4X     - The  Israel Amateur Radio Club  will be running  four special event stations, celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and Christmas. Hanukkah station 4Z8NER will be active on 18-26 December; Christmas stations  4X7XMAS, 4X8XMAS and 4X9XMAS  will be active on 23-25 December. QSLs via 4X6ZM, LoTW and eQSL.

A6     - A60QATAR  is the  special callsign  for the  Emirates Amateur Radio Society to take part in the celebrations of  Qatar National Day  on 18-22 December. QSL via EA7FTR.  Individual operators  may append a serial number to the special callsign, and be active as A60QATAR/0, A60QATAR/1, etc. (see qrz.com for the QSL routes).

FY     - Pierre-Jean, F4GPK  will be active again as  FY/F4GPK  from Kourou, French Guiana  from  26 December  to  8 January.  QSL via eQSL,  or direct to home call. [TNX DX World]

HZ     - HZ20SAT is a special callsign for  the  Saudi Amateur Radio Society (HZ1SAR)  to celebrate the  20th anniversary  of the launch  of the Saudi  satellite  SO-50  (20 December 2002).  Look  for activity on SO-50 on 11-20 December; see qrz.com for more information.

JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as  JD1BMH from  Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara from 24 December to 2 January.  He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80-10m.  QSL via JD1BMH (bureau),  or direct to JG7PSJ. Logsearch on http://jg7psj.starfree.jp/jd1bmh/. He does not use LoTW or PayPal.

OH     - Once again Santa Radio, OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas)  will be active on 16-31 December on  all amateur radio bands  CW, SSB and  digital  modes. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via OH2BH.
"For this troubled year  Santa has established  a special theme  to focus  the region  that will be suffering  in this Christmas  most. Santa's puzzle  is  dedicated  to those  suffering children:  xxAxA  xxxAIxI (three plus four letters).
In this puzzle the letters I and A are presented  on multiple times while the other 7 single letters are released as part of the report received from OF9X,  such as  599RA.  The first letter is  from the operator name, and the second is one of the seven different puzzle letters.
The operator roster includes Rami OH2BCI (R), Martti OH2BH (M), Era OH2CV (E),  Arttu OH2FB (U), Arto OH2KW (O), Juha OH2LQ (J),  Pekka  OH2TA (P),  Anne OH2YL (A), Pauli OH5BQ (L), Timo OH5LLR (T), Alex,  UT5UY (X) and others. Additional questions and the completed puzzle should be sent to  Ця електронна адреса захищена від спам-ботів, Вам потрібно включити JavaScript для перегляду ;  the top-10 will be presented  and awarded on https://www.qrz.com/db/OF9X by 1 January 2023".

S5     - Special event station S523PMC is active until 8 January to  promote the  PMC Contest,  sponsored  by  the  Radio  Club  Slovenj  Gradec (S59DCD).  All QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau.  The International  Association of  Peace Messenger Cities  was established  in 1988 to recognize and encourage  the role and responsibility cities have in creating  a culture  of peace.  The PMC Contest,  promoting contacts between stations located in the Peace Messenger Cities and the rest of the world, will be held on 7-8 January (complete information on http://www.s59dcd.si/).

TI     - Joe, VE3BW will be active as TI7/VE3BW from Guayabo de Bagaces, Costa Rica from 23 December to 3 January. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via VE3BW and LoTW.

VU     - Team POTA India will be active as AU2SOA  ("Santa On Air")  between 15  and 31 December.  Look for activity on  FT8, SSB and SSTV  from various locations - see qrz.com for the details. QSL via eQSL.

W      - Brad, N9EN will be active again as W4A on 16-18 December,  commemorating the birthdate of Edwin H. Armstrong, the electrical engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. He will operate CW only  on 160-10 meters.  QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]