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*****14.08 HF20RCN (SP2MKO), Radio Broadcasting Centre at Solec Kujawski

................ W5G

*****15.08 9M4COVID 9M4DUDUKRUMAH 9M4STAYHOME

................ CN21AM CN21CE CN21DG CN21MM CN21SG
................ CN21ATM CN21NOA

................ Célébration de la Fête du Trône, Le 21ème Anniversaire

................ de l’Accession de Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI

................ LN1V

................ N7C, Navajo Code Talkers
A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to utilize a little-known language as a means of secret communication. The term is now usually associated with United States service members during the world wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. In particular, there were approximately 400 to 500 Native Americans in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was to transmit secret tactical messages. Code talkers transmitted messages over military telephone or radio communications nets using formally or informally developed codes built upon their native languages.

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15.08......... N4F, Appalachian Trail Anniversary

*****16.08 AT5AUG, India Independence Day

................ EA8RCK EG8HKT, Diploma Hermano Kolbe en Tenerife
To commemorate the Feast of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe (SP3RN), work two stations EA8RCK and EG8HKT, any band, any mode. SWL’s need five HRD’s. Send your application, with log extract to: ea8rck@radioclubislascanarias.es
The electronic Award is free of charge.
Español: http://www.radioclubislascanarias.es/Archivos/Diploma%20Kolbe%202017.pdf
English: http://www.radioclubislascanarias.es/Archivos/BASES%20DIPLOMA%20SAN%20MAXIMILIANO%20KOLBE_eng.pdf
................ See my Blog dedicated to St. Maximilian amateur radio activities:
................ http://stmaximiliansp3rn.blogspot.com

................ R108WWS R90WDW

15.08-16.08 GB0VCH, Radar's Significance in the Battle of Britain

*****18.08 AT0II AT2ABC AT2BB AT2SON

*****19.08 AT2SAH

19.08......... TM17FFF

*****20.08 AU9VV

................ R0RG/m UB0SCB/m (RDA's: YA and IR)

*****23.08 8J2TKI TC3GP TC3GS

16.08-23.08 4X1OM/LH 4X1RE/LH 4X5HF/LH 4X6ZM/LH
................ 4Z1DX/LH 4Z1NB/LH 4Z5SL/LH

20.08-23.08 TM0BSM

21.08-23.08 T46W, Centenary of the First Radio Station

22.08-23.08 ILLW, International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend
................ More than 260 stations are expected to operate
................ Station List: https://illw.net/index.php/entrants-list-2020

23.08......... Zawody o Replikę Lampy Ignacego Łukasiewicza
................ CW SSB, 80 m, 1500-1700 UTC
................ Regulamin: https://logsp.pzk.org.pl/?page=contest&id=819

*****24.08 W9I, Illinois State Fair
24.08......... TM100LY, Centenary of Lafayette Radio Station

*****25.08 N5M, St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Anniversary
................ See my Blog dedicated to St. Maximilian amateur radio activities:
................ http://stmaximiliansp3rn.blogspot.com

26.08......... TM17FFF

23.08-28.08 TM2U

*****30.08 5K87LR

22.08-30.08 N1P, National Park Service Founders Day
28.08-30.08 K5R, 15th Anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina & Rita

30.08......... K0ASA, Pony Express Anniversary

The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, and mail using relays of horse-mounted riders that operated from April 3, 1860, to October 24, 1861 between Missouri and California in the United States of America.

