COVID-19 RADIO COMMUNICATION EVENT

[Jack Daniel]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HELSINKI, JULY.31. 2020


FINAL RESULTS OF COVID-19 COMMUNICATION EVENT



18.838 HAMS FROM 181 DXCC ENTITIES
WITH THE MEDIAN AGE OF 62 YEARS OLD
GREETED EACH OTHER
IN THIS HISTORICAL RADIO EVENT



JUNE 06-07, 2020: A 24-HOUR COVID-19 COMMUNICATION EVENT

The international gathering of STAYHOME/STAYSAFE stations and fellow amateur radio operators was organized as a brief 24 hours event where hams were able to quickly greet each other, in a contest-like format, in the spirit of well-being. A total of 18.838 hams from 181 DXCC entities participated in the event, using the CW, SSB and FT8 transmission modes. There were 39 registered STAYHOME/STAYSAFE stations from all continents, making this event a very unique global undertaking. An impressive 120.181 radio contacts were made during the event.



THE CATEGORY WINNERS:


WORLD WINNERS:
CW: RG9A SSB: PP5JR DIGITAL: YO9HP MULTI-MODE: LY9A

CONTINENTAL WINNERS:
Africa: EA8RM Asia: RG9A Europe: LY9A NA: W1UE SA: PY5KD and OC: ZL3P

STAYHOME HALL OF FAME:
The most productive STAYHOME/STAYSAFE groups that dominated the continental landscape were from Romania, Brazil and Finland.



WE SINCERELY CONGRATULATE ALL HIGH SCORERS & WINNERS!

The detailed results of the event are available at: http://ko8sca.com/results.pdf
The prize lottery will be organized within the next two-weeks.


The COVID-19 Radio Communication Event Organizing Committee:
73 E21EIC, KO8SCA, OH2BH, OH2MM, and PY5EG
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THE COVID-19 COMMUNICATION EVENT WAS PART OF THE GLOBAL STAYHOME ACTIVITY FROM APRIL 08, 2020 TO JUNE 07, 2020

The OH0 - OH9 stations made an impressive 133.000 contacts along with 25.000 FT8 QSOs logged by the Brazilian digital station ZW5STAYHOME, working hams from a total of 180 countries from all 40 CQ zones, with other STAYHOME stations totaling almost 290.000 contacts in the two-month period. This reinforced the recommended STAYHOME/STAYSAFE message of distancing and well-being among the global on-the-air amateur radio community. On June 08, 2020 the Finnish led movement was put on hold while waiting for further news from around the world. Unfortunately the news has been discouraging and our sympathy goes to the families of the suffering and the lost lives. Amateur radio operators continue to pass well-being messages and are ready and at service for the society when needed.

These events were organized jointly by Radio Arcala of Finland and Araucaria DX Group of Brazil

[Jack Daniel]

[Jack Daniel]

Письма от OH2BH , привожу без перевода - для участников соревнований думаю все будет понятно
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HELSINKI, FINLAND
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUGUST, 27, 2020

ONE OF THE LUCKY STAYHOME/STAYSAFE OPERATORS
WILL SOON BE TRAVELLING THE WORLD

THE STAYHOME/STAYSAFE LOTTERY IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 30, 2020



Many of you may recall the COVID-19 RADIO COMMUNICATION EVENT that took place on June 06-07, 2020 and the great event prize offering for the top sixty-three (63) single operator category high scorers as well as for the qualifying STAYHOME/STAYSAFE stations operators. The sixty-three (63) hams listed below will participate in the lottery for an all-paid-trip to either Finland or Brazil.

3Z6V 5R8UI A71AM DF9ZV EA7ATX EA8RM EA8ZS ER4KAA F4DSK G3SVK HB9ARF IZ4LZH JG7AMD K2LE K8MFO K9OM K9ZO LB6GG LY4T LY5W LY9A LZ4AA LZ5R MM9I N4BP NV9L OG6N OJ0A/OH3JR OL725PLZ OM3RM OY1CT OZ1AA PA2LS PA3AAV PP5JR PY2MC PY4AZ PY4BZ PY4JW PY5EW PY5KD RD1A RG9A RM2D RU6K RW1F S53X S56A SA6G SP2HMT UA3EDQ UA5C UA9BA UX6F VK7GN W1UE WH7W YL1ZF YO4NF YO4RDW YO9HP YQ6A ZL3P

This prize is jointly sponsored by Araucaria DX Group (ADXG) of Brazil and Radio Arcala OH8X of Finland.

