The Chemnitz radio amateurs of the local association Chemnitz-South (DARC-OV S54) establish many national and international radio connections every day and since January 2019 they also support the application of Chemnitz for the Capital of Culture.

After each radio contact, the radio amateurs send out a designed confirmation card by post and on this card the theme of the Capital of Culture is easily recognisable. That’s how Chemnitz and the application for the Capital of Culture 2025 got around the world.

Furthermore, the radio amateurs of Chemnitz have also applied for a special amateur radio call sign at the Federal Network Agency: DM2025C (in radio language: DM is Germany and C is the abbreviation for Chemnitz, in between the number 2025). For this year, there is also the new special call sign DA2025C, through which there were already contacts to Russia, Poland, to Ukraine and Slovakia.