DXNL 2175 - December 11, 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 4L, Georgia: Tev/TA1HZ will be signing 4L/TA1HZ between the 13th and 20th, while on a visit to 4L6QC. QRV mostly on the low bands on FT8 and FT4. QSL via TA1HZ (d), LoTW. A5, Bhutan: Zorro/JH1AJT, Franz/DJ9ZB, Adrian/KO8SCA, Max/ON5UR, and Champ/E21EIC will be active from Bhutan between Dec. 11 and 20. The operation is part of Zorro's trip to the country in order to support Bhutan's Olympic and Paralympic Committees with regard to the Games 2020 in Tokyo. The group will be using the callsigns A50BOC, A50BPC, and A5B on 160 to 6m (CW, SSB, FT4/8). QSL via JH1AJT, ClubLog OQRS. C5, The Gambia: Carlo/ON4BR remains on the air holiday-style as C56BR until the 14th on CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via ON4BR. CO, Cuba: Amed/CO2AME plans to participate in the ARRL 10m Contest from Havana. For QSL information see qrz.com. DL, Germany: DL250BTHVN celebrates the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven between Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 next year. QSL via bureau. https://dl250bthvn.de/ EA8, Canary Islands: Erich/HB9FIH is currently staying on El Hierro (AF-004) and operates as EA8/HB9FIH until the end of March 2020. QRV on HF on CW, digital modes, and SSB. He also has plans for SOTA and IOTA activations during that time. QSL via HB9FIH (B), LoTW, eQSL. http://hb9fih.org/ HC, Ecuador: Joshua/W9HT is going to sign HC5JLT between the 15th and 21st on HF and 6m on SSB, CW, and digital modes. QSL via W9HT (d/B). HR, Honduras: Gerard/F2JD will be back on the air as HR5/F2JD from Copan-Ruinas (WW Loc. EK54ku) between Dec. 12 and April 4 next year. QRV on 160 to 6m on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via F6AJA (d/B). HS, Thailand: Brad/VK2BY operates from Nam Yuen with the callsign HS0ZNR between Dec. 14 and Jan. 8 on 80-10m (SSB, FT8). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, VK2BY (d), LoTW. ON, Belgium: Members of the UBA Section Bruxelles-Est (ON5UB) operate with the callsign OR75NUTS between the 13th and 15th to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge on HF, VHF, QO-100 on SSB and CW. QSL via ON5UB. ON, Belgium: The radio Radio Club des Ardennes (ON4RCA) commemorates the Battle of the Bulge with the callsign OP75USA between Dec. 7 and January 7. QSL via ON4JM (d/B), ClubLog. PA, Netherlands: Fred/PA0FAW draws attention to all disappeared and missing children with the callsign PC19MC during December. QSL via PA0FAW, eQSL. Preview: ======== 5H, Tanzania: The Italian DXpedition Team activates Zanzibar Island (AF-032) between February 4 and 18 next year as 5I5TT (CW, SSB, RTTY) and 5I4ZZ (FT8, FT4) with 5 rigs on HF. QSL via I2YSB. 5H, Tanzania: Members of the Low Bands Contest Club - OM7M (OK2WM, OM5ZW, OM5MF, OM4AZF, and SP9LJD) are going to put Pemba Island (AF-063) on the air from Feb. 6 to 18 in 2020. QRV as 5H4WZ on HF on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8,and also during the ARRL DX CW and WPX RTTY contests. QSL via OM3PA. E4, Palestine: The Russian Robinson Club (RRC) plans to activate Palestine from the 6th to 15th of January with the callsign E44RU on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes). Operators are Vasily/R7AL, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Leonid/RW9JZ, and Nikolai/R5EC. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW. https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/e44ru Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System RRC Russian Robinson Club UBA Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs WAP Worldwide Antarctic Program WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 14./15.12. ARRL 10m Contest 14./15.12. 