{"id":53474,"date":"2022-07-16T18:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T22:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53474"},"modified":"2022-07-16T18:41:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T22:41:52","slug":"cidx-special-event-stations-and-qsl-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/cidx-special-event-stations-and-qsl-information\/","title":{"rendered":"CIDX Special Event Stations and QSL information!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44313\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Icom IC-756 Pro Transceiver Dial\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-3.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-3-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><strong>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Sheldon Harvey, who shares the following announcement from the CIDX:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">CIDX AMATEUR RADIO CLUB STATIONS ON THE AIR JULY 17, 2022<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">CIDX has two amateur radio club stations that are activated from time to time on the ham bands, usually to mark special events, club anniversaries, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>VE2AQP<\/strong> is our eastern Canada amateur club station callsign, located at CIDX eastern Canadian headquarters in Saint-Lambert, Quebec<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>VE6SWL<\/strong> is our western Canada amateur club station callsign, located at CIDX western Canadian headquarters in Sherwood Park, Alberta<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>CIDX is planning to activate the stations in July to mark the 60th anniversary of the Canadian International DX Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>VE2AQP<\/strong> will be active from Montreal, Quebec, operated by CIDX World of Utilities editor Gilles Letourneau, VE2ZZI, on July 17th from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC around 14240 kHz USB, plus or minus, depending on activity and the conditions on the band,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>VE6SWL<\/strong> will be active from Lamont, Alberta, operated by CIDX Vice-President &amp; Verie Interesting editor Mickey Delmage, VE6IDX, also July 17th from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC around 14265 kHz USB, plus or minus, depending on activity and the conditions on the band.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>VE2AQP<\/strong> will be active again on July 31st at 2200 UTC to August 1 at 0200 UTC on 40 meters around 7150 kHz LSB, plus or minus, depending on activity and the conditions on the band.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">CIDX will be issuing special e-QSLs for contacts with either or both CIDX club stations. SWLs are also welcome to submit reports should you log either or both stations. For those receiving e-QSLs who are not CIDX members, a free sample copy of \u201cMessenger\u201d together with club information will accompany the e-QSL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">CIDX will activate the two CIDX amateur club stations at various times throughout the balance of 2022 to mark CIDX\u2019s 60th anniversary. Notices of future operations will be posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/785651348139814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIDX Facebook group<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/cidx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIDX IO Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sheldon Harvey, who shares the following announcement from the CIDX: CIDX AMATEUR RADIO CLUB STATIONS ON THE AIR JULY 17, 2022 CIDX has two amateur radio club stations that are activated from time to time on the ham bands, usually to mark special events, club anniversaries, etc. VE2AQP is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6647,3,43],"tags":[3451,3821],"class_list":["post-53474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hd-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-cidx","tag-sheldon-harvey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dUu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52150,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/cidx-focus-on-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":53474,"position":0},"title":"CIDX: Focus on Ukraine","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sheldon Harvey, who shares the following: The Canadian International DX Club, Canada's national radio monitoring club, has prepared a special 10-page feature article \"Focus on Ukraine\", providing dozens of links to information sources on the conflict in Ukraine, including a lot of radio information.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Tecsun-S-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Tecsun-S-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Tecsun-S-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Tecsun-S-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57560,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/luke-discovers-a-treasure-trove-of-cidx-newsletters-and-i-believe-everyone-should-join-the-cidx\/","url_meta":{"origin":53474,"position":1},"title":"Luke discovers a treasure trove of CIDX newsletters! 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