claude Maer, W0IC, SK * The K7RA Solar Update * Just Ahead in Radiosport * Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions Two 160-Meter Events in December Give Nod to 1921 Transatlantic Tests In December, there will be two opportunities for 160-meter operators to fill the airwaves with activity and to test skills and stations on that band. The events take place a century after the transatlantic tests of the 1920s, which ushered in the dawn of international amateur radio communication. This famous cover of the January 1922 issue of QST trumpets the success of the Second Transatlantic Test and lists the stations that Paul Godley, 2ZE, copied (or received) in Scotland. The annual ARRL 160-Meter Contest begins at 2200 UTC on Friday, December 3, and ends at 1559 UTC on Sunday, December 5. This 42-hour CW-only contest is most similar to the original transatlantic tests. This contest typically attracts a good crowd and presents a challenge to operator skill and station performance. The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is planning to activate special call signs to commemorate the centenary of the tests. Stations from the UK and Crown Dependencies will use up to seven different call signs, each having a "6XX" suffix: G6XX, England; GD6XX, Isle of Man; GI6XX, Northern Ireland; GJ6XX, Jersey; GM6XX, Scotland; GU6XX, Guernsey, and GW6XX, Wales. In addition, listen for UK stations appending the suffix "/2ZE" to the station's call sign. Use of this commemorative suffix has been authorized for use December 1 - 26 by Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator. On December 12 -- and not to be confused with the ARRL 160-Meter Contest -- ARRL and the RSGB will jointly sponsoring the 160-Meter Transatlantic Centenary QSO Party. This 6-hour event will run from 0200 to 0800 UTC. The event coincides with the 100th anniversary of the successful Second Transatlantic Tests. Participating stations will operate only on CW, trying to contact the two official call sign activations, W1AW and GB2ZE. The stations may listen for callers 1 kHz above their transmitting frequency, to shift the pileup from their transmit frequency. They may also periodically ask for DX callers only. The exchange is call sign and signal report. The cover of the December 2021 issue of QST commemorates the centenary of the Transatlantic Tests, which contributed to the rise of international amateur radio communications in the 1920s. During the QSO Party, ARRL will activate W1AW from Newington, Connecticut. RSGB will activate GB2ZE with help from a team of stations, including members of the GMDX Group of Scotland sharing the operating duties. GB2ZE commemorates the call sign of Paul Godley, 2ZE, who was sent by ARRL to the UK to lead the second Transatlantic Test in December 1921. W1AW will be active for all 6 hours. Stations operating as GB2ZE will follow this schedule: * 0200 UTC, from the commemorative station at Ardrossan, Scotland * 0300 UTC, from GM3YTS * 0400 UTC, from GM0GAV * 0500 UTC, from MM0ZBH * 0600 UTC, from MM0GPZ * 0700 UTC, from GM4ZUK until 0800 UTC, or until the band closes at sunrise. The GMDX Group will award a quaich -- a traditional Scottish drinking cup representing friendship -- to the first stations in North America and the UK to complete contacts with both W1AW and GB2ZE during the QSO Party. A commemorative certificate will be available for download. Participants will not have to submit logs. The official logs from W1AW and GB2ZE will be used to determine the winners and for certificates. --- SendMsg/2 --- Squish/386 v1.11 * Origin: Outpost BBS * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200) .