DXNL 2127 - January 9, 2019 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 9G, Ghana: Ruettger/DL8MEZ is currently active until the 26th as 9G5RV. He is on a training mission for medical personnel and plans to show up daily on 14332 (09z; Med-Net) and 14313 kHz (Intermar). DL, Germany: DM19LGS marks the 8th State Horticultural Show in Frankenberg/Saxony during the whole year on HF and 2m/70cm with the special DOK 19LGS. QSL via bureau, eQSL, DG0ERS (d). DL, Germany: DM775FLD celebrates the founding of the town Friedland 775 years ago during 2019. QSL via bureau. DL, Germany: DL19RIC operates in the context of the Rotary International Convention 2019 in Hamburg. QRV until June 5, QSL via ClubLog OQRS. DL, Germany: The special event calls DM70GER and DL70BRD celebrate Germany's Septuagennial Jubilee throughout the year. An award will be available as well. QSL for DM70GER via M0SDV (d), ClubLog OQRS; DL70BRD via DK1YH (d/B), ClubLog OQRS, eQSL. E5, South Cook Islands: Milan/OK1DWC remains active as E51DWC from Rarotonga (OC-013) on 160-10m (CW, SSB, RTTY). The duration of his stay is unknown so far. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. HP, Panama: Naoki/JN1RVS, Jay/HP3AK, Robby/HP3SS, and David/HP3/WA6YJW plan to operate as H33J from Volcan (Chiriqui Province) between the 13th and 31st. QRV on 160-10m on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8, with a focus on the low bands and FT8. QSL via JA1HGY, ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. I, Italy: The ARI Fidenza Club (IQ4FE) plans to honour Italian radio pioneers during 2019. In January, II4CAL points to Temistocle Calzecchi-Onesti. QSL via IQ4FE. http://www.arifidenza.it/ JA, Japan: 8N8SSF operates around the 70th Sapporo Snow Festival (AS-078) between Jan. 10 and Feb. 11 on HF. QSL via bureau. ZF, Cayman Islands: Pete/K8PGJ will be active holiday-style as ZF2PG from Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) between the 12th and 20th, including the North American QSO Party. QSL via K8PGJ (d), LoTW. Other stuff: ============ 16th Antarctic Activity Week: The 16th Antarctic Activity Week will take place between Feb. 10 and 24. Francois/F8DVD has already announced his intention to participate as TM16AAW (WAP 300) on 40-10m, mostly on SSB. QSL via F8DVD (d/B). http://www.waponline.it/ 4th "RST" Annual Special Event: Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 28 members of the North County DX Association (NCDXA) will be active from several regions/countries: KL7RST, VY1RST, VE8RST, VY0RST, OX7RST, N1RAC, and K7ICE. QSL for all calls via K7ICE. Preview: ======== 3D2, Fiji: Nobby/G0VJG has now received his callsign for his upcoming operation from Fiji (see last week's DXNL): 3D2AS. IOTA-DXpedition AS-152/AS-063: Eugene/UA6EX, Leonid/UA7A, and Vasily/R7AA, all of the Russian Robinson Club, are planning to activate the following islands during July 2019: Bol'shoy Begichev Island (AS-152) and Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063): R63RRC: Popigay-Ary Island, IOTA: AS-063, RRA: New One, WW Loc: OQ32aw, RDA: KK-65, Krasnoyarsk region (R0B). 6.5% claimed. RQ73QQ: Bol'shoy Begichev Island, IOTA: AS-152, RRA: RR-08-04, WW Loc: OQ64am, RDA: YA-10, Republic of Sakha (R0Q). 