On the 2nd of January, I worked 9A2009ST thinking he was just a special event station for the new year. Today (13th Jan), I heard a few more 9A2009 stations and checked them out. They are in fact special event stations for the Men's World Handball Championships and there are 7 stations, one in each city.
A special award is available to anyone working 3, 5 or all 7 stations.
Some details....
Award is available to all amateur radio and SWL stations that in the period from 1st January until 1st February 2009 establish certain number of QSOs with special stations from 7 cities in which will be held 21st World Handball Championship for men as follows: Zagreb, Varazdin, Osijek, Porec, Pula, Zadar and Split.
All modes of operation are allowed: CW, SSB, DIGITAL, MIX.
For the award it is necessary to work just one special station in each city on any band.
Special stations from before mentioned cities will operate under following call signs:
All modes of operation are allowed: CW, SSB, DIGITAL, MIX.
For the award it is necessary to work just one special station in each city on any band.
Special stations from before mentioned cities will operate under following call signs:
ZAGREB – 9A2009ZG, VARAZDIN – 9A2009VZ, OSIJEK – 9A2009OS, POREÈ – 9A2009PO, PULA – 9A2009PU, ZADAR – 9A2009ZD, SPLIT – 9A2009ST
More info can be found on the this website. Judging by the pile-up they had on 80m ssb this evening, it seems to be very popular.