For the drawing of the high performance Yaesu FTdx101D transceiver, these sixty-three (63) operators will be joined by the qualifying 110 STAYHOME/STAYSAFE stations operators. The proud winner of this prize will be able to make this amazing YAESU transceiver part of his own radio shack.

Another group of ninety-four (94) STAYHOME operators, which have made more than 1000 QSOs during the event, will participate in a drawing of a Yaesu FT-891 Mobile transceiver.

These prizes are donated by Mr. Jun Hasegawa, President of Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd.

The Organizing Committee thanks everyone who participated in the COVID-19 RADIO COMMUNICATION EVENT and sincerely congratulates those 63 high performers of which a lucky one will travel the world in 2021, as well as those STAYHOME/STAYSAFE stations lottery winners that supported this unique event.


Covid-19 Radio Communication Event Organizing Committee:
E21EIC, KO8SCA, OH2BH, OH2MM/PY2ZEA and PY5EG
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ну и сам результат лотерии . Билеты тянула 10-летняя девочка Elli - фото в момент розыгрыша FTdx101D


SEPTEMBER,01,2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GREAT LOTTERY NEWS FROM THE COVID-19 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

On a bright Sunday in Helsinki, Finland the lottery tickets for the June 2020 COVID-19 event, were placed in a bowl and Elli, the 10-year old Miss Fortuna, proceeded to draw the winning tickets.

When the dust had settled and the fanfare has finished echoing into the room, Elli was holding the winning ticket, which will launch the lucky winner on a trip to either Brazil or Finland, her homeland.

Congratulations to the lucky winner of the A10 ticket:
FRED CURTIS, G3SVK

Then it was time to combine the tickets A and B where the qualified STAYHOME/STAYSAFE operators joined those high performing sixty-three (63) individuals for drawing a top-of-the-line YAESU FTdx101D transceiver.

Congratulations to the lucky winner of the B7 ticket:
WEERAPAT TANGKLEANG, E29TGW of Thailand

And finally the high performing nighty four (94) STAYHOME/STAYSAFE operators with more than 1000 QSO were up to draw a Yaesu FT-891 transceiver, exclusively among themselves.

Congratulations to the lucky winner:
JARKKO KEMI, OH2FNR, the OH2 - FT8 team organizer

We thank all of the 18838 different stations that made this once in the lifetime event, a wonderful ham radio weekend.
We hope that we were able to elevate the STAYHOME/STAYSAFE message together with a sense of belonging thus sharing the pain and stress that we all had and some of us still experiencing due to this worldwide crisis.
We would also want to pay respect to those fellow amateur radio operators and their families and friends that have lost their lives during this unfortunate pandemic.

With our sincere “THANK YOU!”
ADXG of BRAZIL and Radio Arcala, OH8X of Finland.

COVID-19 Radio Communication Event Organizing Committee:
E21EIC, KO8SCA, OH2BH, OH2MM/PY2ZEA, and PY5EG

[RA1ZZ]

Класс! Поздравляю победителей!
Здорово, что в списке так много наших!

Странно, но я не нашел себя в результатах. Точно помню, что отправлял отчет.. Буду разбираться.

[RW1F]

Класс! Поздравляю победителей!
Здорово, что в списке так много наших!

Странно, но я не нашел себя в результатах. Точно помню, что отправлял отчет.. Буду разбираться.

Sorry, we did not have enough time to calculate all scores.


We put new text in the results: http://ko8sca.com/results.pdf
So everybody can calculate his own score.

 Only the biggest scores are listed in this document
 You can easily calculate your score using the following formula:
Score = (Cty + SH) x Nr of QSOs
Cty: Nr of DXCC entities in the log
SH: Nr of different official STAYHOME/STAYSAFE calls in the log
The official STAYHOME/STAYSAFE multiplier list is available here: http://www.ko8sca.com/multipliers.pdf

Best 73,
73, Ville OH2MM PY2ZEA