DXNL 2141 - April 17, 2019 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 4X, Israel: The Israel Amateur Radio Club is going to activate the following special event callsigns around the 64th Eurovision Song Contest: 4X64S, 4X64O, 4X64N, 4X64G, and 4Z64EURO. QRV on HF between April 18 and May 18 on CW, SSB, PSK, and FT8. An award will be available as well. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL. https://www.iarc.org/livelog/ 5X, Uganda: Anders/SM0HPL remains active until the 27th as 5X7W from Kampala on 20m on FT8, JT65, and CW. QSL via SM0HPL, LoTW, ClubLog. E5, South Cook Islands: Doug/W6HB, Bruce/AD7MM, and Marilyn/KI7DLK are going to pay the shacks of E51AND and E51JD on Rarotonga (OC-013) a visit between the 21st and 28th. QRV as E51DLD, E51BAS, and E51MAS. QSL for E51DLD and E51BAS via homecalls (d). EA, Spain: EG5WRD remains active around the World Amateur Radio Day until April 20 on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via LoTW, eQSL. F, France: The special event station TM17CV operates in the contest of the Kite and Wind Festival in Chatelaillon-Plage from April 20 until 22. QSL via F8FZC. F, France: The Radio Club du Val d'Issole (F8KGH) marks the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death with the callsign TM500LDV between April 19 and July 20 on HF (CW, SSB, PSK, FT8). QSL via F4GPB (d/B). HZ, Saudi Arabia: Samir/HZ1SK is going to take part in the CQMM DX Contest. QSL via IZ8CLM. OZ, Denmark: 5P0WARD and 5P0WHD will be active on the World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. Ops will be using these calls with an appended /xx suffix. An award will be available for QSOs with them. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. https://www.qrz.com/db/5p0ward UR, Ukraine: The special event station EN185UNIV celebrates the 185th anniversary of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv until the end of 2019. An award is available as well. QSL via UT8UF. XT, Burkina Faso: Max/DK1MAX will be back on the air as XT2MAX from Ouagadougou between the 17th and 25th. QRV on HF on CW and FT8 (F/H mode). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. Z6, Republic of Kosovo: Watch out for Thomas/OZ1AA and Alex/OZ7AM operating as Z66Z between the 18th and 22nd. QSL via OZ1ACB, LoTW. ZD7, St. Helena Island: Gilbert/ZD7BG plans to participate in the CQMM DX Contest from St. Helena (AF-022). QSL via direct. Other stuff: ============ DU, Philippines: The activation of OC-207 (see DXNL 2040) did not take place after all. Instead, Ed/4F1OZ and Gil/4F2KWT operated from Arena Island (OC-128) between the 12th and 15th as DX1CC. QSL via EA5GL, ClubLog OQRS. Preview: ======== Paramushir Island - AS-204: Vasily/R7AL and Vlad/RK8A are announcing the first activation of this new IOTA Group for May 2 to 10 with the callsign R26RRC. More information to follow. 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 WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 19./20.04. Holyland Contest 20.04. ES Open Championship 20./21.04. YU DX Contest 20.04. Baden-Wuerttemberg Aktivitaet 20./21.04. CQ Manchester Mineira DX 20./21.04. Nebraska QSO Party 20./21.04. Michigan QSO Party 22.04. DTC Deutschland-Contest 22.04. DARC Ostercontest 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-049; 3B8, Mauritius Island: Rachid/3B8FQ plans to take part in the CQMM DX Contest. QSL via direct. EU-002; OH0, Aland Islands: Marco/OH2LGW and Anne/OH2YL operate holiday-style from Aland (WLOTA 1373) as OH0/OH2LGW and OG0YL between the 19th and 23rd on 80 to 6m (CW, SSB). QSL via homecalls (d/B). EU-011; G/M, Isles of Scilly: GB5SM activates Saint Mary's Island (WLOTA 0408) between the 20th and 27th on 160-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes) and maybe also via satellites. Operators are Steve/G4EDG, Jeff/G4ELZ, and Pete/G4GSA. QSL via LZ1JZ (d), LoTW or ClubLog