DXNL 2187 - March 4, 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 3W, Vietnam: Sven/HB9DXB will be active from the 10th onwards as XV9DXB from his second QTH in Nha Trang. QSL via EB7DX. 8P, Barbados: Dick/G3RWL will be back on the air as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) between March 8 and April 8. QRV on 80 to 10m on CW and (some) RTTY. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW, G3RWL (d/B). 9J, Zambia: Watch out for an international team operating as 9J2LA between the 5th and 15th. QRV on 160 to 6m on CW, SSB, and digital modes. Operators are Rune/LA7THA, Christian/OE5CWO, Philipp/ OE7PGI, Svein/LA3BO, Svein/LA9KKA, Morten/LB8DC, Morten/LA3MHA, Chris/ LA8OM, Philipp/DK6SP, and Carl/SM6CPY. QSL via M0OXO. https://9j2la.com/ 9X, Rwanda: Harald/DF2WO operates again as 9X2AW (new WW Loc. KI48xe). QRV on HF (CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8) from the 4th to 22nd. He also plans to prepare an antenna for topband. QSL via M0OXO. CT3, Madeira Island: CT9/OG55W (Keijo) remains active until March 16 from Madeira Island (AF-014, WLOTA 0053, ARLHS MAD-008, WW Loc. IM12NT). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. EX, Kyrgyzstan: Yuri/R2DY, Pavel/R2DX, and Eugene/RW3FB will be operating from the south bank of Issyk-Kul Lake with the callsign EX0QR on 160 to 10m (CW, SSB, digital modes) between the 6th and 17th. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, R2DX (d/B). FK, New Caledonia: Moto/JA1GZV operates from Noumea (OC-032) between March 10 and 18 as TX8A. QRV on 7010, 10120, 14010, and 18080 (depending on QRM). QSL via JA1GZV (d), eQSL. FR, Reunion Island: Following the cancellation of their trip to Djibouti, a German group consisting of Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Annette/DL6SAK, Sigi/DL7DF, and Frank/DL7UFR will be paying Reunion Island (AF-016, WW Loc. LG79RC) a visit from the 4th to 16th. QRV as TO7DL on 160 to 10m with three rigs on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via DL7DF (d/B), LoTW. http://www.dl7df.de/fr/ J6, St. Lucia: Steve/NY3B will be paying Frans/J69DS a visit and operate from the latter's location as J68SS from the 4th to 11th, including the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW. OE, Austria: The following stations will be celebrating Austria's 25 years in the European Union between March and the end of the year: OE25AVD, OE25BKC, OE25DMT, OE25JML, OE25JWC, OE25LKG, OE25OLD, OE25RBO, OE25TWB, OE25XCI, OE25XFG, OE25XKJ, OE25XKO, OE25XOA, OE25XRG, and OE25XXW. Awards are available as well. RA, Russia: The special event station R100FA marks the 100th birthday of the Russian writer Fyodor Abramov until March 25. An award is also on offer. QSL via RN1ON. T32, East Kiribati: Ken/KH6QJ will be active again from Kiritimati (OC-024) as T32AZ from March 4 to 11, including the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via KH6QJ. V4, St. Kitts and Nevis: Matt/K0BBC and Paul/W6PNG will be signing V4/homecalls from St. Kitts (NA-104) between the 5th and 11th. QRV on 80 to 6m (SSB, FT8), and as V47P during the ARRL contest. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog; V4/K0BBC via M0OXO. VP2M, Montserrat: Charlie/K1XX plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as VP2MMF. He'll also be available on the bands before and after the contest weekend. QSL via KU9C, LoTW. VP9, Bermuda: Steve/K3SW will be operating as VP9I in the ARRL contest. QRV before and after the contest weekend from the 5th to 10th as VP9/K3SW. QSL for VP9I via WW3S; VP9/K3SW via K3SW (d), LoTW. YI, Iraq: Giorgio/IU5HWS is expected to operate as YI/IU5HWS for the next 4 to 5 months on 40, 20, and 10. More information to follow. YN, Nicaragua: Gerhard/OE3GEA is currently active as YN3GEA until March 6. For March 7 to 8 he plans a short trip to Corn Island (NA-013). QRV on 40 to 10m on CW. QSL via OE3GEA (d/B). Other stuff: ============ T30, West Kiribati: Alex/5B4ALX has to postpone his activity as T30ET to October 2020 due to present Corona-related quarantine requirements. E44CC - Palestine: The online QSL request has now been enabled on ClubLog. For a video about the DXpedition see: https://youtu.be/ofg53o3pHQ8 QSL-Manager fuer AA4NC and AA4VK touring the Pacific area: Pedro/EA5GL