DXNL 2074 - January 03, 2018 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 3D2, Fiji: Jim/WB2JTO pays Taveuni Island (OC-016, WW Loc. AH03bh) a visit from the beginning of January until mid-March. QRV as 3D2JS on 80-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via WB2JTO (d). 6O, Somalia: Ken/LA7GIA and Adrian/KO8SCA are going to put Somalia on the air from the 3rd to 16th as 6O6O on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via M0OXO, LoTW, ClubLog. http://www.la7gia.com/ A5, Bhutan: Pat/N2IEN operates as A52PD between Jan. 2 and 14 on HF (CW, digital modes). QSL via N2IEN (d), LoTW, eQSL. A7, Qatar: Alain/F6BFH is currently active from Qatar until the 12th. QRV either as A7/F6BFH or with a native callsign. He also plans to activate the IOTA reference AS-088 for 48 hours. QSL via F6BFH. DL, Germany: The special event station DM900ZWI (special DOK 900Z) celebrates the 900th anniversary of the city Zwickau during 2018. QSL via DM5JBN (d/B). DL, Germany: The DARC club in Biberach an der Riss (P21) celebrates its 60th anniversary with the two special event calls DK60BIB (special DOK 60P21)and DL60BIB (special DOK 60P21). QSL via bureau. DL, Germany: The Hanseatic city Rostock was founded 800 years ago. The jubilee will be celebrated on the air with the call DQ800HRO (special DOK 800HRO) between Jan. 1 and July 31, and Sept. 1 and Dec. 31. During August the station hands out the special DOK HSR18 for the Hanse-Sail 2018. QSL via DL5KVV (d/B). DL, Germany: Operators from Muenster will me drawing attention to the 101st German Catholics Day (May 9 to 13) with the call DQ2018KTMS (special DOK 18KTMS). QSL via bureau, eQSL. EI, Ireland: EI100MCV commemorates the sinking of RMS Leinster 100 years ago during 2018. MCV was the ship's original call sign. QSL via bureau. HH, Haiti: HH70A (NA-096) celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Radio Club D'Haiti until June 3. QSL via W3HNK. JA, Japan: Take/JA8DKJ operates as 8J8SSF (Hokkaido, AS-078) around the Sapporo Snow Festival between Jan. 5 and Feb. 12. QSLs to be sent automagically via the bureau. LZ, Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) continues to honour the memory of Bulgarian Saints during 2018 with a new All Saints - 2018 award. The special event call for January is LZ1833PSS. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ XW, Laos: John/KK4FB operates as XW4FB between the 9th and 23rd. QSL via LoTW. YJ, Vanuatu: Chris/VK2YUS is going to work from Efate Island (OC-035) as YJ0CA between Jan. 9 and 17. QSL via VK2YUS (d). ISWL-Aktivitaeten: During January George/G1IPU activates the club call GX4BJC/a (WAB TM11) and Geoff/M1EDF the club call MX1SWL/a (WAB SK20). QSL via G6XOU (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Preview: ======== CN, Morocco: Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Sigi/DL7DF, and Frank/DL7UFR have plans to operate from Tahazout between Feb. 13 and 20 as CN2DF and CN2FR with two stations on 160-10m (CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31). QSL for both calls via DL7DF (d/B). http://www.dl7df.com/cn/ Other stuff: ============ Winter Olympic Games - 2018 PyeongChang: Korean amateurs may mark the 23rd Winter Olympic Games by modifying their prefix with a 23 between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28 according to the following scheme: HL1XXX -> HL23XXX DS1XXX, DS2XXX....DS5XXX -> DS23XXX/1, DS23XXX/2 .... DS23XXX/5 club callsigns (call area 0) like HL0XX, DS0XX, 6K0XX etc use HL23XX, DS23XX, 6K23XX. Examples: HL1VAU -> HL23VAU, DS4NYE -> DS23NYE/4, and D70LW -> D723LW. The earlier announced special event calls HL0WOP and DT23WOP remain active as well. https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/index (Rocky/HL1VAU) Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IOTA Islands on the Air KARL Korea Amateur Radio League LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System WAB Worked All Britain WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 03.01. UKEICC 80m Contest 06.01. 