DXNL 2186 - February 26, 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 A6, United Arab Emirates: Members of the Emirates Amateur Radio Society (EARS) operate as A60KWT on the 25th and 26th around the Kuwait National Day. BV, Taiwan: BV120SU celebrates the 120th anniversary of Soochow University until Aug. 4 on HF. QSL via BU2EQ, eQSL. CP, Bolivia: Rudi/DK7PE travels to Panama on the 24th and expects to arrive in Bolivia on the 26th. He plans to operate as CP6/DK7PE until March 6, mostly on the low bands on CW. He brings along an inverted-V antenna. QSL via DK7PE (d/B). https://www.rooody.de/ HP, Panama: Alvaro/HP1DAV, Jay/HP3AK, Roger/G4BVY, Peter/G4CLA, and Martin/GD4XUM will be active as H33K from Volcan/Province Chiriqui (WW Loc. EJ88qs) between March 2 and 13. QRV on 160 to 10m on CW, SSB, FT8, and also during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via HP1DAV (d), LoTW, ClubLog. 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 March, II4MCY refers to the founding of the first Marconi Company in 1897. An award will be available as well. QSL via IQ4FE. http://www.arifidenza.it/ I, Italy: The special event stations IO3RT and IO3AF commemorate the 100th anniversary of Arturo Ferrarin's first flight from Rome to Tokyo. QRV until the end of May on 80-6m (CW, SSB, digital modes). An award is also available. QSL for both calls via IQ3BM (d/B). J6, St. Lucia: Bill/K9HZ, Dan/W0CN, and Kyle/WA4PGM are currently operating as J68HZ and J68CN on HF (CW, FT8). They stay until March 16; during the ARRL SSB Contest they will sign J68HZ. QSL for J68HZ via K9HZ (d), LoTW; J68CN via W0CN (d), LoTW. LZ, Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) continues to honour the memory of Orthodox saints during March with the callsign LZ250KD. QSOs count towards the All Saints - 2020 award. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ OA, Peru: Members of the Radio Club Peruano operate from the Tucume Prehispanic Archaeological Monument with the callsign OC1TU on the 28th and 29th. QRV on 80 to 10m on SSB and FT8. QSL via OA4O (d/B), LoTW. PJ4, Bonaire: Philip/N2HX and his wife will be paying Bonaire (SA-006) a visit from March 1 to 15. QRV holiday-style as PJ4/N2HX on HF (SSB, RTTY, FT8), also during the ARRL SSB contest. QSL via N2HX. PJ7, St. Maarten: Tom/AA9A returns to Sint Maarten (NA-105) from Feb. 29 until March 28 and operates as PJ7AA on 80 to 10m (CW, FT8, SSB). QSL via AA9A (d), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS. V8, Brunei Darussalam: The special event station V84HSK marks the 36th anniversary of the country's independence. QRV until March 2 on HF on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via V85TL (d). VP5, Turks and Caicos Islands: Jim/K4QPL, John/K4BAI, John/N9NB, and Mike/WU4V plan to operate together as VP5M in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. Before and after, they will be signing VP5/homecalls between March 3 and 12. QSL for VP5M via K4QPL. YS, El Salvador: Following his stay on the Bahamas (Feb. 20 to 25, C6AGE), Gerhard/OE3GEA moves on to El Salvador, from where he will be active as YS/OE3GEA until Feb. 28. QSL via OE3GEA. ZF, Cayman Islands: Joel/NF3R will be operating as ZF2RJ from March 3 to 10 on HF, including the ARRL contest. QSL via LoTW. ISWL Activity: During March, Peter/G0NQZ will be active as MX1SWL/a (WAB TQ50). QSL via M5DIK (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Other stuff: ============ J2, Djibouti: Sigi/DL7DF reports that he had to cancel all plans for the DXpedition to Djibouti (J20DX), which was scheduled for March 4 to 16. Various administrative difficulties, such as secruity and customs, left the group no other choice. http://www.dl7df.com/j2/ KH8, Swains Island: The W8S DXpedition to Swains Island has been postponed to Sept. 23 - Oct. 6. This is due to travel restrictions that are currently enforced on American Samoa over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease. Although this is a disappointment, the crew emphasises that the DXpedition was not cancelled but merely postponed. (Ronald Stuy, PA3EWP) Preview: ======== 9K, Kuwait: Members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society plan to activate Failaka Island (AS-118) from March 11 to 15 as 9K2F. QSL via 9K2RA. OZ, Denmark: OZ75MAY