DXNL 2189 - March 18, 2020 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 DL, Germany: The short-lived Radiosportverband (RSV e.V.) was founded as the GDR's first free, national amateur radio club on March 24, 1990. It existed until the union with the DARC later in the same year and paved the way for the fusion. The special event station DM30RSV (special DOK 30RSV) commemorates this process on the air between March 24 and October 30. QSL via bureau, DK5ON (d), ClubLog, LoTW. http://www.70darc.club/ EA, Spain: Activities of the special event station EH3DWN had to be postponed due to recent Covid19 developments in Spain. (Casiano/EA3HKY) FM, Martinique: Miguel/EA1BP will be active as FM/EA1BP between the 24th and 31st on 160 to 6m on SSB (including the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest) and CW. QSL via EA1BP (d/B). HC, Ecuador: Uwe/DL8UD plans to operate from Ecuador (HC5, call yet to be announced) between March 19 and April 1. QRV on HF on CW, SSB, FT8. His focus will be on the Russian DX and CQ WW WPX SSB contests. QSL viua DL8UD (d/B). S7, Seychelles: Nick/G7EQM remains active as S79EQM from Praslin Island (AF-024) until March 29 on 20m (SSB, FT8). QSL via eQSL. TU, Ivory Coast: The upcoming DXpedition (March 23 to April 3, TU2R) had to be posponed due to Covid19 restrictions. https://tu2r.wordpress.com/ VP2V, British Virgin Islands: Denny/KB9DPF and Bob/K0NR will be operating holiday-style from Tortola (NA-023) between March 16 and 24. QRV as VP2V/homecalls on 40-10m on SSB, FT4, and FT8. QSL via LoTW, homecall. VU4, Andaman and Nicobar Islands: The planned DXpedition (VU4R) to Neil Island (AS-001) has been cancelled. http://vu4r.vu3rsb.org/ XE, Mexico: The special event station 6E3MAYA will be active around the Equinoccio Maya from several Maya-related archaeological sites between the 19th and 23rd. QSL via bureau. YJ, Vanuatu: Chris/VK2YUS will be back on the air as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035) between March 22and April 1. QRV on 40, 20, 15, and 10m and during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via VK2YUS (d). Preview: ======== FS, Saint Martin: David/F8AAN intends to return to Saint Martin from Nov. 18 until Dec. 4. QRV as FS/F8AAN on 40-10m (CW) and during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via ClubLog. FM, Martinique: Uwe/DL8UD plans to operate the IOTA Contest from Martinique (NA-107) as TO5O. QRV from July 22 to 30 on 160 to 6m (CW, SSB, maybe FT8). QSL via DL8UD (d/B), ClubLog. PZ, Suriname: Markus/DJ4EL plans to activate Papegaaien Island (SA-092) around Easter as PZ5G. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. CE0, Easter Island: SP3CYY, SP3GEM, SP6EQZ, SP6IXF, SP9FOW, and SP9RCL plan to pay Easter Island a visit from Sept. 15 to 30. QRV as XR0YSP on 160-10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via SP6IXF, LoTW, bureau. 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 WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 19.03. BCC QSO Party 21.-23.03. BARTG HF RTTY Contest 21./22.03. Russian DX Contest 21.03. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 21.03. AGCW-DL VHF/UHF Contest 22.03. UBA Spring 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-206; JA1,2,7,0; Honshu's Coastal Islands East: Take/JA8COE activates Sado Island (JAFF-0053) between the 19th and 22nd as JA8COE/0 on HF (CW, FT8). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, JA8COE (d/B). EU-127; DL, Schleswig-Holstein State South West group: A large group of operators plans to operate as DA0HEL from Helgoland between March 19 and 29 on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes) and via QO-100. They also want to operate from Helgoland's Duene Island as DL0IH for a few days. QSL via bureau. OC-017; T30, Gilbert Islands: Alex/5B4ALX informs that he had to postpone his trip (T30ET) to Kiribati to October 2020. SA-001; CE0, Easter Island: Mike/VE7ACN operates as CE0Y/VE7ACN from Easter Island between March 19 and 30. QRV on 80 to 10m, maybe also on 160, on CW. QSL via LoTW, VE7ACN (d/B). SA-099; PJ2, Curacao: Curacao's airport has cancelled all incoming flights from Europe. As a consequence, Andreas/DK5ON had to postpone his operation as PJ2/DK5ON to 2021. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 14.03. - 27.03. 3B8XF 2188 09.03. - 18.03. 3B9AN 2187 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 25.10. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2180 24.10. - 31.08. 4U25B 2169 24.02. - 21.03. 5H3AX 2185 24.02. - 21.03. 5H3DX 2185 19.03. - 23.03. 6E3MAYA 2189* 16.02. - 27.03. 6W7/ON4AVT 2184 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 08.03. - 09.04. 8P6DR 2187 12.03. - 21.03. 8Q7NC 2188 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 04.03. - 22.03. 9X2AW 2187 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 - 04.08. BV120SU 2186 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 19.03. - 30.03. CE0Y/VE7ACN 2189* 06.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWF 2187 06.