DXNL 2154 - July 17, 2019 DX Newsletter a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX" (http://www.darcdxhf.de) Editor: Klaus Poels, DL7UXG (e-mail: dxmb@darcdxhf.de) translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO 1A, Sovereign Military Order of Malta: A large international team will be active as 1A0C between the 15th and 21st. QRV with three rigs on 80-6m on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via EA5RM (d), OQRS. http://www.1a0c.com/ 3W, Vietnam: Sven/HB9DXB operates as XV9DXB for two to three weeks, beginning July 20 on 80, 40, 20, and 15m on CW and SSB. QSL via EB7DX. C5, The Gambia: Przemek/SP3PS plans to operate as C5SP between July 23 and August 5. QRV on 20 to 6m on SSB and FT8. QSL via SP3PS. CT, Portugal: Jose/CT1EHX, Mike/CT1IUA, Rui/CT2IHP, Carlos/CT1EEC, and Al/CT1GPQ will be active as CS2Y around the 38th Faro Moto Meeting between the 18th and 21st on HF. QSL via CT1EHX. D4, Cape Verde: Lukas/HB9EBT operates from Sao Tiago (AF-005, WLOTA 0158) as D44TEG between July 22 and 29 on 40-10m (CW only). QSL via HB9EBT (d/B). F, France: Operators Will/F4ESV, Bernard/F5LPY, and Phil/F8EFU will be running the special event station TM19WAB in the context of the Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons festival. QRV from July 21 until August 4 on HF on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via F4ESV (d/B), ClubLog, LoTW. FO, French Polynesia: Rick/AI5P will be signing FO/AI5P from Tahiti (OC-046) between the 22nd and 29th on 40 to 17m (CW, FT8). QSL via AI5P. FO, French Polynesia & FO, Austral Islands: Oliver/W6NV will be active as FO/W6NV between July 19 and 21 from Tahiti (OC-046) and as TX2A from Raivavae (OC-114) between July 23 and 29. He also plans to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via W6NV (d), LoTW. GI, Northern Ireland: The North West Group ARC (MN0NWG) operates the special event station GB0OGC between the 17th and 21st around one of the oldest golf tournaments (148th Open Championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club). QSL via bureau, eQSL. GM, Scotland: Lutz/DL5KUA spends his holiday on the Shetlands (EU-012) and the Outer Hebrides (EU-010) from July 17 to 22. QRV as MM/DL5KUA. For skeds (WAE award slots, IOTA award contacts) contact Lutz directly! QSL via DL5KUA (d/B). K, United States of America: The special event station K7O celebrates the Apollo 11 mission between July 20 and August 3; on July 20 and 21 the station operates from the Flagstaff Observatory. K, United States of America: Members of the Stratford Amateur Radio Club commemorate Apollo 11 with the special event call K1M between the 20th and 28th on HF (SSB, CW, FT8, RTTY, PSK31). QSL via bureau. OE, Austria: The radio scouts of CLUB TELESCOUT are going to set up a radio camp at Bad Ischl-Haiden and operate as OE1XJA/5 and OE1XJA/p between July 22 and August 2. QSL via bureau. SV, Greece: Members of the hessaloniki Amateur Radio Group (SZ2T) are celebrating the 94th birthday of Mikis Theodorakis