OQRS. OC-067; FO, Leeward Islands und OC-046; FO, Windward Islands: Rich/KE1B and YL Anna/W6NN will be active as FO/KE1B from Bora-Bora (DIFO FO-003) between the 22nd and 27th, and from Morea (DIFO FO-010, WLOTA 0465) between April 27 and May 3. QRV mostly on 20m on FT8 running 10W. QSL via KE1B (d) or LoTW. OC-174; DU8, Tawi Tawi Group: Chris/VK3FY and Dindo/DU1UD are going to sign 4E8T from Tawi-Tawi Island (WW Loc.: PJ05ae). QRV between April 19 and 23 on CW and FT8 on 40-20m. QSL via M0OXO. OC-183; VK6, Western Australia State (S.W. Coast) Centre group: Andy/VK5MAV and Vlad/ER1OO will be operating from Favorite Island between April 20 and 23. QRV on 40-10m with a KX3 + Juma 1000 amplifier and an FT-897. Their antennas are a groudplane for 40m and VDAs for 20 and 15m. QSL via ClubLog OQRS or via RN3RQ (d/B). http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 20.04. - 21.04. 3B8FQ 2141* 19.04. - 23.04. 4E8T 2141* 24.10. - 23.10. 4U73B 2117 18.04. - 18.05. 4X64G 2141* 18.04. - 18.05. 4X64N 2141* 18.04. - 18.05. 4X64O 2141* 18.04. - 18.05. 4X64S 2141* 18.04. - 18.05. 4Z64EURO 2141* 18.04. - 5P0WARD 2141* 18.04. - 5P0WHD 2141* - . 27.04. 5X7W 15.04. - 15.05. 6O1OO 2140 19.03. - 28.04. 6W7/F6HMJ 2136 01.02. - 30.04. 8J0M 2130 01.02. - 30.04. 8J2M 2130 02.04. - 30.11. 8J3AC 2140 01.02. - 30.04. 8J9M 2130 13.03. - 17.04. 8P6DR 2136 13.04. - 30.04. 9G5GS 2140 - 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012 01.04. - 09.06. AM70A 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70C 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70D 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70E 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70F 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70I 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70L 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70N 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70O 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70P 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70R 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70S 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70U 2140 01.04. - 09.06. AM70URE 2140 13.02. - 13.05. AU60BARC 2136 01.01. - 31.12. DA200TF 2137 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 01.01. - 31.12. DL70AFUG 2129 01.03. - 31.12. DL70AIR 2134 - 31.12. DL70BRD 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM100ZM 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DM19LGS 2127 24.01. - 31.12. DM2025C 2130 - 31.12. DM70GER 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DM775FLD 2127 01.01. - 31.12. DQ1200ASP 2125 01.01. - 31.12. DQ600UNI 2126 02.02. - 31.07. DR19RGD 2133 01.01. - 31.12. DR50DIG 2129 21.04. - 28.04. E51BAS 2141* 21.04. - 28.04. E51DLD 2141* 21.04. - 28.04. E51MAS 2141* 18.03. - 25.04. E6AF 2136 12.04. - 20.04. EG5WRD 2141* 15.04. - 31.12. EN185UNIV 2141* 13.04. - 21.04. F4HJO/p 2140 22.04. - 03.05. FO/KE1B 2141* 20.04. - 27.04. GB5SM 2141* 01.04. - 30.04. GX4BJC/a 2138 01.01. - 15.08. H31A 2126 22.02. - 15.05. HR5/F2JD 2134 20.04. - 21.04. HZ1SK 2141* 01.03. - 30.04. II0AGV 2136 01.04. - 31.08. II0KT 2138 01.04. - 30.04. II4SLR 2138 16.04. - 21.04. J20DX 2140 - 31.12. J28ND 2035 - 01.09. J28PJ 2004 22.04. - 03.05. K7M 2139 16.04. - 22.04. KH8/OZ0J 2140 16.04. - 22.04. KH8/OZ1RH 2140 29.03. - 27.05. LY800SMG 2138 - 31.07. LZ116RF 2140 01.04. - 30.04. LZ117ML 2138 19.04. - 23.04. OG0YL 2141* 01.01. - 31.12. OG60IPA 2128 19.04. - 23.04. OH0/OH2LGW 2141* 08.04. - 19.04. OH0UA 2140 13.04. - 20.04. OH73ELK 2140 01.01. - 31.12. OU0POLIO 1919 01.04. - 30.04. PT50Y 2139 01.03. - 30.04. R108M 2137 01.03. - 30.04. R1961G 2137 01.03. - 30.04. RG61PP 2137 16.04. - 23.04. T32AZ 2140 06.02. - 31.12. TC10GITRAD 2133 14.04. - 22.04. TF/EB3GCP 2140 20.04. - 22.04. TM17CV 2141* 13.04. - 20.04. TM4G 2140 19.04. - 20.07. TM500LDV 2141* 13.04. - 21.04. TM94WARD 2140 