CQ Amateur Radio

ZERO BIAS: A CQ Editorial

Social DXing

In the Age of Coronavirus

as most hams know, is short for “distance.” So it’s only logical that, when government and public health officials call for “social distancing” to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we hams translate that to “social DXing” and get on the radio without fear of infection! After all, we’ve been conducting social DXing since the dawn of the radio age. Before going any further, we want to express our heartfelt sympathies to any members of our extended ham radio family who have been touched directly by this terrible disease, and our assurance to those who are recovering that your

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