DXNL 2176 - December 18, 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 DXNL wishes all readers and their families a happy Christmas. 9G, Ghana: Ruettger/DL8MEZ is currently staying in the country on a business trip and remains active until Dec. 22 as 9G5RV on 14313 (SSB) and 14074 kHz (FT8). QSL via LoTW. A5, Bhutan: Franz/DJ9ZB has announced that A50BOC and A50BPC (see DXNL 2175) have received permission to operate on 60m. CN, Morocco: The special event station CN19JIM operates on the 21st and 22nd around a Journee Internationale de la Montagne. QSL via RW6HS. EA, Spain: The following special event stations will be active until the sixth of January next year: AO1XMA, AO2XMA, AO3XMA, AO4XMA, AO5XMA, AO7XMA, and AO8XMA. QSL via EA3RKF. https://www.fediea.org/ HB0, Liechtenstein: Kasimir/DL2SBY signs HB0/DL2SBY between the 21st and 28th on 80 to 10m (SSB, CW, digital modes). QSL via DL2SBY (d), LoTW, ClubLog. HC, Ecuador: Unlike previously reported (DXNL 2173), Antonio/EA5RM now operates as HC3AGT (not HC3/EA5RM) on SSB and digital modes. QSL via homecall. JD1, Ogasawara: Harry/JG7PSJ operates as JD1BMH from Ogasawara (AS-031, WW Loc. QL17cc, JCG 10007) between Dec. 22 and Jan. 3 on 80 to 10m on CW, SSB, and RTTY. His focus, however, will be on repairing antennas damaged during the last storms. QSL via bureau, JG7PSJ (d). RA, Russia: The Ufa Radio Club celebrates its 95th anniversary and the historic beginnings of amateur radio in Bashkortostan with the following special event callsigns until Dec. 25: R95WURC, R95WBZ, R95WGK, RW95WJ, R95WJV, R95WFT, and RX95WN. An award is available as well. https://r9w.hamlog.ru/ TT, Chad: Nicolas/F8FQX is going to spend the next 3 to 4 years in N'Djamena and plans to operate as TT8SN on HF and 6m. QSL via DL9USA, LoTW. Other stuff: ============ Grimeton Radio/ SAQ: The historic Alexanderson transmitter of 1924 will be put into operation on Dec. 24 on 17.2kHz (CW). Following an initial tune-up, the transmission proper will begin on 08z. https://alexander.n.se Preview: ======== TT, Chad: After their plans for 2019 were thwarted, the Italian DXpedition Team now announces an operation from Chad for mid-2020 as TT8RR (CW, SSB, RTTY) and TT8XX (FT8). More information to follow. http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ FS, Saint Martin: Mike/VE7ACN will be active as FS/RW0CN from Saint Martin betwwen February 9 and 16. QRV on 80 to 10m. He also has tentative plans for a short visit to Tintamarre Island (NA-199) as FS/VE7ACN. QSL via VE7ACN, CLubLog OQRS. https://www.ve7acn.com/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society GIA German Island Award IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System WAP Worldwide Antarctic Program WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 20.12. AGB-Party-Contest 21.12. OK DX RTTY Contest 21./22.12. Croatian CW 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 AN-016; Various, Antarctica: Seba/SQ1SGB operates from the Halley VI Research Base (WAP GBR-37) as VP8HAL between mid-December and the end of February. QRV on 40 and 20m (SSB, digital modes) with an IC-706 and a dipole. One of his colleagues will be active from Arctowski Station (WAP POL-01) as HF0ANT. QSL for VP8HAL via EB7DX. EU-047; DL, Niedersachsen State group: Volker/DL1WH spends the time of Dec. 21 until 31 on Borkum (GIA N-01). QRV holiday-style on 80 to 10m (CW, some SSB). QSL via DL1WH (d/B). SA-023; PY6, Bahia State North group: Ron/PP2RON operates holiday-style from Itaparica Island between Dec. 20 and Jan. 1. QRV as PY6/PP2RON on 80-6m on SSB, CW, and FT8. QSL via PP2RON (d/B), ClubLog. 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 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 - 22.12. 