DXNL 2191 - April 1, 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 EA, Spain: The DXXE Group marks its 15th anniversary with the callsigns AO5DXX (operator Salva/EA5BB) and AO5DXX/8 (operator Juan/EA8RM) between April 1 and 15. QSL via LoTW. F, France: Thierry/F4GVO joins the DXXE celebrations with the callsign TM15DXXE during the first half of April. QSL only via LoTW. I, Italy: The Mediterraneo DX Club in the Province of Pisa (IQ5JA) celebrates its 10th anniversary during April with the callsign II5MPI. An award is available as well. QSL via LoTW. 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 April, II4FTX refers to the first transatlantic wireless broadcast in 1901. 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 April with the callsign LZ603IL. QSOs count towards the All Saints - 2020 award. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ PA, Netherlands: The special event station PA75ASN commemorates the liberation of the city Assen during the 2nd World War. QRV between April 1 and May 7. QSL via bureau or direct via PA0VCC. PY, Brazil: During April, the special event station ZW60DF draws attention to the inauguration of Brasilia as Brazil's new capital in 1960. QSL via LoTW and PT2GTI. S5, Slovenia: Members of the radio club S59FOP will be marking Earth Day (April 22) on the air with the callsign S50EARTH during April. QSL via eQSL. SP, Poland: SN100KW commemorates the 100th birthday of Pope John Paul II (born Karol Jozef Wojtyla) on May 18 in 1920. QRV during April and May on HF. QSL via SP3PGS (B). TA, Turkey: Members of the Tango Alpha Ham Radio Club (YM1KE) are currently active with the callsign TC1STAYHOME in order to raise awareness for the restrictions necessitated by Covid-19. 9K9STAYHOME from Kuwait operates with a similar purpose. VK, Australia: The Western and Northern Suburbs Amateur Radio Club (WANSARC) celebrates its 50th anniversary with the callsign VI50AWS until the end of August. All contacts will be confirmed with a special QSL; an award is also available. https://www.wansarc.org.au/ VK9N, Norfolk Island: Janusz/SP9FIH reports that he has to remain on the island due to cancelled flights. He plans to change is QTH on April 10 in order to reduce spending. Janusz continues to operate as VK9NK. http://vk9nk.dxpeditions.org/ XE, Mexico: The special event stations 4A60A, 4A60M. 4A60E, 4A60X, 4A60I, 4A60C, 4A60O, 4A60N, 4A60F, and 4A60S celebrate the founding of the Asociacion de Radio Aficionados de la Republica Mexicana (ARARM) 60 years ago. QRV between March 27 and July 25. The club also offers an award for contacts with these stations. https://www.ararm.com.mx/ ISWL Activities: During April, Arthur/G0KOC will be active as GX4BJC (WAB TQ62) and Herbie/G6XOU as MX1SWL/a (WAB TM22). QSL via M5DIK (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Other stuff: ============ Peter Zenker/DL2FI - SK: After a long battle with illness, Peter Zenker/DL2FI, a figurehead of the QRP movement in Germany, passed away on March 28. The following DXpeditions have been postponed or cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic: J88PI April 06-14 cancelled IP1A May 01-03 cancelled A25VR May 01-22 postponed PA2020IG May 09-16 cancelled 8Q7KB May 04-12 cancelled V6TOPG 2020 cancelled VP2V/W9DR June 17-24 cancelled VK5KI July 22-28 cancelled IARU-Region 1 CW Fieldday: The DARC Contest Committee has decided not to sponsor the annual IARU Region 1 CW Fieldday (June 6/7) this year. IARU High Speed Telegraphy World Championship: Oliver, Z32TO, reports that this event, which was scheduled to take place in Mongolia during August, is cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.iaru-r1.org/2020/17th-iaru-hst-world-championship-2020/ IOTA Contest 2020: The RSGB Contest Newsletter announces: "We have reached a point with COVID-19 that it is inappropriate for us to run the IOTA Contest in July 2020 in its usual format. We cannot encourage our participants to operate in multi-operator groups nor to travel to island locations where visitors are not currently welcome. We would like your opinion on whether we should cancel outright or should retain a contest