DXNL 2169 - October 30, 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 9X, Rwanda: Harald/DF2WO will be back on the air as 9X2AW from Kigali. QRV from Nov. 4 to 16 on HF (CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8). He plans to prepare a 160m antenna and a hexbeam based on bamboo sticks for 20-10m. QSL via M0OXO, LoTW. CE, Chile: Members of the Radio Club Melipulli will be active from the Alerce Andino National Park during Nov. 1 to 3 as XR7PNAA. QSL via CE7RCM. CN, Morocco: The special event station CN44MS commemorates the 44th anniversary of the Green March. QRV from Tan-Tan between the 1st and 12th of November. QSL via RW6HS. HS, Thailand: Ralph/DL9MWG and Uli/DL1HUH will both be operating from Bangkok in November: Ralph signs HS0ZOM between Nov. 3 and 6, and Uli uses the callsign HS0ZON from Nov. 6 to 10. Both are grateful to Champ/E21EIC for his help in obtaining the necessary operating permits. QSL via homecalls (d/B), HS0ZON also via eQSL. I, Italy: The ARI section Fidenza (IQ4FE) commemorates Giancarlo Vallauri, one of Italy's pioneers in the history of radio, with the callsign II4VAL during November. QSL via IQ4FE. http://www.arifidenza.it/ I, Italy: Members of the 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club will be active with the callsign 4U25B until the end of August next year. It draws attention to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi. QSL via 9A2AA (d/B). LZ, Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) continues to honour the memory of Bulgarian saints during November with the callsign LZ365BM. QSOs count towards the All Saints - 2019 award. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ ON, Belgium: The ONZ Oost Kust Radioclub (ON6HC) celebrates the liberation of Knokke-Heist 75 years ago with the callsign OE75CLM (CLM - Canadian Liberation March) between Nov. 1 and 3. An award is also available. QSL via ON6HC. PA, Netherlands: Members of the European DX Foundation based in the Netherlands will be celebrating the founding of their club 33 years ago with the following special event calls during November: PA33EUDXF, PB33EUDXF, PC33EUDXF, PD33EUDXF, PE33EUDXF, PF33EUDXF, PG33EUDXF, PH33EUDXF, and PI33EUDXF. QSL via ClubLog OQRS. VE, Canada: VC3QOR operates around the Casa Loma Day 2019 (Nov. 9), organised by The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regiment. QRV from Nov. 2 to 9 on HF. QSL via VE3QVL. YJ, Vanuatu: Watch out for Sergei/RZ3FW and Sergei/R4WAA operating from Vanuatu's islands according to the following schedule: - Nov. 04-07: YJ0RRC from Gaua Island (OC-104) - Nov. 08-13: YJ0RRC from Tongoa (or Emae) Island (OC-111) - Nov. 14-20: YJ0FWA from Efate Island (OC-035) QRV from OC-104 and OC-111 on 40, 30, 20, and 15m; from OC-035 on 160 to 15m on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via RZ3FW (d), ClubLog OQRS. https://r4waa9.wixsite.com/yj0rrc ZD8, Ascension Island: Steve/WB4GHY is currently staying on Ascension Island (AF-003) until the 11th of November and operates as ZD8SC during his sparetime. QRV on 80 to 10m on SSB, FT8, and FT4. QSL via WB4GHY (d), LoTW. ISWL Activities: During November, Herbie/G6XOU will be active as GX4BJC/a (WAB TM22) and Peter/G0NQZ as MX1SWL/a (WAB TQ50). QSL via M5DIK (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Other stuff: ============ 33 Years of EUDXF: A number of special event stations will be celebrating the Foundation's anniversary. In addition to the stations from the Netherlands mentioned