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWR 2187 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 19.03. - 29.03. DA0HEL 2189* 01.02. - 31.01.21 DA20025C 2183 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 19.03. - 29.03. DL0IH 2189* 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BKW 2178 08.02. - 31.12. DL250BEETH 2183 16.12. - 17.12. DL250BTHVN 2175 01.01. - 31.12. DL30GER 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DL35SDR 2180 01.01. - 31.12. DL40PUL 2180 01.07. - 30.06. DL50NFA 2152 24.03. - 02.10. DM30RSV 2189* 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.12. - 03/2020 EA8/HB9FIH 2175 14.03. - 21.03. EH3DWN 2188 22.01. - 31.05. EM30UCC 2182 24.03. - 31.03. FM/EA1BP 2189* 25.01. - 19.03. FR/F8EN 2181 05.02. - 20.04. H44MS 2183 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 - 04/2020 HK3JCL 2180 12.12. - 04.04. HR5/F2JD 2175 12.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2170 01.03. - 31.03. II4MCY 2186 14.02. - 31.05. IO3AF 2186 14.02. - 31.05. IO3RT 2186 19.03. - 22.03. JA8COE/0 2189* 01.03. - 31.03. LY11LY 2188 01.03. - 31.03. LY30LY 2188 01.03. - 31.03. LZ250KD 2186 08.03. - 20.03. MH0ESP 2187 01.03. - 31.03. MX1SWL/a 2186 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.01. - 31.12. OL725PLZ 2181 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 29.02. - 28.03. PJ7AA 2186 25.02. - 25.03. R100FA 2187 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 09.03. - 29.03. S79EQM 2189* 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 28.03. - 29.03. TO7BP 2189* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 10.03. - 18.03. TX8A 2187 14.03. - 28.03. V5/KI4SVM 2188 12.01. - 12.04. VK9NK 2179 16.03. - 24.03. VP2V/K0NR 2189* 16.03. - 24.03. VP2V/KB9DPF 2189* 01.02. - 28.03. VY0ERC 2182 10.03. - XV9DXB 2187 22.03. - 01.04. YJ0CA 2189* 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 01.02. - 31.03. ZW86LABRE 2182 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8XF (L), (C), (O) 3B9AN via F8AAN (d), (C), (O) 4A15DXXE (L) 4S7DRG via DL6DBL 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 5H3AX via NK8O, (L), (C) 5H3DX via NK8O, (L), (C) 6E3MAYA (B) 6W7/ON4AVT via ON4AVT 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P6DR via G3RWL (d/B), (L), (C) 8Q7NC via F6BGC (d), (L) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G5XA via G3SWH (d) 9J2LA via M0OXO 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K2F via 9K2RA 9M2TDX (d) 9X2AW via M0OXO A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) AL7JK (d/B), (L), (e) BV120SU via BU2EQ (d), (e) C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) C6ATF via K4OV (B), (L) CE0Y/VE7ACN via VE7ACN (d/B), (L) CO7IG via RW6HS CT9/DL3KWF via DL3KWF (d/B), (L), (e) CT9/DL3KWR via DL3KWR (d/B), (L), (e) CT9/OG55W (L), (C), (O) DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DA0HEL (B) DA20025C (B), (e) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DL0IH (B) DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BEETH via DJ6SI (d/B) DL250BTHVN (B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL50NFA (d/B) DM30RSV via (B), DK5ON (d), (L), DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EE7P via EA7ATX (B) EM30UCC (d/B), (L) EX0QR via R2DX (d/B), (C), (O) FK8HA via K3IRV FM/EA1BP via EA1BP (d/B) FR/F8EN via F6AJA (d/B) GB5HAM via M0IRU (B) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) H33K via HP1DAV (d), (L), (C) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZIW via G3NTI (B) HS0ZME via SM6NT II4MCY via IQ4FE IO3AF via IQ3BM (d/B) IO3RT via IQ3BM (d/B) IP1A (d/B) IQ5ZP via 9A8MDC (B), (L) J68CN via W0CN (d), (L) J68HZ via K9HZ (d), (L) J68SS (L) JA8COE/0 via JA8COE (d/B), (C) KH6AP (L), (e), (C) KH7M via I0MWI (d) LY11LY via LY2QT LY30LY via LY5A LZ250KD via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MH0ESP via SP1EG MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) PA75PKZ via PA2PKZ (B) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PJ4/N2HX via N2HX PJ7AA via AA9A (d), (L), (C) PQ0S via PP5BZ, (L) R100FA via RN1ON R200ANT via RZ3EC S79EQM (e) SN750MY (B) T30LY via DL4KQ (B) T32AZ via KH6QJ (d/B) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TF2MSN (d), (L), (C) TM3R via F5UTN (L) TM6M via F4DXW (d), (L) TM8C via F6CUK (d/B) TO7BP via EA1BP (d/B) TO7DL via DL7DF (d/B), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) TX8A via JA1GZV, (e) V26FK via ND4DX, (L) V26FP via IK2DUW (d), (L), (C) V31GX via M0OXO, (L) V4/K0BBC via M0OXO, (L) V4/W6PNG (L), (C) V5/KI4SVM via KI4SVM, (L), (e) VK9NK via SP9FIH VP2V/K0NR via K0NR, (L) VP2V/KB9DPF via KB9DPF, (L) VP2VB via OH2BH VY0ERC via M0OXO, (L) XR8RRC via EU7A, (C), (O) YJ0CA via VK2YUS (d) YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) ZF2CA via G4CWH (d) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZM2B via ZL2BR (d), (L) ZS95SARL (B) ZW86LABRE via PY2KP (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: 5I4ZZ, 5I5TT, 9V1YC (W5UE) * QSL via LoTW: 4X6HX, 4Z1DZ, CT9/OG55W, ZY7C 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), DH7TS, DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL1ZU, DL3FF, DL7MAE, DL8UD, EA3HKY, 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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