from July 20 to 29 with the special callsigns SV94THEO, SV94MIKIS, SX94THEO, and SX94MIKIS. QSL via LoTW and direkt. V4, St. Kitts and Nevis: John/W5JON will be back on the air as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-104) between July 20 and August 11. QRV on 160 to 6m (SSB, FT8), with a focus on 6m FT8 operating. QSL via W5JON (d), LoTW. VE, Canada: Jim/WA4YIZ, Becky/KA2BEC, and Richard/VE2DX commemorate Apollo 11 with the callsign VX2A11 from the Iles de Madeleine (NA-038) between the 23rd and 30th. QSL via VE2STN, LoTW, eQSL. YJ, Vanuatu: Geoff/ZL3GA is going to operate again holiday-style as YJ0GA from near Efate (OC-035, WW Loc. RH42el). QRV between July 21 and August 2 on HF (CW, SSB, FT8) and also during the IOTA Contest. QSL via ClubLog OQRS and via ZL3GA (d/B). Other stuff: ============ VU2PAI - SK: Ananth Pai/VU2PAI, renowned DXer and contester passed away on July 14, aged 47. Mount Athos: As part of his obituary on Apollo (SV2ASP), Peter/KH6VP, mentions in the July edition of QST that Monk Jakovos/SV2RSG, a member of the Koutloumousiou monastery has now received permission to set up an amateur radio station on Mount Athos. This DXCC entity is currently listed as nr. 20 on the most wanted DXCC list. Preview: ======== Robben Island (AF-064): Paul/ZS1V, Jan/ZS1VDV, Andre/ZS1AN, Oleg/ZS1ANF, Oleg/ZS1OIN, and Dominik/DL5EBE plan to activate Robben Island (AF-064) between August 15 and 20 on HF (SSB, FT8, CW). QSL via M0OXO. http://zs9v.org.za/ 5H, Tanzania: Alex/K2BB and Pavel/UU0JR are announcing a DXpedition to Zanzibar (AF-032) for November 15 to 30. QRV as 5H3EME and 5H3UA on HF and VHF on CW, SSB, digital modes and EME. They also plan to take part in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DIA Danish Island Award 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: ================== 21.07. RSGB Low Power Contest IOTA Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON (dk5on@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-066; R0L, Sea of Japan Coast: Vladimir/UA0LCZ activates Popov Island (WW Loc. PN52ux) between the 22nd and 31st with the call R66IOTA. QSL via UA0LCZ (d/B). EU-004; EA6, Balearic Islands: Andreas/DK5ON is currently active from Mallorca Island (Cap de Pera Lighthouse, ARLHS BAL-010, WLOTA 1902). QRV until July 26 on 40 to 6m on SSB, CW, RTTY, and FT8/4. QSL via DK5ON (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS. EU-024; I*0, Sardinia Island: Richard/OM2TW plans to operate holiday-style as IS0/OM2TW between July 21 and August 3. QRV on 80-10m (CW, SSB, RTTY, other digital modes) and during the IOTA Contest. QSL via OM2FY. EU-038; PA, Noord Holland/ Friesland/ Groningen Province group: Jan/PA2JJB will be active as PA6TXL from Texel Island between July 18 and August 10, including the IOTA Contest. QSL via PA2JJB. EU-172; OZ, Jylland East and Fyn group: Michael/OZ1KZX activates Samsoe Island (DIA JY-008, OZFF-0073) with the callsign 5P5SAM between the 20th and 27th. QSL via OZ1KZX (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 15.07. - 21.07. 