above, DL33EUDXF, LA33EUDXF, and TM33EUDXF will also be on the air. An award "33 EUDXF" is available as well. http://www.eudxf.eu/ Preview: ======== A3, Tonga: Masa/JA0RQV is going to spend the time between Dec. 2019 and Nov. 2020 on Tongatapu Island (OC-049) on a work assignment. He plans to operate as A35JP on 160 to6m (CW, SSB, FT8) and hopes to activate the following other islands: Niuatoputapu (OC-191), Niuafo'ou (OC-123), Vava'u (OC-064), and Ha'apai (OC-169). QSL via LoTW, ClubLog. Direct requests will be dealt with only after November 2020. Please do not send cards before. YS, El Salvador: A team headed by Rolf/DL7VEE plans to operate as HU1DL from El Salvador's Pacific Coast. Operators are Andy/DH8WR, Tom/DJ6TF, Werner/DJ9KH, Frank/DL1KWK, Dietmar/DL2HWA, Norbert/DL2RNS, Georg/DL4SVA, Olaf/DL7JOM, Rolf/DL7VEE, and Franz/DL9GFB. They plan to set up three HF rigs for CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8; focus on 160 to 17m. The group also plans to operate on 60m. They are grateful to YS1GMV, YS1AG, YS1MAE, YS1RS, YS1MS, and the team of HU2DX for support. A website is being set up at the moment. 6V, Senegal: 6W1KI, 6W1PZ, 6W1QL, 6W7JX, and more operators are planning an activation of Gore Island (AF-045) for Dec. 13 to 15. QRV as 6V1A on HF (SSB, CW) with two rigs. H40, Temotu Province: Grant/KZ1W and Rob/N7QT will be active as H40KT and H40TT respectively from Pigeon Island (OC-065) between the 14th and 26th of November. QRV on 160-10m on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via M0URX. CE9, Antarctica: Felix/DL5XL will be back on the air as DP1POL from the German Antarctic station Neumayer III (AN-016, WW Loc. IB59uh) during January and February 2020. QRV on HF, mostly on CW. QSL via DL1ZBO, LoTW. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society EUDXF European DX Foundation IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System WAB Worked All Britain WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 01.11. Holzhammer Contest 02./03.11. IPA Radio Club Contest 02./03.11. Ukrainian DX Contest 02./03.11. IARU-Region-1 Marconi Mem. 03.11. HSC CW-Contest 04.-10.11. VFDB Aktivitaetstage 2019 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-206; JA1,2,7,0, Honshu's Coastal Islands East: Members of the Nara DX Association (Tosy/JA3FGJ, Hid/JA3KGF, and Joe/JJ3PRT) activate Suga Island as JK3ZXK/2 from Nov. 2 to 4. QRV on 40-17m on CW, SSB, and FT8 with a focus on Europe and North America. QSL via JP3AYQ (d). NA-077; VE2, Quebec Province (Anticosti Island) group: Between the 2nd and 6th of November, Eric/VA2IDX will be signing his callsign /p from Anticosti Island on 40 and 20m (SSB, some CW) with a QRP rig. QSL via VA2IDX (d/B). NA-104; V4, St. Kitts and Nevis: Gary/G0FWX will be operating again as V47FWX between Nov. 6 and 13 from John's/V47JA QTH. QSL via M0URX. OC-032; FK, New Caledonia Island: Tom/F4HPX spends a holiday on New Caledonia (Noumea) from Nov.3 onwards. He will be operating as FK/F4HPX on 80 to 10m on FT4, SSB, and CW. He also plans a visit to the Ile des Pins (OC-033). QSL via F4HPX (d/B), ClubLog OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL von - bis DX DXMB 23.10. - 01.11. 3W9QR 2168 24.10. - 31.08.20 4U25B 2169* 17.10. - 31.10. 5J500D 2167 17.10. - 31.10. 5J500L 2167 17.10. - 31.10. 5J500LDV 2167 17.10. - 31.10. 5J500V 2167 01.10. - 31.12. 8J130IV 2166 02.04. - 30.11. 8J3AC 2140 01.04. - 31.12. 8J3ICOM 2160 20.05. - 30.11. 8J7AIZU 2148 01.04. - 31.12. 