DXNL 2091 - May 2, 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 9H, Malta: Akira/JR1VAY is currently active holiday-style as 9H3SJ until May 5. QSL via JR1VAY. C8, Mozambique: The Belgian Lions DX-Team (OT8T) is going on a DXpedition to Mozambique from May 2 to 15. Operators are Kurt/ON8KW, Roger/ON7TQ, Bruno/CS8ABG, Paulo/ CU2CO, Emil/DL8JJ, Ron/ON1DX, Philippe/ ON4ACP, Marc/ON4AMX, Eric/ON4CCV, Oliver/ON4EI, Herman/ON4QX, Ivo/ON5CD, Cis/ON6LY, and Franky/ON7RU. QRV as C8T with four setups on 160-10m (SSB, CW, RTTY; maybe also PSK and FT8). The team has also been granting an operating permit for 60m (the first for Mozambique) and hopes to hand out many new ones on that band. They are going to set up a fifth rig for 2m EME and / or more digital modes on HF. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, ON1DX, LoTW. https://dxpedition.c8t.cc/ DL, Germany: The DARC club S47 will be active with the special event callsign DM200MARX during May. QSL via bureau. E5, South Cook Islands: Richard/KM7R is going to pay Jim/E51JD a visit from May 8 to 11 on Rarotonga Island (OC-013). QRV as E51KMR on SSB. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW. E5, South Cook Islands: Bruce/WB7OTC will be active from Rarotonga Island (OC-013), Aitutaki Island (OC-083), and Atiu Island (OC-083) between the 6th and 17th of May with a QRP rig and the callsign E51OTC. QSL via WB7OTC. JA, Japan: The special event station 8J1KZ marks the 70th anniversary of Kanazawa Ward on the air until the end of February 2019. QSL via bureau. JD1, Ogasawara: Makato/JI5RPT operates as JD1BLY from Chichijima (AS-031, WW Loc. QL17cc, JCG 10007) between May 2 and 4. QRV on HF on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via JI5RPT (d/B), ClubLog. KH6, Hawaii: Philip/N2HX plans to operate holiday-style from the 2nd of May until 1st of June from Maui Island (OC-019, WW Loc. BL10pw, USi HI018S) as KH6/N2HX on HF (SSB, RTTY). QSL via homecall (d/B). P4, Aruba: Watch out for Johannes/DF5AU signing P4/DF5AU from Aruba (SA-036) between May 8 and 13 on HF (CW, SSB). During the CQ-MIR-DX-Contest he will use the call P40AU. QSL via DF5AU (d/B), LoTW. PA, Netherlands: Between May 8 and June 10 PA111SCOUTS, operated by members of the PA3EFR/J crew, celebrates the 111th anniversary of the Scouting movement.QSL via PA3EFR. http://www.pa3efr.nl/ S7, Seychelles: Michael/VK4EF will be active between April 21 and May 31 as S79LD, first from Mahe Island, and during the second half of his trip from La Digue Island (AF-024). QRV on 80, 40, 20, and 10m on SSB, JT65, and FT8. QSL via VK4EF (d). UA, Russia: A large number or Russian special event stations will be marking the end of World War II between May 5 and 9 with the special prefix RP73. Other stations from the Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria plan to follow suit with special prefixes containing 73. For more information see: https://pobeda.srr.ru/ Rick's/NE8Z Tour in Europe: Rick/NE8Z will be travelling in Europe between May 1 and June 6. His first stop will be Poland for visiting family and friends until May 18. QRV