DXNL 2224 - November 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 6O, Somalia: Ali/EP3CQ works in Somalia for the United Nation's AMISOM mission until Jan. 15 next year. QRV as 6O1OO on 160, 80,60, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 10, and 6m on SSB, CW, and FT8. For QSL information see qrz.com. A4, Oman: Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society may use the A450 prefix to mark Oman's 50th National Day, e.g. A450CK, A450NN, A450JM etc. A9, Bahrain: Members of the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (BARS) run the special event station A91WTVD from the 17th to 21st around the World TV Day (Nov. 21). QSL via EC6DX, LoTW. F, France: Rodrigue/F8DFO honours the memory of the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) between Nov. 18 and Dec. 2 with the callsign TM1GC. QRV on 80 to 10m and 2m (CW, SSB, PSK, RTTY, SSTV). QSL via F8DFO and LoTW. https://f8dfo.wordpress.com/2020/10/21/tm1gc/ HZ, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Amateur Radio Society operates the special event stations HZ20G, 7Z20G, and 8Z20G in the context of the G20 summit in Ryad (Nov. 21-22) until Nov. 23. J8, St. Vincent: Watch out for Oleh/KD7WPJ operating as J8/UR5BCP from St. Vincent Island (NA-109) between the 21st and 28th. QRV on 40-6m on FT8, FT4, CW, and SSB. QSL via KD7WPJ (d/B), digital contacts confirmed with LoTW. ON, Belgium: Belgian amateurs activate the following special event callsigns to remind everyone of Covid-19 restrictions and express gratefulness to medical personnel: OS2HOPE, OT5ALIVE, OT4CARE, OR20STAYHOME, OT6SAFE, OP19MSF, OQ5BECLEVER, OR6LIFE, OO4UZLEUVEN, and OT2CARE. For QSL information see qrz.com. SP, Poland: The Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) issues an award "20 years of active amateur radiocommunication service on the International Space Station" between Nov. 13 and Dec. 21 around contacts with the following special event stations: HF20ISS, SN20ISS, SN3ISS, HF7ISS, HF8ISS, HF9ISS, 3Z20ARISS, and SO1SS. QSL via bureau. https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/20yHAMonISS/ VU, India: Datta/VU2DSI will be active with the callsign AU2JCB between Nov. 20 and Dec. 15, celebrating the birthday of scientist and radio pioneer Aacharya Jagadish Chandra Bose (Nov. 30, 1858 - Nov. 23, 1937). QSL via VU2DSI (d). Other special calls for the same purpose include AT2JCB, AU3JCB, VU5JCB, and AU8JCB. Other stuff: ============ RADIO DARC - 300th Broadcast: Last Sunday saw the 300th broadcast of RADIO DARC, a programme by radio amateurs for radio amateurs, transmitted on 6070 kHz. John/ON4UN, silent key: John Devoldere/ON4UN, low-band DXer of world-wide reknown, passed away on Nov. 9. He was active as a radio amateur with the callsign ON4UN since 1961. Already an accomplished DXer on 80m with 325 countries worked by 1987, he eagerly started operating on 160m, when the band became available in Belgium in 1987. Within one year he managed to work 159 countries. Based on his operating and experimenting experiences he wrote Low Band DXing, a standard work on the topic. Emir/9A6AA, silent key: Emir/9A6AA succumbed to Covid-19 on Nov. 13. He was one of the founders of the Croatian Flora Fauna Programme and president of the radio club Croatian Flora Fauna. KL7, Alaska: Charles/M0OXO reports the Henry/NL0H has moved permanently to St. Lawrence Island/Alaska (NA-040), giving hope of more frequent activations of the island. QSL via M0OXO. XR2T & XR1T: Pedro/EA5GL informs the DX community that he has received logs for XR1T (SA-069, 2016) and XR2T (SA-086, 2014). Those still in need of a QSL card should get in contact with EA5GL. Preview: ======== D6, Comoros: Don/K6ZO (presently active as 7Q6M) plans to operate from the Comoros as D60AB from mid-December onwards on HF (CW). QSL via K6ZO. