GX2OA, Lancashire Day special event station

November 27th is Lancashire Day and at 21:00, Lancastrians around the world get together to celebrate and toast their Duke, HM The Queen.

The Southport & District Amateur Radio Club would like to invite all Lancastrian Amateur Radio operators to join with them in celebrating this annual event.

Special Event Station

The club will operate a special event station from the market town of Ormskirk, in the south of the county, between 20:00 and 22:00 under the club's callsign, GX2OA.

We would like to encourage as many Lancastrian operators as possible to 'sign in' during the event and make contact with the station. All stations making contact will receive a special QSL card in return.

At 21:00, at the same time as many other events around the country, the Lancashire Day proclamation will be read out followed by the Toast to the Duke of Lancaster, HM The Queen.

Real Lancashire & Lancashire County Council borders

Where is Lancashire these days?

Many people would have you believe that Lancashire is a lot smaller county than it used to be. The green area on the map is the area administered by Lancashire County Council, whilst the red line is the boundary of the real county of Lancashire.

The fact is that the boundary of real Lancashire has not changed since it was established in 1100AD.
The many boundary changes that have been made since the 1970s have simply been administrative boundary changes, the actual boundary of the county of Lancashire itself was not changed.

This means that if you live in:
• Southport, Formby, Crosby, Liverpool, Maghull, Kirkby, or Knowsley
• St. Helens, Warrington, Salford, Wigan, Bolton, Rochdale, or Oldham
• Broughton, Barrow, Ulverston, Coniston, Cartmel, or Hawkshead
...you can all be proud to be Lancastrians, even if another County Council, or Administrative Authority, governs you locally.

To see whether you live in real Lancashire, visit the Association of British Counties' Gazetteer of British Place Names and search for your town, or village.

Further information

Further information about the event can be found on the club's web site at www.sadarc.org.uk.

Further information about real Lancashire can be found on the Friend's of Real Lancashire web site at www.forl.co.uk