DXNL 2072 - December 20, 2017 DX Newsletter a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX" (http://www.darcdxhf.de) Editor: Klaus Poels, DL7UXG (e-mail: dxnl@dxhf.darc.de) translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO DXNL wishes all readers and their families a happy Christmas. 4X, Israel: Members of the Holy Land DX Group will be operating as 4X0XMAS from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Shivta National Park (4XFF-0032, Holy land Square D27BS) between the 22nd and 24th. Ops are Shalom/4Z4BS, Mark/4Z4KX, Ruben/4Z5FI, Yulik/4X6HP, Ros/4Z5LA, Vlad/4Z5IW, Arthur/4X4DZ, Alex/4Z4AK, and Jan/4X1VF. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. 4X, Israel: Dov/4Z4DX supplies the following list of HOCOTA special event stations for Dec. 22 to 24: 4X2XMAS (Tabor Mountaine), 4X3XMAS (Caesarea), 4X4XMAS (Nazareth), 4X6XMAS (Arbel), 4X7XMAS (Catholic Church Be'er Sheva), and 4X9XMAS (Nitzana). QSL for all calls via LoTW and eQSL. 6W, Senegal: Jacques/F6HMJ operates as 6W7/F6HMJ between Dec. 21 and Jan. 15. QRV on 20-10m (CW, some SSB), low bands depending on local circumstances. QSL via homecall. 6W, Senegal: Earl/WA3DX will be active between Dec. 25 and Jan. 12 signing 6W1/WA3DX (Dakar), 6W7/WA3DX (Mbao), and 6W6/WA3DX (Kaolack und Saloum Islands) on 40-10m (SSB, SSTV, PSK). QSL via homecall (d). 8Q, Maldives: Roland/HB9VQQ plans to operate holiday-style from Kandima Island (AS-013, WW Loc. MJ62mr) between Dec. 22 and 30. QRV as 8Q7HB on JT65 and FT8. QSL via HB9VQQ, ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL. E5, South Cook Islands: Mauri/AG1LE is currently active again as E51DXX from Rarotonga Island (OC-013, WW Loc. BG08cr) until Dec. 29. QSL via AG1LE. EA8, Canary Islands: Kurt/DF9AE continues to sign as EA8/DF9AE until January 2018 from Puerto de Santiago (AF-004, WW Loc. IL18nf). QRV mainly on digital modes. QSL via DF9AE (d/B), eQSL. JD1, Ogasawara: Harry/JG7PSJ returns to Chichijima (AS-031) as JD1BMH from Dec. 24 until January 2nd. QRV on 160-10m on CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL via JG7PSJ (d) or via bureau. http://sapphire.es.tohoku.ac.jp/jd1bmh/ K, United States of America: The Northern Illinois DX Association (NIDXA) celebrates its 50th anniversary with the callsign N9N between Dec. 18 and Jan. 1. QSL via W9BZW (d/B). OZ, Denmark: Emil/DL8JJ, Laura/DO9JJ, and Verjy/DL9JJ are going to draw attention to "End Polio Now" on the air with the call OU0POLIO between the 23rd and 26th from the contest station OZ5E, supported by Frank/5P2BA and Jan/OZ1ADL. QSL via OZ1ACB. http://www.dl8jj.darc.de/ SP, Poland: HF2018HNY remains active until Jan. 31 on HF wishing all amateur radio operators a happy new year. QSL via SP2PBM (d/B). Preview: ======== J5, Guinea-Bissau: Livio/IZ3BUR will be active as J52EC during his spare time between Jan. 24 and Feb. 21 on HF. QSL via IZ3BUR. Taumako Islands (OC-179): Cezar/VE3LYC plans an activation of Taumako Island (H40, OC-179) for 5 days in May on 40-10m (CW, SSB). https://oc-179.weebly.com/ Mapun Island (OC-105): Dindo/DU1UD plans an activation of the most-wanted IOTA group of the Philippines for the first half of 2018. On his return home a visit to the Tawi Tawi Group (OC-174) is scheduled as well. More information to follow. