Get on the Air for Christmas Launched by the RSGB

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As part of the ‘Get on the air to care’ campaign that the Society has been running with the NHS since April, it's launching a new focus for Christmas.

Called ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ and shared on social media with the hashtag #GOTA4C, it will bring together a few activities that radio amateurs can participate in over the holiday period. It will run from Saturday 19 December to Saturday 9 January 2021.

Christmas can be difficult for many at the best of times, but with the extra restrictions due to Covid-19, the RSGB wants to make sure that every radio amateur feels part of a caring amateur radio community.

The Society is kicking off the campaign by asking clubs that are planning special nets for Christmas Day and Boxing Day, or indeed any time over the holiday season, to send details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk so they can be published in the next RadCom issue, in the GB2RS news scripts and on the RSGB website.

Other activities are being planned and further information will be added to the campaign web page over the coming weeks - http://www.rsgb.org/gota4c

Christmas Special Event

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Operators Ray/PA5DX and Wim/PD8DX will be activating three special event callsigns, PA20XMAS, PD20SANTA and PD20ELF during the Christmas holiday season (specific dates not stated).

The activity of operations and modes were not mentioned, but there will be a special award for working at least 2 Christmas stations to download on QRZ.com at:

QRZ Page - https://www.qrz.com/db/PA20XMAS

No QSLs will be available and only the award will be available.

Israel Chanukah Special Event

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Israel Chanukah Special Event

During the week of Chanukah celebrations, special Israeli radio amateur stations will be active on the air with a special callsigns ending in letters from the word "Chanukah", (4X1C, 4X2H, 4Z3A, 4X4N, 4X5U, 4X6K, 4Z7A, 4X8H and 4X0NER). "Ner" means candle in Hebrew. The number in the callsign indicates the number of candles lit that day.

Activity begins on the evening of 10th December 2020 when the first candle will be lit on (1400 UTC). The special event stations will operate for 9 days in row and new special event stations will join the activity every day on Chanukah Holiday until the close of the event on 19th December 2020 (2159 UTC).

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