Categorie Amateur Radio

SX2LGT Lighthouse Award

Greek radio amateurs are putting the special callsign SX2LGT on the air from the Marine Radio Beacon Thessaloniki – TNTS, and they’ve even created a special certificate to go with it. Why not take a look and see what it’s…

BAFARA 80 Award

The Belgian Air Force is celebrating its 80th anniversary! Radio amateurs serving in the Air Force are marking the occasion by putting the special callsign OR80AF on the air — and they’ve also created a commemorative award. Why not take…

September batch of bureau QSLs

My QSL cards that arrived through the UBA QSL Bureau in September 2026. A big and heartfelt thank you to our National QSL Manager and all his dedicated helpers for keeping the QSL cards flowing! 👏 Your hard work is…

WRTC 2026

Although I have been rather quiet on the contest scene lately, I simply couldn’t resist the temptation to jump back into the action — squeezed in between my “grandpa duties” of course! The arrival of the WRTC stations was just…

V Diploma Día de Andalucía

From February 22nd to 28th 2026, the Spanish amateur radio association URE (Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles) keeps the amateur bands buzzing with activity during the “V Diploma Día de Andalucía” event. Throughout the week, operators across Spain take to the…

50 Jahre deutsche Antarktisforschung

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of German research in Antarctica, several special stations have been activated from Germany. Associated with this event are a number of commemorative certificates. I was particularly delighted to secure the diploma at an…