DXNL 2081 - February 21, 2018 DX Newsletter a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX" (http://www.darcdxhf.de) Editor: Klaus Poels, DL7UXG (e-mail: dxnl@dxhf.darc.de) translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO 3D2/R, Rotuma: Heye/DJ9RR, Ernoe/DK2AMM, Hans/DL6JGN, and Ron/PA3EWP are going to put Rotuma (OC-060) on the air between Feb. 23 and March 16. QRV as 3D2EU on 160-10m on SSB, CW, and digital modes. Tony/3D2AG, who was to be part of the team, had to cancel his participation. QSL via DK2AMM (d/B), OQRS, LoTW. http://www.rotuma2018.de/ 3W, Vietnam: Sookun/HL1AHS and Jinho/HL1LUA will be active as XV9HL from Ho Chi Minh City between Feb. 26 and March 6 on 160-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via HL1AHS, LoTW. CE0Y, Easter Islands: Michael/DF8AN will be back on the air as CE0Y/DF8AN from the 21st to 28th. QRV mostly on digital modes. QSL via DF8AN (d/B). D4, Cape Verde: Egill/TF3EO operates as D44KF from Praia/Santiago Island (AF-005) between Feb. 20 and March 3. QRV with a QRP setup on 40-10m (CW, FT8). QSL via G3SWH. FG, Guadeloupe: Gildas/F6HMQ and Michel/F6GWV are going to pay Guadeloupe (NA-102) a visit from Feb. 23 until March 12. QRV as FG/F6HMQ, FG/F6GWV, and as TO3Z in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via homecalls, TO3Z via F6HMQ. H4, Solomon Islands und H40, Temotu Province: Chungki/VA7YM is going to activate Guadalcanal Island (OC-047) as H44YM between the 24th and 26th and Lata Island (OC-100) as H40YM between the 27th and March 12. He then returns to Guadalcanal once more from March 13 until 16. QSL via EA5GL. I, Italy: The special event station II2RR remainsa active throughout the year, marking the first publication of RadioRivista, the monthly magazine of ARI, 70 years ago. QSL via IK2VUC. JD, Ogasawara: Nobu/JA0JHQ will be active once more as JD1BOW from Chichijima (AS-031) between the 21st and 24th. He plans to focus on 160m (CW) and 20m (FT8/RTTY). QSL via JA0JHQ (d/B), LoTW. https://pandasan.jimdo.com/ LU, Argentina: Members of the Radio Club QRM Belgrano will be celebrating their club's 50th anniversary with the special call L50A until the end of May on HF (SSB, CW, digital modes). QSL via LU4AAO (d/B), eQSL. http://lu4aao.org/L50A.htm TG, Guatemala: Chris/PA2CHR and Jos/PA3FYC are announcing an EME DXpedition for Feb. 23 to March 3. QRV as TD9CHR and TD9FYC on 2m, 70cm, and 23cm. QSL via PA3FYC. http://mmmonvhf.de/ YN, Nicaragua: Watch out for Jim/WB2REM and Mark/WY1G signing as H72DX between Feb. 26 and March 6 on HF (SSB, CW, FT8). QSL via WY1G (d), ClubLog OQRS. Other stuff: ============ JY5HX - QSL Manager: Boris/E73Y has now taken over as QSL-manager for Munzer/JY5HX and is in possession of a complete log. Requests for cards are possible via bureau, direct mail, or Clublog's OQRS. Cards are expected from the printshop by the end of February. Preview: ======== 9M0W - Spratly Islands 2018: A large team (9M6ABZ, 9M6RHM, 9M6ZAE, F6GNZ, HL5FUA, JT1CO, K1LZ, K1ZM, K9JM, KO8SCA, PY2XB, SV2GWY, VK3FN, VK3FY, W5XU, WD5COV, YT3W, and ZL3WW) will be active from Layang Layang Island (AS-051) between March 6 and 13 on 160-6m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via YT1AD (d/B). http://www.yt1ad.info/9m0w/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARI Associazione Radioamatori Italiani's ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 21.02. AGCW-DL Schlackertastenabend 23.