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WELL!!! This was a very STRANGE Spot, but right for the times!!! I wonder how he got this to show up

Robert Lonn
Robert Lonn Member ✭✭
edited April 2020 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series

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  • Neil D Friedman N3DF
    Neil D Friedman N3DF Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    I have worked several foreign amateurs with "stayhome" suffixes on FT8.

    http://www.arrl.org/news/use-of-special-call-sign-suffixes-in-the-us-during-covid-19-pandemic
  • KY6LA_Howard
    KY6LA_Howard Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    I worked him

    There are also several Calls such as YB2STAYHOME, CT1STAYHOME
  • Robert Lonn
    Robert Lonn Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    OK Thanks Neil!!!

  • Phil N3ZP
    Phil N3ZP Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    I have also seen lots of spots with calls ending "STAYHOME". It's a good reminder.

  • Neil D Friedman N3DF
    Neil D Friedman N3DF Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    Why are you running only 90 watts?
  • Robert Lonn
    Robert Lonn Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    Neil, I am Saving the 10 watts for those DX Pile Ups when I need to break through the log jam!!!! :-) 
  • Craig_KØCF
    Craig_KØCF Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    This is from today's OPDX bulletin:

    SPECIAL STAY AT HOME STATIONS/ACTIVITIES (Update). Many more special event stations have hit the airwaves (or soon will be) to promote individuals to "STAY-AT-HOME" and raise awareness for the restrictions necessary to fight the spread the coronavirus. Here is a checklist of stations announced to be active:
      5B4STAYHOME (Cyprus)                  OH5PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
      8A1HOME (Indonesia)                   OH6PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
      8A1STAYHOME (Indonesia)               OH7PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
      9K9STAYHOME (Kuwait)                  OH8PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
      A6ØSH/1 [SH=StayHome] (U.A.E.)        OH9PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
      A6ØSH/2 United Arab Emirates          OHØSTAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/3 United Arab Emirates          OH1STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/4 United Arab Emirates          OH2STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/5 United Arab Emirates          OH3STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/6 United Arab Emirates          OH4STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/7 United Arab Emirates          OH5STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/8 United Arab Emirates          OH6STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/9 United Arab Emirates          OH7STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/1Ø United Arab Emirates         OH8STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/11 United Arab Emirates         OH9STAYHOME (Finland)
      A6ØSH/12 United Arab Emirates         OR2STAYHOME (Belgium)
      AX2Ø2ØSTAYHOME (Australia)            OR8STAYHOME (Belgium)
      CR2STAYHOME (Azores)                  OT2STAYHOME (Belgium)
      CT1STAYHOME (Portugal)                OT2ØSTAYHOME (Belgium)
      DXØSTAYHOME (Philippine)              OT6STAYSAFE (Belgium)
      E7STAYHOME (Bosnia & Herzegovina)     R3STAYHOME (European Russia)
      GB4SAH [SAH=Stay-At-Home] (England)   TC1STAYHOME (Turkey)
      GB5NHS [NHS=National Health Service]  VC2STAYHOM (Canada)
        (England)                           VE9HOME (Canada)
      HZ1STAYHOME (Saudi Arabia)            VI2Ø2ØSTAYHOME (Australia)
      IX1HPN/STAYHOME (Italy)               XM2STAYHOM (Canada)
      KC1KUG/STAYH (United States)          YS1STAYHOM1 (Venezuela)
      OHØPYSYKOTONA (Finland; "Pysykotona”  YS1STAYHOM4 (Venezuela)
        means StayHome in Finnish)          YS1STAYHOM5 (Venezuela)
      OH1PYSYKOTONA (Finland)               YS1STAYHOM# (Venezuela)
      OH2PYSYKOTONA (Finland)               Z3ØSTAYHOME (North Macedonia)
      OH3PYSYKOTONA (Finland)               Z39STAYHOME (North Macedonia)
      OH4PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
    QSL via operator's instructions. ADDED NOTE: The Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) is providing a number of special awards during these Stay-At-Home "OH" operations (as well as other countries signing STAYHOME that qualified) which runs through July 8th. Complete details can be found on the SRAL Web page at:
      https://www.sral.fi/2020/04/07/finland-stay-home
    -[OPDX # 1460 April 13, 2020]

    73,
    Craig, KØCF

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