DXNL 2125 - December 26, 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 We wish all our readers a happy and successful New Year 2019! DL, Germany: The first all-metal built airplane, the Junkers F13, was introduced to civil aviation 100 years ago. The following special event calls will be commemorating this event between Jan. 1 and June 30: DF13DEJU, DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13MUC, DF13PAR, and DF13STO. An award will be available as well; all QSOs will be confirmed automagically via the bureau, direct requests via DM2TO. http://juf13.de/ DL, Germany: DQ1200ASP celebrates the 1200th anniversary of the town Asperg during 2019 on HF (CW, SSB, FM, digital modes) with the special DOK 819ASP. QSL via bureau, DK1AX (d), LoTW. DL, Germany: The town Zella-Mehlis celebrates its 100th anniversary with the callsign DM100ZM throughout 2019. QSL via bureau. G, England & GM, Scotland: The following special event stations are drawing attention to the KW Electronics Ltd and their rigs from the heyday of amateur radio: GB2KW, QRV between Jan. 1 and 28, run by members of the Sutherland and District Amateur Radio Club (GS0IYP), headed by Chris/GM3WOJ, and the North of Scotland Contest Group (GS2MP/GM7V); GB8KW, QRV between Jan. 4 and 6, operated by members of the Cray Valley Radio Society. QSL for GB8KW via G0UKN, LoTW; GB2KW via LoTW. G, England: Members of the Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society will be active with the following special event calls between Dec. 28 and Jan. 24: GB0HNY, GB1HNY, GB2HNY, GB4HNY, GB5HNY, GB6HNY, GB8HNY, and GB9HNY. An award will be available as well. For QSL information see qrz.com. HB9, Switzerland: The Swiss national radio society Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen Amateure (USKA) will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2019. Throughout the whole year, HB9-stations may use the prefix HB90, together with their suffix; and HB3-stations likewise the prefix HB30. https://www.uska.ch/ HI, Dominican Republic: Holger/DK1FY will be operating as HI6/DK1FY/p from Galvan, near Lake Enriquillo between Dec. 31 and Jan. 19. QRV with 100W and vertical antennas on 40-10m (CW, SSB, maybe some digital modes). QSL via DK1FY (d/B). KH0, Mariana Islands: Chie/7L3PFH will be back as KH0TG from Mariana Islands (OC-086) between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1. QRV on 160-20m on CW and SSB. QSL via JL1UTS (d). VK, Australia: The Moorabbin and District Radio Club (MDRC) celebrates its 70th anniversary until the end of February on the air with the callsign VI70MDRC on HF (SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8). QSL via VK3APC. ISWL Activities: During January 2019 Peter/G0NQZ will be active as GX4BJC/a (WAB TQ50). QSL via G6XOU (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Preview: ======== VP5, Turks and Caicos Islands: Ross/W2TT and John/AF3K plan to operate as VP5/homecalls between March 27 and April 1 in 2019 on 80-6m (SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8). QRV as VP5P in the CQ WW SSB WPX Contest. QSL via ClubLog. V8, Brunei Darussalam: A team consisting of 9M6KOM, JT1CO, K1LZ, K1ZM, KK6ZM, KO9SCA, LZ1NK, PY5EG, RN5M, S55M, and VK3FY will be operating as V84SSA from Istana Pantai between Feb. 7 and 18. The group plans to focus on the low bands. 