DXNL 2193 - April 15, 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 5H, Tanzania: Charles/NK8O has been active as 5H3DX since February 24. Due to cancelled flights he has to extend his stay in the country and remains on the air as 5H3DX (mostly on 40 and 30m). A6, United Arab Emirates: The Emirates Amateur Radio Society puts the following special event calls on the for the World Amateur Radio Day: A60WARD/1 OP: A61BK QSL: A61BK A60WARD/2 OP: A61Q QSL: EA7FTR A60WARD/3 OP: A61NN QSL: A61NN A60WARD/4 OP: A61FK QSL: A61BK A60WARD/5 OP: A61DD QSL: A92AA A60WARD/6 OP: A61QQ QSL: A61BK A60WARD/7 OP: A61FJ QSL: LZ1YE A60WARD/8 OP: A61RJ QSL: direct A60WARD/9 OP: A61HA QSL: A61BK A60WARD/10 OP: A65GC QSL: direct CE9, Antarctica: Alexander/RX3ABI operates from the Mirny Base as RI1ANM during spare time until early 2021. QSL via RX3ABI. EA, Spain: Members of the European ROS Club and of the URE section Alicante operate as EG5WRD until April 20 around the World Amateur Radio Day. QRV on HF on SSB and digital modes. An award is available as well. QSL only via LoTW and eQSL. F, France: TM95WARD operates in the contest of the World Amateur Radio Day from the 11th to 19th. QSL via F6BEE (B). ON, Belgium: OT20STAYHOME, operated by Marc/ON7SS and Egbert/ON4CAS, remains active until ca. May 15. QSL via ON4CAS (B), ClubLog OQRS (prefered), eQSL. OZ, Denmark & OX, Greenland: The special event stations OZ80HM/xx and OX80HM/xx will be active on April 16 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Margrethe II. An award is also available. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, OZ1ACB; see also qrz.com. OZ, Denmark: OZ80QUEEN is another special event station joining the birthday celebrations on April 16. It carries joker value for the award. QSL via CLubLog OQRS, OZ1ACB. OZ, Denmark: Danish callsigns for the World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 will be 5P0WARD/xx and 5P0WHD/xx. There is also an award available. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL, OZ1ACB. STAY AT HOME Special Event Stations: Following the surge in STAY HOME special event calls, watch out also for the following callsigns: 5B4STAYHOME, 8A1HOME, 8C2STAYHOME, CR2STAYHOME, CT1STAYHOME, DX0STAYHOME, E7STAYHOME, GB1COR, GB2SAH, GB4SAH, GB8SAH, GB8NHS, ON4HEROES, OQ4ANGELS, OR2STAYHOME, OT2STAYHOME, OT6STAYSAFE, OT7STAYSAFE, R3STAYHOME, Z30STAYHOME, and Z39STAYHOME. VE, Canada: The RAC - Radio Amateurs of Canada activates the following special event calls for the World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 (12z to 2359z): VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC, VE4RAC, VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC, VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC, VY0RAC, VY1RAC, and VY2RAC. The club also issues an award. https://www.rac.ca/operating/world-amateur-radio-day-april-18/ More WARD Callsigns: In addition to those already mentioned, other WARD stations are: 3Z0WARD, A91WARD, AU20ARD, GB2ARD, HZ1WARD, LX5WARD, and TF3WARD. Other stuff: ============ DXCC Most Wanted: ClubLog has published an updated DXCC Most Wanted List on March 30, with the top ten entities being: P5 DPRK (North Korea) 3Y/B Bouvet Island FT5/W Crozet Island BS7H Scarborough Reef CE0X San Felix Islands BV9P Pratas Island KH7K Kure Island KH3 Johnston Island 3Y/P Peter 1 Island FT5/X Kerguelen Island For the complete list see: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php CQ MM DX Contest: Ed/PY4WAS reports that the following DX stations have announced their intention of participating in the CQ MM DX Contest (April18/19): ZD7BG, MD0CCE, and