Santa Claus Special Events….

Ken McCormick

Santa Claus special event from Romania

Look for the following special event Santa Claus stations to be active during December.

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)

OPDX

 

Israel Amateur Radio Club Xmas event

Members of the Israel Amateur Radio Club (I.A.R.C) are pleased to announce the 2018 XMAS activity for its national award program: Holy-land Christianity On The Air (HOCOTA).

The program includes numerous sites with major significance to Christianity – well-known to every Christian and based by the language and citation from the holy books, Christian tradition, beliefs and heritage, as well documented archeology and other researches.

This is the third year of the program and the activity will be commenced during the 2018 Christmas season (December 25-29th) by 5 special event multi-operators stations. The current sub-program includes Christian sites from various sectors of the program including Kar Nachum, Caesarea, Jerusalem, Latrun and Massada.

Look for the following to be active:
1. Callsign 4X2XMAS; KFAR NACHUM – ?(Capernaum) Church of the Holy
Apostles; Ref. No. (WW. Loc. KM72SV, HOLYLAND Loc. K-07-YZ, HOLYLAND N05KN and 4XFF-0064); Operators 4Z1DZ, 4Z5SL, 4Z1SH, 4X6ZM, 4Z1KD and 4X1KW; QSL ONLY via LoTW and eQSL.CC; NO BUREAU – DO NOT WASTE YOUR CARD or YOUR TIME

2. Callsign 4X3XMAS; CAESAREA – Crusader Fortress; Ref. No. (Category
F-01, WW. Loc. KM72KM, F-09-FD and 4XFF0161); Operators 4Z1NB, 4X1OM, 4Z1KM and 4X6FR; QSL ONLY via LoTW and eQSL.CC; NO BUREAU – DO NOT WASTE YOUR CARD or YOUR TIME

3. Callsign 4X19HNY; JERUSALEM; Ref. No. (WW. Loc. KM72 and J-18-JS); Operators 4X1KS, 4X1ZZ and 4X1TQ; QSL ONLY via LoTW and eQSL.CC; NO BUREAU – DO NOT WASTE YOUR CARD or YOUR TIME

4. Callsign 4X9XMAS; LATRUN; Ref. No. (WW. Loc. KM71LU and G-17-RM); Operators 4X1IG, 4Z4DX, 4X6RE, 4Z4UO, 4X5AR and 4X5ZS; QSL ONLY via LoTW and eQSL.CC; NO BUREAU – DO NOT WASTE YOUR CARD or YOUR TIME

5. Callsign 4X0M; See details above under “4X0, ISRAEL (Update/Special
Event)”; QSL via IK2DUW

For more details, see QRZ.com for each callsign…..