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== AMISOM African Union Mission in Somalia ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society BARS Bahrain Amateur Radio Society DARC Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System PZK Polish Amateur Radio Union WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 18./19.11. CWT Mini Contest 20./21.11. UFT-YL-CW-Contest 21./22.11. LZ DX Contest 21./22.11. Herbstcontest Distrikt Koeln- 21.11. All Austrian 160m-Contest 21.11. RSGB 1,8 MHz 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-025; R0F, Kuril'skiye Islands (Kuril Islands) South: Vlad/R0FP has moved to Iturup Island and operates sporadically on 20m (SSB only). QSL via RZ3EC. OC-137; VK4, Queensland State (South Coast) South group: Mike/VK4DX plans to activate Russell Island from the 19th to 24th as VK4DX/p on 40-15m (SSB, CW). QSL via homecall (d/B), ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. http://vk4dx.com/2020/09/27/upcoming-activity-oc137/ Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.11. - 30.11. 3E1FP 2223 13.11. - 21.12. 3Z20ARISS 2224* 01.10. - 31.12. 3Z40RY 2217 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 01.09. - 31.12. 4A50CRH 2213 - 31.12. 4U75A 2218 08.10. - 31.12. 4U75B 2219 - 31.12. 4U75UN 2222 08/20 - 12/20 6E6E 2209 15.11. - 15.01. 6O1OO 2224* 07.10. - 05.12. 7Q6M 2219 07.11. - 18.11. 7Q7RU 2222 13.11. - 23.11. 7Z20G 2224* 23.04. - 22.04.21 8J17CALL 2198 01.04. - 31.12. 8J3ITAMI 2192 01.04. - 31.03.21 8J755T 2192 01.07. - 31.12. 8N1ABIKO 2204 01.07. - 31.12. 8N1Y 2204 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 02.11. - 29.11. 8Q7RM 2221 13.11. - 23.11. 8Z20G 2224* 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 - 12/20 9M4DXX 2219 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 17.11. - 21.11. A91WTVD 2224* 16.11. - 22.11. AM3DDN 2223 16.11. - 22.11. AM3DIN 2223 20.11. - 15.12. AU2JCB 2224* 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.02. - 31.01.21 DA2025C 2183 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 01.09. - 31.12. DK70DARC 2214 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BKW 2178 08.02. - 31.12. DL250BEETH 2183 16.12. - 17.12. DL250BTHVN 2175 01.01. - 31.12. DL30GER 2178 01.03. - 31.12. DL30SHZ 2192 01.01. - 31.12. DL35SDR 2180 01.01. - 31.12. DL40PUL 2180 02.04. - 31.12. DL70IPA 2196 - 21.09.21 DL70THW 2217 01.07. - 30.06.21 DL73TXL 2204 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.11. - 30.09. DR5THBT 2222 01.09. - 31.03.21 EN100LT 2217 01.11. - 30.11. GX4BJC/a 2221 - 01.12. HA70MAV 2206 09.05. - 08.05.21 HB15SOTA 2198/2204 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 01.09. - 31.08.21 HF100HCH 2215 13.11. - 21.12. HF20ISS 2224* 01.10. - 31.12. HF40RY 2217 01.11. - 30.11. HF6FIRAC 2221 13.11. - 21.12. HF7ISS 2224* 13.11. - 21.12. HF8ISS 2224* 13.11. - 21.12. HF9ISS 2224* - 12/2020 HK3JCL 2200/2212 13.11. - 23.11. HZ20G 2224* 04.11. - 05.12. II0GD 2222 01.07. - 31.12. II2EMCA 2204 12.05. - 31.12. II3STAY 2198 01.11. - 30.11. II4RVT 2221 10.10. - 03.12. J88/8P5AB 2218 21.11. - 28.11. J8/UR5BCP 2224* 14.10. - 01/2021 JG8NQJ/JD1 2218 - 31.12. JU85UIA 2199 10/20 - 03/21 JX2US 2217 06/20 - 05/21 KG4MA 2200 01.11. - 30.11. LZ350PI 2221 26.04. - 31.12. LZ50BFRA 2195 01.11. - 30.11. MN1SWL/a 2221 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 13.11. - 12.12. OE50ADXB 2223 01.04. - 31.12. OE60IPA 2192 - 31.12. OE65VIE 2219 01.03. - 31.12. OL30DXC 2190 04.03. - 31.12. OL700CO 2190 04.03. - 31.12. OL700DKA 2190 04.03. - 31.12. OL700LTV 2190 01.01. - 31.12. OL725PLZ 2181 01.11. - 30.11. OP0PEACE 2222 01.11. - 30.11. OP20FENIKS 2221 02.11. - 14.12. OT2CARE 2223 15.10. - 15.12. OZ100MILL 2219 - 31.12. OZ200EM 2210 28.10. - 31.01.21 PA5150EVH 2221 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 12.10. - 22.12. PD/DO1BEN 2218 - 04.04.21 PE75BORNE 2195 01.08. - 31.12. PI75VERON 2208 16.11. - 18.11. PR1S 2223 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 16.11. - 29.11. R2020DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. R30MDXC 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RA30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RC30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RD30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RG30DX 2223 - 01/2021 RI1ANM 2193 16.11. - 