as SP9E and SP/NE8Z on HF (CW, SSB, FT8). Later on he also plans to operate as: EA1/NE8Z and EA2/NE8Z, E7/NE8Z, 4O/NE8Z, 9A/NE8Z. QSL via NE8Z and LoTW. Other stuff: ============ FT8 DXpedition Mode - 3. Test: The 3rd test of FT8 operated in the DXpedition mode ("fox" and "hounds") is scheduled for May 5. Interested parties need to install version 1.9.0-rc4 of the WSJT-X software and should take note of the following schedule: Date UTC MHz Fox call May 05 14:00 14.090 W1/KH7Z (operated by N1DG) May 05 15:00 14.090 W7/KH7Z (operated by AA7A) May 05 16:00 14.090 K1JT (operated by K1JT) http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html Rafik/F5CQ - silent key: Rafik/F5CQ (ex F6EUX) passed away in the night of April 18. Born 1950 in Egypt, he moved to France with his family in 1963. His activities included DX operations as FL8RD, J28EO, FM7BO, FT8XA, FT5XA, and FH5CQ. Rafik was an avid DXer with 334/339 DXCC entities confirmed. DXCC: 4B4B from Socorro Island has been approved for award credit. Preview: ======== 6Y, Jamaica: Erratum to DXNL 2090: QSL manager for 6Y6N (May 23 to June 2) will be DK9PY (d/B), not DK9NY as mistakenly reported last week. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society ATNO All Time New One IOTA Islands on the Air JCG Japan Century Guns LoTW Logbook of the World MIA Mediterranean Sea Island Award OQRS Online QSL Request System WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 05./06.05. ARI International DX Contest 05./06.05. 7th Call Area QSO Party 05./06.05. DARC VHF-, UHF-, 05./06.05. Indiana QSO Party 05. FISTS Sprint Contest 05./06.05. Delaware QSO Party 05./06.05. New England QSO Party 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 AF-066; Gaza/Maputo District group: Vasily/R7AL, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Al/RZ3K, and Vlad/RK8A, all from the Russian Robinson Club, will be operating as C98RRC from Inhaca Island between May 5 and 9 on 40-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via ClubLog or R7AL (d/B). https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/mozambique AS-023; JA, Amami Islands: Kenji/JA4GXS activates Amami O Island holiday-style on the 6th and 7th of May as JA4GXS/6 on 40-15m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via JA4GXS (d/B). AS-201; TA, Sea of Marmara Islands: Col/MM0NDX, Max/IK8LOV, and Bjoern/ON9CFG are going to sign as TA0/homecalls and as TC0AX between May 7 and 11. QRV holiday-style on 80-2m. QSL via homecalls (d/B), TC0AX via M0SDV (d/B) or LoTW. EU-002; OH0, Aland Islands: Ari/OH3KAV will be visiting Eckero (WW Loc. JP90sf) on Aland from May 6 to 11. QRv as OH0KA on HF (CW, FT8), including 60m. QSL via OH3KAV (d/B), LoTW. EU-023; 9H, Malta group: Jean-Marc/F5SGI returns to Malta (WLOTA 1113, MIA MM-001) for another holiday-style operation. QRV as 9H3JI between May 5 and 12 on 80-6m (CW only). QSL via F5SGI (d/B). EU-120; G/M, English Coastal Islands: Eddy/ON6EF, Alfons/ON4AWT, Jan/ON6VJ, Jean/ON4JW, Dieter/ON3DMR, Wilfried/ON4AFW, and Ward/ON8WR are going to operate as GB9OSA from the Isle of Wight between the 8th and 13th of May. QSL via ON6EF (d/B), eQSL. NA-071; HP, Chiriqui/Veraguas South Province group: Ops Victor/HP1AVS, Henry/ HP1CDW, Enrique/HP1ECA, Roberto/ HP1MRA, Romel/HP8MAK, and HP1JGG are activating Cebaco Island (WW Loc. EJ97km) between May 4 and 6. QRV as 3F6IC on 80-10m (SSB, digital modes), including 60m (5357kHz). QSL via HP1AVS (d/B). Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 04.05. - 06.05. 3F6IC 2091* 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70A 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70E 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70I 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70J 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70L 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70R 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4X70S 2089 19.04. - 27.06. 4Z70IARC 2089 01.05. - 23.05. 5P8ICE 2090 - 05/18 5V1JE 2077 01.01. - 31.12. 5W20SAMOA 2075 01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008 - 12/2018 6W1SU 2012 01.01. - 31.12. 7S75AA 2076 01.04. - 31.03.19 8J1IRW 2087 30.04. - 30.05. 8J1ITU 2090 01.04. - 28.02.19 8J1KZ 2091* 01.06. - 31.05. 8J1ZIU 2055 01.04. - 28.02.19 8J2OGAKI 2086 10.11. - 27.06. 8J3B 2079 03.03. - 30.11. 8J4B 2084 01.01. - 31.05. 8J7HCB 2073 01.01. - 31.12. 8N0400N 2076 27.04. - 08.06. 9A/PA4JJ 2090 01.03. - 31.12. 9A200S 2082 05.05. - 12.05. 9H3JI 2091* 27.04. - 05.05. 9H3SJ 2091* - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 02.05. - 15.05. C8T 2091* 05.05. - 09.05. C98RRC 2091* 01.01. - 31.12. DA200FWR 2073/2076 01.04. - 31.03.19 DB25ONN 2086 01.01. - 31.12. DB50EFAPB 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DF1000ZEIL 2073 01.03. - 30.09. DF18HET 2087 01.01. - 31.12. DJ70WAE 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DK200MARX 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DK60BIB 2074 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BY 2080 01.01. - 31.12. DL60BIB 2074 01.01. - 31.12. DL70PADER 2073 01.02. - 31.12. DM125FS 2083 01.04. - 31.12. DM152ZYA 2090 01.05. - 31.05. DM200MARX 2091* 01.05. - 30.06. DM65MVP 2090 01.01. - 31.12. DM900ZWI 2074 01.01. - 30.06. DM90AIW 2073 01.01. - 31.12. DQ2018KTMS 2074 01.01. - 31.12. DQ800HRO 2074 08.05. - 11.05. E51KMR 2091* 06.05. - 17.05. E51OTC 2091* 01.01. - 31.12. EI100MCV 2074 01.04. - 31.12. EM30N 2087 05.03. - 15.05. FR/F1FJR 2082 17.03. - 27.05. GB60OT 2084 01.03. - 31.05. GB80GGCN 2082 08.05. - 13.05. GB9OSA 2091* 01.01. - 31.12. HA50KVG 2077 01.07. - 30.06. HA60FMV 2048 15.08. - 08/18 HF700LUB 2054 01.01. - 03.06. HH70A 2074 - 06/18 HK3JCL 2060 15.02. - 10.05. HR5/F2JD 2080 20.03. - 20.10. IB2RT 2087 01.02. - 31.12. II0GM 2078 01.04. - 31.12. II0LDV 2086 01.01. - 31.12. II2RR 2081 01.01. - 31.12. II4MXW 2076 01.05. - 31.05. II4TES 2090 - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 06.05. - 07.05. JA4GXS/6 2091* 02.05. - 04.05. JD1BLY 2091* 15.03. - 15.06. JG8NQJ/JD1 2084 04.12. - 03.06. JW2US 2069 - 01.06. JW4JSA 2071 02.05. - 01.06. KH6/N2HX 2091* 01.02. - 31.05. KL7RST 2078 04.02. - 31.05. L50A 2081 01.01. - 31.12. LM90C 2076 01.01. - 31.12. LM90HQ 2076 01.01. - 31.12. LM90NRRL 2076 01.05. - 31.05. LZ110SAE 2090 01.01. - 31.07. LZ115RF 2075 01.05. - 31.05. MX1SWL/a 2090 11.03. - 13.11. OE100xxx 2084 01.01. - 31.12. OG60F 2076 06.05. - 11.05. OH0KA 2091* 01.05. - . 