DXNL 2288 - February 9, 2022 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 A9, Bahrain: Members of the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (BARS) support the Bahrain Sport Day from the 6th to 12th as A91SD on HF. QSL via EC6DX. D4, Cape Verde: Watch out for Rob/DM4AO operating holiday style from Cape Verde (AF-005, WW Loc. HK84ev, WLOTA 0158) between Feb. 13 and 25. QRV as D44AO on 80-10m (maybe also on 160m), mostly on CW with 100W and vertical antennas. He will also take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via DM4AO (d/B). DL, Germany: During February, DL0HMB (special DOK 60FLUT) commemorates the North Sea flood of 1962, which particularly devastated the city of Hamburg. QSL via bureau. DL, Germany: Members of the DARC club Mainz (DOK K07) celebrate the 75th anniversary of the German state Rheinland-Pfalz during 2022 with the callsign DL75RLP. All QSOs to be confirmed automagically via the bureau; sending a card is not necessary. DL, Germany: The German section of the International Federation of Railway Radio Amateurs will put their new club callsign DL0OF on the air with the special DOK MKO until Jan. 25 next year. QSL via bureau and DL4CR (d). F, France: Between Feb. 5 and March 20, members of the Radio Amateurs Cheminots honour the memory of Andre Pettelat (F9AP), who died in September 2021 aged 99, with the callsign TM9AP. QSL via F5KTR. FM, Martinique: Yuri/VE3DZ pays Martinique a visit from the 11th to 24th. His main focus will be the ARRL DX CW Contest with the callsign TO4A. QRV before the event until the 18th as FM/VE3DZ; from the 19th to 24th as TO4A. QSL via VE3DZ. FM, Martinique: Francis/F6BWJ is currently active as FM/F6BWJ until mid-March on 40 and 15m on CW. QSL via F6BWJ. HZ, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Amateur Radio Society celebrates the Saudi Founding Day until Feb. 22 with the special event callsigns 7Z3FD, 8Z3FD, and HZ3FD. QSL via ClubLog. I, Italy: Operators of the UN Global Service Center ARC (4U1GSC) support the World Radio Day (Feb. 13) until the end of the month with the callsign 4U13FEB. QSL via 9A2AA. LU, Argentina: Horacio LU5BR/R remains active until Feb. 11 from San Jose/Catamarca Province on 40-6m on CW, SSB, FT8, and via satellite. QSL via EA7FTR, LoTW, eQSL. P4, Aruba: John/W2GD returns to Aruba from the 14th to 21st, operating as P44W. His focus is on the ARRL CW DX Contest. QRV before and after mostly on the WARC bands. QSL via N2MM (d). SP, Poland: HF80AK and SP80AK commemorate the forming of the Home Army in 1942 between Feb. 12 and 20. An award is also available. QSL for HF80AK via SP9CJM, SP80AK via SP3POB (d/B). VE, Canada: VX2X marks the 75th anniversary of the first Canadian Citizenship Act between Feb. 10 and March 20, including the CQ WPX RTTY Contest. QSL only via LoTW. Z6, Republic of Kosovo: Rene/DL2JRM will take part in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest as Z66BCC from Gjilan (WW Loc. KN02rn). QSL via DL2JRM (d/B). Preview: ======== 5X, Uganda: Alan/G3XAQ plans to operate as 5X1XA from Kampala between March 7 and 14 on 80-10m (CW), with a focus on the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (BERU). QSL via G3SWH (d). Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society BARS Bahrain Amateur Radio Society DOK Distrikts-Ortsverbands-Kenner EFA Eisenbahn-Funkamateure in DL IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System VFDB Verband der Funkamateure in Telekommunikation und Post e.V. WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WPX World Prefix Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 09./10.02. CWT Mini Contest 12./13.02. CQ WPX RTTY Contest 12.02. Asia Pacific Sprint 12./13.02. PACC Contest 12./13.02. KCJ Topband 12.02. VFDB Contest 12.02. RSGB 160m Contest 14.02. OK1WC Memorial 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-063; 5H, Pemba Island: Borut/S53BV operates from Kiweni Island during his spare time from Feb. 10 until 24. QRV as 5H3BV on 40 and 15m (CW, SSB) with 20W and dipoles. QSL via S53BV (d), requests via email. AS-013; 8Q, Maldive Islands: Karel/OK2WM and Vlad/OK2WX will be active as 8Q7WM and 8Q7WX respectively from Feb. 12 until March 8 from Innahura Island. QRV on 160, 80, and 40m on CW and SSB. QSL via homecalls. AS-031; JD, Chichi/ Haha/ Muko Islands: Sam/JE1XUZ activates Ogasawara during a business trip from the 12th to 15th as JE1XUz/JD1 on HF (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via LoTW, JE1XUZ (d/B). NA-057; HR, Bahia Islands: John/AD8J signs as HR9/AD8J between the 12th and 26th from Guanja Island. QRV on 80-10m (CW, FT8, some SSB). QSL via AD8J (d), LoTW- WCA Activities =============== WCA QRGs: CW: 28031 24911 21031 18081 14031 10121 7031 3531 kHz SSB: 28551 24951 21251 18131 14251 7131 3731 kHz 8 Years "WCA Serbia": The WCA section Serbia celebrates its 8th anniversary with the callsigns YT2KID/p (Feb. 12/13), YU4VDR/p (Feb. 14), and YU8DX/p (Feb. 15) from several WCA references. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 05.02. - 25.02. 3B8GY 2287 20.01. - 3B8HH 2285 01.01. - 31.03. 4A90xxx 2282 01.02. - 28.02. 4U13FEB 2288* 27.01. - 27.07. 5B4AQC 2287 10.02. - 24.02. 5H3BV 2288* 01.01. - 31.12. 6F6F 2284 29.12. - 22.02. 6W7/F6HMJ 2282 06.02. - 02.04. 6W7/ON4AVT 2287 13.01. - 13.03. 6Y5FS 2285 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2C 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2E 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2H 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2O 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2T 2280 01.02. - 22.02. 7Z3FD 2288* 01.04. - 31.03. 8J100CB 2244 01.04. - 28.02. 8J2I 2250 30.01. - 30.04. 8N0J 2235 01.04. - 31.03. 8N1FT 2244 12.04. - 28.02. 8N1MORSE 2246 - 30.06. 8N1TAMA 2272 08.02. - 15.02. 8Q7AH 2287 12.02. - 08.03. 8Q7WM 2288* 12.02. - 08.03. 8Q7WX 2288* 01.02. - 22.02. 8Z3FD 2288* - 02/2022 9J2BG 2240 - 06/2022 9J2MYT 2279 01.02. - 28.02. 9K9NLD 2287 11/21 - 9N7AA 2275 06.02. - 12.02. A91SD 2288* 13.02. - 25.02. D44AO 2288* 01.01. - 31.12. DB50AFZ 2283 01.11. - 31.10. DF22LGS 2275 01.01. - 31.12. DF40BGK 2283 20.02. - 19.02.23 DK0HN 2285 01.01. - 31.12. DK050BN 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DK65DEL 2285 01.01. - 31.12. DL0HO 2284 26.01. - 25.01.23 DL0OF 2288* 15.09. - 14.09. DL24EURO 2268 01.11. - 31.10. DL35EUDXF 2273 01.01. - 31.12. DL60LINDAU 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL70WOB 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL73AFUG 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL75DRG 