-25.02. CQ WW 160m SSB Contest 24./25.02. REF Contest 24./25.02. Bayerischer Bergtag 24./25.02. UBA DX Contest 24./25.02. South Carolina QSO Party 25./26.02. North Carolina QSO Party 25.02. HSC Contest IOTA Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON (iota@dxhf.darc.de) ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AS-128; 3W, Gulf of Thailand group: Members of the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club (Bernhard/DK7TF and Juergen/DH6ICE) will be active from Phu Quoc Island (WLOTA 2523) as XV9DLH from the 24th onwards. QSL via DK8ZZ (d/B). AS-175; VU, Gujarat State West group: The Gujarat Institute of Amateur Radio and the Mount Abu International Ham Radio Club are going to activate Ajas Tapu Island on the 24th and 25th as AT7BK. QSL via VU2BK. NA-066; W6, California State South (Orange/ San Diego County) group: Members of the Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club will be operating from Santa Catalina Island between the 22nd and 25th as K6PV/6 on 160-10m on SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31, and FT8. QSL via K6PV (d), LoTW. OC-046; FO, Windward Islands: Gerhard/OE3GEA is making progress on his trip around islands in the Pacific. He will be operating as FO/OE3GEA from French Polynesia between Feb. 25 and March 10 on 30-10m. QSL via OE3GEA (d/B). OC-086; KH0, Northern Mariana Islands: Between the 21st and 28th, Will/AA4NC and Ronald/AA4VK will be signing KH0/homecalls from Saipan. QSL via h/c (d). Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 23.02. - 16.03. 3D2EU 2081* 01/18 - 03/18 3D2JS 2074 02/18 - 04/18 3W9DLE 2078 01/18 - 02/18 3W9FB 2073 01.11. - 25.03. 4S7KKG 2065 23.01. - 31.03. 4U13FEB 2078 - 02/2018 5T2AI 1977 - 05/18 5V1JE 2077 04.02. - 22.02. 5W0LR 2079 01.01. - 31.12. 5W20SAMOA 2075 01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008 - 12/2018 6W1SU 2012 01.01. - 31.12. 7S75AA 2076 01.04. - 31.03. 8J1YAC 2035 01.06. - 31.05. 8J1ZIU 2055 01.06. - 31.03. 8J2Y 2047 10.11. - 27.06. 8J3B 2079 01.01. - 31.05. 8J7HCB 2073 01.01. - 31.12. 8N0400N 2076 04.06. - 28.02. 8N0IIDA 2045 01.01. - 31.03. 8N1TKB 2078 01.04. - 31.03. 8N3H70Y 2041 01.04. - 31.03. 8N60JLRS 2036 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 24.02. - 25.02. AT7BK 2081* 01.01. - 31.03. AU2WBR 2073 21.02. - 28.02. CE0Y/DF8AN 2081* 01.01. - 31.12. DA200FWR 2073/2076 01.01. - 31.12. DB50EFAPB 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DF1000ZEIL 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DJ70WAE 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DK200MARX 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DK60BIB 2074 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BY 2080 01.01. - 31.12. DL60BIB 2074 