DXNL 2128 - January 16, 2019 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 9X, Rwanda: Harald/DF2WO will be back on the air from Kigali as 9X2AW between Jan. 18 and Feb. 14. QRV on HF on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8 with an antenna for 160m and a hexbeam (20-10m). QSL via M0OXO. DL, Germany: AMSAT's 50th anniversary will be celebrated with the special event callsign DL50AMSAT. The station will be active via satellites only; for announcements of activity see the website. A first airing of the call is scheduled for Jan. 18 to 20, the "satellite Weekend", organised by the German group "Hamspirit". QSL via eQSL. https://amsat-dl.org/satellite-weekend-der-ig-hamspirit https://amsat-dl.org/ EA8, Canary Islands: Erich/HB9FIH will be active from El Hierro (AF-004, SOTA A8/HI-001) until the end of March, signing EA8/homecall on CW, digital modes and SSB. QSL via HB9FIH (d/B), LoTW, eQSL. OH, Finland: The Finnish section of the International Police Association celebrates its 60th anniversary with the callsign OG60IPA throughout 2019. QSL via OH4MDY. P4, Aruba: Mathias/DL4MM will be active again as P4/DL4MM. QRV between Jan. 22 and 30 as P4/DL4MM with a focus on CW traffic on the low bands and with ears for little pistol callers. Some time will also be devoted to the other bands and SSB and FT8. During the CQ WW 160m Contest Mat will use the callsign P40AA and plans to erect an additional 300m Beverage antenna towards Europe. QSL via DL4MM (d/B), LoTW. PJ4, Bonaire: Norbert/DJ7JC, Heye/DJ9RR, and Emil/DL8JJ are going to operate from Bonaire (SA-006, WW Loc. FK52tf) between the 22nd and 30th. They will be using PJ4/K2NG's QTH. QRV as PJ4P on HF on CW, SSB, digital modes, FT8, and during the CQ WW 160m Contest. QSL via DJ5BWD, ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. VE, Canada: Chris/VO2AC, Frank/VO1HP, and Dave/VE9CB plan to operate the CQ WW 160m Contest from the Point Amour Lighthouse (WW Loc. GO11) in the south-eastern part of zone 2 as VO2AC. Before and after the contest they will also use the callsign VO2AAA on 160m; time permitting, they may also show up on 80, 60, 40m, AO-85, AO-91, and AO-92. QSL via VE3FU (d/B), LoTW. VE, Canada: Sergey/UT3UA and Yuri/VE3DZ/VE2IM will also be active from zone 2. QRV between the 22nd and 29th as VE2/UT3UA and VE2IM (also during the contest) on 160m with a focus on JA, the Far East, Asia, and Oceania on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL for VE2IM via VE3DZ, VE2/UT3UA via UT3UA. VK, Australia: VI17AC operates in the context of the 17th Asian Nations Cup (Football) until Feb. 3. QSL via M0OXO. ZL7, Chatham Islands: Nobu/JA0JHQ will be active again as ZL7/JA0JHQ from the Chatham Islands (OC-038). QRV from the 17th to 20th, with a focus on 160m (CW) and 6m (FT8), but during daylight hours also on 40-10m (CW, FT8); before and after he maybe signs ZL/JA0JHQ from Auckland/New Zealand. QSL via homecall, LoTW. https://pandasan.jimdo.com/ Preview: ======== CE0, Juan Fernandez Islands: Members of the Russian Robinson Club are announcing a DXpedition to Robinson Crusoe Island (SA-005) for March 11 to 27 as XR0ZRC. QSL via ClubLog OQRS. 3W, Vietnam: Andy/DL3YM will be on a job-related trip to Ho Chi Minh City between Feb. 16 and March 18. He hopes to get on the air during his spare time on 40-10m (CW) with the callsign XV9YM. All QSOs will be confirmed with a card and uploaded to LoTW. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IIA Italian Island Awards IOTA Islands on the Air IPA International Police Association LoTW Logbook of the World MIA Mediterranean Sea Island Award OQRS Online QSL Request System RRC Russian Robinson Club SOTA Summits on the Air WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 19.01. LZ Open Contest 19./20.01. HA DX 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 AF-019; IG9, Pelagie Islands: A Slovenian team (Silvo/S50X, Krajcar/S52P, Peter/S54W, Pavla/S56DX, Slavko/S57DX, and Drago/S59A) plans to activate Lampedusa Island (IIA G001, WLOTA 2312, MIA MI-126) holiday-style between the 21st and 31st signing IG9/homecalls. QSL via h/c. NA-001; C6, Great Bahama Bank group: Heli/DD0VR and his wife Bigi will be paying Bahama Island a visit from Jan. 21 until Feb. 2. QRV as C6A/DD0VR on 80-10m on CW, SSB, and digital modes. They also plan to acitvate other islands during that time. QSL via DD0VR (d/B). NA-122; HI, Dominican Republic's Coastal Islands: Members of the Loma del Tor DX Club (HI3AA, HI8GP, HI3CC, HI3MPC, HI8EFS, HI8K, HI3SD, HI8CAF, XE1AY, HI3K, HI8MAX, HI8JQE, HI6JHV, LU9EFO) will be active from Beata Island between the 20th and 28th as HI1LT on 80-10m on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via W2CCW (d/B). SA-023; PY6, Bahia State North group: A team of Brazilian operators (PP2OK, PY6DQ, PY6TV, and PY6ZK) plans to work from Itaparica Island with the call ZY6C from Jan. 18 to 20 on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m (CW, SSB). QSL via PY6TV (d). WWFF Activities ================ WWFF QRGs: CW: 28044 24894 21044 18084 14044 10124 7024 3544 kHz SSB: 28444 24944 21244 18144 14244 7144 3744 kHz Reserva Naturale Cratere degli Astroni - IFF-0130: Members of the A.R.I. Portice Radio Club Station plan to activate this reference on Jan. 19 as IQ8PC on HF (SSB). QSL via IQ8PC (d/B). Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 31.10. - 02.04. 4S7KKG 2117 24.10. - 23.10.19 4U73B 2117 05.11. - 02/2019 5R8IC 2117 01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008 01.04. - 31.03. 8J1IRW 2087 01.04. - 28.02. 8J1KZ 2091 01.04. - 28.02. 8J20GAKI 2086 10.01. - 11.02. 8N8SSF 2127 15.01. - 04.02. 8P9CA 2127 06.01. - 26.01. 9G5RV 2127 09.01. - 21.01. 9LY1JM 2127 02.01. - 15.02. 9M2MRS 2126 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 18.01. - 14.02. 9X2AW 2128* 10.01. - 17.01. AU2HAM 2127 18.11. - 09.03. C5YK 2121 21.01. - 02.02. C6A/DD0VR 2128* 01.04. - 31.03. DB25ONN 2086 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. - 05.06. DL19RIC 2127 - 31.12. DL70BRD 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM100ZM 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DM19LGS 2127 - 31.12. DM70GER 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM775FLD 2127 - 02/19 DP1POL 2123 01.01. - 31.12. DQ1200ASP 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DQ600UNI 2126 20.09. - 03/19 DU7/G0CXF 2111 17.01. - 31.03. EA8/HB9FIH 2128* 14.01. - 13.03. FG/F6ITD 2127 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 28.12. - 24.01. GB9HNY 2125 01.01. - 31.01. GX4BJC/a 2125 01.01. - 15.08. H31A 2126 13.01. - 31.01. H33J 2127 13.01. - 25.02. HC8GET 2127 - 11.04. HF40CUF 2092 20.01. - 28.01. HI1LT 2128* 31.12. - 19.01. HI6/DK1FY/p 2125 - 03/19 HK3JCL 2108 13.11. - 09.04. HS0ZME 2126 21.01. - 31.01. IG9/S50X 2128* 21.01. - 31.01. IG9/S52P 2128* 21.01. - 31.01. IG9/S54W 2128* 21.01. - 31.01. IG9/S56DX 2128* 21.01. - 31.01. IG9/S57DX 2128* 21.01. - 31.01. IG9/S59A 2128* 01.12. - 31.01. II0FF 2121 19.01. - IQ8PC 2128* - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 15.01. - 28.02. VY0RST 2127 15.01. - 28.02. K7ICE 2127 01.01. - 31.01. LZ1354PM 2126 15.01. - 28.02. N1RAC 2127 01.01. - 31.12. OG60IPA 2128* 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 15.01. - 28.02. OX7RST 2127 22.01. - 30.01. P4/DL4MM 2128* 25.01. - 27.01. P40AA 2128* 22.01. - 30.01. PJ4P 2128* - 02/2019 RI1ANV 2124 - 03/2019 RI1ANW 2105 05.01. - 02.02. S79AA 2126 14.01. - 13.03. TO7D 2127 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 16.12. - 16.03. TR8CR 