8N3ICOM 2160 01.06. - 31.10.20 8N7JAPAN 2148 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 04.11. - 16.11. 9X2AW 2169* 01.11. - 12.11. CN44MS 2169* 21.10. - 02.11. D68CCC 2167 01.01. - 31.12. DA200TF 2137 01.11. - 30.11. DL33EUDXF 2169* 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 01.08. - 31.12. DR30FKR 2158 01.01. - 31.12. DR50DIG 2129 15.04. - 31.12. EN185UNIV 2141 15.10. - 03.11. FH/DJ7RJ 2166 29.08. - 31.12. FK8CJ 2160 01.11. - 30.11. GX4BJC/a 2169* 27.10. - 09.11. HC1MD/2 2168 22.10. - 01.11. HC5M 2167 01.06. - HK3JCL 2147 03.11. - 06.11. HS0ZOM 2169* 06.11. - 10.11. HS0ZON 2169* 01.10. - 31.10. II4MNU 2164 01.11. - 30.11. II4VAL 2169* - 31.12. J28ND 2035 02.11. - 04.11. JK3ZXK/2 2169* 06/19 - 11/19 JW/LB2PG 2148 01.11. - 30.11. LA33EUDXF 2169* 01.10. - 31.10. LZ311HI 2164 01.11. - 30.11. LZ365BM 2169* 01.11. - 30.11. MX1SWL/a 2169* 30.03. - 10.11. OE19LAWN 2158 01.01. - 31.12. OG60IPA 2128 25.10. - 25.12. OR0YAL 2168 25.10. - 25.12. OR18xxx 2168 01.11. - 03.11. OR75CLM 2169* 01.01. - 31.12. OU0POLIO 1919 22.10. - 01.11. OX1AA 2167 22.10. - 01.11. OX3LX 2167 22.10. - 01.11. OX5DN 2167 22.10. - 01.11. OX7AKT 2167 22.10. - 01.11. OX7AM 2167 17.10. - 31.10. P4/PA7DA 2167 01.11. - 30.11. PA33EUDXF 2169* 01.10. - 31.10. PA350RB 2164 12.09. - 03.03.20 PA75LIMBURG 2162 01.11. - 30.11. PB33EUDXF 2169* 01.11. - 30.11. PC33EUDXF 2169* 01.11. - 30.11. PD33EUDXF 2169* 19.10. - 02.11. PD5MVH/p 2168 01.11. - 30.11. PE33EUDXF 2169* 01.11. - 30.11. PF33EUDXF 2169* 01.11. - 30.11. PG33EUDXF 2169* 01.10. - 31.12. PH100ADL 2166 01.09. - 30.11. PH100KLM 2160 01.11. - 30.11. PH33EUDXF 2169* 01.11. - 30.11. PI33EUDXF 2169* - 31.12. PI60DWN 2142 28.10. - 02.11. PJ2/ON4ANN 2168 20.10. - 04.11. PJ7PL 2167 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 18.10. - 31.10. S79ZM 2168 28.10. - 22.11. SU8WRC 2168 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 06.02. - 31.12. TC10GITRAD 2133 26.10. - 24.11. TM20CI 2168 01.11. - 30.11. TM33EUDXF 2169* 01.06. - 17.11. TM500LV 2148 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 01.10. - 15.12. TR8CR 2164 06.11. - 13.11. V47FWX 2169* 02.11. - 09.11. VC3QOR 2169* 18.10. - 04.11. VK9NE 2167 28.10. - 04.11. VK9NG 2167 18.10. - 01.11. VP6R 2167 19.10. - 30.10. VU7RI 2167 01.11. - 03.11. XR7PNAA 2169* 22.10. - 30.10. YJ0CA 2167 14.11. - 20.11. YJ0FWA 2169* 04.11. - 13.11. YJ0RRC 2169* 17.10. - 11.11. ZD8SC 2169* 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3V8SS via LX1NO, (L) 3W9A via KU1CW, (L) 3W9KW via DK8KW (d/B) 3W9QR via JJ1DQR (d/B) 4L/LY4ZZ (L), (e), (C) 4L9M via R3XA, (L), (C) 4U1A via UA3DX 4U2U via UA3DY 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4U73B via 9A2AA, (C) 5H3MB via IK2GZU (d/B), (C), (L) 5J500D via HK3VHZ, (L), (e) 5J500L via HK3VHZ, (L), (e) 5J500LDV via HK3VHZ, (L), (e) 5J500V via HK3VHZ, (L), (e) 6W1RY via F5VHJ, WA6WPG, (L) 7A2A via YB2DX (d), (L) 8J130IV (B), (e) 8J3AC via (B), JA3PYH (d) 8J3ICOM (B), (C) 8J7AIZU via JN7GLC 8N3ICOM (B), (C) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P1W via KU9C 8P2K via KU9C, (L) 8P5A via HA1AG (d/B), (L) 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (e) 9H6A via 9H1BT (d) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K2K via EC6DX (d), (L) 9M4CCM (d) 9M6NA (L), (C) 9Q6BB via W3HNK 9X2AW via M0OXO, (L) A21EME via PA3CMC, HB9Q A44A (L) A92AA (d), (L), (C), (O) AH2R (L) CB1H (L), (C), (O) CN44MS via RW6HS CQ9A via EA1AP (d), (L), (C) CR2L via OE2GEN, (L) D68CCC via IK2VUC (d/B), (C), (L) DA200TF (B), (L), (e) 