At the occasion of the 2024 World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) HAMs in Greece are activating SZ0WARD. A commemorative award is issued for working the station on different bands.  

The UBA WARD 2024 award for working OP24WARD & OR24WARD in 20 different band/mode slots. See here for details.

Having worked the Greek special station SX100D on five different bands, I was granted this award in the gold class.  

Just received the Cast-Iron award for working the Finnish special event station OF60IRON in several band/mode spots.

“75 Jahre Amateurfunkgesetz in Deutschland” A commemorative award is issued by the DARC. Click here for more info.

The Spanish IARU society URE is celebrating its 75th anniversary. A bunch of special event stations using the AO75 prefix are active and a commemorative award is being issued for working them. Look here for more details.

FT8 & FT4 QSOs seem to be more popular than ever. Personally, I prefer tuning the CW portions of our bands, but except for DXPeditions and contests, many HAMs seem to have taken refugee to the digital section of the…

The Italian Navy Coastal Stations event is over. Happy to have worked the complete set of special event stations.