2123 08.01. - 20.01. V47UR 2126 22.01. - 29.01. VE2/UT3UA 2128* 22.01. - 29.01. VE2IM 2128* 15.01. - 28.02. VE8RST 2127 01.01. - 03.02. VI17AC 2128* 01.12. - 28.02.19 VI70MDRC 2125 25.01. - 27.01. VO2AC 2128* 15.01. - 28.02. VY0RST 2127 15.01. - 28.02. VY1RST 2127 25.12. - 19.01. YJ0AFU 2124 - 05/2019 Z81D 2124 12.01. - 20.01. ZF2PG 2127 17.01. - 20.01. ZL7/JA0JHQ 2128* 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 18.01. - 20.01. ZY6C 2128* * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3V8SF via LX1NO 3W3B via E21EIC, (L) 4S6RYD (d) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U73B via 9A2AA, (C) 4Z5AF (L), (e) 5K6RM (d/B), (L), (e) 5R8IC via F6ICX (d/B), (L) 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 8J1IRW via (B), JH1DSF (d) 8J1KZ (B) 8J20GAKI via (B), JJ2ONH (d) 8N8SSF (B) 8P9CA via KB8YRX (d), (L) 8R1AK (d) 9H1TX (d) 9K2GS via EC6DX (d) 9LY1JM via F5GSJ (d/B), (L), (C) 9M2MRS via PA0RRS (B), (C), (L) 9Q6BB via W3HNK 9X2AW via M0OXO 9X9PJ via N4GNR (d) A41KT (d/B), (L), (e) A61ET (d),(L), (e) AU2HAM via VU2NRO C5YK via ON7YK C6A/DD0VR via DD0VR (d/B) CO3JR (d) CO8ZZ via DK1WI DB25ONN (d/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) DL19RIC (C) DL70BRD via D1YH (d/B), (C), (e) DM100ZM (B) DM19LGS via (B), DG0ERS (d), (e) DM70GER via M0SDV (d), (C) DM775FLD (B) DP1POL via DL1ZBO (d/B), (L) DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ600UNI via (B), DL5KVV (d) DR10WCA via DF6EX EA8/DL2DXA/p via DL2DXA EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (d/B), (L), (e) EA8/PA7ZEE/p via PA7ZEE EG1PIN via EA1URV EP2C via EA5GL (d) FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L) FK/F6OBD via F6OBD (B) FM5FJ via (d), KU9C, (L) FM8QR via F5EAN FR1GV (d/B), (L), (e) FR4OP (d), (e) GB0HNY (Q) GB1HNY (e) GB2HNY (Q) GB2KW (L) GB4HNY (Q) GB5HNY (Q) GB6HNY (Q) GB8HNY (e), (L) GB9HNY (e) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H31A via HP1AVS, (L) H33J via JA1HGY, (C), (L) HC8GET via OE3GEA (d/B) HF100DKI via SP2DKI (d/B) HF27FIN via SP2FAP HF40CUF via SP4CUF HI1LT via W2CCW (d/B) HI6/DK1FY/p via DK1FY (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HS0ZLS via HB9FIH, (L), (e) HS0ZME via SM6NT IQ8PC (d/B) J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY K7ICE (d) KH7Y (L), (e) KL7RST via K7ICE (d) LU1DX via EC6DX (d) LX1HD (B) LZ10WCA via LZ5W LZ1354PM via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) NP2J via K8RF (d), (L) OD5ZF via IZ8CLM OG60IPA via OH4MDY OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OX3XR via PA3249 (d), (e), (L) OX7RST via K7ICE (d) P4/DL4MM via DL4MM (d/B), (L) P40AA via DL4MM (d/B), (L) PJ2/SM4KYN via SM4KYN (d) PJ4P via DJ5BWD, (C), (L) RI1ANV via RN1ON (d/B) RI1ANW via RN1ON, (C), (O) S79AA (L), (C), (O) SV9ANK (d) TI5/N5BEK (d) TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC TR8CR via F6AJA (d/B) V31YN via DJ4KW V47UR via W3UR (B), (L), (C) VE2/UT3UA via UT3UA VE2IM via VE3DZ VE8RST via K7ICE (d) VI17AC via M0OXO VI70MDRC via VK3APC VK0AI via VK5MQ VO2AC via VE3FU (d/B), (L) VU2IBI (d/B), (L), (e) VY0RST via K7ICE (d) VY1RST via K7ICE (d) WA5FLD/p via WA5FLD (d), (L) XE2MVY (d), (L) YB2ZDO (d) YJ0AFU via VK4AFU (d/B), (L) Z81D via OM3JW ZA1EM (d) ZF2LC via W2SM ZF2PG via K8PGJ (d), (L) ZL7/JA0JHQ via JA0JHQ, (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZY6C via PY6TV (d) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSL via LoTW: 4Z5FI, 5A2A, A41ZZ, BD1RX, T98R, YN4RRC 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, DL3YM, DL4MM, DL7AG, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HB9FIH, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, VE3FU, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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