01.05. - 30.04. DL60TELF 2038 01.01. - 31.12. DL70PADER 2073 - 28.02. DM200LFS 2035 01.01. - 31.12. DM900ZWI 2074 01.01. - 30.06. DM90AIW 2073 - 02/2018 DP0GVN 2015 01.01. - 31.12. DQ2018KTMS 2074 01.01. - 31.12. DQ800HRO 2074 01.12. - 28.02. DT23WOP 2070 01.02. - 28.02. DU3/F4EBK 2078 01.01. - 31.12. EI100MCV 2074 22.01. - 23.03. EI50AOM 2076 01.02. - 31.03. ES100A 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100C 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100F 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100G 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100J 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100L 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100M 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100O 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100P 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100Q 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100R 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100S 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100U 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100X 2079 01.02. - 31.03. ES100Z 2079 23.02. - 12.03. FG/F6GWV 2081* 23.02. - 12.03. FG/F6HMQ 2081* 29.01. - 15.03. FG/F6ITD 2077 17.02. - 03.03. FK/JG1XMV 2080 18.02. - 28.02. FM/OH2IS 2080 25.02. - 10.03. FO/OE3GEA 2081* 01.02. - 28.02. GX4BJC/a 2078 27.02. - 12.03. H40YM 2081* 29.01. - 02.05. H44MS 2078 24.02. - 16.03. H44YM 2081* 26.02. - 06.03. H72DX 2081* 01.01. - 31.12. HA50KVG 2077 01.07. - 30.06. HA60FMV 2048 15.08. - 08/18 HF700LUB 2054 - 06/18 HK3JCL 2060 01.01. - 03.06. HH70A 2074 15.09. - 25.02. HL0WOP 2069 15.02. - 10.05. HR5/F2JD 2080 01.02. - 31.12. II0GM 2078 17.02. - 25.02. II2ANT 2080 01.01. - 31.12. II2RR 2081* 17.02. - 25.02. II3BOVE 2080 17.02. - 25.02. II3MNA 2080 01.02. - 28.02. II4HRZ 2078 01.01. - 31.12. II4MXW 2076 17.02. - 25.02. II5ANT 2080 17.02. - 25.02. IP2ANT 2080 17.02. - 25.02. IR1ANT 2080 17.02. - 25.02. IR18AAW 2080 17.02. - 25.02. IR4ANT 2080 - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 24.01. - 21.02. J52EC 2077 13.02. - 27.02. J6/KG9N 2079 21.02. - 24.02. JD1BOW 2081* 04.12. - 03.06. JW2US 2069 - 01.06. JW4JSA 2071 22.02. - 25.02. K6PV/6 2081* 21.02. - 28.02. KH0/AA4NC 2081* 21.02. - 28.02. KH0/AA4VK 2081* 14.01. - 21.02. KH6/OK6DJ 2080 01.02. - 31.05. KL7RST 2078 04.02. - 31.05. L50A 2081* 01.01. - 31.12. LM90C 2076 01.01. - 31.12. LM90HQ 2076 01.01. - 31.12. LM90NRRL 2076 01.02. - 28.02. LY100A..Z 2078 01.01. - 31.07. LZ115RF 2075 01.01. - 31.03. LZ140LO 2075 01.02. - 28.02. LZ250MT 2078 01.02. - 28.02. MX1SWL/a 2078 13.02. - 21.02. OA4/WJ2O 2079 17.02. - 25.02. OE15AAW 2080 17.02. - 25.02. OE88WAP 2080 17.02. - 25.02. OE89ANT 2080 17.02. - 25.02. OE90AAW 2080 01.01. - 31.12. OG60F 2076 17.02. - 25.02. OR15ANT 2080 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 01.02. - 31.05. OX7RST 2078 09.02. - 09.03. PA2018BP 2079 10.02. - 04.03. PA6ANT 2079 01.02. - 28.02. PB18ANT 2078 01.02. - 28.02. PF2018SNK 2078 14.02. - 28.02. PJ2/DL9NBJ 2080 10.02. - 24.02. PJ4/NE9U 2079 - 02/18 RI1ANA 2075 