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In August Estonian amateur radio celebrated its 100th anniversary! It is known that schoolboys in Pärnu built and completed their first amateur radio equipment (was a receiver) on August 5th, 1924 - this date is considered the start of amateur radio hobby in the country.
To celebrate this date, a special event station ES1924TE was activated for 2 weeks - activity dates were 5.08.-18.08.2024. The suffix TE reminds about the first "invented" call-signs the Estonian hobby pioneers started to use - first known calls on air were TE2OL and TE2WA. ES1924TE was active on all amateur radio bands and most common modes, more than 14000 QSO's were made during this period.
We also created a special web-site for the event and launched an award programme. To get an award you needed to collect 100 points - if you made QSO-s with ES1924TE, check from the web-site below if you have got a right to download this nice award! We will also send out a QSL-card via bureau to all who have requested it or sent us a card.
See the ES1924TE special web-site and read about the award programme here!
Thank you for calling us and for overall good activity!
ERAÜ board
On a general meeting of the ERAÜ that took place on April 27 at Türi, the new board for the society was elected for the next 3 years - see the info here! Small changes were also made in the committees.
This year's Estonian radio amateurs' summer camp was successfully held at Merelaiu puhkeküla (ES8-area, Pärnumaa) at the end of June. More than 200 participants enjoyed nice weather and good company of the fellow hams and their family members, the 100th anniversary of the Estonian amateur radio was celebrated with an evening wine-table and a huge decorated cake.
See more info and photo galleries on the Events and fests page here!
CU next year!
ERAU Board
We have updated the Estonian "firsts" tables (DXCC count) on VUSHF bands, that can be followed from the link below. If you find that you have a QSO with an ES- (or former UR2-) station before the date in the table or that your country is not in the list at all (but you have a QSO), please let us know via e-mail to es2nj[ät]erau.ee.
Gratefully,
VHF Committee
ERAÜ HF Committee is keeping comparative top-lists on the Baltic countries' CQ WW results. Please check the current best standings below.