29.11. RJ30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RK30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RL30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RM30DX 2223 01.11. - 31.12. RM65LP 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RN30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RO30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RQ30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RT30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RU30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RV30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RW30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RX30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RY30DX 2223 16.11. - 29.11. RZ30DX 2223 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 13.11. - 21.12. SN20ISS 2224* 13.11. - 21.12. SN3ISS 2224* 01.10. - 31.12. SN40RY 2217 01.04. - 31.12. SO13Z 2191 13.11. - 21.12. SO1SS 2224* 01.10. - 31.12. SO40RY 2217 01.10. - 31.12. SP40RY 2217 01.10. - 31.12. SP60PRT 2221 01.10. - 31.12. SQ40RY 2217 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 21.08. - 12/20 TM100LY 2211 18.11. - 02.12. TM1GC 2224* 21.08. - 12/20 TM1LY 2211 14.11. - 22.11. TM30CDR 2223 09.11. - 22.11. TM50GDG 2222 03.10. - 22.11. TM72WOW 2218 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 16.11. - 29.11. UE30DX 2223 01.06. - 31.12. VI110WIA 2201 01.06. - 31.12. VK20HOME 2201 19.11. - 24.11. VK4DX/p 2224* 24.10. - 24.11. VK65PFA 2220 24.10. - 24.11. XL3T 2220 01.11. - 30.11. XM3B 2221 - 20.01.21 YI9/IU5HWS 2222 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 - 31.12. ZS1820S 2198 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8BAP via N4GNR, (L), (e) 3B8FV (d) 3E1FP via HP3BSM 3Z40RY via SP1DOZ 4A15DXXE (L) 4A50CRH via XE2AU, (L), (e), (C) 4U75B via 9A2AA 4U75UN via HB9BOU (d/B), (C) 4X0ARF via 4X6ZM, (L), (e) 4X0RMN via 4X6ZM, (L), (e) 4X7R via 4X6OM (B) 5H3EE via DL4ME (B) 6E6E (L) 6M0MM (d/B) 6O1OO (d) 7Q6M via K6ZO (d) 7Q7RU via R7AL, (C), (O) 7X3WPL via 7X3DL 8G12TS (e) 8H12TS (e) 8I12TS (e) 8J17CALL (B), (e) 8J3ITAMI (B) 8J755T via JN7GLC 8N1ABIKO (B) 8N1Y (B) 8N6SHURI (B) 8Q7RM via HB9SHD 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G1SD via AB0GC 9K2MU (L),(e) 9K2OD via EC6DX, (L) 9J2RD via IZ8CCW (B) 9M4DXX via JA0DMV (d) 9M6ZAE via W3HNK 9V1YC via W5UE 9Z4FE (L), (C) A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) A61DL via A61BK A91WTVD via EC6DX, (L) AU2JCB via VU2DSI (d) BD9XE via BD4HF (B), (L) BG6SZD (d/B), (L), (e) CN8AMI via RW6HS (d) CM3EFM via RW6HS (d) CO2VDD via RW6HS (d) CO6HCL via RW6HS (d) CO7DSR via RW6HS (d), (L), (e) CO7HNS via RW6HS, (L), (C) CQ0ODX/p (d), (L), (C), (O) CX3DDO (d), (e) CX6DRA (d), (L) CX7CO via EA5GL CX8DS (d), (e) DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DA20025C (B), (e) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DK70DARC via (B), DK5ON (d), (C), DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BEETH via DJ6SI (d/B) DL250BTHVN (B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL30SHZ (B), (L) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL70IPA (B) DL70THW (B) DL73TXL (B) DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) DR5THBT (B), (e) E77A via 9A2AA (B) EN100LT via UT5LU EY8MM via W0VTT (B), (C), (O) FG8NY (d/B) FM5DN via KU9C FR4OM (d) GB4CKS via G4HLN (d/B) GX1FCW (e) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HA70MAV (L), (e) HB15SOTA via HB9DPR (B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HC1HN (L), (e) HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF20ISS via SP5PMD (B) HF40RY via SP1O (B) HF6FIRAC via SP6IEQ (B), (L) HF7ISS via SP7POS (B) HF9ISS via SP9PKS (B) HI5MAH (e) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL2WA (d/B), (L) HV0A via IK0FVC HZ20G (d), (L) II0GD via 9A5URI II2EMCA via IZ2FME (d), (L) II3STAY via IN3ZWF (d/B) II4RVT via IQ4FE J28XX via DL2JRM (B) J88/8P5AB via 8P5AB (d), (e) J8/UR5BCP via KD7WPJ (d/B), (L) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY, (L) JU85UIA via JT1CH (d) JW4PUA (d/B), (L) JX2US (L), (C), (O) K3A via