DXNL 2217 - September 30, 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 Editorial Notice: Klaus/DL7UXG apologises for last week's missing DXNL. He had planned to edit it during his trip (together with Ric/DL2VFR) around Swedish islands (Sept. 12-22). This plan was thwarted, however, when his laptop died on him mid-way through the trip. Some information have made it into this week's edition, though. CE, Chile: During October, the Chilean Pacific DX Group celebrates the 500th anniversary of Magellan's navigation of the strait named after him with the callsign XR500M. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, XQ7UP, LoTW. DL, Germany: The special event station DL70THW celebrates the 70th anniversary of Germany's Federal Agency for Technical Relief until Sept. 21 next year. Operators are Anne/DM4LJ, Thomas/DF1WH, Niklas/DL7NF, and Friedolin/DO2IK. QRV on HF, mostly on SSB. QSL via bureau. HB0, Liechtenstein: Eric/ON4EC, Erik/ON4ANN, and Willy/ON2BDJ, of the NBDX Team, will operate as HB0/OP2D from Triesenburg between Sept. 27 and Oct. 2. 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 October, II4LGH draws attention to Marconi's demonstration of radio-based remote control when he switched the lights at Sydney Town Hall from Genova in 1930. An award will be available as well. QSL via IQ4FE. http://www.arifidenza.it K, United States of America: The special event stations VE3FIRE, N0F...N9F and KF2IRE will be active between the 4th and 10th of October. An award will be available as well. http://hamfire.com/ LZ, Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) continues to honour the memory of Orthodox saints during October with the callsign LZ1891AO. QSOs count towards the All Saints - 2020 award. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ OE, Austria: Hannes/OE1SGU/OE3SGU celebrates his 30 years on the air with the callsign OE1990SGU during October. QSL via OE1SGU (d/B), LoTW, eQSL. PJ4, Bonaire: During October, PJ4TEN draws attention to the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles 10 years ago, resulting in Bonaire becoming a separate DXCC entity. An award "Bonaire 10/10/10" is available as well. QSL via M0URX. SP, Poland: The special event stations 3Z40RY, HF40RY, SN40RY, SO40RY, SP40RY, and SQ40RY commemorate the first RTTY QSO from Poland in 1980 (with Y23NE). QRV from October until the end of December. An award will also be available. SV5, Dodecanese: Wolf/DL3DRN is currently active from Kolymbia/Rhodos (EU-001) as SV5/DL3DRN on HF (CW, SSB, RTTY). He will stay on the island until Oct. 14. QSL via DL3DRN (d/B), LoTW. UR, Ukraine: EN100LT celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Kharkiv Theater for Children and Youth. QRV until the end of March 2021. QSL via UT5LU. ISWL Activities: During October, Geof/M0BAU (WAB SJ37) will be active as GX4BJC/a and John/G8XTJ as MX1SWL/a (WAB SP80). QSL via M5DIK (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Other stuff: ============ Maurice/F5NQL - sk: Frank/F4AJQ (president of F6KOP) regrets to inform the amateur radio community of Maurice Charpentier's/F5NQL passing on Sept. 22. Maurice was an avid CW operator and long-term member of F6KOP and the ARRL. Andre/PY0FF - sk: Andre Sampaio/PY0FF passed away on the evening of Sept. 24 following complications after an operation. Andre picked up the radio bug in his youth, operating first as PY7CW, then as PY0FF. During the 80s and 90s he was particularly active in contests from Fernando de Noronha. Subsequently he moved to the mainland and held the callsign PP6ZZ. https://py0f.wordpress.com/2020/09/25/py0ff-passed-away/ Preview: ======== FO, French Polynesia: Cezar/VE3LYC plans to activate Tatakoto Atoll (OC-298, new one) from Oct. 29 until Nov. 5. QRV as TX0T on 40, 30, 20, and 17m on CW and SSB. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, VE3LYC. https://tx0t.weebly.com/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DIFM Diplome des Iles de la France Metropolitaine IOTA Islands on the Air JCG Japan Century Guns 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: ================== 01.-07.10. Aktivitaetswoche des DARC 03./04.10. Oceania DX Contest 03.10. Deutscher Telegrafie Contest 03.10. Nordsee-Aktivitaetstag 03.10. Rheinland-Pfalz- 03./04.10. Russian Digital Contest 03./04.10. IARU Region 1 03.10. DARC HF-HELL Contest 04.10. RSGB DX Contest 04.10. ON Contest 03.10. DARC HF-HELL Contest 03./04.10. California 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 AS-031; JD, Chichi/ Haha/ Muko Islands (aka Bonin Islands): Makoto/JI5RPT operates as JD1BLY from Chichijima/Ogasawara Islands (WW Loc. QL17cc, JCG 10007) between the 3rd and 6th of October. QRV on HF and 6m (FT8, CW, SSB) and on 630m (JT9). QSL via JI5RPT (d/B), ClubLog OQRS. http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/ EU-022; JX, Jan Mayen Island: Erik/LA2US will be staying on Jan Mayen Island between Oct. 2020 and March 2021. During his spare time he plans to operate as JX2US with a focus on 160, 80, 40, and 30m (CW, FT8). QSL only via ClubLog OQRS after his return in April 2021 and via LoTW. EU-032; F, Poitou-Charentes Region group: Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/F5NBQ, Bertrand/F6HKA, and Leon/ON4ZD, all members of the Charente DX Groupe, remain active as TM7R from the Ile de Re (DIFM AT-022, WW Loc. IN96id) until Oct. 3 on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via ClubLog OQRS, ON4ZD (d/B). EU-120; G/M, English Coastal Islands: David/M0VDL will be signing M0VDL/p from Lundy Island until Oct. 1 on 40 and 20m (SSB, FT8). QSL via eQSL. OC-030; KH4, Midway Islands: The KH6VV/KH4 activation had to be postponed to the second half of February 2021. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.10. - 31.12. 3Z40RY 2217* 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 01.09. - 31.12. 4A50CRH 2213 08/20 - 12/20 6E6E 2209 23.04. - 22.04.21 8J17CALL 2198 01.04. - 31.12. 8J3ITAMI 2192 01.04. - 31.03.21 8J755T 2192 01.07. - 31.12. 8N1ABIKO 2204 01.07. - 31.12. 8N1Y 2204 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 - 09/20 8P9QC 2209 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 05.08. - 13.10 CB33M 2210 01.09. - 30.09. CB6Q 2212 01.09. - 30.09. CB6P 2212 01.09. - 30.09. CB6T 2212 01.09. - 30.09. CB6TEB 2212 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.02. - 31.01.21 DA2025C 2183 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 01.09. - 31.12. DK70DARC 2214 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 02.04. - 31.12. DL70IPA 2196 - 21.09.21 DL70THW 2217* 01.07. - 30.06.21 DL73TXL 2204 24.03. - 02.10. DM30RSV 2189 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.09. - 31.03.21 EN100LT 2217* 29.08. - 30.09. EN370LL 2214 28.06. - 31.10. GB100RS 2203 01.09. - 30.09. GB5BOB 2214 01.10. - 31.10. GX4BJC/a 2217* - 01.12. HA70MAV 2206 08.09. - 03.10. HB0/DL5YL 2213 08.09. - 03.10. HB0/DL5YM 2213 27.09. - 02.10. HB0/OP2D 2217* 09.05. - 08.05.21 HB15SOTA 2198/2204 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 01.09. - 31.08.21 HF100HCH 2215 01.10. - 31.12. HF40RY 2217* - 12/2020 HK3JCL 2200/2212 01.07. - 