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................ TC30ZFR

*****31.08 4A2MAX (XE2N), St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Fiesta Patronal
................ Award (QRZ.com)
................ See my Blog dedicated to St. Maximilian amateur radio activities:
................ http://stmaximiliansp3rn.blogspot.com

................ 4U25B 5K87LR

................ AT2DN AU2STH

................ DF0TT DO0BHV

................ DQ750KL, 30 Jahre Hanse-Sail in Rostock

*****31.08 GB80BRS, Bawdsey Radar Station, Suffolk

................. GB80CH, Chain Home Radar System, Essex

................ GB0VBR GB5VBR

................ GB1945PE GB1945PJ GB75PEACE, VE Day and VJ Day
................ Radio Marathon and Awards:
https://rsgb.org/main/activity/radio-marathons/75th-anniversary-of-ve-day-and-vj-day-amateur-radio-marathon/

................. HL75V, 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Korea

................. II4CLT IQ4FE, Guglielmo Marconi: Genio ed Ingegno Award
http://www.arifidenza.it/LaSezione/DiplomaMarconi2020/Diploma_Marconi_ENG.asp
................. LZ662MI, All Bulgarian Saints Award
................. Info: http://www.lz1kcp.com/

................. PC20SAIL

................ R1943KB, Award: https://r3w.hamlog.ru/diploms/kb77/

................ R300WORF, Award
Dmitry Vinogradov, Founder of Russian porcelain and Russia's first china production. Work R300WORF and three more stations from Region R3V (those until the end of 2020).
................ Info: http://www.r3v.ru/diplomy/vinogradov/

................ SN0HAL (SP5ZIP) SN87LOT (SP1PMY)

................ VI250COOK, 250th Anniversary of Captain James Cook
................ Sailing up the East Coast of Australia

................ VI50AWS, Club Anniversary. Award: https://wansarc.org.au/vi50aws/

................. Brave Radio Friends, Lights Hunter Award
................. http://braveradiofriends.weebly.com/annual-activities.html

*****17.09 SP3RN (SP7PGK), St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Memorial Station

................ (also operated by SP9JPA)

................ St. Maximilian Blog: http://stmaximiliansp3rn.blogspot.com

*****30.09 8J0JY 8J2Y

................ DK0NL DL0HWO

................ DL70IPA (on Sundays and Thirsdays)

................ DM75MIR, End of World War II in Europe

................ EN20Z IP1DCI

29.08-30.09 SX300ML, The Battle of Thermopylae

*****01.10 GB100RCS, The Royal Corps of Signals

*****02.10 DM30RSV, 30 Jahre RSV, Award
................ RSV: The first freely elected ham radio association in the former
................ German Democratic Republic (24.03-02.10.1990)
https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/7oe-jahre-darc-3oe-jahre-rsv/

*****13.10 CB33M, Trapped Miners Anniversary

*****30.10 DL0ROS SN0MD (SP1PNW)

................ VI110WIA, 110 Years of the Wireless Institute of Australia
................ VK1WIA VK2WIA VK3WIA VK4WIA

................ VK5WIA VK6WIA VK7WIA VK8WIA
Award: https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2020/20200411-1/index.php

*****31.10 8J1MITO 8N1TRD 8N5CLEAN

................ DL0MCM SP50DTO (SP2DTO)

*****01.11 A35JP

*****03.11 8J2020GF PA40WM

*****08.11 8J3ML

*****23.11 HV0A, Vatican City

*****30.11 8J3DENPA DF0AJW DK0PI DL0KG DL0SO

*****31.12.2020

4A15DXXE, Grupo DXXE

5B60 prefix, 60 years of the Republic of Cyprus
5B60AHO 5B60AIF 5B60AIX 5B60AJG 5B60AJO 5B60ALJ 5B60ALX 5B60AMG 5B60AMR 5B60AMT 5B60AMX 5B60AOM

6D50CC, 50th Anniversary of Cancun

8J0K 8J150KYS 8J17CALL 8J180TSU 8J1FUSSA 8J3AKETI 8J3ITAMI 8J3YAA 8J755T

8N1ABIKO 8N1S 8N1Y 8N6SHURI

9A40CKG 9A63AA

A60EMM/#

BV120SU

DA0BCC

DA0DOM (500 Years of the Completion of the Magdeburg Cathedral)

DA0EMV

DA0FUL DF0FU, 125 Jahre drahtlose Telegraphie

DA2025C DM2C (both until 31.01.21)