marks the liberation of Denmark between May 1 and 10. There will also be an award available. QSL via OZ1ACB, ClubLog OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. https://oz75may.oz0j.dk/ CY0, Sable Island: The next DXpedition to Sable Island is scheduled for Oct. 19 to 28. The team consists of AA4NC, K4UEE, K4ZLE, K5DHY, K5YY, N2IEN, N2TU, N8AA, W4DKS, WA4DAN, and WW2DX. http://cy0dxpedition.net/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society EARS Emirates Amateur Radio Society IOTA Islands on the Air 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: ================== 25.02. UKEICC 80m Contest 29.02./01.03. UBA DX Contest 03.03. YL-CW-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 NA-073; V3, Corozal/ Belize District group: Iain/G4SGX plans to operate from Ambergis Caye as V31GX during March (including the BERU contest). QSL via M0OXO, LoTW. OC-034; P2/YB9, New Guinea: Will/AA4NC and Ron/AA4VK will be operating holiday-style as P29NC and P29VK between Feb. 28 and March 1 on HF (CW, FT8, SSB). QSL for P29NC via EA5GL, P29VK via AA4VK (d). OC-035; YJ, New Hebrides: From March 3 to 6, Will and Ron operate as YJ0NC and YJ0VK respectively. QSL for YJ0NC via EA5GL, YJ0VK via AA4VK (d). OC-047; H44, Solomon Islands: From March 1 to 3, Will and Ron will be paying North Solomon Island a visit and operate as H44NC and H44VK. QSL for H44NC via EA5GL, H44VK via AA4VK (d). 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 13.02. - 29.02. 4UNR 2185 24.02. - 21.03. 5H3AX 2185 24.02. - 21.03. 5H3DX 2185 - 26.02. 6W1/EA4ATI 2185 16.02. - 27.03. 6W7/ON4AVT 2184 21.02. - 29.02. 7I8X 2185 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 25.02. - 26.02. A60KWT 2186* - 04.08. BV120SU 2186* 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 23.01. - 01.03. C6AAN 2185 25.02. - 28.02. C6AGE 2185 26.02. - 06.03. CP6/DK7PE 2186* 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.02. - 31.01.21 DA20025C 2183 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BKW 2178 08.02. - 31.12. DL250BEETH 2183 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 01.12. - 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 02.03. - 13.03. H33K 2186* 05.02. - 20.04. H44MS 2183 01.03. - 03.03. H44NC 2186* 01.03. - 03.03. H44VK 2186* 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 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 09.01. - 02/20 HS0ZKE 2183 12.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2170 01.02. - 29.02. II3BIA 2182 01.03. - 31.03. II4MCY 2186* 01.02. - 29.02. II4MLB 2182 14.02. - 31.05. IO3AF 2186* 14.02. - 31.05. IO3RT 2186* 23.02. - 16.03. J68CN 2186* 23.02. - 16.03. J68HZ 2186* 25.02. - 05.03. JD1BON 2185 25.02. - 05.03. JD1BPH 2185 01.03. - 31.03. LZ250KD 2186* 01.02. - 29.02. LZ34WGI 2182 01.03. - 31.03. MX1SWL/a 2186* 28.02. - 29.02. OC1TU 2186* 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.01. - 31.12. OL725PLZ 2181 28.02. - 01.03. P29NC 2186* 28.02. - 01.03. P29VK 2186* 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 01.03. - 15.03. PJ4/N2HX 2186* 29.02. - 28.03. PJ7AA 2186* 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 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 20.02. - 04.03. TI5/AA1M 2185 20.02. - 04.03. TI5/W1USN 2185 09.02. - 29.02. TN/UA9FGR 2184 21.02. - 08.03. TO3Z 2185 13.01. - 09.03. TO7D 2180 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 21.02. - 01.03. TU5PCT 2185 - 02/20 V31GW 2185 - 02/20 V31YN 2185 21.02. - 05.03. V47JA 2185 23.02. - 02.03. V84SHK 2186* 12.01. - 12.04. VK9NK 2179 03.03. - 12.03. VP5/K4BAI 2186* 03.03. - 12.03. VP5/K4QPL 2186* 03.03. - 12.03. VP5/N9NB 2186* 03.03. - 12.03. VP5/WU4V 2186* 07.03. - 08.03. VP5M 2186* 21.02. - 05.03. VP8PJ 2185 01.02. - 28.03. VY0ERC 2182 25.02. - 04.03. W1JXN/4 2185 12.02. - 28.02. W1UE/HR9 2185 03.03. - 06.03. YJ0NC 2186* 03.03. - 06.03. YJ0VK 2186* 26.02. - 28.02. YS/OE3GEA 2186* 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 03.03. - 10.03. ZF2RJ 2186* 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 15.02. - 16.02. ZP9MCE 2184 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 01.02. - 31.03. ZW86LABRE 2182 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3W2MAE via DL5MAE (B) 3Z90PZK via SP7PGK 3Z95IARU via SP3KWA (d/B) 4A15DXXE (L) 4JT4K via 4K4K 