Good evening dear SWLs, YLs und OMs, this is DLØDIG, Delta Lima Null Delta India Golf, with the bulletin of the DIG-SSB-net 2258. At the microphone today is Walter, DL3LBP
This broadcast can be heard every Thursday at 1800 UTC on approximately 3779 kHz. At 1715 UTC pre-logging by the net control station always begins; today with Karin, DL2LBK at DFØDIG. At 1730 UTC you heard the DARC Germany Bulletin, followed at 1800 UTC by our DIG news. After that, there will be ZAP or confirmation traffic.
As usual, the bulletin is also available for reading on our website: www.diplom-interessen-gruppe.info.
Today’s topics:
– News from the Diploma Interest Group (DIG)
– Upcoming contest dates
– DX activity reports
– New diploma information
We now wish you a good reception of todays’s bulletin.
News from DIG
I will repeat an announcement from last week once again, because due to a typing error a call sign was reproduced incorrectly:
As Janusz, formerly ZS5ADU, DIG 5973, informed us, after 27 years in South Africa he has now moved to Florida, USA, and is QRV under the call sign AK4JK.
Although we have a good and reliable team that ensures we can listen to the DIG net on this frequency every week, we are looking for additional support for the bulletin team in the future in order to distribute the workload more evenly and to be able to handle any necessary substitutions flexibly. A location in central Germany would be ideal, but is not a requirement. Whether as net control or reading the bulletin, we welcome any support. Please send information to me, DIG Secretary, .
Anyone who joined the DIG before 2010 and has not yet informed me of their current e-mail address is kindly requested to do it now. The call on our website has already been quite successful, but e-mail addresses are currently available for only about 30% of our active members.
And further in our own matter: reports and membership lists, as well as information about our DSW and DIG meeting in May, have been updated and can be found on our website diplom-interessen-gruppe.info. The database that forms the basis for the online query by DIG number or call sign will be updated shortly; we ask for a little patience here.
Upcoming Contest Dates (all times UTC)
Contests generally do not take place on WARC bands.
From Saturday, January 31, 1300 UTC, to Sunday, February 1, 1300 UTC, the UBA DX Contest will take place on the 80 to 10 m bands in SSB.
We wish all participants good luck and success.
Activity Reports:
5N Nigeria: Lars, DM1LHK, lives in Nigeria and has held the call sign 5N4DMZ since December 2025. QSL via LoTW or eQSL.
V4, St. Kitts & Nevis: From February 3 to March 10, V4/KØYA and V4/W5RCX will again be QRV from NA-104. Operation from 160 to 10 m in CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
Z8 South Sudan: YI1DZ is again QRV as Z81D. Operation from 40 to 6 m in SSB and FT8, possibly also 80 and 60 m. QSL via OM3JW, Clublog OQRS, LoTW, or eQSL.
Finaly we come to the Award Informations:
World Wide Award 2026
Short time award 01.01. bis 31.01.2026
To promote friendship between amateur radio, involving as many country as possible in a single event there is an very strong international activity from January 1 to 31.
Award is issued following the QSO with the special event stations with suffix WWA in 2-ways QSOs with exchange of report are valid on the bands 80 to 10 m in the modes CW, SSB, DIGI (FT8, FT4, RTTY, PSK)
To obtain the WWA 2026 AWARD, a minimum of 100 points is required. A final ranking (Overall ranking List) is produced for participants making QSOs with special event stations, based on the total sum of points as follows:
CW: 10 points for each CW QSO on each band.
SSB: 5 points for each SSB QSO on each band.
DIGI: 2 points for each FT8, FT4, 5 points for each RTTY, PSK QSO on each band.
Each special station can be worked once a day on each band and mode. A „dupe“ QSO will not be considered as a penalty. IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO ASK FOR QSY BY MODE AND / OR BAND.
Points are assigned for QSO with Special Event Stations every day on any award mode or band.
To obtain the WWA 2026 AWARD, a minimum of 100 points is required, within the times and methods indicated in these rules. Issue of the Award is free and does not require paper QSLs or QSO confirmations. The Award is issued by downloading the file in digital format, in high resolution A4 format, without registration, through the hamaward.cloud platform or qrz.com pages, at the end of the Award. eQsl download will be available in Hamaward.cloud. Sending your log and qsl is not required. Link https://hamaward.cloud/wwa
found: qrz.com OP0WWA
That was the news from the DIG SSB Net No. 2258
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The editorial office was DL3LBP. The DIG Secretariat and bulletin editorial team can be reached at: Walter Pilhár, DL3LBP, Am Weidengraben 8, 21481 Lauenburg/Elbe, Germany Email: . Any contributions to our bulletins are very welcome.
Today you heard, in addition to our own research, information from DO9WRL, the DX-MB, and cqDL of the German Amateur Radio Club.
With vy 73 and 77, DLØDIG now signs off.
Next up is confirmation traffic with DFØDIG
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