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 21.03. - 19.04. V31RF 2138 01.04. - 22.04. V47JA 2138 14.04. - 27.04. VK2FBBB/VK9 2140 15.04. - 25.04. VK5MAV/6 2140 12.04. - 21.04 VP2EMB 2140 07.04. - 26.04. XT2AW 2139 17.04. - 25.04. XT2MAX 2141* 18.04. - 22.04. Z66Z 2141* - 05/2019 Z81D 2124 20.04. - 21.04. ZD7BG 2141* 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8FQ (d) 4E8T via M0OXO 4U73B via 9A2AA, (C) 4X64G (L), (e), (C) 4X64N (L), (e), (C) 4X64O (L), (e), (C) 4X64S (L), (e), (C) 4Z1MOON via 4Z4KX (d/B) 4Z64EURO (L), (e), (C) 5P0WARD (L), (e), (C), (O) 5P0WHD (L), (e), (C), (O) 5T2KW (C), (O) 5X7W via SM0HPL, (L), (C) 6O1OO (Q) 6W/IV3FSG via IK3GES, (C) 6W7/F6HMJ via F6HMJ 6Y5KB via DL2SBY (d), (L) 8J0M via (B), JP7FSO (d) 8J2M via (B), JP7FSO (d) 8J3AC via (B), JA3PYH (d) 8J9M via (B), JP7FSO (d) 8P6DR via G3RWL, (C), (L) 9G5GS via IZ4GYS (d), (e) 9Q6BB via W3HNK AM70A via EA4URE (d/B) AM70C via EA4URE (d/B) AM70D via EA4URE (d/B) AM70E via EA4URE (d/B) AM70F via EA4URE (d/B) AM70I via EA4URE (d/B) AM70L via EA4URE (d/B) AM70N via EA4URE (d/B) AM70O via EA4URE (d/B) AM70P via EA4URE (d/B) AM70R via EA4URE (d/B) AM70S via EA4URE (d/B) AM70U via EA4URE (d/B) AM70URE via EA4URE (d/B) AU60BARC (C) C5DL via DL7DF (d/B), (L) DA200TF (B), (L), (e) 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) DL20IKT (d/B) DL70AFUG (B) DL70AIR (B), (e), (C) DL70BRD via DK1YH (d/B), (C), (e) DM100ZM (B) DM19LGS via (B), DG0ERS (d), (e) DM2025C (B) DM70GER via M0SDV (d), (C) DM775FLD (B) DQ1200ASP via (B), DK1AX (d), (L) DQ600UNI via (B), DL5KVV (d) DR19RGD (B), (e) DR50DIG via (B), DH1PAL (d) DX1CC via EA5GL, (C) E51AUZ via DL1AUZ (d/B) E51BAS via AD7MM E51DLD via W6HB (d) E51MAS via KI7DLK E51NPQ via DM7PQ (d/B) E6AF (C), (O) EG5WRD (L), (e) EI100YXQ via EI9FVB, (L) EN185UNIV via UT8UF F4HJO/p via (B), (C), (O) FO/KE1B via KE1B (d), (L) GB5SM via LZ1JZ (d), (L), (C) GB2DAY (e) GB4FDI (C), (O), (L) GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) H31A via HP1AVS, (L) HB0/PA2HGJ via PE1FLO HB0/PA2RDK via PE1FLO HB0/PA3CNO via PE1FLO HB0/PA3HK via PE1FLO HB0/PE0MGB via PE1FLO HB0/PE1FLO via PE1FLO HF40CUF via SP4CUF HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HZ1SK via IZ8CLM II0AGV via I0KQB II0KT via I0KQB II0RGPG via IZ0ANF (B) II4SLR via IQ4FE J20NT via EA3NT J28ND via S57DX J28PJ via F1TMY J52EC (d) J79BH via FM5BH (d), (C), (L) K7M via NT7MM (d) KH8/OZ0J (C), (O), (L) KH8/OZ1RH (C), (O), (L) LY800SMG via LY2NZ LY800SMG via LY2NZ LZ116RF via LZ1YE (d), (C), (O) LZ117ML via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e) OG0YL via OH2YL OG60IPA via OH4MDY OH0/OH2LGW via OH2LGW OH0UA via DL6UAA (d/B) OH73ELK (d/B) OJ0W via OH3WS OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) PT50Y via PT2OP (d/B) R1994YU (C), (O) R1996VK (C), (O) R2019DC (C), (O) S50WAAD via S59DKS S549APR via S51A (B), (L) T32AZ via KH6QJ T88IB via JA1JEJ (d/B) T88UW via JH7IPR (d/B), (C), (L) TA4LYL (L) TC10GITRAD via TA7AZC (d), (B), (L) TF/EB3GCP via EB3GCP, (C) TM17CV via F8FZC TM4G via ON4ZD (d/B), (C), (O) TM50KBK via F4GTB (d/B), (L), (e) TM500LDV via F4GPB (d/B), (L), (e) TM94WARD (B), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC UE19DC (C), (O) UP58G (L), (e) V31RF via K8NDS (d) V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) VE7ACN/CK9 via VE7ACN (d/B), (C) VI9NI via VK4FW VK2FBBB/VK9 via VK2FBBB (d/B) VK5MAV/6 via RN3RQ, (C), (O) VP2EMB via PA3FYC (d) XT2AW via M0OXO XT2MAX (L), (e), (C) Z66Z via OZ1ACB, (L) Z81D via OM3JW ZD7BG (d) 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: CT3HF * QSL via LoTW: 4S7KKG, 5B/IZ4AMS, 5B4ALX, 7X0AD, A42K, D4C, EJ0DXG, EJ5GM, H2X, YB1TIA 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), 4Z4DX, DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ1IKY, OZ4FF, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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