this year for single operator, home stations only. We are also conscious that a large number of our members are going to be spending more time at home than normal. Unable to enjoy many of our favourite outdoor contests we are proposing a series of home-based day-time contests to entertain and support one another. Both these issues are detailed in a survey which we invite you to complete. This is at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RSGB_HFCC_2020. The survey is open until Friday 3 April after which the outcomes will be made public." International Marconi Day: The International Marconi Day, organised by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, and scheduled for April 25, has been cancelled. http://gx4crc.com/gb4imd/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARARM Asociacion de Radio Aficionados de la Republica Mexicana ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DXXE DX XE Group IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System WAB Worked All Britain WANSARC Western and Northern Suburbs Amateur Radio Club WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 01.04. UKEICC 80m Contest 04.04. DARC UKW-Fruehlings- 04./05.04. SP DX Contest 04./05.04. EA RTTY Contest 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 AS-207; R0K, Chukchi Sea Coast Centre group: Rolf/DL6ZFG and Victor/UA3AKO both report that operators Alexander/RA3AV, Yuri/UA0KBG, and Victor/ UA3AKO are still en route for their all-time new activation of AS-207 (Losa Dvukh Pilotov). The group is due to board their plane to Chukotka on the 29th. They plan to operate from the island as R207RRC between April 3 and 10 with two rigs on 40-15m (CW, SSB). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, UA3AKO. http://r207rrc.ru/en/ NA-025; J8, The Grenadines: Brian/GW4DVB had to cancel his planned activity as J88PI (April 6 to 14). WWFF Activities ================ WWFF QRGs: CW: 28044 24894 21044 18084 14044 10124 7024 3544 kHz SSB: 28444 24944 21244 18144 14244 7144 3744 kHz Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro - PYFF-0370: Brazilian operators plan to activate this reference from April 3 to 5 as ZY5F on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m (SSB, FT8, CW). QSL via PS8RV (d/B), LoTW. WCA Activities =============== WCA QRGs: CW: 28031 24911 21031 18081 14031 10121 7031 3531 kHz SSB: 28551 24951 21251 18131 14251 7131 3731 kHz Ruiny Zamku Rycerskiego - SP-00390, PGA ZT02: SO13Z will be active from this location between April 1 and the end of the year. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog, eQSL. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60A 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60C 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60E 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60F 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60I 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60N 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60M 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60O 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60S 2191* 27.03. - 25.07. 4A60X 2191* 24.10. - 31.08. 4U25B 2169 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 08.03. - 09.04. 8P6DR 2187 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 01.04. - 15.04. AO5DXXE 2191* 01.04. - 15.04. AO5DXXE/8 2191* - 04.08. BV120SU 2186 06.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWF 2187 06.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWR 2187 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.02. - 31.01.21 DA2025C 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 24.03. - 02.10. DM30RSV 2189 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 22.01. - 31.05. EM30UCC 2182 01.04. - 30.04. GX4BJC 2191* 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 01.04. - 30.04. II4FTX 2191* 01.04. - 30.04. II5MPI 2191* 14.02. - 31.05. IO3AF 2186 14.02. - 31.05. IO3RT 2186 28.03. - 29.03. LX20I 2190 01.04. - 30.04. LZ603IL 2191* 01.04. - 03.04. MX1SWL/a 2191* 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.03. - 31.12. OL30DXC 2190 04.03. - 31.12. OL700CO 2190 04.03. - 