[SJDXA] STAYHOME campaign update

Fri Jun 12 11:11:26 EDT 2020

I was camping all weekend and heard OH1/OH2STAYHOME more than ever down
here. Listened and looked for you all and saw everyone else...bummer

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:09 AM BobSchenck <n2oo at comcast.net> wrote:

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Helsinki, June.12.2020
>
> GLOBAL STAYHOME CAMPAIGN REACHED ITS HIGHPOINT
>
> On June 6 & 7 over 6000 worldwide participants made the COVID-19 Radio
> Communication Event a great success. While the logs are still coming in
> (over 800 at this time) some interesting statistics have already surfaced.
>
> The number of countries that participated in the event is more than 120
> and the total number of participants was a lot higher than expected. Ten
> OH*STAYHOME stations with 45 operators resulted 29.039 QSOs. (STAYHOME OH
> Total 132.000). The STAYHOME category was won by ZW5STAYHOME with 4050 QSOs
> followed not far behind by OH1STAYHOME with 3797 QSOs. The highest Single
> Operator category score is still unknown at this time as the logs are still
> coming in. Several high scorer WRTC operators were participating, even the
> winner LY9A.
>
> As the COVID-19 pandemic is in different phases in different countries,
> this is not the finish of the STAYHOME campaign as only parts of EU and NA
> are slowly taking steps towards a normal life. We all pray to God for those
> areas and countries that are still suffering in the hands of this
> unfortunate virus. We are unified as one to help one to another – people
> and countries!
>
> The final report for the June 6 & 7 event will be released in a few weeks
> and it will be followed by a lottery for the great prizes provided by the
> event organizers and Yaesu Musen Co. Details on the prizes are available
> here: http://ko8sca.com/prizes.pdf
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WPaCPZtSf9FTPIimFSFr6ytV_EHh7i0YHCy5jlC045U_RD-Fs_1CnJSAefYjE1v7V1LCsp3rP-aAudxHXnF1it4f_i64nZ90Uu3vTpzWLJ3ekPa-oolPXXiOf6mGV7QwpGizSHxTLu52WgCCdJ_BYg==&c=EjAJueCp0dKyQXXaI5K5gs5DBGOOu648pgkP5AcV__BZ43JgU7Ttug==&ch=1u7G30kuUwpaZa6iNDspsw4JUaOYGzinn1Mp-g-chAJYA7OYs-k9kg==>   To
> apply for your awards please follow the guidelines published here:
> http://ko8sca.com/awards.pdf
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WPaCPZtSf9FTPIimFSFr6ytV_EHh7i0YHCy5jlC045U_RD-Fs_1CnAyNTqhVe2pG5NQjOTp-n6pwAEMr47QsiivfHarq_xBj3meaXfQP1f1OZBfbwRxXtwpdyx7Be5n0lD1I_dHK_8dUNiya3KK6cQ==&c=EjAJueCp0dKyQXXaI5K5gs5DBGOOu648pgkP5AcV__BZ43JgU7Ttug==&ch=1u7G30kuUwpaZa6iNDspsw4JUaOYGzinn1Mp-g-chAJYA7OYs-k9kg==>
>
> Please make sure you email your logs before the deadline of June 15, 2020
>  to:  covidlog at sral.fi
>
> SUMMARY:
>
> The COVID-19 Radio Communication Event was a global virtual Amateur Radio
> gathering, passing well-being messages among radio operators worldwide thus
> sharing the airwaves during this unfortunate global COVID-19 pandemic and
> promoting a sense of belonging and mental health. It was not a contest
> although it was conducted in a contest-like fashion.
>
> The event organizers are DX-ers and contesters who along with a variety of
> organizations and supporters were able to keep the airwaves alive together
> with the entire ham radio community. The STAYHOME campaign is ever grateful
> to all who supported the organizers’ main mission of being active on the
> radio during these difficult times.
>
> More details about this event could be found here:
> https://www.qrz.com/db/OH2STAYHOME
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WPaCPZtSf9FTPIimFSFr6ytV_EHh7i0YHCy5jlC045U_RD-Fs_1CnGlAcf70JGHwEQhnslZBJtCPeY-ihbC3RD6nRP_bhsucokZC8BD7tOqIy2_UjcVyjQi__5lqzVfm2nw8QAuOVkcVA0H8zIVZDArLZULZZOCD&c=EjAJueCp0dKyQXXaI5K5gs5DBGOOu648pgkP5AcV__BZ43JgU7Ttug==&ch=1u7G30kuUwpaZa6iNDspsw4JUaOYGzinn1Mp-g-chAJYA7OYs-k9kg==>
>
>
> Sincere regards,
> Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL), Araucaria DX Group (ARDXG) and Radio
> Arcala (OH8X)
>
> COVID-19 Radio Communication Event Organizers:
> Champ, E21EIC, Adrian, KO8SCA, Martti, OH2BH, Ville, OH2MM and Oms, PY5EG
>
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> Sent from my iPad
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