DB0DBP DB100ENK DC0TO

DF0AZ DF0CEL DF0DBP DF0ELM DF0KAT DF0LEO DF0RW DF0W DF60BGL

DF70DARC DK70DARC DL70DARC DO70DARC DP70DARC, 70 Jahre DARC
DF70DARC DP70DARC, Award
One QSO during any 35 days (35 QSO’s on 35 different days)
Master: One QSO during any 70 days (70 QSO’s on 70 different days)
Premium: One QSO with each station during any 70 days (140 QSOs on 70-140 days).
Upload your log with the required QSO’s to the DCL (DARC Community Logbook).
The processing fee is EUR 3.
Info: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/sonderdiplome/

Activity Calendar: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/aktivitaetsplaner/

DK0AR DK0BH DK0BIG DK0DBP DK0DH DK0FF DK0KG DK0LO DK0MM DK0RA DK0XT

DL100BKW, 100 Years of the Königs Wusterhausen Transmitter Station

100BKW Award (QRZ.com). Info: http://dl0kwh.darc.de/

Score: 50 pts. (Bronze), 75 pts. (Silver), 100 pts. (Gold). Each unique band/mode QSO counts.
For 15 pts.: DK1A DL0KWH DL100BKW (mandatory)
For 10 pts.: DF4LB DG1RWM DH1RSP DH2AX DH5RWK DH7BWM DH7FA DH7NO DL1RTA DL1RTS DL1RTW DL1RUM DL1RWR DL2RTF DM3MAT DO2NBR DO9JK
For 5 pts.: DD6UAF DD6ZP DF1YQ DF2VD DG1RPH DG1RVO DG2RSJ DH1LA DJ8RH DL1ROT DL1ROY DL1RYB DL2RNO DL2RNS DL2RUF DL2RUM DL2RVL DL4KA DL7FF DL7JOM DL7JTT DL7UKT DL7UMK DL7VGH DL7VOR DM2SO DM2XO

Apply, with your log extract, to: dl7jom(at)darc.de

DL0AB DL0CG DL0DBP DL0DL DL0DOK DL0FA DL0GAY DL0GC DL0HAN DL0HRS DL0HWO DL0IBO DL0OBW DL0SBK

DL20LAGA

DL70IPA, 70th Anniversary of the International Police Association

DL0KK DL0LJ DL0PET DL0NAR DL0RCO (and beyond 2020) DL0SHL DL0SW DL0UC DL0UE DL0VVS DL0WAL

DL0XR, Entdeckung der Roentgenstrahlen durch Wilhelm C. Roentgen, 1895

DL2020R DL30GER, 30th Anniversary of the German Reunification

DL25SHL DL30SHZ DL35SDR DL40PUL DL70IPA DL73TXL

DM30RSV DM5N DM50LEO

DP7P

DQ0Z DQ10CWO DQ100SL DQ11WCA DQ125BV DQ125VB DQ3F DQ750KL

DR10CWO DR70AHR (until 19.01.21)

EM200ANT EN200ANT, 200 Years of Antarctic Exploration

EM250QZ EN90LUR

GB2FEA, Wee Fea Communications Centre, Orkney

GB70IPA

HA50KHW

HB2N HB40AQ

HB40HC HB40HTC, Helvetia Telegraphy Club
Award: for 40 two-way CW QSO's lasting a minimum of 10 minutes each
Info: https://hb-ocwa.ch/

H75N

HB15SOTA, Anniversary Certificate (until 08.05.2021)
Rules and Log checking: https://hb9sota.ch/hb15sota-diplom/

HF100CH SP2ALT SP2GK SP2GUC SP2KFQ SP2LQP SP2RTA SP2YKS SQ2CDP SQ2DYF SQ2ICX SQ2PHK, Centenary of the Return of Chojnice to Poland Award
Info: http://www.sp2kfq.pl/dyplom_100/index_100.html

HF0BW (SP1PBW) HF50FIY (SP4FIY)

