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      The ARRL Letter                                                            
      December 2, 2021                                                           
                                                                                 
        * Two 160-Meter Events in December Give Nod to 1921 Transatlantic         
          Tests                                                                   
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        * Just Ahead in Radiosport                                               
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      Two 160-Meter Events in December Give Nod to 1921 Transatlantic Tests      
                                                                                 
      In December, there will be two opportunities for 160-meter operators to    
      fill the airwaves with activity and to test skills and stations on that    
      band. The events take place a century after the transatlantic tests of     
      the 1920s, which ushered in the dawn of international amateur radio        
      communication.                                                             
                                                                                 
      This famous cover of the                                                   
      January 1922 issue of QST                                                  
      trumpets the success of the                                                
      Second Transatlantic Test and                                              
      lists the stations that Paul                                               
      Godley, 2ZE, copied (or                                                    
      received) in Scotland.                                                     
                                                                                 
      The annual ARRL 160-Meter Contest begins at 2200 UTC on Friday,            
      December 3, and ends at 1559 UTC on Sunday, December 5. This 42-hour       
      CW-only contest is most similar to the original transatlantic tests.       
      This contest typically attracts a good crowd and presents a challenge      
      to operator skill and station performance.                                 
                                                                                 
      The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is planning to activate          
      special call signs to commemorate the centenary of the tests. Stations     
      from the UK and Crown Dependencies will use up to seven different call     
      signs, each having a "6XX" suffix: G6XX, England; GD6XX, Isle of Man;      
      GI6XX, Northern Ireland; GJ6XX, Jersey; GM6XX, Scotland; GU6XX,            
      Guernsey, and GW6XX, Wales. In addition, listen for UK stations            
      appending the suffix "/2ZE" to the station's call sign. Use of this        
      commemorative suffix has been authorized for use December 1 - 26 by        
      Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator.                                  
                                                                                 
      On December 12 -- and not to be confused with the ARRL 160-Meter           
      Contest -- ARRL and the RSGB will jointly sponsoring the 160-Meter         
      Transatlantic Centenary QSO Party. This 6-hour event will run from 0200    
      to 0800 UTC. The event coincides with the 100th anniversary of the         
      successful Second Transatlantic Tests. Participating stations will         
      operate only on CW, trying to contact the two official call sign           
      activations, W1AW and GB2ZE. The stations may listen for callers 1 kHz     
      above their transmitting frequency, to shift the pileup from their         
      transmit frequency. They may also periodically ask for DX callers only.    
      The exchange is call sign and signal report.                               
                                                                                 
                                                   The cover of the December     
                                                   2021 issue of QST             
                                                   commemorates the centenary    
                                                   of the Transatlantic          
                                                   Tests, which contributed      
                                                   to the rise of                
                                                   international amateur         
                                                   radio communications in       
                                                   the 1920s.                    
                                                                                 
      During the QSO Party, ARRL will activate W1AW from Newington,              
      Connecticut. RSGB will activate GB2ZE with help from a team of             
      stations, including members of the GMDX Group of Scotland sharing the      
      operating duties. GB2ZE commemorates the call sign of Paul Godley, 2ZE,    
      who was sent by ARRL to the UK to lead the second Transatlantic Test in    
      December 1921.                                                             
                                                                                 
      W1AW will be active for all 6 hours. Stations operating as GB2ZE will      
      follow this schedule:                                                      
        * 0200 UTC, from the commemorative station at Ardrossan, Scotland        
        * 0300 UTC, from GM3YTS                                                  
        * 0400 UTC, from GM0GAV                                                  
        * 0500 UTC, from MM0ZBH                                                  
        * 0600 UTC, from MM0GPZ                                                  
        * 0700 UTC, from GM4ZUK until 0800 UTC, or until the band closes at      
          sunrise.                                                               
                                                                                 
      The GMDX Group will award a quaich -- a traditional Scottish drinking      
      cup representing friendship -- to the first stations in North America      
      and the UK to complete contacts with both W1AW and GB2ZE during the QSO    
      Party. A commemorative certificate will be available for download.         
      Participants will not have to submit logs. The official logs from W1AW     
      and GB2ZE will be used to determine the winners and for certificates.      
                                                                                 
      
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