The European Radio Amateurs' Organization
announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "Season's Greetings".
Remember this is not a contest, it is just a radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them recommendations.
Purpose: Wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the stations you contact with these days. This is a good time to wish peace and love to everyone.
Have fun and meet other hams all over the world or just locals. Of course SWLs are welcome to participate.
Date & time: from December 24th, 2024, to January 6th, 2025, 00:00-24:00 UTC.
Bands & modes: all modes and frequencies, mainly in HF bands, but not only.
EFG.
Call: "CQ EURAO Party".
Exchange: because this is a QSO event, not a contest, you can talk about whatever you want, in any language, and for as long as you like. Here are some topic suggestions to get
the conversation going: name, city, locator, weather, antennas, rigs, etc.
Also talk about QSL interchange. Tell the truth. Say "no, thanks" if you are not interested in QSL cards. But if you would like to have a memory of your contact, feel free to use
our EuroBureauQSL (see below).
Logs: for statistic purposes only, we ask participants to submit their logs to
party@eurao.org in ADIF format, where the filename should be your callsign (e.g. EA3RKF.ADI).
There will be no results or league tables, only statistical information about number of QSOs, countries, callsigns, OMs/YLs/Clubs, etc.
Certificate of Participation: for all those sending the log and without a minimum of confirmed QSOs.
EuroBureauQSL: you can use it to interchange QSLs even if you are not member. In this case, just send the QSL
to the entry point in the country of the station you have contacted.
Amateur Radio News... (cont.)
The free pilot test period is about to end and we can say, with satisfaction, that we have reached a high participation rate, with clubs from: Greece, Ireland, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom
and some from an international scope.
Now is the time to carry out the survey and collect opinions and suggestions for improvement. And hopefully some memberships as well...
The so-called EANET Sprint Contest, for short, was held last November 3 for the fourteenth time
with participants from 4 countries: Spain, Italy, Romania and China, making this the first time that someone from the Asian continent participates.
In radio club category the winners have been: EA3RKM, EA5RKJ and EA4RCD;
and in the radio amateur category: EA3HLM, EA3HKY and EA7YV.
All of them will receive the deserved prizes before Christmas. Congratulations and hope to hear you next year!