HF90LKK HF90TPAR HF90TPBB HF90TPBF HF90TPBG HF90TPCF HF90TPCG (all via SP7PGK), 90 Years of PZK

II2EMCA II3FYT II3STAY

II4BRN (January) II4MLB (February) II4MCY (March) II4FTX (April) II4TEA (May) II4REP (June) II4NBL (July) II4CLT (August) II4PTN (September) II4LGH (October) II4RVT (November) II4MDY (December)

IQ4FE, Guglielmo Marconi: Genio ed Ingegno Award
http://www.arifidenza.it/LaSezione/DiplomaMarconi2020/Diploma_Marconi_ENG.asp

IY0CG, Marconi

JU85UIA

LN1V, Liberation of Norway

L25D LU70M

LX20I

LZ50GU LZ1958GU LZ50BFRA

LZ1908IK (January) LZ34WGI (February) LZ250KD (March) LZ603IL (April) LZ177GL (May) LZ734PA (June) LZ551MS (July) LZ662MI (August) LZ595IP (September) LZ1891AO (October) LZ350PI (November) LZ1263AN (December)
All Bulgarian Saints 2020 Award. Info: http://www.lz1kcp.com/

Bulgarian Historic Sites (BHS), 5th Anniversary Award: http://wcagroup.org/?page_id=12509

OE1970WWL, OE5WWL: 50 Years on the Air

OE25AVD OE25BKC OE25CQB OE25DIN OE25DMT OE25ENL OE25FKS OE25HTL OE25IGP OE25JML OE25JWC OE25JWD OE25LAL OE25LCR OE25LHP OE25LKG OE25LPO OE25LRO OE25MXL OE25OLD OE25PEN OE25PGM OE25RBO OE25RJJ OE25RQH OE25SGU OE25SRG OE25SSS OE25TWA OE25TWB OE25URQ OE25VSW OE25XCI OE25XFG OE25XGM OE25XKJ OE25XKO OE25XOA OE25XRG OE25XWI OE25XXW OE25YSC

25 Jahre Österreich in der EU, Award

https://oe6.oevsv.at/aktivitaeten/diplome/2020_OE-25J-EU/

OE60IPA OE65SGU

OG30OM OG30YL

OL30DXC

OL700CO OL700DKA OL700LTV, First Writen Mention of the City of Dobruška
Award Rules: http://www.ok1kqi.com/ol700/ol700-rules.html

OL725PLZ (Award: http://hamdiplomy.cz/plzen/)

OZ200EM, Aniversary of the Discovery of Electromagnetism by Hans Christian Oersted

PA2020BP, Baden Powell

PA2020IG, Invictus Games

PA44BRAC PA46R

PA800D, 800 Years of Dordrecht

PC20MC, Missing and Disappeared Children

PI30COM

PA75BER PD75BER

PA75OV PD75OV, Operation Veritable, 75 Years of Freedom

PA75UN, United Nations

PA75CG PA75CRX PA75CUP PA75DDW PA75DX PA75ECL PA75HAM PA75HEB PA75J PA75LEX PA75N PA75PKZ PA75RO PA75TJJ PA75TT PA75WSN PA75X

PB75A PB75ABQ

PC75T

PD75E PD75T

PE75BORNE (until 04.04.21) PE75BS PE75HVH PE75OUW

PH75AS PH75DLB

PI75ALK PI75AMF PI75GAC PI75HGV PI75KML PI75MM PI75NWG PI75SHB PI75SRA PI75VAD (until 01.03.2021) PA75VERON PI75VERON, 75th Anniversary of VERON

PD75HOLTEN, 75 years of the Liberation of Holten

S500E S50WAAD S5400J

SK50AX SK60AU

SN066POL (?) SN100BW (SP5WWL) SN100PB (SP2TMT) SN25EBM (SQ5EBM) SN750MY (SP1PMY) SN800WL (SP9EZM) SO13Z (Castle) SP65KAG (SP9KAG)

SP50ENV (DL1EKO SP9ENV), Award (QRZ.com)

