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@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

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David 

N1EA