31.12. II2EMCA 2204 12.05. - 31.12. II3STAY 2198 01.10. - 31.10. II4LGH 2217* 01.09. - 30.09. II4PTN 2212 01.06. - 30.09. IP1DCI 2203 03.10. - 06.10. JD1BLY 2217* - 31.12. JU85UIA 2199 10/20 - 03/21 JX2US 2217* 04.10. - 10.10. KF2IRE 2217* 06/20 - 05/21 KG4MA 2200 - 30.09. LY784A 2213 01.10. - 31.10. LZ1891AO 2217* 26.04. - 31.12. LZ50BFRA 2195 01.09. - 30.09. LZ595IP 2212 04.10. - 10.10. N0F..N9F 2217* 26.09. - 01.10. M0VDL/p 2217* 01.10. - 31.10. MX1SWL/a 2217* 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.10. - 31.10. OE1990SGU 2217* 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 19.09. - 18.10. OT5ABI 2215 - 31.12. OZ200EM 2210 02.09. - 30.09. P42WW 2213 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 19.09. - 01.10. PD/DO1BEN 2215 28.08. - 30.09. PD538RNI 2213 - 04.04.21 PE75BORNE 2195 01.08. - 31.12. PI75VERON 2208 01.10. - 31.10. PJ4TEN 2217* 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 01.09. - 30.09. R450AKSU 2213 01.09. - 30.09. R450STAR 2213 10.09. - 20.10. R500LWTK 2214 01.09. - 30.09. R500TLKR 2214 - 01/2021 RI1ANM 2193 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 01.10. - 31.12. SN40RY 2217* 01.04. - 31.12. SO13Z 2191 01.10. - 31.12. SO40RY 2217* 01.10. - 31.12. SP40RY 2217* 01.10. - 31.12. SQ40RY 2217* 24.09. - 14.10. SV5/DL3DRN 2217* 01.09. - 30.09. SX1AFM 2212 05.09. - 19.09. SX300ML 2213 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 21.08. - 18.10. TF/DJ7JC 2212 21.08. - 12/20 TM100LY 2211 05.08. - 26.10. TM17FFF 2209 21.08. - 12/20 TM1LY 2211 26.09. - 03.10. TM7R 2217* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 04.10. - 10.10. VE3FIRE 2217* 01.06. - 31.12. VI110WIA 2201 01.09. - 11.11. VI75WW2 2214 01.06. - 31.12. VK20HOME 2201 01.09. - 30.09. XR210CHI 2214 01.10. - 31.10. XR500M 2217* 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 - 31.12. ZS1820S 2198 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 4A15DXXE (L) 4A50CRH via XE2AU, (L), (e), (C) 5P8VW via DJ8VW (d/B), (C), (O), 6E6E (L) 8J17CALL (B), (e) 8J3ITAMI (B) 8J755T via JN7GLC 8N1ABIKO (B) 8N1Y (B) 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8P9QC (L) 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9H3SAT via DL2AAZ (d/B) 9H3TI via DL2AAZ (d/B) 9Z4FE (L), (C) A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) AO5CLE via EA5GTU AP2NK via W3HNK AT2ARA via VU2TUO AU2DX via VU2WB (d) CB33M (Q) CB6Q via CE6TRA (d) CB6P via CE6TRA (d) CB6T via CE6TRA (d) CB6TEB via CE6TRA (d) CM2IU (d/B) CO6ABP via RW6HS, (L), (C) CT9/DL6MHW via DL6MHW (B) CT9ABV via DL5AXX (B), (L) CV7S via CX7SS CW4MAX via EA5GL DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DA20025C (B), (e) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DK70DARC via (B), DK5ON (d), (C), DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BEETH via DJ6SI (d/B) DL250BTHVN (B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL30SHZ (B), (L) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL70IPA (B) DL70THW (B) DL73TXL (B) DM30RSV via (B), DK5ON (d), (L), DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) E25KAE (d/B) EA6/EA4NF (L) EH4MCG via EA4DCU (B), (L) EH7MOD (d/B), (e) EM60UM via UX3UU EM90QMR (e) EN100LT via UT5LU F/DL1ASA/p via DL1ASA (d/B) FK8CE via N4GNR, (L) FK8GX via W3HNK FK8HA via K3IRV FK8HM (d/B) FK8IK (d), (L), (e) FR4OM (d) FR4OO (d) GB100RS (B) GB1LAA via M0HEM (d) GB1SDR via G1DFN (d) GB5BOB (B), (e) GB80BOB via 2E0NDZ GM4PVM (L), (e) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HA70MAV (L), (e) HB0/DL5YL via DL5YL (d/B) HB0/DL5YM via DL5YM (d/B) HB15SOTA via HB9DPR (B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HD0DX via NE8Z HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF40RY via SP1O (B) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HP1KZ via HP1RCP (d) HP3SS via AC2OV (d) IC8HRG (d/B) ID9OSC via IT9ZZO, (C), (O) IH9YMC (L), (e) II0IGLO via IZ0EUX (d/B), (L), (e) II0IGTO via IZ0BTV II2EMCA via IZ2FME (d), (L) II3STAY via IN3ZWF (d/B) II4LGH via IQ4FE II4PTN via IQ4FE II5IHMW via IZ5GHJ (d/B), (L), (e) II9IASG via IT9MRM (d) II9IHPM via 9A5URI, (e) IP1DCI via IK1QFM IS0/DL2JRM via DL2JRM (B) IY6SB via IK6XEJ (d/B) J73WA via ND3R, (L), (e) JD1BLY via JI5RPT (d/B), (C) JU85UIA via JT1CH (d) JX2US (L), (C), (O) KH2AA (d) KP2B via EB7DX LY784A via LY5A LZ1891AO via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ50BFRA via LZ1BJ (B) LZ595IP via (B), LZ1KCP (d) M0VDL/p (e) MX1SWL via M5DIK (d/B), (e) NP2TQ via EB7DX OA2TP20 (d), (L), (e) OA4EA via EA5GL, (L) OD5ZZ via N4GNR OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OE1990SGU via OE1SGU (d/B), (L), (e) OE25AVD via OE6AVD (d/B), (L) OE25BKC via OE3BKC (B) OE25CQB via OE3CQB (B) OE25EU (B) OE25HTL via OE5HTL OE25JWC via OE3JWC OE25JWD via OE6JWD (d/B), (L), (C) OE25LAL (e) OE25LHP via OE1LHP OE25LRO via OE2LRO OE25MXL via OE5MXL (B) OE25PEN via OE5PEN (B) OE25RBO via OE5RBO OE25SRG via OE5SRG OE25TWA via OE3TWA (d/B) OE25URQ (B) OE25VSW (d/B), (e) OE25XFG via OE6WIG OE25XGM via OE5XGM (d) OE25XWI via OE7XWI (B), (e), (C) OE25XXW via OE3JWC OE25YSC (d/B), (e) OE60IPA via OE3DMA (d/B) OG0R via OH2PM OH0/DL1SVA via DL1SVA (d/B), (L), (e) OH0T via OH2GEK (d), (L) OJ0JR via OH3JR (L) OL30DXC via OK2PXJ OL700CO (C) OL700DKA (C) OL700LTV (C) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) OT5ABI via ON6LC (d/B) OX3LX via OZ0J OY/DL2AQI via DL2AQI (d/B), (L), (e) OY/DL4APJ via DL4APJ (d/B), (L), (e) OZ200EM via OZ1ACB P40P via W5AJ (d), (L) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PD/DO1BEN via DO1BEN (d/B) PD538RNI via PD0ARI (d/B) PE75BORNE via PE2V PI75VERON via PA1AW PJ4/M5RIC via M0OXO PJ4TEN via M0URX PJ4CC via M0OXO PZ2YT (d) R200ANT via RZ3EC R450AKSU via RM6LW, (C) R450STAR via RM6LW, (C) R500LWTK via R2PT RI1ANM via RX3ABI RJ20LF via RQ7L, (C), (O) SD3G via DL7UXG (d/B) SD7V via DL2VFR (d/B) SM/DH0JAE via DH0JAE (d/B), (C) SM/DL8MF via DL8MF (d/B), (C) SN40RY via SP1EG (B) SO13Z (L), (C), (e) SV5/DL3DRN via DL3DRN (d/B), (L) SV5/HB9OAU via HB9OAU (d/B), (L), (e) SX1AFM (L), (e), (C) SX300ML via SV2GWY (d), (L), (e), T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TF/DJ7JC via DJ5BWD TI2YO via EA7FTR (B), (L) TM100LY via F6KUQ TM17FFF via F4GFE (d/B) TM1LY via F5KAY TM24HC via F6KFI (d/B) TM5SF via F8KGS TM7R via ON4ZD (d/B), (C), (O) TO0Z via IZ1MHY, (C), (O) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) VI110WIA (L), (e) VK20HOME (L), (e) W6A (Q) W6B (Q) W6C via W6JBT W6F (Q) W6J (Q) W6M (Q) W6O via K1USA (d) W6Q via WD9GJK W6S via NJ0W (d) W6T (Q) XE1XR via EA5GL XR210CHI via XQ7UP (d/B), (L), (e) XR500M via XQ7UP, (L), (C), (O) YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) ZA/OE6TQG via OE6TQG ZP5DBC (L) ZS1820S via ZS2EC (d/B), (L) ZS1XG (L) ZS95SARL (B) ZV2C via PY2CX (d), (L) ZW8JN via PY2OP (B), (L) ZY8D (d/B), (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSL via LoTW: 4X1QQ, 5Z4VJ, 9M2TDX, 9N7WE, A45XR, BO0K, BO0M, CO6LE, HZ1BW, HZ1TL, J79L, JT1BU, OH0TA, TA2K, TA7AL, VP9I, YD2BIS Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, DXNews.com, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, 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