6W, Senegal: Willy/ON4AVT will be active as 6W/ON4AVT between Feb. 20 and March 30 next year on 40, 20, and 10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via ON4AVT. 3W, Vietnam: Bogdan/SP2FUD and Zen/SP2GCJ have scheduled a DXpedition to Vietnam for Feb. 4 to 18. QRV as XV9FUD and XV9ZT; more information to follow. QSL via SP2GCJ (d/B), LoTW. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DOK Distrikts-Ortsverbands-Kenner IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System USKA Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen Amateure WAB Worked All Britain WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 26.12. DARC Weihnachtswettbewerb 29.12. RAC Canada Winter Contest 29./30.12. Stew Perry Topband Distance 29./30.12. Original QRP Contest 30.12. DSW-Kurzcontest 01.-07.01. Aktivitaetswoche Rheinland- 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-032; JA6, Osumi Islands: Take/JI3DST activates Tanega Island (WW Loc. PM50) between Dec. 26 and Jan. 7. QRV as JI3DST/6, JS6RRR/6, and JL3YWN/6 on 80-6m (SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8, FM). QSL via JI3DST, ClubLog OQRS. NA-092; W5, Texas State West (Cameron to Calhoun County) group: Rich/WA5LFD will be active as WA5FLD/p from North Padre Island between Dec. 27 and Jan. 14. QRV on 80-10m on CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or via WA5LFD (d). Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 31.10. - 02.04. 4S7KKG 2117 12.12. - 31.12. 4U1XMAS 2124 24.10. - 23.10.19 4U73B 2117 24.12. - 28.12. 4X19HNY 2124 28.12. - 30.12. 4X2XMAS 2124 28.12. - 30.12. 4X3XMAS 2124 28.12. - 30.12. 4X9XMAS 2124 05.11. - 02/2019 5R8IC 2117 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. 8J1IRW 2087 01.04. - 28.02. 8J1KZ 2091 01.04. - 28.02. 8J2OGAKI 2086 01.11. - 31.12. 8J7XMAS 2123 01.01. - 31.12. 8N0400N 2076 01.03. - 31.12. 9A200S 2082 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 01.12. - 31.12. C4XMAS 2121 18.11. - 09.03. C5YK 2121 01.01. - 31.12. DA200FWR 2073/2076 01.04. - 31.03. DB25ONN 2086 01.01. - 31.12. DB50EFAPB 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DF1000ZEIL 2073 01.01. - 30.06. DF13BLN 2125* 01.01. - 30.06. DF13BUD 2125* 01.01. - 30.06. DF13DEJU 2125* 01.01. - 30.06. DF13MUC 2125* 01.01. - 30.06. DF13PAR 2125* 01.01. - 30.06. DF13STO 2125* 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 01.01. - 31.12. DL70PADER 2073 01.01. - 31.12.19 DM100ZM 2125* 01.02. - 31.12. DM125FS 2083 01.04. - 31.12. DM152ZYA 2090 01.01. - 31.12. DM900ZWI 2074 - 02/19 DP1POL 2123 01.01. - 31.12.19 DQ1200ASP 2125* 01.01. - 31.12. DQ2018KTMS 2074 01.01. - 31.12. DQ800HRO 2074 20.09. - 03/19 DU7/G0CXF 2111 01.08. - 31.12. EH3UAB 2104 01.01. - 31.12. EI100MCV 2074 01.04. - 31.12. EM30N 2087 18.12. - 10.02. FK/F6OBD 2124 28.12. - 24.01. GB0HNY 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB1HNY 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB2HNY 2125* 01.01. - 28.01. GB2KW 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB4HNY 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB5HNY 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB6HNY 