[SFDXA] How to Let Kids Talk with Santa Over Ham Radio This Holiday Season

[Bill]

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*How to Let Kids Talk with Santa Over Ham Radio This Holiday Season*

ARRL CQ Santa Claus 2024 
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Santa Claus will be on the amateur radio airwaves again this year.

The 3.916 Santa Net will be on the air every night at 7:00 PM CST from 
November 29 through December 24. Reserve a spot with Santa by making a 
pre-net check in. You can check in each night starting at 6:30 PM CST 
online at www.CQSanta.com 
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Santa and Mrs. Claus will also be on the air, together, thanks to 
special arrangements with the Cowley County Amateur Radio Club 
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in Kansas. They will be on the air on the 147.000 repeater and the 
Sunflower Net system, between 10 AM and noon CST on November 30 and 
beginning at 10 AM until band conditions change on December 14 and 21. 
In addition to the local repeater, the Sunflower Net 
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offers connection options to Allstar, DMR, Dstar, Echolink, Fusion, 
Hamshack Hotline, M17, and P25. The club is also setting up a radio link 
at the local library to talk to Santa. A special effort is being made to 
give children who are hospitalized or otherwise unable to visit 
personally an opportunity to reach out to Santa.

Also, for the 4th year, Santa has sent Elf Chucky and his team of 
amateur radio operators to northern Colorado, to help make sure children 
of all ages can talk to Santa on station NØP from the North Pole. Thanks 
to the Longmont Amateur Radio Club 
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and the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club 
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children can get into the holiday spirit by talking to Santa on the 
radio. Both are ARRL Affiliated Clubs. Get the details on that operation 
at https://w0eno.org/santa 
<https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMjAwMTc4JnA9MSZ1PTUyNTQ3MzY2NCZsaT0zNjAzOTUwMA/index.html>.

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