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4UNR via UA3DX 5H3AX via NK8O, (L), (C) 5H3DX via NK8O, (L), (C) 5T5PA via PA5X (d/B), (L), (C) 6W1/EA4ATI via EA4R 6W7/ON4AVT via ON4AVT 7I8X via YB8RW 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P6NW (d), (L) 8Q7HK via JG1SXP (d), (L), (C) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (C) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K59NLD via 9K2RA 9M2MRS via PA0RRS, (L), (e), (C) 9V1VV via EA5GL A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) BV120SU via BU2EQ (d), (e) C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) C6AAN via DF8AN (d/B) C6AGE via OE3GEA CO2AN (d) CP6/DK7PE via DK7PE (d/B) DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DA20025C (B), (e) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BEETH via DJ6SI (d/B) 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) DS2LOE (L), (e), (C) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EA8DIG (L) EC6AAE (L), (C) EG7AND (d/B) EG7FIM via EA7URF EG8URT via EA8URT EH5FMC via EA5RKD EH5TSA via EA5EV EM30UCC (d/B), (L) EM600T via UR7TWY EO50LW via UT7LW FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) FJ/N2IEN via NR6M (d) FJ/W2RE via NR6M (d) FJ/WW1X via NR6M (d) FJ/WW2DX via NR6M (d) FR/F8EN via F6AJA (d/B) GB0TVG (d), (e) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) H33K via HP1DAV (d), (L), (C) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) H44NC via EA5GL H44VK via AA4VK (d) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF2020PZK via SP9MDY HF90PZK via SP7PGK HF95IARU via SP7PKI (d/B), (L) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZKE via HB9DUS (d/B) HS0ZME via SM6NT II3BIA via IN3ZWF (d/B), (e) II4MCY via IQ4FE II4MLB via IQ4FE IO3AF via IQ3BM (d/B) IO3RT via IQ3BM (d/B) J68CN via W0CN (d), (L) J68HZ via K9HZ (d), (L) J8/WJ2O via N2ZN JD1BON via JA1UII (d/B) JD1BPH via JH1HHC (d/B), (L) JW4PUA (d/B), (L) KH6TU (L) KP3RE via EA5GL LZ250KD via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ34WGI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) N1DC/4 via N1DC, (L) NP2Q (d), (L), (e) NP3VI via EA5GL OC1TU via OA4O (d/B), (L) OD5YA via IZ8CLM, (L), (e) OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) OR75USA via (B), ON4GDV (d) P29NC via EA5GL P29VK via AA4VK (d) P4/K3DMG (L) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PJ2/DL9NBJ (C), (O) PJ4/N2HX via N2HX PJ4/NE9U via NE9U (d/B), (L) PJ4G via WA2NHA PJ5/KG9N via KG9N (d/B) PJ7AA via AA9A (d), (L), (C) R200ANT via RZ3EC R89DRA via UA4AJD SN2020PZK via SP9PNB (d/B) SN90PZK via SP7PLO SN95IARU via SP9YGD, (d/B), (L) SP90PZK via SP0PZK, (L) SP95IARU (B), (L), (C) SQ90PZK via SP4Z T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) T77BL (L) TI5/AA1M via AA1M (d/B), (L) TI5/W1USN via W1USN (d/B), (L) TK5KP (L), (C), (O) TK8QD /d/B) TM20AK (e) TN/UA9FGR via UA9FGR TO3Z via F6HMQ TO4A via VE3DZ, (C), (O) TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) TU5PCT via OK6DJ, (L), (C), (O) TZ1CE via DK1CE (d/B) V31CO via W0YBS (d/B), (L) V31DJ via W0CP, (L), (C) V31DK via K0ZV, (L), (C) V31GW via DK9GG V31KO via DL8UD (d/B), (C) V31YN via DJ4KW V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) V55QO via DK3ZL (d/B), (L) V84SHK via V85TL (d) VE3VSM/HR9 via VE3VSM, (L) VK9NK via SP9FIH VK9NN via AA4VK (d) VK9NR via EA5GL VP5M via K4QPL VP8PJ via M0URX, (L) VY0ERC via M0OXO, (L) W1JXN/4 (B), (L) W1UE/HR9 via KQ1F XR2FPT via CA2CFK (d), (e) YJ0NC via EA5GL YJ0VK via AA4VK (d) YS/OE3GEA via OE3GEA YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) Z81S via IT9YVO (d) ZF2AN via DF8AN (d/B) ZF2RJ (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZP9MCE via EA5ZD, (L) 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: 5T5PA, DU6/PE1NSQ, ET3AA (N2OO), VP6R * QSL cards received via bureau: AT6MIT, BO0M (AS-113), CE7/DL2OE, HL74V, LX8FTDM, MD0CCE, OH0TA, OJ0C, OJ0DX, TK/HB9FND, WP4JLU, YC8QT, YI0MTU, Z60A, ZA1WW, ZX7DX/p * QSL via LoTW: 4J7WMF, BG7BDB, C56BR, HK4GSO, J79WTA, OH0V 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), 5P2BA, BU2EQ, DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK7PE, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PA3EWP, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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