DXNL 2182 - January 29, 2020 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 9G, Ghana: Matteo/IZ4YGS will be back on the air as 9G5GS from Sanzule (WW Loc. IJ84sx) between Feb. 1 and 26. QRV on 160 to 20m, mostly on FT8 and SSB. He also plans to try QSOs via the QO-100 satellite. QSL via IZ4YGS (d), ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL. 9K, Kuwait: Watch out for members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society putting 9K59NLD on the air during February to mark Kuwait's National and Liberation Day. QSL via 9K2RA. E5, South Cook Islands: Don/VE7DS operates as E51DDG from Rarotonga (OC-013) between Feb. 2 and 14 on 40, 30, 20, and 17m on CW. QSL via VE7DS (d/B), LoTW. F, France: Francois/F8DVD will be active as TM17AAW from the 3rd to 17th of February, including the Antarctic Activity Week (Feb. 10 to 17). QSL via F8DVD (d/B), LoTW. FM, Martinique: Kan/JJ2RCJ activates Martinique (NA-107, WW Loc. FK94) from Feb. 3 to 8 as TO3FM. QRV on 80 to 10m, mostly on FT (F/H mode). If possible, he will also try 160m. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, JJ2RCJ (d), LoTW, eQSL. I, Italy: The special event station II3BIA operates in the context of the Biathlon World Championships 2020 (Feb. 12 to 23) in Antholz. QRV during February on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m, VHF and UHF, and via satellite on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via IN3ZWF (d/B), eQSL. I, Italy: The ARI Fidenza Club (IQ4FE) puts a number of special event callsigns on the air during 2020 to commemorate the life and achievements of Guglielmo Marconi. During February, II4MLB refers to the first radio broadcast of a singing performance by Nelli Melba in 1920. An award will be available as well. QSL via IQ4FE. http://www.arifidenza.it/ LZ, Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) continues to honour the memory of Orthodox saints during February with the callsign LZ34WGI. QSOs count towards the All Saints - 2020 award. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ PA, Netherlands: Throughout 2020, PA800D celebrates the granting of city rights to Dordrecht 800 years ago on HF, VHF, and UHF. QSL via PI4DEC, ClubLog. PY, Brazil: ZW86LABRE celebrates the 86th anniversary of the Brazilian Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Radio Emissao (LABRE) from Feb. 1 until March 31. QSL via PY2KP. SP, Poland: The following special event stations are marking the 90th anniversary of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) and the 95th anniversary of the IARU between Feb. 1 and March 1: 3Z90PZK, HF2020PZK, HF90PZK, SN2020PZK, SN90PZK, SO90PZK, SP90PZK, SQ90PZK, 3Z95IARU, HF95IARU, SN95IARU, SO95IARU, SP95IARU, and SQ95IARU. An award is also available. For more information see: https://90.pzk.org.pl/ TI9, Cocos Island: Jorge/TI2JV, Dmitry/RA9USU, Mats/RM2D, and Andrey/UA3AB are going on a DXpedition to Cocos Island (NA-012), Feb. 2 to 8. QRV as TI9A with three rigs on 160 to 10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via UA3DX, ClubLog, LoTW. http://ti9a.info/ UR, Ukraine: EM30UCC celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Ukrainian Contest Club until the end of May. QSL via bureau, LoTW. YS, El Salvador: Ops Andy/DH8WR, Tom/DJ6TF, Werner/DJ9KH, Frank/DL1KWK, Dietmar/DL2HWA, Norbert/ DL2RNS, Georg/DL4SVA, Olaf/DL7JOM, Rolf/DL7VEE, and Franz/DL9GFB will be active from El Salvador between Jan. 30 and Feb. 13. They will be supported by local amateurs and plan to setup three stations as HU1DL. QRV on HF (including 60m) on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, DL4SVA, LoTW. https://hu1dl.mydx.de/ Other stuff: ============ Errata to last week's DXNL 2181: Unfortunately two IOTA references were reported wrongly last week. 9M2SAF/p will be active from AS-072 (not AS-092); PJ4A is active from SA-006 (not SA-005). 