RI1ANH, Antarctic

TM10CCAE (Saturdays), Collins Collectors

TM20EURO, European Football Championship

VI110WIA, 110 Years of the Wireless Institute of Australia

VK20HOME

W4NC/90 W5YD/100

YT50SCWC, Serbian CW Club

YU10BBV, "Banjica" Radio Club

YU2020IARU

YU70HFG, "Nikola Tesla" Radio Club

ZS1820S, Arrival of Settlers in South Africa

ZS95QO, Foundation of the SARL in 1925 (QO-100 satellite)

ZS95SARL, 95 Years of the South African Radio League

WRTC 2022 Qualifications
World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC)
Bologna, Italy. 6-11 July 2022
Internet: http://wrtc2022.it/

24 qualifying contests in two years (2019 and 2020). However, the results of only up to 12 contests can be selected for qualification by an operator, with restrictions applying to the Categories, as well as the operator’s place of residence, his station’s contest QTH, or remote operation (Selection Areas).

Qualifying Contests in 2020:

15.02-16.02 ARRL CW Contest (Value: 800)

07.03-08.03 ARRL SSB Contest (Value: 800)

21.03-22.03 Russian CW SSB Contest (Value: 1000)

28.03-29.03 CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (Value: 950)

30.05-31.05 CQ WW WPX CW Contest (Value: 950)
20.06-21.06 All Asian CW Contest (Value: 800)
11.07-12.07 IARU CW SSB Championship (Value: 950; HQ stn. ops. are not eligible)
08.08-09.08 WAE CW Contest (Value: 1000)
05.09-06.09 All Asian SSB Contest (Value: 800)
12.09-13.09 WAE SSB Contest (Value: 1000)
24.10-25.10 CQ WW SSB Contest (Value: 1000)
28.11-29.11 CQ WW CW Contest (Value: 1000)

Qualification Entry Categories according to Weights
Weight 1.0: SO HP Unassisted, AB or SB, SM or MIX
Weight 0.95: SO HP Assisted, AB or SB, SM or MIX
Weight 0.9: SO LP Unassisted, AB or SB, SM or MIX
Weight 0.85: SO LP Assisted, AB or SB, SM or MIX
Weight 0.9: MS (Multi-Operator, Single Transmitter (2 Operators eligible))
Weight 0.8: M2 (Multi-Operator, Two Transmitters (3 Operators eligible))
Weight 0.7: MM (Multi-Operator, Multi-Transmitter (4 Operators eligible))

MS M2 MM: 4 Event Scores may be declared by an operator

SB Single Band; AB All Band; HP High Power; LP Low Power
SO Single Operator; M Multi Operator; SM Single Mode; MIX Mixed Mode

Single Band = All Band weight at the same Power Level
Single Mode = Mixed Mode weight at the same Power Level
QRP = Low Power
IARU HQ station operators (IARU HF Championship) are not eligible

Selected Links

NPOTA ARRL National Parks on the Air: https://npota.arrl.org/nps-events.php

CNPOTA Canadian National Parks on the Air: https://cnpota.ca/

WWFF World Wide Flora and Fauna: http://wwff.winqsl.com/about/

County Parks On The Air
http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/county-parks-on-the-air/

Summits-on-the-Air SOTA Watch: http://www.sotawatch.org/

IOTA RSGB Islands on the Air: https://www.iota-world.org/

WCA World Castles Award: http://wcagroup.org/
WHSA World Heritage Sites Award: http://www.whsa.info/

K1BV's DX Awards: http://www.dxawards.com/
US 1x1 Special-Event Callsigns: http://www.1x1callsigns.org/index.php/search

ARRL Contest Awards, download from: http://contests.arrl.org/certificates.php

ON4LEA Calendar of Meetings and Fleemarkets in Europe:

http://www.on4lea.be/termine.htm

Contest Calendars

WA7BNM: http://www.contestcalendar.com/contestcal.html

DL2NBY: https://sites.google.com/site/dl2nbycontestcalendar/

SP9CXN: https://sp9cxn.pzk.pl/kalendarz.html

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DK1A DL0KWH DL100BKW

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WRTC 2022

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