[SFDXA] ARRL - Some Countries Permitting “STAYHOME”-Suffix Call Signs during COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Some Countries Permitting “STAYHOME”-Suffix Call Signs during
    COVID-19 Pandemic

04/02/2020

Some countries around the world are allowing radio amateurs to use 
special “STAYHOME” call sign suffixes. For example, listen for 
8A1STAYHOME from Indonesia, and A60STAYHOME/# call signs from the United 
Arab Emirates.

In Canada, Michael Shamash, VE2MXU, is using VC2STAYHOM “to raise 
awareness for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Canada 
limits call sign suffixes to seven characters.

Australia has permitted the Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) to 
use the special call sign AX2020STAYHOME. At 14 characters, that may set 
a record for world’s longest call sign. Also look for 9K9STAYHOME from 
the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society; TC1STAYHOME, the COVID-19 special 
event call sign from Turkey, and HZ1STAYHOME from the Saudi Amateur 
Radio Society.


http://www.arrl.org/news/some-countries-permitting-stayhome-suffix-call-signs-during-covid-19-pandemic