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society GIA German Island Award HOCOTA Holyland Christianity On The Air IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World NIDXA Northern Illinois DX Association OQRS Online QSL Request System WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 24.12. RAEM International HF IOTA Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON (iota@dxhf.darc.de) ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz EU-042; DL, Schleswig-Holstein State North West group: Volker/DL1WH is going to spend the holidays on Foehr Island (GIA N-17) signing his call /p on HF (CW, SSB). QSL via DL1WH (d/B). NA-018; OX, Greenland: Randy/WW6RG will be active as OX/WW6RG on Dec. 21 for a few hours on 40m SSB. QSL via WW6RG (d/B). WWFF Activities ================ WWFF QRGs: CW: 28044 24894 21044 18084 14044 10124 7024 3544 kHz SSB: 28444 24944 21244 18144 14244 7144 3744 kHz PAFF: Lars/PH0NO will be using the call PF44FF for his PAFF activations during December and January. QSL via ClubLog OQRS. http://www.pa-ff.nl/ Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.11. - 25.03. 4S7KKG 2065 22.12. - 24.12. 4X0XMAS 2072* 22.12. - 24.12. 4X2XMAS 2072* 22.12. - 24.12. 4X3XMAS 2072* 22.12. - 24.12. 4X4XMAS 2072* 22.12. - 24.12. 4X6XMAS 2072* 22.12. - 24.12. 4X7XMAS 2072* 22.12. - 24.12. 4X9XMAS 2072* 01.12. - 31.12. 5B4XMAS 2071 13.12. - 23.12. 5P8VW 2070 01.01. - 31.12. 5P90EDR 2021 20.11. - 20.12. 5T1A 2068 20.11. - 20.12. 5T1R 2068 - 02/2018 5T2AI 1977 01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008 25.12. - 12.01. 6W1/WA3DX 2072* - 12/2018 6W1SU 2012 25.12. - 12.01. 6W6/WA3DX 2072* 21.12. - 15.01. 6W7/F6HMJ 2072* 25.12. - 12.01. 6W7/WA3DX 2072* 01.01. - 20.01. 8J1RL 2021 01.04. - 31.03. 8J1YAC 2035 01.06. - 31.05. 8J1ZIU 2055 01.06. - 31.03. 8J2Y 2047 01.06. - 31.12. 8J2YAF 2043 01.01. - 20.01. 8J60JARE 2021 04.06. - 28.02. 8N0IIDA 2045 01.04. - 31.03. 8N3H70Y 2041 03.06. - 31.12. 8N4KL 2046 01.04. - 31.03. 8N60JLRS 2036 22.12. - 30.12. 8Q7HB 2072* 17.12. - 31.12. 8P0VR 2071 13.12. - 02.01. 8P9JB 2071 01.12. - 31.01. 9M2MRS 2069 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 - 30.12. 9X0JW 2004 14.01. - 31.12. A31MM 1973 09.12. - 07.01. AT6MIT 2071 17.11. - 30.01. C5YK 2069 09.01. - 31.12. DB20ENERGY 2025 01.01. - 31.12. DC500LS 2023 01.01. - 31.12. DK60HERTEN 2022 22.12. - 02.01. DL1WH/p 2072* 01.01. - 31.12. DL1250BRET 2022 01.01. - 31.12. DL40MFR 2026 01.01. - 31.12. DL500ML 2023 01.05. - 30.04. DL60TELF 2038 01.03. - 31.12. DM1517L 2030 - 28.02. DM200LFS 2035 01.01. - 31.12. DM5LUTHER 2023 - 02/2018 DP0GVN 2015 01.01. - 31.12. DQ200WESER 2023 01.01. - 31.12. DQ70PEINE 2021 01.01. - 31.12. DR0HARZ 2024/2030 01.01. - 31.12. DR1517LU 2021 01.01. - 31.12. DR25MDK 2021 01.01. - 31.12. DR500MLE 2023 01.01. - 31.12. DR5LUTHER 2023 01.02. - 31.12. DR60PAS 2031 01.01. - 31.12. DR60SAL 2021 01.01. - 31.12. DR60VKL 2021 01.12. - 28.02. DT23WOP 2070 01.09. - 31.12. DU3/W6QT 2056 10.12. - 29.12. E51DXX 2072* 01.04. - 31.12. E770BAB 2044 - 01/2018 EA8/DF9AE 2072* 01.01. - 31.12. EI11WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI22WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI33WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI44WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI55WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI66WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI77WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI88WAW 2021 01.01. - 31.12. EI99WAW 2021 01.12. - 31.12. EM25IWW 2071 01.01. - 31.12. EM500L 2023 27.01. - 31.12. EN90IWA 2029 01.12. - 31.12. GX4BJC/a 2069 01.01. - 31.12. H2017PFO 2026 01.07. - 30.06. HA60FMV 2048 01.01. - 31.12. HB600NVF 2036 01.12. - 31.01. HF2018HNY 2072* 15.08. - 08/18 HF700LUB 2054 - 06/18 HK3JCL 2060 15.09. - 25.02. HL0WOP 2069 - 2017 HL2/F4AAR 1837 01.12. - 31.01. II0PGP 2069 01.07. - 31.12. II2FIST 2047 10.10. - 27.01. II4GV 2061 - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 24.12. - 02.01. JD1BMH 2072* 04.12. - 03.06. JW2US 2069 - 01.06.18 JW4JSA 2071 - 2016/17 KH9/KJ6GHN 1885 01.01. - 