informs the DX community that he will be handling QSL cards for Will's/AA4NC and Ron's/AA4VK present activities from various Oceania entities. IOTA Honour Roll and Annual Listings 2020: The IOTA Honour Roll and Annual Listings 2020 has now been published online. All in all there are 1647 entries; 253 operators have registered confirmations of more than 1000 IOTA references, 9A2AA being in the lead with 1129 (out of 1133). https://www.iota-world.org/de/ Preview: ======== FP, St. Pierre and Miquelon: VO1CH, VO1IDX, W0VTT, W4SJT, WB2REM, and WW1WW are planning a DXpedition to the Ile aux Marins (NA-032) for August 10 to 17. QRV as TO5T on 160 to 6m on CW, SSB, and FT (F/H mode). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, WB2REM (d). http://www.to5t.com/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society ILERA International League of Esperantist Radio Amateurs IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System SO Single OP WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 04.03. UKEICC 80m Contest 07./08.03. ARRL International DX 07.03. Wake-Up! QRP-Sprint 07./08.03. DARC VHF-, UHF-, 07./08.03. Open Ukraine RTTY 08.03. FIRAC Contest 08.03. UBA Spring Contest 08.03. Int. YL-Aktivitaet zum 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-014; CT3, Madeira Archipelago: Rosel/DL3KWR and Hardy/DL3KWF return to Madeira once more from March 6 to April 1. QRV as CT9/homecalls on HF (including 60m) on CW and some FT8. QSL via homecalls (d/B), LoTW, eQSL. http://dl3kwr.de/ AF-017; 3B9, Rodrigues Island: David/F8AAN will be active holiday-style during the nighttime hours as 3B9AN between the 9th and 18th on 80-17m. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, F8AAN (d). EU-013; GJ/MJ, Jersey: Hans/DK8RE, Wolf/ DL1CC, Hans/DL8UUF, and Wies/SP1EG will be airing MH0ESP, a callsign of the International League of Esperantist Radio Amateurs (ILERA), from Jersey between the 8th and 20th. QSL via SP1EG. NA-100; V2, Antigua and Barbuda: Flavio/IW2NEF will be active from Jolly Harbour/Antigua (WW Loc. FK97bb) between March 6 and 13 as V26FP on 40 to 10m (SSB, FT8). QSL via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS, or direct via IK2DUW (d). Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 09.03. - 18.03. 3B9AN 2187* 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 25.10. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2180 24.10. - 31.08. 4U25B 2169 24.02. - 21.03. 5H3AX 2185 24.02. - 21.03. 5H3DX 2185 16.02. - 27.03. 6W7/ON4AVT 2184 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 08.03. - 09.04. 8P6DR 2187* 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 05.03. - 15.03. 9J2LA 2187* 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 04.03. - 22.03. 9X2AW 2187* 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 - 04.08. BV120SU 2186 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 26.02. - 06.03. CP6/DK7PE 2186 06.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWF 2187* 06.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWR 2187* 20.01. - 16.03. CT9/OG55W 2187* 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 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 06.03. - 17.03. EX0QR 2187* 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 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 - 04/2020 HK3JCL 2180 12.12. - 04.04. HR5/F2JD 2175 12.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2170 01.03. - 31.03. II4MCY 2186 14.02. - 31.05. IO3AF 2186 14.02. - 31.05. IO3RT 2186 23.02. - 16.03. J68CN 2186 23.02. - 16.03. J68HZ 2186 04.03. - 11.03. J68SS 2187* 25.02. - 05.03. JD1BON 2185 25.02. - 05.03. JD1BPH 2185 01.03. - 31.03. LZ250KD 2186 08.03. - 20.03. MH0ESP 2187* 01.03. - 31.03. MX1SWL/a 2186 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.01. - 31.12. OL725PLZ 2181 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 25.02. - 25.03. R100FA 2187* 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 04.03. - 11.03. T32AZ 2187* 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 21.02. - 08.03. TO3Z 2185 13.01. - 09.03. TO7D 2180 04.03. - 16.03. TO7DL 2187* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 10.03. - 18.03. TX8A 2187* 06.03. - 13.03. V26FP 2187* - 02/20 V31GW 2185 - 02/20 V31YN 2185 05.03. - 