070 Club PSK-Fest 06.01. Schwaben-Contest 06./07.01. ARRL RTTY Roundup 06./07.01. EUCW 160m Contest 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 NA-072; HP. Panama/ Darien Province group: Massimo/HP1MAC, Ricardo/HP1RIS, Gianni/ HP1YLS, and Stefan/HP1DRK are going to activate Taboga Island from the 6th to the 9th as H91IT. QSL via HP1RCP. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01/18 - 03/18 3D2JS 2074* 01/18 - 02/18 3W9FB 2073 30.12. - 15.01. 3Z18HNY 2073 01.11. - 25.03. 4S7KKG 2065 29.12. - 04.01. 5P9Z/p 2073 - 02/2018 5T2AI 1977 01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008 03.01. - 16.01. 6O6O 2074* 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 01.01. - 20.01. 8J60JARE 2021 01.01. - 31.05. 8J7HCB 2073 05.01. - 12.02. 8J8SSF 2074* 04.06. - 28.02. 8N0IIDA 2045 01.04. - 31.03. 8N3H70Y 2041 01.04. - 31.03. 8N60JLRS 2036 01.12. - 31.01. 9M2MRS 2069 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 02.01. - 14.01. A52PD 2074* 01.01. - 12.01. A7/F6BFH 2074* 01.01. - 06.01. A70X 2073 09.12. - 07.01. AT6MIT 2071 01.01. - 31.03. AU2WBR 2073 17.11. - 30.01. C5YK 2069 01.01. - 31.12. DA200FWR 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DB50EFAPB 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DF1000ZEIL 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DJ70WAE 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DK200MARX 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DK60BIB 2074* 01.01. - 31.12. DL60BIB 2074* 01.05. - 30.04. DL60TELF 2038 01.01. - 31.12. DL70PADER 2073 - 28.02. DM200LFS 2035 01.01. - 31.12. DM900ZWI 2074* 01.01. - 30.06. DM90AIW 2073 - 02/2018 DP0GVN 2015 01.01. - 31.12. DQ2018KTMS 2074* 01.01. - 31.12. DQ800HRO 2074* 01.12. - 28.02. DT23WOP 2070 - 01/2018 EA8/DF9AE 2072 01.01. - 31.12. EI100MCV 2074* 01.01. - 10.01. FM/DD0VR 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB0HNY 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB1HNY 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB2HNY 2073 01.01. - 28.01. GB2KW 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB4HNY 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB5HNY 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB6HNY 2073 28.12. - 24.01. GB8HNY 2073 06.01. - 07.01. GB8KW 2073 01.01. - 31.01. GX4BJC/a 2074* - 01/18 H44DA 2073 06.01. - 09.01. H91IT 2074* 01.07. - 30.06. HA60FMV 2048 01.12. - 31.01. HF2018HNY 2072 15.08. - 08/18 HF700LUB 2054 - 06/18 HK3JCL 2060 01.01. - 03.06. HH70A 2074* 15.09. - 25.02. HL0WOP 2069 01.12. - 31.01. II0PGP 2069 10.10. - 27.01. II4GV 2061 - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 28.12. - 09.01. JI3DST/6 2073 04.12. - 03.06. JW2US 2069 - 01.06. JW4JSA 2071 01.01. - 31.01. LZ1833PSS 2074* 01.01. - 31.01. MX1SWL/a 2074* 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 30.12. - 04.01. PA/DD2CW 2073 01.12. - 31.01. PF44FF 2072 30.12. - 13.01. PJ7/UT6UD 2073 04/17 - 03/18 RI1ANO 2034 01.01. - 31.03. RI50ANO 2073 07.12. - 07.01. S510PMC 2070 01.01. - 31.12. SN20UM 2073 01.06. - 30.04. SN5PSK 2044 27.12. - 05.01. T8CW 2073 01.11. - 14.01. TC630MECCA 2065 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 2018 TY2CD 1914 - 10/2018 TY2SN 1957 30.12. - 08.01. UE18A 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18C 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18E 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18F 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18G 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18M 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18NY 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18U 2073 30.12. - 08.01. UE18Z 2073 01.02. - V31YB 2026 19.12. - 28.02. VI70HI 2073 27.12. - 04.01. VP5/N9EAJ 2073 - 04/2018 VP8DPJ 2014 01.07. - 30.06. VR20.... 