31.12. LA1742K 2032 01.01. - 31.12. LM80Q 2021 01.01. - 31.12. LM80REX 2021 01.12. - 31.12. LX2017TRAM 2069 01.01. - 31.12. LZ45YE 2023 01.01. - 31.12. LZ73TRC 2023 01.12. - 31.12. LZ710SG 2069 01.12. - 31.12. MX1SWL/a 2069 18.12. - 01.01. N9N 2072* 01.01. - 31.12. OF100FI/x 2021 01.01. - 31.12. OH100FIN 2021 01.12. - 31.12. OH9SCL 2069 06.12. - 31.12. OJ9X 2071 19.04. - 31.12. OM500R 2038 01.08. - 31.12. OM50SPSEKE 2051 01.01. - 31.12. OM685RADOLA 2021 01.01. - 31.12. OP17HC 2021 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 01.01. - 31.12. OV90EDR 2021 21.12. - OX/WW6RG 2072* 01.01. - 31.12. OX90EDR 2021 01.01. - 31.12. OZ100DVI 2021 01.01. - 31.12. OZ1AARHUS 2029 01.01. - 31.12. OZ44C 2021 01.01. - 31.12. OZ7D 2021 01.01. - 31.12. OZ90EDR 2021 01.12. - 31.01. PF44FF 2072* 01.01. - 31.12. PG400TH 2023 04/17 - 03/18 RI1ANO 2034 - 31.12. S5100LIONS 2035 07.12. - 07.01. S510PMC 2070 01.01. - 31.12. S557E 2021 06.07. - 31.12. SC40VIC 2049 01.04. - 31.12. SC90SM 2036 01.05. - 31.12. SN100F 2039 05.12. - 20.12. SN20WHL 2071 01.07. - 31.12. SN250A 2047 01.06. - 30.04. SN5PSK 2044 01.11. - 14.01. TC630MECCA 2065 16.12. - 24.12. TK/NZ1C 2071 01.01. - 31.12. TM17PGM 2022 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 2018 TY2CD 1914 - 10/2018 TY2SN 1957 01.02. - V31YB 2026 - 04/2018 VP8DPJ 2014 01.07. - 30.06. VR20.... 2047 14.12. - 18.12. W7D 2071 01.02. - 31.12. XM1150CAN 2029 - 31.12. XO1X 2033 01.10. - 2018 XV9JM 2061 15.12. - 15.01. YP2018HNY 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP2XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP3XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP4XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP5XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP6XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP7XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP8XMAS 2071 01.12. - 31.12. YP9XMAS 2071 01.01. - 31.12. YV50ARV 2023 01.10. - 31.12. Z370M 2062 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 - 05/2018 ZS8Z 2017 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3G2M via CE2MVF (d), (L), (e) 4E1ADW via 9V1KG (B), (L) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L) 4X0XMAS (L), (e) 4X2XMAS (L), (e) 4X3XMAS (L), (e) 4X4XMAS (L), (e) 4X6XMAS (L), (e) 4X7XMAS (L), (e) 4X9XMAS (L), (e) 4Y1A via UA3DX (d/B), (C) 5B4VL (d), (L) 5B4XMAS via IZ4AMS, (C), (O) 5P8VW via DJ8VW (d/B), (C), (L) 5P90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) 5T1A via A92AA 5T1R via A92AA 5T2AI via NI5DX 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 6V1A via 6W7JX 6W1/WA3DX via WA3DX (d) 6W1SU via M0URX 6W6/WA3DX via WA3DX (d) 6W7/F6HMJ via F6HMJ 6W7/WA3DX via WA3DX (d) 6Y6Y via W8YCM (d) 8J1RL via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L) 8J1YAC via (B), JE1XUZ (d) 8J1ZIU (B) 8J2Y (B) 8J2YAF (B) 8J60JARE via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L) 8N0IIDA (B) 8N3H70Y (B) 8N60JLRS via (B), JQ6FQI (d) 8Q7HB via HB9VQQ, (C), (L), (e) 8P0VR via DD0VR (d/B) 8P9JB via J69Z (d) 8Q7RB via GM4DLG 9M2MRS via PA0RRS (d/B), (C) 9Q6BB via W3HNK 9X0JW (e) 9Z4Y (d), (L) A31MM via EA5GL, (L) AP2TN via DJ9ZB (B) AT6MIT via VU3BUN (d/B) AU2JCB via VU2DSI (d) BA4KW (d) C5YK via ON7YK (d/B), (L), (e) CU5/CU3AK/p via CU3AK (B), (L) DB20ENERGY via (B), DM2DX (d), (C) DC500LS via (B), DM2AJK (d), (e) DK60HERTEN (B) DL1WH/p via DL1WH (d/B) DL1250BRET (B) DL40MFR (B) DL500ML (B) DL60NEU via (B), DC1MAS (d), (e) DL60TELF (B), (L), (e) DM1517L (Q) DM200LFS (B), (L), (e) DM5LUTHER via DJ6SI (d/B) DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B) DQ200WESER (B) DQ70PEINE via (B), DK5AX (d), (L), (e) DR0HARZ via DF5AN (d/B) DR1517LU (B), (e) DR25MDK (d/B) DR500MLE (B) DR5LUTHER (B) DR60PAS (B) DR60SAL (B) DR60VKL (B), DH1VY (d), (C) DT23WOP via HL1IWD (B), (L) DU3/W6QT via W6QT (d), (L), (e) E44YL via IK3GES E51DXX via AG1LE E770BAB via E71EZC (d/B) EA8/DF9AE via DF9AE (d/B), (e) EA8/ON4LBI/p via ON4LBI (B) EG5ERC (d/B), (e), (L) EI11WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI22WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI33WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI44WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI55WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI66WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI77WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI88WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EI99WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O) EM25IWW via UR7IWW (d/B) EM500L via UR6LLC EN90IWA (e) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H2017PFO via 5B4AIE (d), (C), (O) HA60FMV (B) HB600NVF via HB9JOE (d/B), (L) HF2018HNY via SP2PBM (d/B) HF700LUB via SP8AB HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL0WOP via HL4CCM (d/B), (C), (e) HQ2DDL (B), (L), (e) II0PGP via I0KQB (d) II2FIST via IZ2FME (d/B), (L) II4GV (B) J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY JD1BMH via (B), JG7PSJ (d) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY (d), JG8NQJ (B) JW2US (C), (L) JW4JSA via LA4JSA LA1742K via LA6K (B) LM80Q via LA9VDA LM80REX via LA9VDA LX2017TRAM (B), (L), (e) LZ45YE via LZ1YE (d/B) LZ710SG via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ73TRC via LZ1YE (d/B) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) N8S via K8UO (d) N9N via W9BZW (d/B) OF100FI/x via OH2BAD OF2YOTA (C) OH100FIN (B) OH9SCL via OH9AB (d/B), (L) OJ9X via OH2BH, (C) OM500R (Q) OM50SPSEKE via (B), OM8AND OM685RADOLA via OM3CND OO6A via ON4RUB (d/B), (L) OP17HC via ON7PP OT100BCA (B) OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OU5U via OZ3FD (d) OV90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) OX/WW6RG via WW6RG OX3XR (C), (L), (e) OX90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) OZ/DJ1AA/m via DJ1AA (B) OZ100DVI via OZ1IVA (d/B) OZ44C via 5P2BA (d/B) OZ7D via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) OZ90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) PF44FF (C), (O) PG400TH via PA3ETC PJ2ND via K8ND, (L) PJ4/NA9Q via NA9Q, (L) PR65TOO (d) R17YOTA (C) RI1ANO via RN1ON (d/B), (L), (C) S5100LIONS via S53DOX S510PMC (B) S557E via (B), S50O (d), (L) SC40VIC via SM6JSM (d/B) SC90SM via SK5SM (B) SN100F via SP5CGN (d/B), (e) SN20WHL via SP2TMT (d/B) SN250A via SP9KUP (d/B) SN5PSK via SP9MZX (d/B) TC630MECCA via TA3X (d/B) TK/NZ1C via DD5ZZ (d/B) TM17PGM via F4FCE (d/B) TR8CA via F6CBC TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L) V31YB (L) V5/DK1CE via DK1CE V85/KC0W via KC0W (d) VO1NAR (d), (C) VP8DPJ (e) XM1150CAN (B), (L), (e) XO1X via KC1CWF XV9JM via F6ITD (d/B), (L) YP2018HNY via YO3KPA (d/B), (C) YV50ARV via YV5DTA, (L) Z370M via LZ1JZ (B), (L), (e) ZC4MK via G0KOM (d/B), (L), (C) ZF2YL via AE9YL ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZS4JAN (L), (e) ZS8Z via ZS1LS (d) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: S21ZAS (AS-127) * QSL via LoTW: 4L0A, 9E1C, 9H6A, J5UAP Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DxCoffee, DX World, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, 4X1VF, 4Z4DX, 5P2BA, DH2PC, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL1WH, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, M0OXO, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Homepage, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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