EURAO Party - Winter Special 2018-2019: hunting beacons

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The European Radio Amateurs' Organization has announced a new party on the air, with the motto 'hunting beacons'.

Remember this is not a contest, it is just a radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them recommendations.

The party will be held for two weeks from 22nd December 2018 to 6th January 2019, 00:00-24:00 UTC.

EURAO - https://eurao.org/

Apollo 8 50th Anniversary Special Event Set

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Several NASA Amateur Radio clubs will mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8 on 21st - 27th December 2018, concluding the year-long NASA on the Air activity, which celebrates NASA’s 60th anniversary. The agency was created in 1958 through an act signed by President Dwight Eisenhower.

Apollo 8 was launched on 21st December 1968 and splashed down 6 days later on 27th December. It was the first manned spacecraft to leave low-Earth orbit, orbit the moon, and return safely.

Special event operation will be on various bands and modes, and participating stations will self-spot on the DX cluster as well as via Facebook and Twitter.

Romanian Santa Claus Amateur Radio Special Event

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Amateur Radio operators from Romania will be activating special event Santa Claus stations throughout December 2018.

Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. An electronic award will be issued for working stations on at least 3 different bands upon request.

QSL via YO2MSB or see QRZ.com (under YP2XMAS) for more details.

Here are the special event stations and their locations:

  • YP2XMAS - Timisoara (QSL via YO9FNP)

  • YP3XMAS - Bucuresti (QSL via YO9FNP)

  • YP4XMAS - Cernavoda (QSL via YO2MSB)

  • YP5XMAS - Transilvania (QSL via YO9FNP)

  • YP6XMAS - Brasov (QSL via YO2MSB)

  • YP7XMAS - Arges (QSL via YO2MSB)

  • YP8XMAS - Suceava (QSL via YO2MSB)

  • YP9XMAS - Buzau (QSL via YO9FNP)

  • YP0XMAS - Giurgiu (QSL via YO9KYO)