In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MANOHAR B.L. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Information for all interested: >MQ5ACC the special station commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the >Queen's Coronation was QRV on 14026.5 around 0100 UTC working pile-up. >de ARASU VU2UR. > > Arasu, UK radio amateurs may use the prefix GQ in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee. This also includes the prefixes MQ and 2Q as applicable. The special prefixes may be used from Zero hours UTC on the 1st of June until 2400UTC on the 30th of June inclusive.
If amateurs choose to use these prefixes, the operation will be in the same format as in 1977 when the prefix GE was issued in celebration of Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee. For the G and M series of callsigns, the Country locator is dropped in preference to the prefixes GQ and MQ respectively. For example, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU and GW all become GQ; while M, MD, MI, MJ, MM, MU and MW all become MQ. So you wont know the country! I was on 15m RTTY this afternoon as GQ4OWT The official station is GB50 (Five Zero) and is on air most days from Windsor Castle see http://www.gb50.com/ for details and logs Steve G(Q)4OWT -- Steve G4OWT email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.g4owt.btinternet.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net/