1A0C 2154* 13.07. - 21.07. 4L/DL7ZM 2153 24.10. - 23.10. 4U73B 2117 20.07. - 27.07. 5P5SAM 2154* 02.04. - 30.11. 8J3AC 2140 20.05. - 30.11. 8J7AIZU 2148 05.07. - 06.10. 8J8ARDF 2152 21.06. - 22.09. 8J8HAM 2150 01.06. - 31.10.20 8N7JAPAN 2148 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 01.07. - 30.07. AO50MOON 2151 23.07. - 05.08. C5SP 2154* 18.07. - 21.07. CS2Y 2154* 22.07. - 29.07. D44TEG 2154* 05.07. - 18.08. D73F 2153 01.01. - 31.12. DA200TF 2137 01.07. - 31.07. DL0SOP 2151 01.07. - 30.06.20 DL50NFA 2152 01.01. - 31.12. DL70AFUG 2129 01.03. - 31.12. DL70AIR 2134 - 31.12. DL70BRD 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM100ZM 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DM19LGS 2127 24.01. - 31.12. DM2025C 2130 01.05. - 31.10. DM460DA 2143 - 31.12. DM70GER 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM775FLD 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DQ1200ASP 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DQ600UNI 2126 02.02. - 31.07. DR19RGD 2133 01.01. - 31.12. DR50DIG 2129 06.07. - 06.08. E44WE 2152 12.07. - 26.07. EA6/DK5ON 2154* 15.04. - 31.12. EN185UNIV 2141 22.07. - 29.07. FO/AI5P 2154* 19.07. - 21.07. FO/W6NV 2154* 17.07. - 21.07. GB0OGC 2154* 01.07. - 28.07. GB5EHL 2152 01.01. - 15.08. H31A 2126 05.07. - 25.09. H44MS 2152 01.06. - HK3JCL 2147 01.07. - 18.08. HL18FINA 2151 01.05. - 31.07. HS10KING 2149 01.04. - 31.08. II0KT 2138 01.07. - 31.07. II4MJR 2151 16.07. - 28.07. IF9/IT9AGZ 2153 21.07. - 03.08. IS0/OM2TW 2154* - 31.12. J28ND 2035 - 01.09. J28PJ 2004 06/19 - 11/19 JW/LB2PG 2148 20.07. - 28.07. K1M 2154* 16.07. - 19.07. K6VVA/KL7 2153 20.07. - 03.08. K7O 2154* 01.07. - 31.07. LX50MOON 2152 - 31.07. LZ116RF 2140 01.07. - 31.07. LZ1809PNS 2151 11.07. - 17.07. MD/WJ2O 2153 17.07. - 22.07. MM/DL5KUA 2154* 22.07. - 02.08. OE1XJA/5 2154* 01.07. - 31.07. OE2XXM 2151 01.07. - 31.07. OE5XXM 2151 01.01. - 31.12. OG60IPA 2128 13.07. - 20.07. OJ0C 2153 01.01. - 31.12. OU0POLIO 1919 01.07. - 31.07. OZ4SOP 2152 11.07. - 16.07. P44W 2153 06.07. - 02.08. PA11APOLLO 2153 18.07. - 10.08. PA6TXL 2154* 06.07. - 28.07. PC100IAU 2146 - 31.12. PI60DWN 2142 22.07. - 31.07. R66IOTA 2154* 06.07. - 13.09. RA/DK2AI 2153 01.07. - 31.07. SJ7SOP 2153 01.07. - 31.07. SN86LOT 2153 20.07. - 29.07. SV94MIKIS 2154* 20.07. - 29.07. SV94THEO 2154* 20.07. - 29.07. SX94MIKIS 2154* 20.07. - 29.07. SX94THEO 2154* 06.02. - 31.12. TC10GITRAD 2133 10.07. - 08.08. TK/DJ0TP 2153 11.07. - 23.07. TK/DL4ALB 2153 13.05. - 14.10. TM17FFF 2145 23.07. - 27.07. TM19ATHF 2146 21.07. - 04.08. TM19MAB 2154* 08.05. - 25.10. TM230RF 2145 19.04. - 20.07. TM500LDV 2141 01.06. - 17.11. TM500LV 2148 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 23.07. - 29.07. TX2A 2154* 06.07. - 13.09. UB5O/p 2153 20.07. - 11.08. V47JA 2154* 16.07. - 24.07. VI3MOON 2153 13.07. - 21.07. VI50ML 2153 23.07. - 30.07. VX2A11 2154* 14.07. - 20.07. WB4ICJ 2153 21.06. - 21.07. XN1M 2150 20.07. - 10.08. XV9DXB 2154* 21.07. - 02.08. YJ0GA 