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) DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ600UNI via (B), DL5KVV (d) DR30FKR (B) DR50DIG via (B), DH1PAL (d) DU3DW via VE3OI E20AX (B), (L) E2A (L), (B), (C), (O) ED8W (L) EF8R via EB7DX (d), (L) EH3WRC via EA3ZK (B) EN185UNIV via UT8UF ES9C via ES5RY FG4KH via F1DUZ (d/B), (L), (e) FH/DJ7RJ via DJ7RJ (d/B) FH/DL9HAL via M0OXO FK/F4HPX via F4HPX (d/B), (L), (C) FK8CJ via F6EYB, (L), (e) FR5DZ (d/B) FY5KE (d), (L) GU3HFN via (B), GU8ITE (d) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB9A via HB9OCR HC0E via HC1QRC (d/B), (L) HC1MD/2 via K8LJG, (L) HC5M via DL8UD (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HK6JHD (d/B), (L), (e) HR9/N3AD via W3HNK HS0ZOJ via F4BKV (d/B), (L) HS0ZOM via DL9MWG (d/B) HS0ZON via DL1HUH (d/B), (e) HS8LVC (L), (C) IH9P via OL5Y IH9YMC (L), (e) II4MNU via IQ4FE II4VAL via IQ4FE J28ND via S57DX J68MD via N2HIW, (L), (C) JA4GXS/0 via JA4GXS (d/B) JW/LB2PG via LB2PG KH6/NA2U via NA2U (d), (L) KP2M via NZ4DX (d), (L) LZ311HI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ365BM via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MD/OP2D via M0URX, (O) MD1E via M0OXO, (L) MD1U via M0OXO, (L) MD4K via G3NKC MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) NP2P (L) OG60IPA via OH4MDY OH0VV (L) OH0W via OH2BH OR0YAL (d/B) OR18NOK (B), (C), (e) OR75CLM via ON6HC OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OX1AA via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (O) OX5DM via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (O) OX3LX via OZ0J (d/B) OX7A via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (O) OX7AKT via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (O) OX7AM via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (O) P3F via M0URX P40T via VE3DZ P40W via N2MM (d), (L) P4/PA7DA via PA7DA (d/B) PA350RB via PA2CVD (B) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PD5MVH/p via PD5MVH (d/B), (L) PH100ADL (B), (e) PH100KLM via PA3DVA (B) PI60DWN via PA8DWN PJ2/DL8OBQ via DL8OBQ (B) PJ2/ON4ANN via ON4ANN PJ4K via KU9C PJ7PL via N2HX PS36OKT via PY2AA (B), PY2GTA (d) PT5J via PP5JR PY0F via PY7RP (d), (C), (O) PZ5K via G3NKC, (L) S79CI via SP6CIK, (C), (O) S79W via SP9FIH, (C), (O) S79ZM via OK1FZM SU8WRC via OH2BH SU8X via OH2BH T30GC via LZ1GC (d/B), (L), (C) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) T88KZ (L) TA0F via TA2BN TC10GITRAD via TA7AZC (d), (B), (L) TM20CI via F6KJX TM230RF via F4DTO (d/B) TM500LV via F1IOZ (d/B) TO1J via JF2QNM (d), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC TR8CR via F6AJA (d/B) V3M via WB2REM (d), (L), (C) V4/AA4VT via AA4VT V4/N4SF via N4SF V4/W4GE via W4GE V47AA via AA4V (d) V47FWX via M0URX V49V via AA4V (d) V85RH (L) VC3QOR via VE3QVL VK9NC via SP7VC (d/B), (L) VK9NE via SP7VC (d/B), (L) VK9NG via SP7VC (d/B), (L) VP2MSW via K3SW (d), (L) VP6R (C), (O), (L) VP9/N1SV via N1SV (d/B) VP9I via WW3S VU7RI via M0KRI (d/B), (C), (L) XE1SAX (L) XR7PNAA via CE7RCM YJ0CA via VK2YUS (d) YJ0FWA via RZ3FW (d), (C) YJ0RRC via RZ3FW (d), (C) ZD8SC via WB4GHY (d), (L) ZF2IN via N6WIN (B), (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZM4T (d), (L), (C), (O) ZW5B via K3IRV (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: PZ5RA, T6A, TR8CA * QSL via LoTW: A62A, JY5HX, TC0F Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL7MAE, DL7VEE, DL9MWG, 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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