My special event call sign, MQ0BGR to celebrate the Queen Elizabeth
II’s Golden Jubilee, has now closed down (QRT).The licence expired at midnight
at the end of 10th June so it will not be back on the air again.
Thanks to all who worked me, but the level of interest was a
little disappointing. I worked only 65 stations in 18 countries. Some of this
was down to me because I was running low power and was away from London for
part of the time. Propagation was quite average during the event. Interest was good at the start, but towards
the end I had several sessions calling CQ with no response. My belief is that
the duration was too long so MQ was no longer ‘special’. I think that for
future events, two weekends and the week in between would be enough time for 'special' call signs.
All QSOs have now been uploaded to eQSL, but if I missed any
or misread your call sign do let me know. So far, 21 (30%) stations have sent
me eQSLs – thanks! I will send paper cards via the bureau only for those I
receive or that are requested.
Turning to the future, I have a licence for the Olympics
special call sign, MO0BGR (Mike Oscar Zero….) from 21 July to 7th September. This
coincides with the operation of my club’s (Cray Valley Radio Society) special station
2O12L (2 Oscar 12 Lima), which I hope to operate. So given the lack of interest
in MQ0BGR, I am inclined to use my ‘radio time’ at 2O12L and not to do much with
MO0BGR, but we shall see.
73
Dave
