[CW] Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe, SP3RN Patronal Celebration

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

The San Max Patronal Celebration 2023 will take place on August 1 - 31.

This is an annual event that radio amateurs in Mexico participate in to
celebrate Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe, SP3RN, patron saint of radio
amateurs.  Saint Max who had been arrested by the NAZIs and sentenced to
Auschwitz exchanged his life while there for the life of a condemned Jew
who was sentenced to death. That Jew, Franciszek Gajowniczek spent the rest
of his life (d. 13 March 1995) telling people of Max Kolbe's sacrifice.

The special event call sign, 4A2MAX, will be activated on August 1 at 00:00
XE Central Time (0500 UTC), and it will stay active through August 31 at
23:59 XE Central Time (Zona Centro) (0500 UTC).

Mexico no longer observes Daylight Savings Time excepting Mexican border
municipalities which share a border with a USA state that observes Daylight
Savings Time. All Mexican municipalities that do not border the United
States only observe Standard Time.

All amateur radio operators are invited to participate. Official rules and
additional information are available at QRZ.com, on the 4A2MAX web page.

The event rules will be:

Geographic focus: San Max hams may operate 4A2MAX, worldwide participation.

Exchange: Only signal reporting will be shared, according to mode used..

Modes: Phone, CW and Digital, such as RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, FT8, FT4, etc.

Score: You need 10 QSOs by year in diferent bands to obtain event Diploma.
You may obtain diploma in these categories: MIXED, SSB, CW and DIGITAL. All
digital modes aren´t separated, i.e. PSK31+FT8+RTTY+...+SSTV = Total QSO
Digital

Venue: Will be at San Max Church and San Max Opertators venues.

Bands: 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6, 2 mts and 70 cms.

Logs: All logs will be received in Cabrillo format, and send it to
4a2max at xe2n.org, subject: your callsign SAN MAX; at September 12 and you
receive awnser of our log robot.

QSL: LoTW, eQSL, OQRS, mail and QRZ.
If you desire to send your QSL card to San Max Event, send us to :

JOSE DE JESUS LOPEZ VILLALOBOS/4A2MAX
5914 San Bernardo Ave, Ste 4-135
Laredo, TX 78041-2506
USA

73

David
N1EA
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