12% claimed. J2, Djibouti: After the successful DXpedition EL2EL/4, Col/MM0NDX and Jonathan/ MM0OKG now aim to activate Moucha Island (AF-053) between April 14 and 20 as J20DX/p. QRV from the mainland as J20DX and as /mm from the vessel during their voyage. More information to follow. QSL via M0SDV, ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. https://j20dx.com/ KH8, American Samoa: Palle/OZ1RH and Joe/OZ0J plan to pay American Samoa a visit after attending the International DX Convention. QRV from April 15 to 22 on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes, including FT8). More details, callsigns and frequencies will be published later. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS, and via homecalls (d/B). http://kh8.oz0j.dk/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DIFO Diplome des Iles Francaises d'Outre Mer IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System RDA Russian District Award RRA Russian Robinson Award WAP Worldwide Antarctic Program WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 12.01. Old New Year Contest 12.01. Aktivitaetstag Distrikt Nordrhein 12./13.01. UBA PSK63 Prefix Contest 13.01. DARC 10m 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 AF-037; 9L, Northern/ Western Province group: Members of the F6KOP team (F4AJQ, F1ULQ, F2DX, DL3GA, F4DLM, F5TVG, ON4QX, and ON7RN) activate Banana Island from the 9th until 21st as 9LY1JM. QRV with 4 rigs on 160-10m on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, and FT8. QSL via F5GSJ (d/B), ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. http://www.f6kop.com/ AS-153; VU, West Bengal State group: The West Bengal Radio Club will be active around the religious Ganga Sagar Mela festival with the callsign AU2HAM between Jan. 10 and 17. QSL via VU2NRO. NA-021; 8P, Barbados: Willy/KB8YRX operates as 8P9CA from Jan. 15 until Feb. 4 with a focus on 20m and FT8. QSL via KB8YRX (d/B), LoTW. NA-102; FG, Guadeloupe: Jean-Pierre/F6ITD will be signing FG/F6ITD from La Desirade Island (ARLHS GUA-005, WLOTA 1121, DIFO FG-004, FFF-1000, WW Loc. FK96lh) between Jan. 14 and March 13. QRV on 80-6m on CW, SSB, and digital modes. During contests he uses the callsign TO7D. QSL via F6ITD (d) or LoTW. SA-004; HC8, Galapagos Islands: Gerhard/OE3GEA operates holiday-style as HC8GET from Santa Cruz, Isabela und San Cristobal Island between the 13th and 25th, running 100W, a vertical and a dipole. QSL via OE3GEA (d/B). WCA Activities =============== WCA QRGs: CW: 28031 24911 21031 18081 14031 10121 7031 3531 kHz SSB: 28551 24951 21251 18131 14251 7131 3731 kHz WCA Happy Birth Day (WCA HBD): The World Castles Award Program celebrates its 10th anniversary on Feb. 12 and 13, inviting hams worldwide to participate and activate castle references on these two days. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 31.10. - 02.04. 4S7KKG 2117 24.10. - 23.10.19 4U73B 2117 05.01. - 12.01. 5K6RM 2126 05.11. - 02/2019 5R8IC 2117 01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008 01.04. - 31.03. 8J1IRW 2087 01.04. - 28.02. 8J1KZ 2091 01.04. - 28.02. 8J20GAKI 2086 10.01. - 11.02. 8N8SSF 2127* 15.01. - 04.02. 8P9CA 2127* 06.01. - 26.01. 