9G5RV 2176* 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 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO1XMA 2176* 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO2XMA 2176* 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO3XMA 2176* 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO4XMA 2176* 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO5XMA 2176* 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO7XMA 2176* 10.12. - 06.01.20 AO8XMA 2176* 01.12. - 31.12. C4XMAS 2174 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 21.12. - 22.12. CN19JIM 2176* 01.01. - 31.12. DA200TF 2137 21.12. - 31.12. DL1WH/p 2176* 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 21.12. - 28.12. HB0/DL2SBY 2176* 02.12. - 05.01.20 HC3AGT 2176* 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 22.12. - 03.01.20 JD1BMH 2176* 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 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 20.12. - 01.01.20 PY6/PP2RON 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. R95WBZ 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. R95WFT 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. R95WGK 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. R95WJV 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. R95WURC 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. RW95WJ 2176* 12.12. - 25.12. RX95WN 2176* 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 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176* 10.12. - 19.12. V47JA 2174 28.11. - 06.01.20 XP1SC 2173 02.12. - 20.12. XT2AW 2173 01.12. - 01.02.20 YR2019REV 2174 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8CW via N4GNR (d) 3D2AG/p via 3D2AG 4L/TA1HZ via TA1HZ (d), (L) 4U1XMAS via UA3DX 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4X6HU (d/B) 4Z5LA (d/B), (L), (e) 5P8VW via DJ8VW, (L), (C) 6O1OO via EP3CQ (d) 6V1A via 6W1QL, (L) 8J130IV (B), (e) 8J3ICOM (B), (C) 8N3ICOM (B), (C) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8Q7XR via ZL1BQD 8Q7XY via DF3XY (d/B) 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (C) 9G5RV (L) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9M2MRS via PA0RRS, (L), (e), (C) 9Q6BB via W3HNK A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) A50BOC via JH1AJT, (C), (O) A50BPC via JH1AJT, (C), (O) A5B via JH1AJT, (C), (O) AO2XMA via EA3RKF AO8XMA via EA3RKF AU2JCB via VU2DSI (d) C4XMAS via IZ4AMS C56BR via ON4BR C56PIS via SA6PIS C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) CN19JIM via RW6HS CO2AME (Q) CP6UA (d), (L) DA200TF (B), (L), (e) DL1WH/p via DL1WH (d/B) 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) DS5TOS (d/B), (L) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EC6PG (B), (L) EG2ETS via EA2RKW EN185UNIV via UT8UF FK/DB1RUL via DB1RUL, (L) FK4RD (d) FK8CJ via F6EYB, (L), (e) FR4QT (d) GB0XMAS via M0TVU GB2GM (B) GW4D (L) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB0/DL2SBY via DL2SBY (d), (L), (C) HC3AGT via EA5RM HC5JLT via W9HT (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL2ZN (d/B), (L) HP3AK via W4JS, (L) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZJF via ON4AFU (d/B) HS0ZLN via HB9BXQ HS0ZME via SM6NT HS0ZNR via VK2BY (d), (L), (C) II4TIB via IQ4FE J28ND via S57DX J69DS (d) JD1BMH via (B), JG7PSJ (d) JS6UEA via DJ4EL, (L), (C), (O) KP2AD via OK1TN L50JT (B), (L), (e), (C) LZ4408SPA via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) N9EAW/HR9 via N9EAW NP4AW (L) 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 OR18GTM via ON6UJ (B) OR18HCC (d/B) OR18KTK (B) OR18LLV (B) OR18LUS via ON7LU OR18LVN via (B), ON3AR (d), (L) OR18MCL via ON4CAS OR18MLB (B) OR18NBT via ON4ANN (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) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PC19MC via PA0FAW, (e) PI60DWN via PA8DWN PY6/PP2RON via PP2RON (d/B), (C) PZ5JW via EA5GL R95WJV via RA9WJV R95WURC via RV9WB S589PMC (B) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TA2LG (d/B), (L) TC10GITRAD via TA7AZC (d), (B), (L) TK4LS (d/B), (L), (e) TM20HNY (e) TM30CDR via F6KUQ (d/B) TO9W via W9ILY (d), (C), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TR8CR via F6AJA (d/B) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) V51WH via DK2WH (d/B) V85T (d) VU2XO (d), (L), (e) VY2NA/VE2 via VY2NA (d) XP1SC via OZ2CBA XT2AW via M0OXO, (L) XW4XR via E21EIC, (L) ZF2LA via K9LA ZF2YL via AE9YL ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZS6ZA (d/B), (L), (e) ZW132GBA via (B), PR7AX (d) ZW1TP (L), (e) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: K5P (NA-089), N5C (NA-082), S79VU (EA5GL), TO80SP (DL7DF), V31CC (NN5E) * QSL via LoTW: 4L8A, 9K9A, A41NN, EF8W, ET3AA, FY5KE, H2X, N5C, NP2P, OH0/DF4ZL, TA4/OH2KW, TA7SO, TI7W, TK0C, V47T, YE9CDL 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, DL1WH, 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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