2154* 22.06. - 10.10. Z81D 2151 04.07. - 30.07. ZB2IG19 2152 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 1A0C via EA5RM (d), (O) 4L/DL7ZM via AD0PY (d) 4U73B via 9A2AA, (C) 5P5SAM via OZ1KZX (d/B), (L), (C) 8J3AC via (B), JA3PYH (d) 8J7AIZU via JN7GLC 8J8ARDF (B) 8J8HAM (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 9G5ZS via ZS1XB (d), (L) 9H3IK via IK0PUL, (C), (O) 9M6NA (L), (C), (O) 9Q6BB via W3HNK AM3WRG (L), (e) AO50MOON via EA1RCI (d/B) C5SP via SP3PS CS2Y via CT1EHX D44TEG via HB9EBT (d/B) D73F via HL4CCM (d/B), (e), (C) DA0HQ (B) DA200TF (B), (L), (e) DF13BLN via (B), DM2TO (d) DL0SOP via (B), DL4SVA (d) DL50NFA (d/B) DL70AFUG (B) DL70AIR (B), (e), (C) DL70BRD via DK1YH (d/B), (C), (e) DM100ZM (B) DM19LGS via (B), DG0ERS (d), (e) DM2025C (B) DM460DA via DL9GFB (d/B) DM70GER via M0SDV (d), (C) DM775FLD (B) DP0POL via DL5EBE DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ600UNI via (B), DL5KVV (d) DR19RGD (B), (e) DR50DIG via (B), DH1PAL (d) E44WE via SP9FIG, (C), (O) EA6/DK5ON via DK5ON (d/B), (C), (L) EN185UNIV via UT8UF FO/AI5P via AI5P FO/W6NV via W6NV (d), (L) GB0OGC (B), (e) GB139SQN via G4NRZ GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) H31A via HP1AVS, (L) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL18FINA via HL4CCM (d/B), (C), (e) HS10KING (B) II4MJR via IQ4FE IF9/IT9AGZ via IT9AGZ IS0/OM2TW via OM2FY J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY JW/LB2PG via LB2PG K0W via KC0W (d) K1M (B) K7O (d) KL7SB/VP9 via N4GNR KU9C/VP9 via KU9C LA/CT2IXX/p via CT2IXX (d/B) LX50MOON (B), (L) LZ116RF via LZ1YE (d), (C), (O) LZ1809PNS via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MD/WJ2O via N2ZN MM/DL5KUA via DL5KUA MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OE1XJA/5 (B) OE2XXM (B) OE5XXM (B) OG60IPA via OH4MDY OH0C via E21EIC OJ0B via OH2BH OJ0C via OH3JR OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OZ4SOP (L), (e), (C), (O) P44W via N2MM (d), (L) PA11APOLLO via PA1UN PA6TXL via PA2JJB PC100IAU via PB7TT PI60DWN via PA8DWN R66IOTA via UA0LCZ (d/B) SJ7SOP via SM7VRZ SN86LOT via SP1PMY (d/B) SV94MIKIS (d), (L) SV94THEO (d), (L) SX94MIKIS (d), (L) SX94THEO (d), (L) TC10GITRAD via TA7AZC (d), (B), (L) TK/DJ0TP via DJ0TP (d/B), (L) TK/DL4ALB via DL4ALB (d/B) TM17FFF via F4GFE (d/B) TM19ATHF via F4HXC, (e) TM19MAB via F4ESV (d/B), (L), (C) TM230RF via F4DTO (d/B) TM500LDV via F4GPB (d/B), (L), (e) TM500LV via F1IOZ (d/B) TR8CA via F6CBC TX2A via W6NV (d), (L) V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) VI3MOON (d/B) VI50ML (Q) VP2V/K6TOP (d), (L) VP9HQ via KU9C, (L) VR2XPE (d), (L), (e) VX2A11 via VE2STN, (L), (e) XN1M via VO1IDX, (L) XV9DXB via EB7DX YJ0GA via ZL3GA (d/B), (C), (O) Z81D via OM3JW (d/B), (C), (O) ZD7VC (d) ZB2IG19 via ZB2BU (d) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: HS0ZGV (AS-101) 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, DL5KUA, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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