9G5RV 2127* 09.01. - 21.01. 9LY1JM 2127* 02.01. - 15.02. 9M2MRS 2126 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 10.01. - 17.01. AU2HAM 2127* 18.11. - 09.03. C5YK 2121 01.04. - 31.03. DB25ONN 2086 01.01. - 30.06. DF13BLN 2125 01.01. - 30.06. DF13BUD 2125 01.01. - 30.06. DF13DEJU 2125 01.01. - 30.06. DF13MUC 2125 01.01. - 30.06. DF13PAR 2125 01.01. - 30.06. DF13STO 2125 01.01. - 05.06. DL19RIC 2127* - 31.12. DL70BRD 2127* 01.01. - 31.12. DM100ZM 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DM19LGS 2127* - 31.12. DM70GER 2127* 01.01. - 31.12. DM775FLD 2127* - 02/19 DP1POL 2123 01.01. - 31.12. DQ1200ASP 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DQ600UNI 2126 20.09. - 03/19 DU7/G0CXF 2111 14.01. - 13.03. FG/F6ITD 2127* 18.12. - 10.02. FK/F6OBD 2124 28.12. - 24.01. GB0HNY 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB1HNY 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB2HNY 2125 01.01. - 28.01. GB2KW 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB4HNY 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB5HNY 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB6HNY 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB8HNY 2125 28.12. - 24.01. GB9HNY 2125 01.01. - 31.01. GX4BJC/a 2125 01.01. - 15.08. H31A 2126 13.01. - 31.01. H33J 2127* 13.01. - 25.02. HC8GET 2127* - 11.04. HF40CUF 2092 31.12. - 19.01. HI6/DK1FY/p 2125 - 03/19 HK3JCL 2108 12.12. - 10.01. HS0ZLS 2123 13.11. - 09.04. HS0ZME 2126 01.12. - 31.01. II0FF 2121 - 31.12.19 J28ND 2035 - 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004 15.01. - 28.02. VY0RST 2127* 15.01. - 28.02. K7ICE 2127* 01.01. - 31.01. LZ1354PM 2126 15.01. - 28.02. N1RAC 2127* 01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919 15.01. - 28.02. OX7RST 2127* 10.12. - 14.01. PJ2/SM4KYN 2122 - 02/2019 RI1ANV 2124 - 03/2019 RI1ANW 2105 05.01. - 02.02. S79AA 2126 14.01. - 13.03. TO7D 2127* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 16.12. - 16.03. TR8CR 2123 08.01. - 20.01. V47UR 2126 15.01. - 28.02. VE8RST 2127* 04.01. - 13.01. VI25AJ 2126 01.12. - 28.02.19 VI70MDRC 2125 15.01. - 28.02. VY0RST 2127* 15.01. - 28.02. VY1RST 2127* 27.12. - 14.01. WA5FLD/p 2125 25.12. - 19.01. YJ0AFU 2124 - 05/2019 Z81D 2124 12.01. - 20.01. ZF2PG 2127* 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8CW via N4GNR (d) 4J4K (d) 4S7AB (d) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U1ITU (d), (C) 4U73B via 9A2AA, (C) 4X0M via IK2DUW 5K6RM (d/B), (L), (e) 5R8IC via F6ICX (d/B), (L) 5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B) 7X4AN (d) 8J1IRW via (B), JH1DSF (d) 8J1KZ (B) 8J20GAKI via (B), JJ2ONH (d) 8N8SSF (B) 8P9CA via KB8YRX (d), (L) 9LY1JM via F5GSJ (d/B), (L), (C) 9M2MRS via PA0RRS (B), (C), (L) 9M6YBG (d), (L), (e) 9Q6BB via W3HNK 9V1BH via UA0AGI AU2HAM via VU2NRO BH4IGO (d), (L) C5YK via ON7YK CE2RZJ (d) CO2YQ via EC6DX (d), (L) CO6YI (d) CT3IQ (d) CX7SS (d/B), (L), (e) DB25ONN (d/B) DF13BLN via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13BUD via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13DEJU via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13MUC via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13PAR via (B), DM2TO (d) DF13STO via (B), DM2TO (d) DL19RIC (C) DL70BRD via D1YH (d/B), (C), (e) DM100ZM (B) DM19LGS via (B), DG0ERS (d), (e) DM70GER via M0SDV (d), (C) DM775FLD (B) DP1POL via DL1ZBO (d/B), (L) DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ600UNI via (B), DL5KVV (d) E41MS (d) E51DWC (C), (L) EG3WBD (d/B), (L) EP2LMA via EA5GL (d) EY7AD (d) F5MCC/p via F5MCC FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L) FK/F6OBD via F6OBD (B) FK4RD (d) FO5QS (d) GB0HNY (Q) GB1HNY (e) GB2HNY (Q) GB2KW (L) GB4HNY (Q) GB5HNY (Q) GB6HNY (Q) GB8HNY (e), (L) GB8KW via G0UKN (d/B), (L) GB9HNY (e) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H31A via HP1AVS, (L) H33J via JA1HGY, (C), (L) HB0CC (d/B), (L) HC5DX via W3HNK HC8GET via OE3GEA (d/B) HF40CUF via SP4CUF HI6/DK1FY/p via DK1FY (d/B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HK4LIS (d/B), (L), (e) HK7AAG via EA5GL HP9SAM (d) HS0ZLS via HB9FIH, (L), (e) HS0ZME via SM6NT HS2JQC (d) HV0A via IK0FVC II8FF (L), (e), (C) J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY JD1BMH via (B), JG7PSJ (d) JI3DST/6 via JI3DST, (C) JW4PUA (d), (L), (e) K2S via K2RYB (L) K7ICE (d) KG4AY via AC8AY (B), (L) KH6BB via K1ER KH6YY via K2PF KH6ZM via I0MWI KL7RST via K7ICE (d) LZ1354PM via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MU0WLV (d/B), (L), (e) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) OH/ES1BRD via ES1BRD ON2019PELT via ON1TO (B) OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OX7RST via K7ICE (d) P49X via W0YK (d), (L) PJ2/KB7Q via KB7Q (d), (L) PJ2/SM4KYN via SM4KYN (d) PJ2SM via EC5AHA (d) PY5ZHP via SP7CVW, (L) RA19NY (C), (O) RC19NY (C), (O) RI1ANV via RN1ON (d/B) RI1ANW via RN1ON, (C), (O) RK19NY (C), (O) RM19NY (C), (O) RO19NY (C), (O) RT19NY (C), (O) RU19NY (C), (O) RZ19NY (C), (O) S511PMC (B) S79AA (L), (C), (O) S79KW via 2E0KAM SN100ZN via SP2KPD (B), (C) SV1/DF8DX via DF8DX (B), (L) T77LA (d), (L) TG9ADQ (L), (e) TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC TR8CR via F6AJA (d/B) V47UR via W3UR (B), (L), (C) VE8RST via K7ICE (d) VI70MDRC via VK3APC VP2EIH (d) VU2OT (d), (L), (e) VY0RST via K7ICE (d) VY1RST via K7ICE (d) W2P via W2ZQ WA5FLD/p via WA5FLD (d), (L) XE2MVY (d), (L) XP1SC via OZ2CBA XV9ZT via SP2GCJ (B), (L) YJ0AFU via VK4AFU (d/B), (L) YV1KK via OH0XX Z62FB (d) Z81D via OM3JW ZA1EM (d) ZD7FT (d) ZF2PG via K8PGJ (d), (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: 8P9AE (NA-021), EL2EL/4 (AF-111), JI3DST/1 (AS-008), JI3DST/6 (AS-047), KP4/EI9FBB (NA249), RT65KI (AS-065) * QSL cards received via bureau: F8ATS/6W, CX3ACS, CT8/DC8TM/p (EU-175), CT8/DF3TS/p (EU-175), IS0/DL8DBW (EU-024), TK5UX, TS7TI/p (AF-091, AF-092) * QSL via LoTW: 3W2DC, 5A2A, 7X3WPL, 7Z1IS, 9M2CNC, A41ZZ, A45XR, A61EK, A61FJ, BD0AAI, CE0Z, CT3MD, CU3AK, CU3AN, DS3BNU, E21EIC, EA8BEV, EJ0DXG, EL2EL/4, EP6RRC, EX7DI, HB9PJT/C6A, HK2AQ, HS0ZET, HS0ZIV, II2S, MJ0LEL, OD5ZZ, P4/DL6RAI, RT65KI, SV9BMG, SX60RAAG, SY2004AEL, TA1OSN, TU5MH, UN7BY, UN8PT, V31MA, VP2V/K6NAO, YI3HWR, Z66DH, ZA/OU2I 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, DJ5IW, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ0J, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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