2020 IOTA Honour Roll - Annual Listings: Roger/G3KMA reminds all IOTA hunters to update their scores for the 2020 IOTA Honour Roll - Annual Listings until the end of January through their respective checkpoint; this includes participants who did not update their scores since 2015 but wish to remain in the list. Preview: ======== T30, Kiribati: Alex/5B4ALX reminds us of his upcoming Tarawa Atoll DXpedition, scheduled for March 18 until April 2. QRV as T30ET on SSB, CW, and digital modes. QSL via LoTW and OQRS. https://www.5b4alx.cloud/t30et-tarawa-atoll-2020/ TU, Cote d'Ivoire: Petr/OK1BOA, Petr/OK1FCJ, and David/OK6DJ will be active with the callsign TU5PCT between Feb. 21 and March 1 on 160 to 10m (SSB, CW, RTTY, FR8). QSL via OK6DJ, ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. https://www.cdxp.cz/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== AAW Antarctic Activity Week ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IARU International Amateur Radio Union IOTA Islands on the Air LABRE Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Radio Emissao LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System PZK Polish Amateur Radio Union USi United States Islands Awards WAP Worldwide Antarctic Program WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 01./02.02. DARC UKW-Winter Fieldday 01./02.02. Bayerischer Bergtag 01./02.02. Black Sea Cup International 01./02.02. Mexico RTTY International 01.02. AGCW-DL Handtasten-Party 02.02. Februar-QSO Party 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-032; 5H, Zanzibar Island: I1FQH, I1HJT, I2PJA, I2YSB, IK2CIO, IK2CKR, IK2DIA, IK2HKT, IW1ARB, and JA3USA activate Zanzibar Island from the 4th to 18th of February. QRV as 5I5TT (SSB, CW, RTTY) and 5I4ZZ (FT4, FT8) with 4 rigs. QSL via I2YSB, LoTW. http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ NA-008; VY0, Nunavut (Ellesmere Island) group: Alex/VE1RUS and Pierre/VE3TKB once more operate from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club Station VY0ERC on Ellesmere Island between Feb. 1 and March 28. QRV mostly on 40 and 20m on SSB, CW, FT8, and RTTY. QSL via M0OXO, LoTW. NA-012; TI9, Cocos Island: Mark/XE1B and Frank/HK5OKY activate Cocos Island from Jan. 30 until Feb. 9 as TI9C. QRV with two rigs on 160 to 6m on SSB and FT8. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW, or direct via XE1B. NA-073, V3, Corozal/ Belize District group: Bob/W0YBS is going to spend the first 3 weeks of February on Caye Caulker and operates as V31CO on HF (CW, RTTY, FT8). QSL via W0YBS (d/B), LoTW. NA-097; 6Y, Jamaica: Neil/G0RNU will be signing 6Y/G0RNU from the location of 6Y5NZ between Feb. 4 and 17 on 80m-6m. QSL via eQSL. NA-145; PJ5, 6, Sint Eustatius and Saba Islands: Chuck/KG9N activates Sint Eustatius (WW Loc. FK87ml) holiday-style from Feb. 4 to 21 as PJ5/KG9N. QSL via homecall (d/B). NA-249; KP3/4, Puerto Rico's Coastal Islands: Mike/VE7ACN plans to operate as KP4/AA7CH from Vieques Island (USi PR007S) between Jan. 31 and Feb. 5. QRV on 80-10m on CW and SSB. QSL via VE7ACN (d), ClubLog OQRS.https://www.ve7acn.com/ OC-028; V7, Ralik Chain: Randy/WW6RG will be active as V73/WW6RG from Kwajalein Island on Feb. 4 (04z-0530z and 0630z-0800z) on 20m (SSB). QSL via WW6RG (d/B). SA-101; CE0, Juan Fernandez Archipelago (Alejandro Selkirk Island): Nando/IT9YRE and Mike/K9AJ activate the new IOTA reference SA-101, Alejandro Selkirk Island, between Feb. 3 and 5 as CB0Z. QRV on 40, 30, 20, 17, and 15m (SSB, CW, maybe FT8). QSL via ClubLog OQRS or via IT9YRE. http://www.it9yre.it/cb0z/ Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.02. - 01.03. 3Z90PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. 3Z95IARU 2182* 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 25.10. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2180 24.10. - 31.08. 4U25B 2169 04.02. - 18.02. 5I4ZZ 2182* 04.02. - 18.02. 5I5TT 2182* 04.02. - 17.02. 