CN8WW. World Amateur Radio Day: The World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 celebrates the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in 1925. At present, it counts 160 member societies in its three regions, representing about 3 million licensed radio amateurs. https://www.iaru.org/events/upcoming-event/ HZ, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) has announced that radio amateurs in Saudi Arabia may now use the 50-54MHz band with a maximum power of 50W. First contacts took place on April 2. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IARU International Amateur Radio Union IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System RAC Radio Amateurs Canada REF Reseau des Emetteurs Francais SARS Saudi Amateur Radio Society WARD World Amateur Radio Day WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 17./18.04. Holyland Contest 18.04. ES Open Championship 18.04. Funk.Tag on the air Contest 18./19.04. YU DX Contest 18./19.04. CQ Manchester Mineira DX 18./19.04. Michigan QSO Party IOTA Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON (dk5on@darc.de) ==== Due to present circumstances, there are no upcoming IOTA activations to report for the moment. 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 01.04. - 30.04. 4Z0GAON 2192 18.04. - 5P0WARD/xx 2193* 18.04. - 5P0WHD/xx 2193* 01.04. - 31.12. 8J3ITAMI 2192 01.04. - 17.05. 8J4ROSE 2192 01.04. - 31.03.21 8J755T 2192 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 14.04. - 15.05. 9G5GS 2192 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 18.04. - A60WARD/x 2193* 01.04. - 15.04. AO5DXX 2191 01.04. - 15.04. AO5DXX/8 2191 - 04.08. BV120SU 2186 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 01.03. - 31.12. DL30SHZ 2192 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 07.04. - 31.05. E7STAYHOME 2193* 03.04. - 20.04. EG5WRD 2193* 01.04. - 30.04. EE1MGY 2192 22.01. - 31.05. EM30UCC 2182 08.04. - 30.04. GB4SAH 2193* 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 01.04. - 30.04. II4FTX 2191 01.04. - 30.04. II5MPI 2191 14.02. - 31.05. IO3AF 2186 14.02. - 31.05. IO3RT 2186 01.04. - 30.04. LY300GAON 2192 01.04. - 30.04. LZ603IL 2191 01.04. - 30.04. MX1SWL/a 2191 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.04. - 31.12. OE60IPA 2192 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 10.04. - 19.04. OT2STAYHOME 2193* 16.04. - OX80HM/xx 2193* 16.04. - OZ80HM/xx 2193* 16.04. - OZ80QUEEN 2193* 01.04. - 07.05. PA75ASN 2191 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 - 01/2021 RI1ANM 2193* 01.04. - 30.04. S50EARTH 2191 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 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. - 30.04. TC100KIDS 2192 27.03. - 25.05. TC1STAYHOME 2191 01.04. - 15.04. TM15DXXE 2191 30.03. - 29.05. TC19MED 2192 11.04. - 20.04. TM20PAQ 2192 11.04. - 19.04. TM95WARD 2193* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 01.03. - 31.08. VI50AWS 2191 10.03. - XV9DXB 2187 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 01.04. - 30.04. ZW60DF 2191 01.04. - 31.05. ZW75FEB 2192 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3Z0WARD via SP6IEQ (B), (L) 4A15DXXE (L) 4K6MAR via DC9RI 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 4S7VG (d), (e) 4Z0GAON via LY2QT 5H3DX via NK8O (d), (L) 5P0WARD via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) 5P0WHD via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e) 6Y5HN via EA5GL 8A1HOME via YB1LZ, (L) 8A46B (d), (L), (e) 8J1RL via JG2MLI (B) 8J3ITAMI (B) 8J4ROSE (B) 8J755T via JN7GLC 9K9STAYHOME via 9K2OW, (L) 