Latvian Special Prefix

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In honor of the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Latvia in November and December 2013, members of the Latvian Contest Club will use the special prefix YL95.

Expect YL95AIW, YL95AJA, YL95CI, YL95CW, YL95DQ, YL95DW, YL95GQT, YL95GY, YL95KF, YL95KL and YL95UI to be on the bands.

For QSL info, follow the operators' instructions, but in most of cases use LoTW, eQSL, by the Bureau or direct to their home callsign is OK.

December is Ham Radio YOTA month!

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After the success of the summer event to bring young amateur radio operators on the air, many stations are coming online throughout the month of December with YOTA suffixs in there callsign.

The idea for this is to break the ice for some youngsters and take the microphone in the hand.  As seen over the years the YOTA-group is growing fast and every week more youngsters are asking to participate.

At least 17 stations from 14 countries with young HAM’s will be active. We would be happy if you try to work one or more of the following callsigns:

  • EA7URA/YOTA
  • EI0YOTA
  • ES5YOTA
  • ES9YOTA
  • LY5YOTA
  • OH2YOTA
  • OK2YOTA
  • OM9YOTA
  • OM13YOTA
  • ON4YOTA
  • PA6YOTA
  • S513YOTA
  • SN0YOTA
  • SH9YOTA
  • YO0YOTA
  • YL13YOTA
  • YL2013YOTA

A special Youngsters On The Air Award is available - http://www.ham-yota.eu/?p=381

ARRL granted use of W100AW for League’s centennial

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The FCC has authorized the Maxim Memorial Station W1AW to also use the call sign W1ØØAW during 2014, the ARRL’s centennial year.

Contacts made from the Maxim Memorial Station in Newington, from regional Centennial conventions, and during the IARU HF Championshipwill use W1ØØAW, with portable designators as appropriate.

The “W1AW WAS” operations throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will use W1AW, not W1ØØAW.

Bulletins and code practice transmissions during 2014 also will still use W1AW.

Contacts with W1ØØAW will be worth 100 points in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party.

To help kick off the ARRL Centennial, special W1ØØAW activity will begin at 0500 UTC on January 1, 2014 (midnight in Newington), and will include participation in ARRL’s Straight Key Night; one CW station will use Hiram Percy Maxim’s straight key. Activity will continue throughout New Year’s Day.