Club Callsigns

MX0AAA – M0AAA

This brings to the end a saga which  saw this call first issued on 1/03/1996. It was held on behalf of the Club by a Club Committee member who left the Club later on. The Callsign was renewed by him for a number of years after he left the Club.

The Club subsequently obtained the Callsign M0EEE.

Last year, Min gave me a RADARC Committee folder from the late 1990’s which he had “found at home”. As well as holding several contest Certificates for the 1990’s, it had all the correspondence for the original M0AAA application, including the Licence Validation Document.

It also included articles about the 1st “M” prefix, (scans of some attached) and letters of congratulation from the various official organisations responsible for Amateur radio at the time. On looking on the 06/07 callbook, I saw that this callsign had lapsed so I concluded that we had the right to re-apply for it.

The Callsign was first aired at a special event Station at Cray Pond Community Hall, using MX0AAA starting at 00.00 hours 1st April 1996.It was a tremendous event because we were on the air much of the previous day advertising the fact that the 1st ever UK, “M”  Amateur call would start at midnight. At 00.00 we switched the HF and 2M stations to MX0AAA and the “whole world called us”

It was just incredible.

After the event, the Club and 1 or 2 members were individually sent the   “Sly Fox DX Award” by John, KD0IL, for the exemplary operating of a world class DX station!
For the record.
I am the Licensee
The mailing address is my address.
The Station address is:-
Woodley Pavilion
Haddon Drive
Woodley
Reading, RG5 4LY
This was the address on the original Licence.
All the Documents remain the property of RADARC.

Vin G4JTR

'1996: RADARC members with staff of the Radiocommications Agency and Subscription Services Ltd at the presentation of the M0AAA licence'
‘1996: RADARC members with staff of the Radiocommications Agency and Subscription Services Ltd at the presentation of the M0AAA licence’

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