31.05. OT70xxx 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 01.02. - 31.05. OX7RST 2078 01.05. - 23.05. OZ18ICE 2090 08.05. - 13.05. P4/DF5AU 2091* 12.05. - 13.05. P40AU 2091* 08.05. - 10.06. PA111SCOUTS 2091* 01.01. - 31.12. S510SOTA 2080 21.04. - 31.05. S79LD 2091* 01.01. - 31.12. SN20UM 2073 - 12/2018 SU9JT 2082 07.05. - 11.05. TA0/IK8LOV 2091* 07.05. - 11.05. TA0/MM0NDX 2091* 07.05. - 11.05. TA0/ON9CFG 2091* 07.05. - 11.05. TC0AX 2091* 12.01. - 16.06. TM390SR 2075 28.04. - 12.05. TM40KOP 2090 01.05. - 31.10. TM53J 2090 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 2018 TY2CD 1914 - 10/2018 TY2SN 1957 01.02. - 31.05. VE8RST 2078 01.03. - 31.05. VI4GAMES 2082 01.07. - 30.06. VR20.... 2047 01.02. - 31.05. VY0RST 2078 01.02. - 31.05. VY1RST 2078 01.02. - 31.07. YR630SV 2082 12/17 - 05/18 YS1/HB9KNA 2076 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3F6IC via HP1AVS 3W9DLE via W0DLE (d) 4X70A (L), (e) 4X70E (L), (e) 4X70I (L), (e) 4X70J (L), (e) 4X70L (L), (e) 4X70R (L), (e) 4X70S (L), (e) 4Z70IARC (L), (e) 5F13SIA via CN8WW (d), (L) 5P8ICE (C), (L), (e) 5P90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) 5V1JE via N9MDH (d), (L) 5W20SAMOA via EA5GL, (C), (L), (e) 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 6W/DC4CQ via DC4CQ 6W1SU via M0URX 6Y5IDX via VO1IDX 7S75AA via SK5AA (B), SM5FUG (d) 8J1IRW via (B), JH1DSF (d) 8J1ITU (B), (e) 8J1KZ (B) 8J1ZIU (B) 8J2OGAKI via (B), JJ2ONH (d) 8J3B via (B), JK3IJQ (d) 8J4B (B) 8J7HCB via (B), JK7LXU (d) 8N0400N (B) 8P6DR via G3RWL, (C) 9A/PA4JJ via PA4JJ, (C), (L) 9A200S via 9A2MF 9H3JI via F5SGI (d/B) 9H3SJ via JR1VAY 9N7WA via R4WAA 9Q6BB via W3HNK A52AEF via JH3AEF (d/B) A52IVU via JA3IVU (d/B) A52YL via WA0WOF C8T via ON1DX, (C), (L) C96RRC via R7AL (d/B), (C), (O) C98RRC via R7AL (d/B), (C), (O) CU3AN (d/B), (L) DA200FWR via (B), DK2PU (d) DB25ONN (d/B) DB50EFAPB (B) DF1000ZEIL (B) DF18HET via (B), DG3FFM (d), (e) DJ70WAE (B) DK200MARX via (B), DK5PZ (d), (C) DL0NV/p (B) DL100BY (B) DL60TELF (B), (L), (e) DL70PADER (B) DM125FS (B) DM152ZYA (B) DM200MARX (B) DM65MVP (B), (e) DM900ZWI via DM5JBN (d/B) DM90AIW (B), (C), (e) DP1POL via DL1ZBO DQ2018KTMS (B), (e) DQ800HRO via DL5KVV (d/B) E51BQ (d) E51KMR (C), (L) E51OTC via WB7OTC EA7/PE1DMH via PE1DMH EI100MCV (B) EM30N via UR4NWW EN32U via US0UX (B), (e) F4HJO/p via F4HJO (d/B), (C) FJ/AI5P via AI5P FJ/N0KV via N0KV, (L) FK8HG (e) FR/F1FJR via F1FJR (d/B), (e) GB106TBC via MI0MOD (d) GB60OT via G3KPU (d), (B), (e) GB80GGCN via (B), G0TOC (d) GB9OSA via ON6EF (d/B), (e) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H40D via VE3LYC (d/B), (C) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) H44R via VE3LYC (d), (C) HA50KVG via HA8KVG HA60FMV (B) HB0/DL1AWD via DL1AWD HB0/DL6JF via DL6JF, (C), (O) HB9GOLD via HB9OCR (d/B), (L), (e) HC2GRC (d), (L), (e) HF700LUB via SP8AB HH70A via W3HNK HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HP3SS via AC2OV HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) IB2RT via (B), I2MYF (d), (e) II0GM via I0KQB (d), (e) II0LDV via I0KQB (d) II2RR via IK2VUC II4MAR via IQ4FE II4TES via IQ4FE IQ0NU via IS0FFD (B), (e) IQ3QM via IZ3ZUC (B), (e) IW5EFX/p via IW5EFX (d/B) IZ4EFP/p via IZ4EFP (d/B) J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY J73WA via ND3R, (L), (e) J88PI via GW4DVB (d) JA4GXS/6 via JA4GXS (d/B) JD1BLY via JI5RPT (d/B), (C) JD1BMH via (B), JG7PSJ (d) JE1HXZ/6 via JE1HXZ (d/B), (L), (C) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY JR1LZK/6 via JR1LZK (d/B), (L), (C) JW2US (C), (L) JW4JSA via LA4JSA KH6/N2HX via N2HX (d/B) KH6M (d/B) KH6RX (e), (L) KH6U (d), (L) KH6Y (L), (e) KL7RST via K7ICE (d) L50A via LU4AAO (d/B), (e) LM90C (B) LM90HQ (B) LM90NRRL (B) LZ110SAE via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ115RF via LZ1YE LZ362ME via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) NH7YS (L) OE100AIR via OE8AIR (B) OE100AKD (B) OE100BKC via OE3BKC (B) OE100CQM (d/B) OE100DMA via OE3DMA (d/B) OE100EGN via OE5EGN (B), (L), (e) OE100FTE via OE6FTE (B), (L), (e) OE100GBK via OE8GBK (B) OE100GTU (e) OE100IIO via OE5IIO (B), (e) OE100JML (d/B), (e) OE100KLG (B), (L), (e) OE100MPI via OE7MPI OE100PGM (B) OE100PKB via OE3PKB (B) OE100RNS via OE3RNS (B) OE100SGU via OE3SGU (L), (e) OE100TWB (B) OE100VIE via OE4VIE (d), (L), (e) OE100WMA via OE3WMA OE100XGM via OE5XGM (d) OE100XWI (B), (e) OE100YSC via OE3YSC (B) OE100YXK via OE8YXK (B) OE100ZKC via OE1ZKC OG60F via OH1NOA, (L), (C) OH0KA via OH3KAV (d/B), (L) OJ0W via OH3WS OT70xxx (C), (O) OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OX7RST via K7ICE (d) OZ18ICE (C), (L), (e) P4/DF5AU via DF5AU (d/B), (L) PA111SCOUTS via PA3EFR PF2018SLO via PA0MBD PJ6/AI5P via AI5P S79LD via VK4EF (d) SN20UM via SQ9UM SN5PSK via SP9MZX (d/B) SP9YFF via SP9WAN (d), (L) SU9JT via E73Y (d/B), (C) SV9/OH1VR via OH1VR (d) T88FT via JA7WFT (d/B) T88IH via JI6IHG (d/B), (L) TA0/DL7UCX via DL7UCX (d/B) TA0/DL7VBJ via DL7VBJ (d/B) TA0/IK8LOV via IK8LOV (d/B) TA0/MM0NDX via MM0NDX (d/B) TA0/ON9CFG via ON9CFG (d/B) TC0AX via M0SDV (d/B), (L) TI2KWN (d) TM390SR via F4DTO (d/B) TM40KOP via F6KOP (d/B), (L), (e) TM53J via F6KSU (B), (e) TR8CA via F6CBC TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L) V47CDC via W1CDC (d/B) VD105A via VO1NAR, (C) VD1BOOM via VO1IDX, (L), (C) VE8RST via K7ICE (d) VP8DPJ (e) VP8VPC via VP8LP (d) VY0RST via K7ICE (d) VY1RST via K7ICE (d) W2P via KB2FMH (d), (L), (e) WH6R (d) WH7W (d/B), (L), (e) WL7SJ (d), (L) XV9JM via F6ITD (d/B), (L) YB3LZ/8 (C) YB3MM/8 (C) YC8AO/p via HA3JB YJ0AG via M0OXO YR630SV (B), (e) Z66EME via DG8NCO (d/B) ZF1RC (L), (e) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZM50GW (B) 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: TJ2TT, XR0YD, Z68M (Z32ZM) * QSL cards received via bureau: 4S7AYG (M0URX), 6W1SU (M0URX), 9G5X (M0OXO), FH/HB9AMO, PZ5V (M0URX), TO2SP (SP6IXF), XW4XR (E21EIC) * QSL via LoTW: 4L1MA, 4O/UA3RF, 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