Radio amateurs activities in Lithuania

   The first amateur radio contact from Lithuania has been established by B. Tolutis in year  1927 with French radio amateur using spark type transmitter. He used call sign LYT.He was an owner of the first official amateur radio license issued in Lithuania. That was in year 1932,  and his first official callsign was LY1X.

  After invention of radio only long waves have been used, and when radio amateurs started to use HF they have found the great possibilities of HF.

  Before World War 2 there were lot of HF amateur radio stations in Lithuania. Some of them have been very active on HF bands and they have reached high results in HF international competitions. We remember P.Vanagaitis LY1J, K.Karkauskas LY1KK and others. We have a lot of high class radioamateurs today. Jonas Paskauskas LY2ZZ, who has confirmed contacts with radio amateurs from all 337 countries in DXCC list. One of the most honored radioamateurs is Giedrius Misiunas LY2CG. More than 50 years ago he has established HF club station at university in Siauliai, later HF club station at university in Vilnius.He was first from Lithuania, who started operating SSB on HF bands, also he was first, who started working RTTY. HF and VHF contesters are using software created by Giedrius.

 

 

 

            L R M D   70  YEARS  ANNIVERSARY

 

  LITHUANIAN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON 2 OCTOBER 1938.

 

     TO COMMEMORATE  70 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF LRMD 12 LITHUANIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS ARE ACTVE ON AIR WITH SPECIAL PREFIX  LY70 FROM OCTOBER 1 UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 2008.

 

          LY70LRMD RIMANTAS TALAČKA, LY3W

 

 

 

 

 

                   FEBRUARY 16, 2008               

 

                     90 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

              OF LITHUANIAN INDEPENDENCE

 

   On February 16, 1918 the Lithuanian Council declared Lithuanian Independence.    

   To commemorate 90 anniversary of the Declaration 11 lithuanian amateur radio stations are active on amateur bands from February 16 until March 16, 2008 using LY90 prefix.

 

            CALL                                  OPERATOR

 

       LY90A                    JONAS, LY5A, LY2ZZ

      LY90BFV               VITAS, LY2BFV

      LY90BY                 VILMANTAS, LY3BY

      LY90CM                 BRONIUS, LY1CM

      LY90FW                 GIEDRIUS, LY1FW

      LY90M                   VYTAUTAS, LY3M

      LY90MM                 ALBINAS, LY2MM

      LY90Q                    ROLANDAS, LY4Q

      LY90W                   RIMANTAS, LY3W

      LY90X                    TOMAS, LY3X

      LY90Y                     JURGIS, LY9Y, LY2CY

   Contacts with LY90 and all LY during this period are valid for special award.