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2020 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 4th April untill Sunday 19th 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 2020.

It is hoped that many “RAF” callsigns will also be active during this years prime period. It is expected that RAF Cosford and RAF Halton and possibly RAF Metheringham, and 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.

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 modes only. Digital modes will be considered in the future.

Also we need to remember the ATC Cadets are having an exercise called 'Blue Ham' in conjunction with amateurs on 7th & 8th March 2020 on 60 mtrs (5 Mhz) band and also it is proposed for further Blue Ham excercises later on in the year as. 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 April 2020.