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P6DR via G3RWL (d/B), (L), (C) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G5GS via IZ4YGS (d), (L), (e) 9J2BS (L) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9M2MSO (d) 9M2ODX (d) 9M2SAF (d) 9M2YDX (d) 9M8DEN (d/B) (L), (C) 9V1YC via W5UE A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) AL7JR (d/B), (L) AO5DXX (L) AO5DXX/8 (L) BV120SU via BU2EQ (d), (e) CM7VI via IK2DUW, (L), (C), (e) CR2STAYHOME (L) CT1STAYHOME via CT1EEQ 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) DL30SHZ (B), (L) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL50NFA (d/B) DM30RSV via (B), DK5ON (d), (L), DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) DX0STAYHOME via DX1PAR E29TGW (d/B), (L) E7STAYHOME via E73Y EE1MGY via EB1LO d/B) EG5WRD (L), (e) EM30UCC (d/B), (L) FG8OJ (d/B), (L) FK8HM (d) FR4PV via F1UIJ FR5FC via EA7FTR GB4SAH via G4XEX (B), (L), (e) GB5NHS (L) GB8NHS (Q) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HC7AE via EA5GL HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HI8CJ (d) HI8JSG via RW6HS (d), (L) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HS8HEX (d/B) HZ1BO via IZ8CLM II4FTX via IQ4FE II5MPI (L) IO3AF via IQ3BM (d/B) IO3RT via IQ3BM (d/B) IY7GMB via IK7JVE (d) J68HZ via K9HZ (d), (L), (e) J73HGL via EA5GL KH2TJ via W7TR (L) KH6OO (d), (L), (C), (e) KL7J via N3SL, (L), (C) LX5WARD via LX1JH (B) LY300GAON via LY2QT LZ603IL via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OE25AVD via OE6AVD (d/B), (L) OE25BKC via OE3BKC (B) OE25HTL via OE5HTL OE25LHP via OE1LHP OE25JWD via OE6JWD (d/B), (L), (C) OE25TWA via OE3TWA (d/B) OE25YSC (d/B), (e) OE60IPA via OE3DMA (d/B) OL30DXC via OK2PXJ OL700CO (C) OL700DKA (C) OL700LTV (C) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) ON4HEROES via ON5UR (d/B) OR2STAYHOME (e) OT20STAYHOME (B), (e), (C) OT2STAYHOME via ON7LU OT6STAYSAFE via ON5YL OX3XR via PA3249 (d) OX80HM via OZ1ACB, (C), (O) OZ80HM via OZ1ACB, (C), (O) OZ80QUEEN via OZ1ACB, (C), (O) PA75ASN via (B), PA0VCC (d) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PJ2LJG (d) R1994YU (C) R1996VK (C) R200ANT via RZ3EC R2014NC (C) R207RRC via UA3AKO, (C), (O) R3STAYHOME via R3KEE (B) RI1ANM via RX3ABI RU20DS (C) S50EARTH (e) S50WAAD via S59DKS SN100KW via SP3PGS (B) SO13Z (L), (C), (e) SU9TH via DL2RMC (d/B), (C), (L) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TC100KIDS via YM3KB TC19MED via TA2BZ TG9ADM via EA5GL TG9CQM (L), (e) TI2ALF (d/B), (L) TM15DXXE (L) TM19WARD via F6BEE (B) TM20PAQ via F5HZS (d/B) TM3CN via F4HIK TM5OIS via F5KRH TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) UE20DS (C) UK8IAR via RW6HS (d) UK8UWG via UK8UC UN7CN (d) VC2STAYHOM (d), (L) VI50AWS (B) VK9NK via SP9FIH VP2ETE via W3HNK, (L) VU2HIT (d/B), (L) VU2NXM (d), (L) VU2TMP (d) VU3ESV (L) WP3EF (d), (L) XE2B via EA5OL XE2RT (L) XV1X (Q) XM2STAYHOM via VE2EH (B) XW4XR via E21EIC, (L) YO70IPA via YO3AS YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) Z30STAYHOME (C), (O) Z39STAYHOME (C), (O) ZF1RC (L), (e) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZM2AGY via ZL2AGY (d/B) ZS1PZ (d) ZS5ZP (L), (e), (C) ZS6ZA (d/B), (L), (e) ZS95SARL (B) ZW60DF via PT2GTI, (L) ZW75FEB via PT2ADM (d/B) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: ZD7W * QSL via LoTW: 4L8A, 5B4AMM, 9K2HN, 9K2HQ, EA9ABC, HS5XWY, SV9MBH, ZW0S 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, F8GGZ, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, ON4CAS, OZ4FF, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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