German Amateur Radio Special Event - DF13

Amateur radio special event stations DF13DEJU, DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13MUC, DF13PAR and DF13STO to be active between 1st January and 30th June 2019.

Activity is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Junkers F-13, the mother of all commercial aircraft.

All QSOs will be automatically confirmed after 15th July 2019, with a QSL card via Bureau. Send direct QSLs via DM2TO cards -- shipping starting after August 1st, 2019. For more details and info on awards, see their QRZ.com page.

EURAO Party - Winter Special 2018-2019: hunting beacons

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

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.