11.03. V4/K0BBC 2187* 05.03. - 11.03. V4/W6PNG 2187* 21.02. - 05.03. V47JA 2185 07.03. - 08.03. V47P 2187* 12.01. - 12.04. VK9NK 2179 07.03. - 08.03. VP2MMF 2187* 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 05.03. - 10.03. VP9/K3SW 2187* 07.03. - 08.03. VP9I 2187* 01.02. - 28.03. VY0ERC 2182 25.02. - 04.03. W1JXN/4 2185 10.03. - XV9DXB 2187* 03.03. - 06.03. YJ0NC 2186 03.03. - 06.03. YJ0VK 2186 01.03. - 08.03. YN3GEA 2187* 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 03.03. - 10.03. ZF2RJ 2186 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 =============== 3B9AN via F8AAN (d), (C), (O) 3Z90PZK via SP7PGK 3Z95IARU via SP3KWA (d/B) 4A15DXXE (L) 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 6Y5HN via EA5GL 7I8X via YB8RW 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P6DR via G3RWL (d/B), (L), (C) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (C) 9J2LA via M0OXO 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K2KH (d/B), (L) 9K59NLD via 9K2RA 9M2MRS via PA0RRS, (L), (e), (C) 9Q1C via IK7UXW (d) 9X2AW via M0OXO A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) BV120SU via BU2EQ (d), (e) C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) C6AAN via DF8AN (d/B) C6AGE via OE3GEA CN4M via RW6HS (d) CN8SG via EA7FTR (d) CP6/DK7PE via DK7PE (d/B) CT9/DL3KWF via DL3KWF (d/B), (L), (e) CT9/DL3KWR via DL3KWR (d/B), (L), (e) CT9/OG55W (L), (C), (O) 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) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EM30UCC (d/B), (L) EX0QR via R2DX (d/B), (C), (O) FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) FG4KH via F1DUZ (B), (L) FR/F8EN via F6AJA (d/B) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) H33K via HP1DAV (d), (L), (C) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) H44NC via EA5GL H44VK via EA5GL HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF2020PZK via SP9MDY HF90PZK via SP7PGK HF95IARU via SP7PKI (d/B), (L) HH2AA via W3HNK (d), (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) J68SS (L) J73CC via EA5GL (d), (L) JD1BON via JA1UII (d/B) JD1BPH via JH1HHC (d/B), (L) LZ250KD via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ34WGI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MH0ESP via SP1EG MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) NP2Q (d), (L), (e) OC1TU via OA4O (d/B), (L) OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) P29NC via EA5GL P29VK via EA5GL P4/K3DMG (L) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PJ4/N2HX via N2HX PJ4NG via WA2NHA PJ7AA via AA9A (d), (L), (C) R100FA via RN1ON R200ANT via RZ3EC SE20SSA (B) 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 ST2NH via EA7FTR (d) T32AZ via KH6QJ (d/B) T46W (L) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TI5/AA1M via AA1M (d/B), (L) TI5/W1USN via W1USN (d/B), (L) TN/UA9FGR via UA9FGR TO3Z via F6HMQ TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) TO7DL via DL7DF (d/B), (L) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) TU5PCT via OK6DJ, (L), (C), (O) TX8A via JA1GZV, (e) V26FP via IK2DUW (d), (L), (C) V31GW via DK9GG V31HE via DK9HE V31YN via DJ4KW V4/K0BBC via M0OXO, (L) V4/W6PNG (L), (C) V47JA via W5JON (d), (L) V47P (L) V84SHK via V85TL (d) VK9NK via SP9FIH VP2MMF via KU9C, (L) VP5M via K4QPL VP8PJ via M0URX, (L) VP9/K3SW via K3SW (d), (L) VP9I via WW3S VY0ERC via M0OXO, (L) W1JXN/4 (B), (L) W1UE/HR9 via KQ1F WH6HI (L), (e) VX9DXB via EB7DX XV9OK via JG6PWT (B), (e) YJ0NC via EA5GL YJ0VK via EA5GL YN3GEA via OE3GEA (d/B) YS/OE3GEA via OE3GEA YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) 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: 3B9FR (M0OXO), A71EM (M0OXO), CE1LTL (EB7DX), HR9/N3AD (NA-057, W3HNK), HV0A (IK0FVC), J68GD, NP4TX (EB7DX), PJ7PL (N2HX), YC2VYY (EB7DX), YC4KAR (EB7DX), ZP5DA (EB7DX) * QSL via LoTW: 5B/R2DX, 5I4ZZ, 5I5TT, 9Y4DG, CE2MVF, CO7MLS, E44CC, EB8AH, HS1OLQ, HS5NMF, LX20I, SZ3PC20, TC7G, TO6D, TO7D, V31VP, XJ1JF 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, DL1JGO, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL3KWF, DL7MAE, EA5GL, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, NY3B, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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