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2021 RAFARS Activations

RAFARS ongoing AOTA event with operator certification based upon contacting establishimemts where RAF personnel served, activated on all of the amateur bands, runs annually 1st January to 31st December. In addition to ad hoc activations, the anniversary weekend of the RAF’s  formation  will be a specific RAFARS AOTA weekend. The prime AOTA activity period this year will be from Saturday 27th March untill Sunday 11th April, covering three weekends / two full weeks. The three week period hopefully will allow once again more stations to be active during this period and slots around the Easter period.

RAFARS will be activating a number of "RAF" callsigns, some from current or old air stations. Amateurs and members are invited to contact as many "RAF" callsigns, from as many locations during the entire year of 2021.

It is hoped that many “RAF” callsigns will also be active during this years prime period. It is expected that call signs linked with RAF Cosford and RAF Halton will be active along with others will be active during these dates. Please remember that all "RAF" callsigns are to be QSL'd via the RAFARS QSL Manager, Andrew 2E0NDZ except for G8FC contacts, which are to be sent direct to RAFARS HQ at Cosford, details as stated on QRZ.com.

{NB. WHILST WE ARE STILL IN LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, YOU MAY "ACTIVATE" A STATION THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO SO UNDER THE STANDARD RULES, BUT FOR 2021 YOU CAN ACTIVATE THE STATION FROM YOUR OWN HOME. BEARING IN MIND THAT RATHER THAN JUST A STRAIGHT FORWARD QSO, IT IS HOPED YOU CAN GIVE SOME HISTORY AND INFORMATION ON THE STATION THAT YOU THEORETICALLY ARE ACTIVATING. REMEMBER THE PURPOSE OF AOTA IS TO COMMEMORATE THE STATIONS AND THE PERSONELL WHO SERVED}.

Please remember the emphasis of AOTA is to 'Activate' in a radio sense, current or former RAF (Ministry of Defence or its predecessors) stations, airfields, radio/radar sites, landing strips, including landing waters; located in Great Britain & Northern Ireland, dating from 1914 to current times. 
Single operator based, but who may be supported by a club or society's portable operations. ATC Squadrons are actively encouraged to take part in AOTA, and other youth groups may enter as a multi operator group.
All current licensed bands with "Centre of Activity" to be around the RAFARS calling frequencies with Voice and Morse and Digital modes only.

Also we need to remember the ATC Cadets will be having an exercise called 'Blue Ham' again in conjunction with amateurs. Date to be announced. Hopefully many ATC Cadet stations will be on air and we do need to encourage these young people into amateur radio. So if you hear a Cadet station give them a call. ....(Repeated from index page)

The the following Airfield 'Activations' for 'RAFARS AOTA', have been notified to the AOTA co-ordinator.

Please note the activating stations below in colour Purple, are ex or current RFC/RAF Service Stations with a permanent SES callsign that may be working on many days through out the year.

AIRFIELD ACTIVATIONS
Updated:...16th March 2021.