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL75HIL 2282 01.01. - 31.12. DL75OBY 2285 01.01. - 31.12. DL75RLP 2288* 01.01. - 31.07. DM60CSJ 2282 01.01. - 31.12. DP44N44T 2284 18.04. - 17.04. DP44WCA 2253 01.12. - 30.11. DR125MB 2278 01.01. - 31.12. DR50BAWA 2282 01.01. - 31.12. EI90IRTS 2282 - 15.03. FM/F6BWJ 2288* 11.02. - 18.02. FM/VE3DZ 2288* 06.02. - 22.02. FS/VA3QSL 2287 - 02/22 FT4YM 2274 - 02/2024 FW1JG 2287 01.01. - 31.12. GB100BBC 2282 14.01. - 23.12. GB1900HA 2285 14.01. - 23.12. GB1900HW 2285 01.01. - 31.12. HB50SH 2283 12.02. - 20.02. HF80AK 2288* 01.01. - 14.12. HF9FIELD 2282 01.09. - HK3JCL 2265 08.12. - 05.04. HR5/F2JD 2279 12.02. - 26.02. HR9/AD8J 2288* 09.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2274 01.02. - 22.02. HZ3FD 2288* 01.01. - 10.07. II0WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II1WRTC 2282 05.02. - 13.02. II2IDT 2287 01.01. - 10.07. II2WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II3WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II4WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II5WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II6WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II7WRTC 2282 22.01. - 30.06. II8CAP 2286 01.01. - 10.07. II8WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II9WRTC 2282 12.02. - 15.02. JE1XUZ/JD1 2288* 07.02. - 14.02. K9L 2287 01.01. - 31.12. LA100B 2283 03.02. - 11.02. LU5BE/R 2288* 26.09. - 26.03. LX5MF 2268 - 31.12. LZ01MLN 2277 01.01. - 31.12. LZ1GLASS 2285 01.02. - 28.02. LZ251MA 2286 01.02. - 28.02. MX1SWL/a 2286 01.03. - 01.03. OF60RR 2240 09.06. - 09.06. OH0100AX 2254 01.01. - 28.02. ON75xxx 2282 01.01. - 31.12. OZ50DDXG 2282 14.02. - 21.02. P44W 2288* 01.01. - 24.04. PA22L 2283 29.01. - 06.03. PA6ANT 2287 03.02. - 02.08. PA75DXCC 2287 01.01. - 31.12. PI75LIM 2287 01.09. - 30.09. PX200BR 2282 01.01. - 31.12. PX2022BR 2282 01.04. - 30.04. PX522BR 2282 01.02. - 10.02. PZ5KV 2286 01.01. - 28.02. R075F 2282 10.01. - 27.02. R250SM 2285 13.01. - 02/22 RI1ANC 2285 01.01. - 31.12. SK50EI 2284 01.01. - 28.02. SN30WOSP 2284 01.01. - 14.12. SN9FIELD 2282 17.09. - 10.02. SO39SYBIR 2268 12.02. - 20.02. SP80AK 2288* 01.01. - 14.12. SP9FIELD 2282 15.01. - 31.12. TM0CR 2286 07.02. - 22.02. TM19AAW 2287 20.01. - 20.04. TM30BUS 2286 05.02. - 20.03. TM9AP 2288* 19.02. - 24.02. TO4A 2288* - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 04.02. - 13.02. TU5PCT 2287 08.02. - 01.03. V4/KG9N 2287 01.01. - 31.12. VK90ABC 2287 09.01. - 18.02. VP2MDX 2283 10.02. - 10.03. VX2X 2288* 07.02. - 14.02. W9L 2287 03.02. - 20.02. Z21A 2287 03.02. - 20.02. Z22O 2287 12.02. - 13.02. Z66BCC 2288* 05/21 - 04/2022 ZL25NZ 2252 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8GY via SP2JMB, (C), (O) 3B8HH (d/B), (C) 4U13FEB via 9A2AA 4X6HU (d/B) 5B4AQC (L), (C), (O) 5H3BV via S53BV (d) 6F6F via EA5GL, (L) 6W7/F6HMJ via F6HMJ 6W7/ON4AVT via ON4AVT (d) 6Y5FS via G4BWP, (L), (C) 7B2C (e) 7B2E (e) 7B2H (e) 7B2O (e) 7B2T (e) 7Z3FD (C) 8J100CB (B) 8J2I (B) 8N0J via (B), JJ0AWX (d), (e) 8N1FT (B), (L) 8N1MORSE (B), (C), (O) 8N1TAMA (B) 8P6PE (L), (e) 8Q7AH via LU4DXU 8Q7WM via OK2WM 8Q7WX via OK2WX 8Z3FD (C) 9J2BG via HB9EWU 9J2MYT via IZ3KVD (d) 9K2BM via EC6DX, (L) 9M2MAD (d) 9N7AA via S57DX, (L), (C) A61BG