28 MHz SWL 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 AF-045; 6W, Senegal North group: A team of Senegalese operators (6W7JX, 6W1PZ, 6W1KI, 6W1QL, 6W1PA, 6W1SQ, 6W1SV, 6W1GF, and 6W1TA) activates Goree Island as 6V1A from Dec. 13 to 15 on HF (SSB, CW). QSL via 6W1QL, LoTW. AN-016; Various, Antarctica: Roman/HB9HCF operates from the Neumayer III station (DLFF-0022, WAP DEU-08) as DP0GVN between Dec. 15 and Feb. 29 on 160 to 10m. QSL via DL5EBE (d/B), LoTW. EU-125, OZ, Jylland West group: Volker/DJ8VW is currently active from Romo (OZFF-0004) until Dec. 21 as 5P8VW on 160-6m on SSB, CW, and FT8. QSL via DJ8WV, ClubLog. NA-057; HR, Bahia Islands: Thomas/N9EAW remains on the air as N9EAW/HR9 from Roatan Island until the 22nd of December. QRV holiday-style mainly on 20m (SSB). QSL via N9EAW. OC-032; FK, New Caledonia Island: Rudi/DB1RUL is currently visiting different New Caledonian Islands and operates holiday-style as FK/DB1RUL on 40-10m. His itinerary: o Dec. 06-09: Grand Terre Island o Dec. 13-15: Poingam o Dec. 18-21: Ouvea Island o Dec. 23-27: Ile de Pins. QSL via DB1RUL or LoTW. OC-060; 3D2, Rotuma Island: The planned activation of Rotuma as 3D2AG/p is running on schedule. The vessel is due to depart on the 14th of December and operations on the air should begin on the 17th. The focus will be on the low bands 60m/80mand 160m, but antennas for 40-10m will also be brought. For more information see: https://www.qrz.com/db/3D2AG/P WWFF Activities ================ WWFF QRGs: CW: 28044 24894 21044 18084 14044 10124 7024 3544 kHz SSB: 28444 24944 21244 18144 14244 7144 3744 kHz Brazilian Parks Weekend: The first Brazilian Parks Weekend will take place from the 12th to 15th. For a list of participating stations see: http://radioexpedicao.com/ New DLFF References: Since Nov. 27, new references have been added to the WWFF database by Manfred/DF6EX. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 28.11. - 05.01.20 3D2AG/p 2173 13.12. - 20.12. 4L/TA1HZ 2175* 24.10. - 31.08.20 4U25B 2169 07.12. - 21.12. 5P8VW 2175* 04.12. - 19.12. 6O1OO 2174 13.12. - 15.12. 6V1A 2175* 01.10. - 31.12. 8J130IV 2166 01.04. - 31.12. 8J3ICOM 2160 01.04. - 31.12. 8N3ICOM 2160 01.06. - 31.10.20 8N7JAPAN 2148 10.11. - 30.12. 8Q7XR 2170 10.12. - 23.12. 8Q7XY 2174 26.11. - 28.12. 9G5GS 2172 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 03.12. - 27.02.20 9M2MRS 2173 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 11.12. - 20.12. A50BOC 2175* 11.12. - 20.12. A50BPC 2175* 11.12. - 20.12. A5B 2175* 23.11. - 16.12. AU2JCB 2172 01.12. - 31.12. C4XMAS 2174 01.12. - 14.12. C56BR 2175* 28.11. - 13.12. C56PIS 2173 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 14.12. - 15.12. CO2AME 2175* 01.01. - 31.12. DA200TF 2137 16.12. - 17.12.20 DL250BTHVN 2175* 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 - 31.12. DM70GER 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM775FLD 2127 15.12. - 29.02.20 DP0GVN 2175* 01.01. - 31.12. DQ1200ASP 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DQ600UNI 2126 01.08. - 31.12. DR30FKR 2158 01.01. - 31.12. DR50DIG 2129 01.12. - 03/2020 EA8/HB9FIH 2175* 15.04. - 31.12. EN185UNIV 2141 06.12. - 27.12. FK/DB1RUL 2175* 29.08. - 31.12. FK8CJ 2160 01.12. - 31.12. GX4BJC/a 2173 02.12. - 05.01.20 HC3/EA5RM 2173 15.12. - 21.12. HC5JLT 2175* 01.06. - HK3JCL 2147 12.12. - 04.04.20 HR5/F2JD 2175* 12.11. - 05.04.20 HS0ZME 2170 14.12. - 08.01.20 HS0ZNR 2175* 01.12. - 31.12. II4TIB 2173 - 31.12. J28ND 2035 01.12. - 14.12. L50JT 2174 01.12. - 31.12. LZ4408SPA 2173 01.12. - 31.12. MX1SWL/a 2173 - 22.12. N9EAW/HR9 2175* 01.01. - 31.12. OG60IPA 2128 01.12. - 31.12. OH9SCL 2174 07.12. - 07.01.20 OP75USA 2175* 25.10. - 25.12. OR0YAL 2168 25.10. - 25.12. OR18xxx 2168 13.12. - 15.12. OR75NUTS 2175* 01.01. - 31.12. OU0POLIO 1919 12.09. - 03.03.20 PA75LIMBURG 2162 01.12. - 31.12. PC19MC 2175* 01.10. - 31.12. PH100ADL 2166 - 31.12. PI60DWN 2142 06.12. - 05.01.20 S589PMC 2174 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 06.02. - 31.12. TC10GITRAD 2133 16.11. - 05.01.20 TM30CDR 2171 04.12. - 13.12. TO9W 2174 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 01.10. - 15.12. TR8CR 2164 10.12. - 19.12. V47JA 2174 06.12. - 12.12. VY2NA/VE2 2174 28.11. - 06.01.20 XP1SC 2173 02.12. - 20.12. XT2AW 2173 04.12. - 16.12. XW4XR 2174 01.12. - 01.02.20 YR2019REV 2174 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 26.11. - 15.12. ZW132GBA 2174 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3D2AG/p via 3D2AG 4L/TA1HZ via TA1HZ (d), (L) 4U1ITU (d), (C) 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4Y1A via UA3DX (d/B) 5N7Q via DF8DX (d/B), (L) 5P3KP via DL3KP 5P8VW via DJ8VW, (L), (C) 6O1OO via EP3CQ (d) 6V1A via 6W1QL, (L) 7Q7W via DK2WV 8J130IV (B), (e) 8J3ICOM (B), (C) 8N3ICOM (B), (C) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8Q7XR via ZL1BQD 8Q7XY via DF3XY (d/B) 9A62AA via 9A2AA 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (C) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9M2MRS via PA0RRS, (L), (e), (C) A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) A50BOC via JH1AJT, (C), (O) A50BPC via JH1AJT, (C), (O) A5B via JH1AJT, (C), (O) A60BHR via A62A A71VV via M0OXO AP2NK via W3HNK AU2JCB via VU2DSI (d) C4XMAS via IZ4AMS C56BR via ON4BR C56PIS via SA6PIS C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) C6AGU via HA7RY CM2XN via EB7DX, (L) CO2AME (Q) CO2RQ via EC6DX, (L) CO8WN via EB7DX, (L) CS2CTM via (B), CT7ABF (d) DA200TF (B), (L), (e) DL250BTHVN (B) 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) DM70GER via M0SDV (d), (C) DM775FLD (B) DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B), (L) DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ600UNI via (B), DL5KVV (d) DR30FKR (B) DR50DIG via (B), DH1PAL (d) E7TESANJ (B), (L) EA8/DK5AN via DK5AN (B) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EG1HMT via EA1OK (d/B), (e) EG3PCD (L) EN185UNIV via UT8UF FK/DB1RUL via DB1RUL, (L) FK8CJ via F6EYB, (L), (e) FK8HM (d) FM5FJ via KU9C, (L), (C), (O) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HC3/EA5RM via EA5RM HC5JLT via W9HT (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZME via SM6NT HS0ZNR via VK2BY (d), (L), (C) HS2KWO (d/B) HZ1SK via IZ8CLM II4TIB via IQ4FE J28ND via S57DX K7BX/VP9 via K7BX (d), (L), (e) KL7J via N3SL (B), (L) KL7SB via N4GNR KL7TC (d), (L), (e), (C) L50JT (B), (L), (e), (C) LX75V via LX1JH (B) LZ4408SPA via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) N9EAW/HR9 via N9EAW OG60IPA via OH4MDY OH9SCL via OH9AB (d), (L), (e) OP75USA via ON4JM (d/B), (C) OR0YAL (d/B) OR18AAA via ON7RT OR18BDX (B) OR18BTS via ON6GMT OR18BXE via ON5AV (d) ON18CRD (B) OR18DIG via ON4DIG OR18DST via ON4DST OR18ERA via ON7ERA OR18HCC (d/B) OR18KTK (B) OR18LLV (B) OR18LUS via ON7LU OR18LVN via (B), ON3AR (d), (L) OR18MCL via ON4CAS OR18MLB (B) OR18NOK (B), (e), (C) OR18NOL via ON6CC OR18ONZ via ON6HC OR18OSA via ON6EF (d/B), (e) OR18OSB via ON6BR OR18OST (B) OR18PHI (B) ON18RSX (B) OR18SNW via ON7KO OR18TLS (B) OR18TRA (B) OR18TWS via ON4TWS OR18UBA via ON4CAS OR18WLD via ON6WL OR18WRA via ON4WRA OR18ZTM (B) OR75NUTS via ON5UB OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) PA19XMAS via PD9Z (B) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PC19MC via PA0FAW, (e) PH75AIR via PA9RF (B) PI60DWN via PA8DWN S549APR via S51A (B) S589PMC (B) SN1T via SP1NQN (B), (L) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TC10GITRAD via TA7AZC (d), (B), (L) TM20HNY (e) TM30CDR via F6KUQ (d/B) TM4TLT via F4KIP TO9W via W9ILY (d), (C), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TR8CR via F6AJA (d/B) V31PS via M0SDV, (L), (C) V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) V6K via JA1XGI VK2IAY/4 via G0UIH (d/B) VP5/WA2TTI via WA2TTI (d), (L) VU2JXL via EB7DX, (L), (e) VU2PZA (e) VY0ERC via M0OXO VY2NA/VE2 via VY2NA (d) XP1SC via OZ2CBA XT2AW via M0OXO, (L) XV9F via G4FUF (d) XW4XR via E21EIC, (L) ZD7DC (d) ZD7JC (d) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZW132GBA via (B), PR7AX (d) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: 9H6A, BW2/JP1RIW, D73G (AS-148), FR4KM (EA7FTR), P29LL (EA7FTR), YE9CDL (IK2DUW) * QSL cards received via bureau: RI1OB (EU-066), TM4G (EU-048) * QSL via LoTW: 8P5A, A44A, C56DF, CN3A, EA6BH, EC6FK, ED8W, EF8R, FR4QT, FY5FY, FY5KE, HS0ZLJ, K5P, LM450C, OX7AM, P40C, P40W, PJ4K, PJ5/SP6EQZ, TA2AFA, TC2C, VP2MDM, VP9I, ZF9CW 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), CO2AME, DJ5AV, DJ8VW, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, F8DVD, HB9FIH, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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