6Y/G0RNU 2182* 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 01.02. - 26.02. 9G5GS 2182* 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 01.02. - 29.02. 9K59NLD 2182* 03.12. - 27.02. 9M2MRS 2173 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 28.01. - 06.02. C5XW 2181 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 03.02. - 05.02. CB0Z 2182* 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BKW 2178 16.12. - 17.12. DL250BTHVN 2175 01.01. - 31.12. DL30GER 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DL35SDR 2180 01.01. - 31.12. DL40PUL 2180 01.07. - 30.06. DL50NFA 2152 15.12. - 29.02. DP0GVN 2175 01.01. - 29.02. DP1POL 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.01. - 31.01. DQ10CWO 2178 01.01. - 31.01. DR10CWO 2178 02.02. - 14.02. E51DDG 2182* 01.12. - 03/2020 EA8/HB9FIH 2175 22.01. - 31.05. EM30UCC 2182* 13.01. - 09.03. FG/F6ITD 2180 25.01. - 19.03. FR/F8EN 2181 07.01. - 03.02. GB200FN 2179 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 25.01. - 07.02. HC1MD/2 2181 10.01. - 30.01. HC2JKT 2179 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 01.02. - 01.03. HF2020PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. HF90PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. HF95IARU 2182* - 04/2020 HK3JCL 2180 12.12. - 04.04. HR5/F2JD 2175 12.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2170 14.12. - 08.01.20 HS0ZNR 2175 30.01. - 13.02. HU1DL 2182* 01.02. - 29.02. II3BIA 2182* 01.01. - 31.12. II4BRN 2178 01.02. - 29.02. II4MLB 2182* 31.01. - 05.02. KP4/AA7CH 2182* 01.01. - 31.01. LZ1908IK 2179 01.02. - 29.02. LZ34WGI 2182* 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.01. - 31.12. OL725PLZ 2181 17.01. - 02/20 P4/K3DMG 2181 12.09. - 03.03. PA75LIMBURG 2162 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182* 18.01. - 03.02. PJ2ND 2181 04.02. - 21.02. PJ5/KG9N 2182* 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 01.02. - 01.03. SN2020PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SN90PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SN95IARU 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SO90PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SO95IARU 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SP90PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SP95IARU 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SQ90PZK 2182* 01.02. - 01.03. SQ95IARU 2182* 20.01. - 31.01. T40DXXE 2181 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 14.01. - 04.02. TI5/W4GKR 2180 02.02. - 08.02. TI9A 2182* 03.01. - 09.02. TI9C 2182* 03.02. - 17.02. TM17AAW 2182* 17.01. - 31.01. TO10CWO 2180 03.02. - 08.02. TO3FM 2182* 13.01. - 09.03. TO7D 2180 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 01.02. - 22.02. V31CO 2182* 04.02. - V73/WW6RG 2182* 12.01. - 12.04. VK9NK 2179 26.01. - 02.02. VP2MCV 2181 01.02. - 28.03. VY0ERC 2182* 18.01. - 02.02. WA4DT/HR9 2180 - 08.02. WA5LFD/p 2181 01.12. - 01.02. YR2019REV 2174 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 01.02. - 31.03. ZW86LABRE 2182* * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3V8SF via LX1NO, (L) 3W3B via E21EIC, (L) 3Z50DVP via SP6DVP (B), (L) 4A15DXXE (L) 4L8A via K1BV (B), (L) 4S6NCH (d) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4X2M via 4X4DZ 5A0YL (C), (O) 5B60ALJ via 5B4ALJ (d), (L) 5I4ZZ via I2YSB, (L) 5I5TT via I2YSB, (L) 6Y/G0RNU (e) 7A2A (d), (L) 7B1B (L), (e) 7X3WPL via 7X3DL 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8Q7BS via RX3AMY (d/B) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (C) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K2BS via EC6DX (d), (L) 9K59NLD via 9K2RA 9M2MRS via PA0RRS, (L), (e), (C) 9M2SAF/p via 9M2SAF (d) 9M8DEN (d/B), (L), (e), (C) 9Y4DG (L), (e) A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) C5FUD via SP2FUD (B) C5GCJ via SP2GCJ C5XW via G5XW (B) C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) C6AEI via WB4OMG CB0Z via