04/17 - 03/18 RI1ANO 2034 01.01. - 31.03. RI50ANO 2073 01.01. - 31.12. S510SOTA 2080 01.01. - 31.12. SN20UM 2073 01.06. - 30.04. SN5PSK 2044 23.02. - 03.03. TD9CHR 2081* 23.02. - 03.03. TD9FYC 2081* 02.02. - 25.02. TM15AAW 2078 17.02. - 25.02. TM18ATS 2080 12.01. - 16.06. TM390SR 2075 11.02. - 26.02. TM6C 2079 03.03. - 04.03. TO3Z 2081* 29.01. - 15.03. TO7D 2077 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 20.02. - 28.02. TY1TT 2080 - 2018 TY2CD 1914 - 10/2018 TY2SN 1957 13.02. - 27.02. V26PE 2079 03.01. - 04.04. V31AX 2076 07.02. - 25.02. V31RU 2079 07.02. - 25.02. V31TF 2079 13.02. - 16.03. V47JA 2079 01.02. - 31.05. VE8RST 2078 19.12. - 28.02. VI70HI 2073 14.02. - 27.02. VP2MKG 2080 - 04/2018 VP8DPJ 2014 01.07. - 30.06. VR20.... 2047 04.02. - 01.04 VY0ERC 2078 01.02. - 31.05. VY0RST 2078 01.02. - 31.05. VY1RST 2078 24.02. - 02.03. XV9DLH 2081* 26.02. - 06.03. XV9HL 2081* 01.10. - 2018 XV9JM 2061 12/17 - 05/18 YS1/HB9KNA 2076 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 2017 - 05/2018 ZS8Z 2017 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3D2EU via DK2AMM (d/B), (L) 3D2JS via WB2TJO (d) 3W9DLE via W0DLE (d) 3W9FB (L) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L) 4U13FEB via 9A2AA 5P90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) 5T2AI via NI5DX 5V1JE via N9MDH (d), (L) 5W0LR via AD7AF (d), (L), (C) 5W20SAMOA (C), (L), (e) 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 6W1SU via M0URX 6Y2T via VE3DZ 7S75AA via SK5AA (B), SM5FUG (d) 8J1YAC via (B), JE1XUZ (d) 8J1ZIU (B) 8J2Y (B) 8J3B via (B), JK3IJQ (d) 8J7HCB via (B), JK7LXU (d) 8N0400N (B) 8N0IIDA (B) 8N1TKB (B) 8N3H70Y (B) 8N60JLRS via (B), JQ6FQI (d) 9Q6BB via W3HNK 9XSDA via M0UPL AM5WAP via EA1IT (d/B), (e) AT7BK via VU2BK AU2WBR via VU2NRO C5DX via G4DJX (d), (L) C6AKQ via N4BP (d), (L) C6ARU via N4UM (d) C6AUM via K4RUM (d), (L), (e) CE0Y/DF8AN via DF8AN (d/B) CN2DF via DL7DF (d/B), (L) CN2FR via DL7DF (d/B), (L) CR3DX via OM2VL CU8FN via HB9CRV (d/B), (L) D44EE via OZ1BII (d/B), (C), (L) DA200FWR via (B), DK2PU (d) DB50EFAPB (B) DF1000ZEIL (B) DJ70WAE (B) DK200MARX via (B), DK5PZ (d), (C) DL100BY (B) DL60TELF (B), (L), (e) DL70PADER (B) DM200LFS (B), (L), (e) DM900ZWI via DM5JBN (d/B) DM90AIW (B), (C), (e) DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B) DP1POL via DL1ZBO DQ2018KTMS (B), (e) DQ800HRO via DL5KVV (d/B) DT23WOP via HL1IWD (B), (L) DU3/F4EBK via F4EBK (d/B) EI100MCV (B) EI50AOM via EI2KA (d/B), (L) ES100A (O), (L), (e) ES100C (O), (L), (e) ES100F (O), (L), (e) ES100G (O), (L), (e) ES100J (O), (L), (e) ES100L (O), (L), (e) ES100M (O), (L), (e) ES100O (O), (L), (e) ES100P (O), (L), (e) ES100Q (O), (L), (e) ES100R (O), (L), (e) ES100S (O), (L), (e) ES100U (O), (L), (e) ES100X (O), (L), (e) ES100Z (O), (L), (e) FG/F6GWV via F6GWV FG/F6HMQ via F6HMQ FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) FK/JG1XMV via JG1XMV (d/B), (L), (e) FM/OH2IS via OH2IS (d), (L), (C) FO/OE3GEA via OE3GEA (d/B) GB2KW (L), (e) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) H72DX via WY1G (d), (C), (O) HA50KVG via HA8KVG HA60FMV (B) HF700LUB via SP8AB HH70A via W3HNK HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL0WOP via HL4CCM (d/B), (C), (e) HP8/AA1M via AA1M (d/B), (L) HP8/W1USN via W1USN (d/B), (L) HQ2DDL (B), (L), (e) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) II0GM via I0KQB (d), (e) II2ANT via IK2QPO II2RR via IK2VUC II3BOVE via IV3CCT (B) II3MNA via IQ3TS (d) II4HRZ via IQ4FE II4MXW via IQ4FE II5ANT via IZ5BTC IP2ANT via IK2QPR IR1ANT via I1HYW IR18AAW via IK8FIQ IR4ANR via IU4DTT J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY J52EC via IZ3BUR J6/KG9N via KG9N JD1BOW via JA0JHQ (d/B), (L) JW2US (C), (L) JW4JSA via LA4JSA K1VSJ (d/B) K6PV/6 via K6PV (d), (L) KH0/AA4NC via AA4NC (d) KH0/AA4VK via AA4VK (d) KH6/OK6DJ via OK6DJ (d/B), (L), (C) KL7RST via K7ICE (d) L50A via LU4AAO (d/B), (e) LM10SOTA (e) LM90C (B) LM90HQ (B) LM90NRRL (B) LY100A..Z via LY1RMD LZ11C via LZ2DB (d/B) LZ115RF via LZ1YE LZ140LO via LZ1ZF LZ250MT via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) NP2/K4XU via K4XU (d), (L) OA4/WJ2O (L) OC5FI via OA4O (d/B) OE15AAW via OE3DMA (d/B) OE88WAP via OE3KKA (d/B) OE89ANT via OE3AIS (d/B) OE90AAW via OE3SGA (d/B) OG60F via OH1NOA, (L), (C) OR15ANT via ON7ZM (d/B) OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OX7RST via K7ICE (d) P40W via N2MM (d), (L) PA2018BP via PA3EFR PA6ANT via PA3FOE (d/B), (L), (e) PB18ANT via PA0RDY (d) PF2018SNK via PA0MBD, (L), (C) PJ2/DL9NBJ (C), (O) PJ2/K2PLF via K2PLF PJ2/N4GG via N4GG PJ2/N5OT via N5OT PJ2/NF9V via NF9V PJ2/PA0VDV via PA0VDV (d/B) PJ2/W9VA via W9VA PJ2/WA9S via WA9S PJ2/WI9WI via WI9WI PJ2DX (d) PJ2T via W3HNK PJ4/NE9U via NE9U (d/B), (L) PJ4A via K4BAI PR2IL via PY2LCD PX2S via PY2CAT (d/B) PX5P (d/B) RI1ANA via RN1ON (d/B), (C), (L) RI1ANO via RN1ON (d/B), (L), (C) RI50ANO via RN1ON (d/B), (L), (C) SN20UM via SQ9UM SN5PSK via SP9MZX (d/B) T45FM via RW6HS (d) TD9CHR via PA3FYC TD9FYC via PA3FYC TG9/VE7BV via VE7BV TG9BBV via VE7BV TI7W via W4FS, (L) TM15AAW via F8DVD (d/B) TM18ATS via F8ATS (d/B) TM390SR via F4DTO (d/B) TM6C via F6KMB (d/B) TO1A via F5HRY, (L) TO3Z via F6HMQ TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) TR8CA via F6CBC TY1TT via ON6DX TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L) V26PE via VA3ZC V31AX via M0URX, (L) V31JZ/p via NN7A (d/B) V31RU via DO5ALX (d/B), (L) V31TF via DG7RO (d/B), (L), (C) V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) VE7ACN/7 (C), (L) VE8RST via K7ICE (d) VI70HI via M0OXO VP2MKG via K5KG, (L) VP5/K0PC via K0PC (d/B), (L), (C) VP5K via K0PC (d/B), (L), (C) VP8DPJ (e) VP9/W6PH via W6PH (d/B) VY0ERC via M0OXO VY0RST via K7ICE (d) VY1RST via K7ICE (d) XV9DLH via DK8ZZ (d/B) XV9HL via HL1AHS, (L) XV9JM via F6ITD (d/B), (L) ZF1A via K6AM (d/B), (L) ZF9CW via K5GO (d) ZL3X (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZS8Z via ZS1LS (d) ZV7T via PR7AYE (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: C6APY (NA-054), UN3M * QSL via LoTW: CT9/OM3GI, ED9E, MT0IXD, TF3AO, YB8HI, YE2C, ZS6JES Thanks for contributing to this 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