31.12. OL700DKA 2190 04.03. - 31.12. OL700LTV 2190 01.01. - 31.12. OL725PLZ 2181 01.04. - 07.05. PA75ASN 2191* 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 03.04. - 10.04. R207RRC 2191* 01.04. - 30.04. S50EARTH 2191* 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 27.03. - 25.05. TC1STAYHOME 2191* 01.04. - 31.05. SN100KW 2191* 01.04. - 31.12. SO13Z 2191* - 04/20 SU9TH 2190 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 01.04. - 15.04. TM15DXXE 2191* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 01.03. - 31.08. VI50AWS 2191* 12.01. - 12.04. VK9NK 2179 10.03. - XV9DXB 2187 30.03. - 12.04. XW4XR 2190 22.03. - 01.04. YJ0CA 2189 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 03.04. - 05.04. ZY5F 2191* 01.04. - 30.04. ZW60DF 2191* * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8XF (L), (C), (O) 4A15DXXE (L) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4X5MT (d), (e) 6W7/ON4AVT via ON4AVT 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P6DR via G3RWL (d/B), (L), (C) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9H4JX (d), (L) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K2BM (B), (L) A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) A42K via EA5GL (d), (L) AN100L via EB5R AO5DXXE (L) AO5DXXE/8 (L) AP2AUM via IZ8CCW BV120SU via BU2EQ (d), (e) C37AC via EA3QS C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) CO3TJ (d), (L) CP6UA (d) CQ0ODX (d), (L) CT9/DL3KWF via DL3KWF (d/B), (L), (e) CT9/DL3KWR via DL3KWR (d/B), (L), (e) DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DA0HEL (B) DA20025C (B), (e) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DL0IH (B) DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BEETH via DJ6SI (d/B) DL250BTHVN (B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL50NFA (d/B) DM30RSV via (B), DK5ON (d), (L), DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) E2A via E21EIC (B), (L) EA6AGB (L), (e) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EA8AUW (L), (e) EM30UCC (d/B), (L) EP3SMH (d) FK8IK (d), (L) FM5AN (d), (L) FM5BH via W3HNK, (L) GT0SP (L) GX3CO via G6XOU GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF576KOC via SQ9PCO (B) HI7M via RW6HS (d), (L) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HL5FEI (d/B), (L) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZBS via OE2REL (d/B), (e) HS0ZED via G4SQA (B), (L) HS0ZGC (d), (L), (e) HS0ZIV (B), (L), (e) HS0ZME via SM6NT HS5XWY (d) HZ1SK via IZ8CLM II4FTX via IQ4FE II4MCY via IQ4FE II5MPI (L) IO3AF via IQ3BM (d/B) IO3RT via IQ3BM (d/B) J68HZ via K9HZ, (L) J69DS (d) LX20I via LX2A LY11LY via LY2QT LY30LY via LY5A LZ142GO (B) LZ250KD via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ603IL via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OE25JML (d/B), (L) OL30DXC via OK2PXJ OL700CO (C) OL700DKA (C) OL700LTV (C) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) PA75ASN via (B), PA0VCC (d) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PJ2MAN via EC5AHA PJ7AA via AA9A (d), (L), (C) R100FA via RN1ON R200ANT via RZ3EC R207RRC via UA3AKO, (C), (O) S50EARTH (e) S79EQM (e) SN100KW via SP3PGS (B) SO13Z (L), (C), (e) SU9TH via DL2RMC (d/B), (C), (L) T42DX via CO2AME T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TM15DXXE (L) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) V5/KI4SVM via KI4SVM, (L), (e) VI50AWS (B) VK9NK via SP9FIH VP9GE (d) VR2UPU (d), (L), (e) VR2XMT (d), (L), (C), (O) VU2EEI (d), (L), (e) VU2KWJ (d/B), (L), (e) VU2OY (d), (L) VU2SWS (d), (L) VU3OUM (B), (L) VY0ERC via M0OXO, (L) WP3R via W3HNK WP4G (d), (L) XQ3MCC (d), (L) XW4XR via E21EIC, (L) YJ0CA via VK2YUS (d) YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) Z61DX (C) Z81D via OM3JW ZA1F (d) ZD7BG (d) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZS95SARL (B) ZY5F via PS8RV (d/B), (L) ZW60DF via PT2GTI, (L) ZW86LABRE via PY2KP QSL via LoTW: 9G5XA, A61EK, AH6FF, TA4RC, YC1CUZ (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM 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, DL3FF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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