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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.

The Polish section of the Diploma Interests Group (DIG) has renewed its award design of the W-DIG-SP. The rules may be found here.

Having worked the special event station HI180RD, I was granted a commemoration certificate for the 180th anniversary of the independence of the Dominican Republic. See here for details.

The Croatian radioclub of Zagreb celebrates its 100th anniversary. A commemorative award is available for working two special event stations. Details may be found here.  

Traditionally, the Antarctic Week Event takes place in February. This award has been granted for working several special event stations. See here for details about the program.

A late Christmas present 😉 The pennant for working LY23XMAS on several band/mode slots.