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB8HNY 2125* 04.01. - 06.01. GB8KW 2125* 28.12. - 24.01. GB9HNY 2125* 01.01. - 31.01. GX4BJC/a 2125* 01.01. - 31.12. HA50KVG 2077 - 11.04. HF40CUF 2092 31.12. - 19.01. HI6/DK1FY/p 2125* - 03/19 HK3JCL 2108 12.12. - 10.01. HS0ZLS 2123 01.12. - 31.01. II0FF 2121 01.02. - 31.12. II0GM 2078 01.04. - 31.12. II0LDV 2086 01.01. - 31.12. II2RR 2081 01.12. - 31.12. II4FRD 2121 01.01. - 31.12. II4MXW 2076 03.11. - 31.12. IY1EY 2117 - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 17.12. - 02.01. JD1BMH 2123 26.12. - 07.01. JI3DST/6 2125* 26.12. - 01.01. KH0TG 2125* 01.01. - 31.12. LM90C 2076 01.01. - 31.12. LM90HQ 2076 01.01. - 31.12. LM90NRRL 2076 01.12. - 31.12. LZ532PSO 2121 01.12. - 31.12. MX1SWL/a 2121 21.12. - 23.12. OE120MF 2124 01.01. - 31.12. OG60F 2076 01.05. - 31.12. OM75TESLA 2092 23.07. - 31.12. OM80PAR 2108 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 - 27.12. P4/DL6RAI 2122 02.12. - 27.12. PB18XMAS 2121 02.12. - 27.12. PD18SANTA 2121 10.12. - 14.01. PJ2/SM4KYN 2122 - 02/2019 RI1ANV 2124 - 03/2019 RI1ANW 2105 01.01. - 31.12. S510SOTA 2080 06.12. - 06.01. S511PMC 2123 01.01. - 31.12. SN20UM 2073 01.09. - 31.12. SP100PAZ 2108 - 12/2018 SU9JT 2082 01.12. - 31.12. SX60RAAG 2121 01.09. - 27.12. TM70ONU 2108 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 16.12. - 16.03. TR8CR 2123 - 2018 TY2CD 1914 01.12. - 28.02.19 VI70MDRC 2125* 14.07. - 12/18 VY0BRR 2102 27.12. - 14.01. WA5FLD/p 2125* - 06.01. XP1SC 2123 25.12. - 19.01. YJ0AFU 2124 01.12. - 31.12. YP2XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP3XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP4XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP5XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP6XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP7XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP8XMAS 2122 01.12. - 31.12. YP9XMAS 2122 01.07. - 31.12. YU85AOP 2100 - 05/2019 Z81D 2124 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8CF (d) 4S7AB (d) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U1XMAS via UA3DX 4U73B via 9A2AA, (C) 4X19HNY (L), (e) 4X2XMAS (L), (e) 4X3XMAS (L), (e) 4X9XMAS (L), (e) 5P8VW/p via DJ8VW (d/B) 5R8IC via F6ICX (d/B), (L) 5W20SAMOA via EA5GL, (C), (L), (e) 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 6W1SU via M0URX 6Y6Y (d) 7S75AA via SK5AA (B), SM5FUG (d) 7X2VFK (d) 8J1IRW via (B), JH1DSF (d) 8J1KZ (B) 8J2OGAKI via (B), JJ2ONH (d) 8J7XMAS (B) 8N0400N (B) 9A200S via 9A2MF 9Q6BB via W3HNK A52IST via JA1HGY (B) A61FJ via LZ1YE DA0APOLLO (B) C4XMAS via IZ4AMS, (C), (O) C5A via OM2FY (B) C5YK via ON7YK CN8PG via EA7FTR CN8QN via EA7FTR CT8/OH2IO via OH2IO (B), (e) CU2/OH2IO via OH2IO (d/B) CU3AN (d/B), (L) DA200FWR via (B), DK2PU (d) DB25ONN (d/B) DB50EFAPB (B) DF1000ZEIL (B) DF13BLN via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13BUD via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13DEJU via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13MUC via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13PAR via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13STO via (B), DM2TO (d) DJ70WAE (B) DK200MARX via (B), DK5PZ (d), (C) DL100BY (B) DL70PADER (B) DM100ZM (B) DM125FS (B) DM152ZYA (B) DM900ZWI via DM5JBN (d/B) DP1POL via DL1ZBO (d/B), (L) DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ2018KTMS (B), (e) DQ800HRO via DL5KVV (d/B) DS3EXX/4 (d), (L) DS3HWS/4 (d), (L) DU3LA via W3HNK EA8JF (d/B), (L) EA9PD (d) EH3UAB via EB3GCP (d/B), (e) EH5TYF via EA5RKB (d), (e) EI100MCV (B) EM30N via UR4NWW EP2WGA (d), (e) FK/F6OBD via F6OBD (B) FO/JI1JKW via JI1JKW (d/B) GB0HNY (Q) GB1HNY (e) GB1WH via M0OXO GB2HNY (Q) GB2KW (L) GB4HNY (Q) GB5HNY (Q) GB6HNY (Q) GB8HNY (e), (L) GB8KW via G0UKN (d/B), (L) GB9HNY (e) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) HA50KVG via HA8KVG HC2AO via RC5A (d/B), (C), (L) HF2019HNY via SP2PBM (d/B), (C), (L) HF40CUF via SP4CUF HG60KCI via HA8KCI HI3TT via W2CCW HI6/DK1FY/p via DK1FY (d/B) HI9/F5PLR via F5PLR (B), (L) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HP1/HI8JSG via HI8JSG (d), (L) HS0ZLS via HB9FIH, (L), (e) HS3NBR (d), (L) II0GM via I0KQB (d), (e) II0LDV via I0KQB (d) II2RR via IK2VUC II3YOTA (C), (O) II4FRD via IQ4FE IO5CNPP via IZ5RHU (d/B) IY1EY via IK1QBT (d/B) J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY JD1BMH via (B), JG7PSJ (d) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JG8NQJ (B), JA8CJY (d) JI3DST/6 via JI3DST, (C) KG4AY via AC8AY, (L), (e) KH0TG via JL1UTS (d) KT3Q/2 via DF8DX (d/B) LM90C (B) LM90HQ (B) LM90NRRL (B) LR4D via LU4AA (d/B) LY2018XMAS via LY2QT LZ532PSO via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) OD5ZZ via NI5DX OE120MF via OE6XMF OG60F via OH1NOA, (L), (C) OG95AA via OH8AA OM75TESLA via OM3KHT (d/B) OM80PAR via OM3PA OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) P4/DL6RAI (L), (C) PB18XMAS via PD2RKG (d/B), (C) PD18SANTA via PD2RKG (d/B), (C) PJ2/SM4KYN via SM4KYN (d) RA115RAEM via R4AS RI1ANV via RN1ON (d/B) RI1ANW via RN1ON, (C), (O) S511PMC (B) SN20UM via SQ9UM SP100PAZ (B), (L) SU9JT via E73Y (d/B), (C) SX60RAAG (C), (O), (L), (e) TI2CF via W3HNK TF8KY (d/B), (L) TM70ONU (e) TR8CA via F6CBC TR8CR via F6AJA (d/B) TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L) V31AX via M0URX VI70MDRC via VK3APC VK0AI via VK5MQ VU2IBI (d/B), (L), (e) VY0BRR via VE2XB W2G via K2RYD W2L via K2RYD W5RRR (d) WA5FLD/p via WA5FLD (d), (L) XE2X (d), (L) XP1SC via OZ2CBA YJ0AFU via VK4AFU (d/B), (L) YP2019HNY via YO3KPA YP2XMAS via YO2MSB YP3XMAS via YO9FNP YP4XMAS via YO2MSB YP5XMAS via YO9FNP YP6XMAS via YO2MSB YP7XMAS via YO2MSB YP8XMAS via YO2MSB YP9XMAS via YO9FNP YR1918BB via YO8AXP YT18YOTA (C), (O) YU85AOP via YU7AOP Z66DH via M0SDV, (C), (O), (L) Z81D via OM3JW ZB2CW (d) ZD7FT (d) ZL6YOTA via M0SDV, (O) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSL rcvd via bureau: 7X3WPL, C5YK (ON7YK), E31A (JH1AJT), FR4PV (F1UIJ), HZ1HZ (N7RO), TY7C (F5GSJ), VK9XG (G3TXF), ZD8D (DL9HO) * QSL rcvd direct: EL2EL/4 (AF-111), KP4/EI9FBB (NA-249), PU0FDN * QSL via LoTW: HG90BJ, HG90FI, HG90HL, HG90NK, PJ4K Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DxCoffee, DX World, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL2BQV, DL7MAE, DM2TO, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, JI3DST, M0MDR, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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