Our 2025C Ham Radio Event starts on January 18, 2025, at the same time as the opening of the Catital of Culture (CoC) year of European Capital of Culture Chemnitz and region.

From  January 18th to March 31st, 2025 , a challenging Award Program with Ranking will be offered with the participation of a total of five DL2025x-SES (see Teams).

In addition to the Chemnitz main station DL2025C, DL2025S symbolizes the CoC support of the entire Free State of Saxony and three others are a reference to the three previous German Capital of Culture title holders West Berlin, Weimar and Essen (DL2025B, DL2025W and DL2025E).

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From April 1st to December 31st, 2025, in a second phase all SES will continue to embody the European Capital of Culture theme, but they will now operate more sporadically and less as a team on the bands. The focus here is on distributing the individual special DOK and the associated offer to secure further external diplomas (e.g. DLD, Saxony Award and KIDS DIPLOM) through a QSO with the SES and direct confirmation via the DCL.