via EA7FTR, (L), (e), (C) A91SD via EC6DX CN8ZG (d) D44AO via DM4AO (d/B) DB50AFZ via (B), DL2VFR (d) DF22LGS (B) DF40BGK (B) DK0HN via (B), DJ5QE (d), (C), DK050BN via (B), DK5PD (d), (L), (e) DK65DEL via (B), DB1BAC (d) DL0HO (B) DL0OF (B) DL24EURO (B) DL35EUDXF (L), (e), (C), (O) DL60LINDAU via (B), DL1CBQ (d) DL70WOB (B) DL73AFUG (B) DL75DRG (B) DL75HIL (B), (L), (e) DL75OBY via (B), DF2NU (d), (L) DL75RLP (B) DM60CSJ via (B), DL2VM (d), (e) DP44N44T (B) DP44WCA (B) DR125MB via (B), DD3JN (d), (L) DR50BAWA (B) E25ETT (d/B) EA6/DK1XAM via DK1XAM (d) EA8/DF9AE via DF9AE (B) EA8/DM3HZN via DM3HZN (B) EA9KB via EA7FTR (d) EI90IRTS via (B), EI6AL (d), (C) EX0DX via HB9DUR (B), (L) EX2M via W3HNK (d), (L) EX2V via RW6HS (d) FK4RD (d) FM/F6BWJ via F6BWJ FM/VE3DZ via VE3DZ FR4KR via F5NGA (B), (L) FR4OM (d) FR4PJ via EB7DX (d) FS/VA3QSL via VA3QSL (d/B), (L) FT4YM via F5PFP FW1JG (d), (C) GB100BBC (B), (L), (e) GB1900HA (L), (C), (O) GB1900HW (L), (C), (O) GB9EQP (L) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB50SH (L), (e) HF80AK via SP9CJM HF9FIELD (e) HI8HRD (L), (e), (C) HI9/F5PLR via F5PLR (d/B), (L), (e) HK3JCL via DK9LRF (B) HP9SAM (d) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HR9/AD8J via AD8J (d), (L) HS0ZME via SM6NT (d/B) HS7WMU (d/B), (L), (e) HZ1HZ via N7RO, OE1LZA HZ3FD (C) II2IDT via I2YSB II8CAP via IC8ATA, (C) J68HZ via K9HZ (d), (L), (e) JE1XUZ/JD1 via JE1XUZ (d/B), (L) JY5MM via IK2DUW K9L (d) KP3G via EB7DX KP4WQ (e) LA100B (L) LU5BE/R via EA7FTR, (L), (e) LX5MF via LX1KQ (d/B), (L) LZ01MLN via LZ1PM LZ1GLASS via LZ1KAK (B) LZ251MA via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ290WA via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MU5E via GU4YOX (d/B), (L) MX1SWL via M5DIK (d/B), (e) N4EAR (L) OF60RR via (B), OH8DR (d) ON75xxx via ON9TT (d/B), (C), (O) OX50HRH (L), (e), (C), (O) OZ50DDXG via OZ1ACB OX50HRH/xx (L), (e), (C), (O) P4/DL4MM via DL4MM (d/B) P44W via N2MM (d) PA22L via PI4LDN (B) PA6ANT via (B), PA3FOE (d), (L), PA75DXCC (L), (e), (C), (O) PI75LIM (B) PJ7/VA3QSL via VA3QSL (d/B), (L) PX200BR (L), (C) PX2022BR (L), (C) PX522BR (L), (C) PZ2YT (d) PZ5KV via DL6KVA, (C), (O) R075F via RN3RQ, (L), (C) R250SM via RK3VWA RI1ANC via RN1ON (d/B), (C), (O) SK50EI (B), (L) SN0ZOSP via SP9ODM SN100ZOSP via SP9SPJ SN30WOSP via SP2UUU SN9FIELD (e) SO39SYBIR via SP4PZM SP80AK via SP9CJM SP9FIELD (e) SU9VB (d) TM0CR via F6FMT, (e) TM19AAW via F8DVD (d/B), (L) TM30BUS via F1LFL (d/B) TM9AP via F5KTR TO4A via VE3DZ TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) TU5PCT via OK6DJ (d), (C), (O) V31XX via K4XS (d) V4/KG9N via KG9N (d/B), (L) V85AHV via EB7DX, (L) VK90ABC (L), (e) VP2MDX via W2APF, (L) VX2X (L) W9L (d) WH6S (L), (e) XE1ACA (d), (L), (C) XE1AE (d), (L), (C) XE1XR via EA5GL Z21A via DJ6TF Z22O via DJ6TF Z66BCC via DL2JRM (d/B) ZB2CW (d) ZL25NZ via ZL3CW (d), (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM QSL via LoTW: 3B8M, 4X0T, HS8AFA, KP3MM, KP4JRS, L21RCA, ZC4BS 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, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, DM4AO, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OM3JW & IDXP, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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