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2018 is the RAF's 100th Anniversary Year

RAFARS ongoing AOTA event with operator certification based upon contacting RAF Air Stations 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. During 2018 the prime activity period will be from Saturday 24th March untill Sunday 8th April, covering three weekends / two full weeks, but with the emphasis on the 1st April, when it will be 100 years since the Royal Flying Corps changed to the Royal Air Force. The three week period hopefully will allow once again more stations to be active during that period.

With this being the RAF's anniversary year, RAFARS will be activating a number of "RAF" callsigns, from current or old air stations, (please see the RAFARS website, rafars.org/RAF100 for details). Also running alongside AOTA is a one year contest, the RAFARS RAF100 Member's Contest to celebrate the anniversary. Members are to contact as many "RAF" callsigns from different locations during the 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019. There is also an award for non members to claim for working the various "RAF" callsigns over the same period.

GB100RAF, VP8RAF, ZB2RAF and many other "RAF" callsigns will be active. Please note: all RAF callsigns to be QSL via G8FC at RAFARS HQ.

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. Only ATC Squadrons who 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 17th & 18th March 2018 on 60 mtrs (5 Mhz) band and also it is proposed a further Blue Ham excercise later on in the year as. Hopefully ATC Cadet stations will be on air and we do need to encourage these young people into amateur radio in a possitive manner. So if you hear a 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 in the year.

AIRFIELD ACTIVATIONS
Updated:...27th August 2018.