2047 01.01. - 31.01. W2D 2073 01.01. - 31.01. W8D 2073 01.10. - 2018 XV9JM 2061 09.01. - 23.01. XW4FB 2074* 09.01. - 17.01. YJ0CA 2074* 15.12. - 15.01. YP2018HNY 2071 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 - 05/2018 ZS8Z 2017 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3D2JS via WB2JTO (d) 3W9FB (L) 3Z18HNY via SP6IEQ (d/B), (L) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L) 5B4XMAS via IZ4AMS, (C), (O) 5V7SM via F5IVC 5P9Z/p via DL7UZO (d/B) 5P90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) 5T2AI via NI5DX 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 6O6O via M0OXO, (L), (O) 6W1/WA3DX via WA3DX (d) 6W1SU via M0URX 6W6/WA3DX via WA3DX (d) 6W7/F6HMJ via F6HMJ 6W7/WA3DX via WA3DX (d) 8J1RL via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L) 8J1YAC via (B), JE1XUZ (d) 8J1ZIU (B) 8J2Y (B) 8J2YAF (B) 8J60JARE via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L) 8J7HCB via (B), JK7LXU (d) 8J8SSF (B) 8N0IIDA (B) 8N3H70Y (B) 8N60JLRS via (B), JQ6FQI (d) 8Q7HB via HB9VQQ, (C), (L), (e) 8P0VR via DD0VR (d/B) 8P9JB via J69Z (d) 9M2MRS via PA0RRS (d/B), (C) 9Q6BB via W3HNK 9X0JW (e) A31MM via EA5GL, (L) A52PD via N2IEN (d), (L), (e) A7/F6BFH via F6BFH A70X via M0OXO AT6MIT via VU3BUN (d/B) AU2WBR via VU2NRO C56RU via ON7RU (d/B), (C), (L) C5WP via ON7WP (d) C5YK via ON7YK (d/B), (L), (e) CX7CO via EA5GL (d) DA200FWR via (B), DK2PU (d) DB20ENERGY via (B), DM2DX (d), (C) DB50EFAPB (B) DC500LS via (B), DM2AJK (d), (e) DF1000ZEIL (B) DJ70WAE (B) DK200MARX via (B), DK5PZ (d), (C) DK60HERTEN (B) DL1WH/p via DL1WH (d/B) DL1250BRET (B) DL40MFR (B) DL500ML (B) DL60TELF (B), (L), (e) DL70PADER (B) DM1517L (Q) DM200LFS (B), (L), (e) DM5LUTHER via DJ6SI (d/B) DM900ZWI via DM5JBN (d/B) DM90AIW (B), (C) DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B) DQ200WESER (B) DQ2018KTMS (B), (e) DQ70PEINE via (B), DK5AX (d), (L), (e) DQ800HRO via DL5KVV (d/B) 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) E51DXX via AG1LE E770BAB via E71EZC (d/B) EA8/DF9AE via DF9AE (d/B), (e) EG5ERC (d/B), (e), (L) EI100MCV (B) 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) FG5BZ (L), (e) FM/DD0VR via DD0VR (d/B) GB2KW (L), (e) GB8KW via G0UKN GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H2017PFO via 5B4AIE (d), (C), (O) H44DA via VK4KHZ H91IT via HP1RCP HA60FMV (B) HB600NVF via HB9JOE (d/B), (L) HF2018HNY via SP2PBM (d/B) HF700LUB via SP8AB HH70A via W3HNK 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) JI3DST/6 via JI3DST JW2US (C), (L) JW4JSA via LA4JSA LA1742K via LA6K (B) LM80Q via LA9VDA LM80REX via LA9VDA LX2017TRAM (B), (L), (e) LZ1833PSS via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ45YE via LZ1YE (d/B) LZ710SG via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ73TRC via LZ1YE (d/B) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) N4C via K3LU (B), (L) N4P via K3LU (B), (L) N4R via K3LU (B), (L) N4V via K3LU (B), (L) N9N via W9BZW (d/B) OD5ZZ via NI5DX (d), (L), (e) OF100FI/x via OH2BAD OH/DF1XC via DF1XC (B), (L) 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 OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OV90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) OX90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) OZ100DVI via OZ1IVA (d/B) OZ44C via 5P2BA (d/B) OZ7D via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) OZ90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) PA/DD2CW via DD2CW (d/B) PF44FF (C), (O) PG400TH via PA3ETC PJ7/UT6UD via UT6UD (d), (L) RI1ANO via RN1ON (d/B), (L), (C) RI50ANO 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) SN20UM via SQ9UM SN250A via SP9KUP (d/B) SN5PSK via SP9MZX (d/B) T8CW via JA2KCT (B), (L) JH0IXE (d), (e) TC630MECCA via TA3X (d/B) TM17PGM via F4FCE (d/B) TR8CA via F6CBC TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L) UE18A (C) UE18C (C) UE18E (C) UE18F (C) UE18G (C) UE18M (C) UE18NY (C) UE18U (C) UE18Z (C) V31YB (L) VI70HI via M0OXO VP5/N9EAJ (C), (L) VP8DPJ (e) W2D via KB2FMH (d), (C), (L) W2T via W2ZQ (d) W8D via KB2FMH (d) XM1150CAN (B), (L), (e) XO1X via KC1CWF XV9JM via F6ITD (d/B), (L) XW4FB (L) YJ0CA via VK2YUS (d) YP2018HNY via YO3KPA (d/B), (C) YV50ARV via YV5DTA, (L) Z370M via LZ1JZ (B), (L), (e) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZS8Z via ZS1LS (d) ZX8NO via PT2GTI ZX8TI via PT2GTI (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSL via bureau: 8P5A, AO4HAG, AO5ANT, E6GG, FS/NF9V, V26BH, VP5/W0BM, VP9/M0BLF, ZS8C * QSL via LoTW: 3C1L, 3D2TS, 5B4AAB, 7X2KF, 9M2CNC, 9U4M, 9M2TO, A71AM, BG4VRG, BV1EK, BX4AL, C4W, CU2/DL3KDV, DA0WRTC, EA8AM, EA8PT, EF8R, FR5ZE, V5/DL7YS/p, SV5AZK, TA1MFR, UN7JID, VE1RAC, VK7SM, VY2TT, YV5JBI, ZS2I 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