IT9YRE, (C), (O) CM7VI via IK2DUW, (C), (e) CN8AM (d), (L), (e) CO2JD (L) CO7MLS via IK2DUW, (L), (e), (C) CP6LA via HA3JB (d) CR3W via DL5AXX CT3MD (d/B), (L), (C), (O), (e) CT9/DL5AXX via DL5AXX (B), (L) DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BTHVN (B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL50NFA (d/B) DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B), (L) DP1POL via DL1ZBO (d/B), (L) DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) DQ10CWO (d/B), (L), (C) DR10CWO (d/B), (L), (C) DS3HWS (L) DU6/N6SS via N6SS (d), (L) DU1S/1 via JA1PBV, (C) E51DDG via VE7DS (d/B), (L) EA5/G4VZV/m via G4VZV EA5U via EA5BB (B), (L) EA6/OE6MBG via EB7DX (d), (L) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EG4CWO (L) EM10CWO (B) EM30UCC (d/B), (L) EP4HR via IK2RZQ FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) FG8NY (d/B) FM5BH via W3HNK FR/F8EN via F6AJA (d/B) FR5DZ (d/B) G2CWO (L) GB200FN via M0XIG (d) GB5CWO (L) GW2CWO (L) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HC1MD via K8LJG (d/B), (L) HC1MD/2 via K8LJG (d/B), (L) HC2JKT via EA1VE HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HI3AA via NK4DX, (L) HI8JSG (d), (L) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL2WA (d/B), (L) HP1RY (d), (e) HR1R (L) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZME via SM6NT HS0ZNR via VK2BY (d), (L), (C) HS2AQG (d/B) HU1DL via DL4SVA, (C), (O), (L) HZ1SK via IZ8CLM II3BIA via IN3ZWF (d/B), (e) II4BRN via IQ4FE II4MLB via IQ4FE J68GD via K9AW (d), (L) JT5DX (d) KH7A via JA5DQH (d) KL7SB via N4GNR KP2M via NZ4DX (d) KP4/AA7CH via VE7ACN (d), (C), (O) KP4PR (d), (L), (e) LU7AA (d) LX20I via LX2A LZ10CWO via LZ1HW LZ1908IK via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ34WGI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MU2K via GU8ITE MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) NP2J via K8RF OA4AI (d/B), (L) OD5UI via IZ8CLM OD5OJ (d) OD5ZZ via N4GNR OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OL10CWO via OK1TN OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) OR75USA via (B), ON4GDV (d) OX3LX via OZ0J OY9JD (d), (L) P4/K3DMG (L) P40AA via DL4MM, (C), (L) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PG10CWO via PG4I PJ2/W8WTS via W8WTS, (L) PJ2ND via K8ND, (L) PJ2T via W3HNK, (L) PJ4A via K4BAI PJ5/KG9N via KG9N (d/B) R200ANT via RZ3EC S79KW via N4GNR (d) SF10CWO via SM6CUK (B), (L) SU1AS (d) T40DXXE via CO8ZZ (d) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) T77LA (d), (L) T88CZ via JI3DNN (d/B) T88DK via JH3LSS (d/B) T88DN via JA3HJI (d/B) T88ED via JA3IVU (d/B) T88EF via JA3ARJ (d/B) T88MB via JA3AVO (d/B) TC0X via HG5DX, (C) TI5/W4GKR via W4GKR TI9A via UA3DX, (L), (C) TI9C via XE1B (d), (L), (C) TK5AE (d/B), (L), (e) TK5IH (d/B), (L), (e) TM17AAW via F8DVD (d/B), (L) TM6CWO via F6CEL, (L), (e) TM70TAAF via F8DVD (d/B), (L) TM8SN via F5RQQ TO10CWO via FG8NY (d/B) TO3FM via JJ2RCJ (d), (L), (C) TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) V31CO via W0YBS (d/B), (L) V73/WW6RG via WW6RG (d/B) VK9NK via SP9FIH VO1HP/VO2 via VO1HP, (L) VO2AAA via VE9CB, (L) VO2AC via VE3FU (d/B), (L) VP2ETE via W3HNK, (L) VP2MCV via W8MV (d) VU2RBQ via DJ9RB (d/B) VY0ERC via M0OXO, (L) WA4DT/HR9 via WA4DT (d) WA5LFD/p via WA5LFD, (L) WP4BRI (d), (L), (e) WP4KMB (d), (e) XE2X (d), (L) YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) Z81D via OM3JW ZD7FT (d) ZF2BJ via K0BJ (d/B), (L) ZF2LC via W2SM, (L) ZF5T via K5GO, (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZP9MCE (L) ZR6GRT (d/B) ZS6ZA (d/B), (L), (e) ZS95SARL (B) ZW86LABRE via PY2KP (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: 5T1R (A92AA), A91ARS (A92AA), TK0C * QSL via LoTW: FM1HN, HI3LT, KP4IGI, OY9JD Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, F8DVD, IN3RRX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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