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<h3 class="gmail-title" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AOxWRD: World Radio Day 2018 <span> </span><a href="http://www.fediea.org/news/?news=20180213&lang=es" title="español"><img src="http://www.fediea.org/images/flags/es.gif" alt="español" width="17" height="11" border="0"></a><span> </span><img src="http://www.fediea.org/images/flags/en.gif" alt="english" width="17" height="11" border="0"></h3><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This year, the theme of the Day,<span> </span><strong>February 13</strong>, is: "<em>Radio and Sports</em>". As we are Radio too, we will celebrate again, but our way, being on the air with the special callsigns:<span> </span><strong>AO1WRD, AO2WRD, AO3WRD, AO4WRD, AO5WRD, AO6WRD, AO7WRD, AO8WRD and AO9WRD</strong>; the whole weekend:<span> </span><strong>from Friday 9 to Tuesday 13</strong>.</p><hr style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The aim of<span> </span><strong><acronym title="United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization" style="border-bottom:1px dotted black">UNESCO</acronym></strong><span> </span>devoting one day to Radio, is to enhance a mass media, simple and low cost, specifically suited to reach remote communities and vulnerable people.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The day should be also a good opportunity to think over and to value the media and the task performed in the development of society. Radio amateurs, as a subcategory within the Radio and of a huge interactivity, have our own role and contribute to keep alive the technical knowledge of equipment and behavior of waves.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">In this activity,<span> </span><strong>Federación Digital EA</strong><span> </span>offers the possibility of operating the special stations to its members and gives special QSL to a single contact, which is also valid for the<span> </span><strong>Radio Clubs of the World Award, EANET</strong><span> </span><a href="http://www.fediea.org/eanet/?lang=en"><img src="http://www.fediea.org/images/external_link.png" border="0"></a>.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>How to contact the special stations?</b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">During these days, they will be on the air using the different bands and more usual modes (phony, CW, digital, etc.). A good way to locate them is through<a href="http://www.fediea.org/go.php?link=9&url=http://www.radiocq.com/">DX Cluster</a><span> </span>and/or also consulting the<span> </span><a href="http://fediea.org/actividades/consulta.php?lang=en">agenda of the activity</a>.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="http://www.fediea.org/info/socio.php?lang=en">Members</a><span> </span>who wish,<span> </span>may go on air with these special callsigns, upon request by the<span> </span><a href="http://www.fediea.org/news/?news=20180213&lang=en#reserva">booking system</a><span> </span>enabled for this purpose (<a href="http://www.fediea.org/news/?news=20180213&lang=en#reserva">see below</a>).</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a name="qsl"><b>How to get the QSL?</b></a></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">In addition to making contact (or listening the<span> </span><b>SWL</b>s) with one or several of the active stations from all Spanish districts, you should act according to the case:</p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><li><b>Members of<span> </span><acronym title="Federación Digital EA" style="border-bottom:1px dotted black">FEDI-EA</acronym><span> </span>and/or<span> </span><acronym title="European Radio Amateurs' Organization" style="border-bottom:1px dotted black">EURAO</acronym></b>: do nothing, automatically you will receive it via<span> </span><a href="http://www.fediea.org/go.php?link=9&url=http://www.eurobureauqsl.org/">EuroBureauQSL</a>. Needn't to send your own QSL, but if you do so, it is welcome. In this case, set as Manager:<span> </span><em>EA3RKF</em>.<p></p></li><li><b>Other hams</b>: send a<span> </span><acronym title="Self Addressed Envelope" style="border-bottom:1px dotted black">SAE</acronym><span> </span>with 1 IRC to: FEDI-EA - P.O. Box 3050 - 08200 Sabadell (SPAIN).</li></ul><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a name="reserva"></a><strong>Reservations to operate the special stations</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We take care of almost everything: apply for special callsigns, configure the booking system, upload logs to eQSL and to our website, send QSL cards, etc.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">You just have to enjoy doing radio, fill out and send the log.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Well, you also need to choose the time you want to use any of the special callsigns via our<span> </span><a href="http://www.fediea.org/actividades/reservas.php?lang=en">booking system</a>. Read the procedure and follow its recommendations.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">As a suggestion, the call may be in English: "CQ CQ CQ ... this is AOxWRD, special event station in occassion of World Radio Day", or in Spanish: "CQ CQ CQ ... de AOxWRD, estación especial con motivo del Día Mundial de la Radio".</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This year the activity will start at<span> </span><b>00:00 h<span> </span><span style="color:red">EA</span><span> </span>2018-02-09</b><span> </span>(23:00 h UTC 2018-02-08) and end at<span> </span><b>23:59 h<span> </span><span style="color:red">UTC</span><span> </span>2018-02-13</b><span> </span>(00:59 h EA 2018-02-14).</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Thanks in advance to all those who collaborate in this activity, either as operators or as simple correspondents. Have fun!</p><hr style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Related links:</p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><li><a href="http://www.fediea.org/go.php?link=9&url=http://www.diamundialradio.org/?q=en">World Radio Day</a><span> </span>[multilingual]</li><li><a href="http://www.fediea.org/go.php?link=9&url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-radio-day-2014/about-world-radio-day/why-world-radio-day/">UNESCO</a><span> </span>[multilingual]</li></ul>
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