K3MJW K3D via K3MJW (B) K3K via K3MJW (B) KL7QUW (d) LU4AAO (d), (e) LZ350PI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ50BFRA via LZ1BJ (B) NL7S via N4GNR MU0MXF via RN3RQ, (L) MX1SWL via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OA4AI (d/B), (L) OD5ZZ via N4GNR OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OE25AVD via OE6AVD (d/B), (L) OE25BKC via OE3BKC (B) OE25CQB via OE3CQB (B) OE25EU (B) OE25HTL via OE5HTL OE25JWC via OE3JWC OE25JWD via OE6JWD (d/B), (L), OE25LAL (e) OE25LHP via OE1LHP OE25LRO via OE2LRO OE25MXL via OE5MXL (B) OE25PEN via OE5PEN (B) OE25RBO via OE5RBO OE25SGU (L), (e) OE25SRG via OE5SRG OE25TWA via OE3TWA (d/B) OE25URQ (B) OE25VSW (d/B), (e) OE25XFG via OE6WIG OE25XGM via OE5XGM (d) OE25XWI via OE7XWI (B), (e), (C) OE25XXW via OE3JWC OE25YSC (d/B), (e) OE50ADXB via (B), OE1XBC (d) OE60IPA via OE3DMA (d/B) OE65VIE via DE1QSL, OE6VIE (d), OG70AD via OH3AD, (L), (e) OH0KCE (L), (e) OH44FF (d/B) OL30DXC via OK2PXJ OL700CO (C) OL700DKA (C) OL700LTV (C) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) OO4UZLEUVEN via (B), ON3AR (d), (L), OP0PEACE (C) OP20FENIKS via ON5YL (d/B) OP20STAYHOME (B) OQ5BECLEVER via ON6GBN OR39CLM via ON6HC (B) OR6LIFE via ON6BS (B) OT2CARE via (B), ON6YX (d) OS2HOPE (B) OT4CARE (B) OT6SAFE (B) OZ100MILL via OZ1ACB, (L), (e), (C) OZ200EM via OZ1ACB PA5150EVH via PF1SCT (B) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PD/DO1BEN via DO1BEN (d/B) PE75BORNE via PE2V PI75VERON via PA1AW PR1S (L) PZ1EL (d) PZ2YT (d) R120AN via RZ5D (d/B) R200ANT via RZ3EC R2020DX via (B), RQ7L (d) R30MDXC via (B), RQ7L (d) RA30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RC30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RD30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RG30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RI1ANM via RX3ABI RG30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RJ30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RK30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RL30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RM30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RM65LP via R1MJ RN30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RO30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RQ30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RT30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RU30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RV30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RW30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RX30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RY30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) RZ30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) SN20ISS via SP2ZIE SN3ISS via SP3POW (B) SN40RY via SP1EG (B) SO13Z (L), (C), (e) SO1SS (B) SO40RY (d/B) SP60PRT via SP6PRT SQ40RY via SP1PMY (d/B) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TC35FSF via TA2OZQ (d/B), (L) TM100LY via F6KUQ TM1GC via F8DFO, (L) TM1LY via F5KAY TM20MIA (e) TM30CDR via F6KUQ (B), (e) TM50GDG (B) TM72WOW via F1IEH TM9VG via F6KUF (B), F5OEV (d) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) UE30DX via (B), RQ7L (d) V31CO via W0YBS (d/B), (L) V31MA via M0OXO, (L) VI110WIA (L), (e) VK20HOME (L), (e) VK4DX/p via VK4DX (d/B), (L), (C) VK65PFA (O) VO1CH (d/B), (L), (e) VU2ABE via (B), AB1F, (L), (e) W8F via K8TAS (d) WW1USA (d), (e) XE1KK (L) XE2K (d), (L) XL3T via VE3AT XM3B via VE3NOO (d/B) XR33M via (B), LZ1JZ (d) YI9/IU5HWS via IU5HWS (d) YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) ZB2GI (d), (e) ZS1820S via ZS2EC (d/B), (L) ZS95SARL (B) ZX6BA (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM QSL via LoTW: 9M2TDX, A71AM, EA8UK, EG5VCE, S79KW Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, DXNews.com, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, EA5GL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OM3JW & IDXP, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, VU2DSI, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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