DXNL 2222 - November 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 4U, United Nations: 4U75UN celebrates the United Nation's 75th anniversary until the end of 2020. QSL via HB9BOU (d/B), ClubLog OQRS. 7Q, Malawi: The Russian Robinson Club team, consisting of Vasily/R7AL, Lilia/EW7L, Vladimir/R9LR, Vasily/RA1ZZ, and Al/RZ3K, is still hopeful to be able to go on their DXpedition to Malawi, scheduled for Nov. 7 to 18. QRV on 160-70cm on CW, SSB, FT8 (F/H mode). QSL via R7AL, ClubLog OQRS. https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/7q7ru DL, Germany: The special event station DR5THBT operates in the context of the 5th Thuringian Miners' and Colliers' meeting, taking place in September 2021. QRV between Nov. 1 and Sept. 30 next year. QSL via bureau and eQSL. F, France: Michel/F8GGZ operates the special event station TM50GDG to commemorate the 130th birthday and the death of Charles de Gaulle 50 years ago. He will be active between the 9th and 22nd on 160 to 20m (SSB, CW). QSLs via the bureau will be sent automagically. I, Italy: The Sardinian Radio Amateurs Group issues the short-termed Grazia Deledda Award between Nov. 4 and Dec. 5. During the same period, the group operates the special event station II0GD, drawing attention to Grazia Deledda, the only Sardinian writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literaure (1926). QSL via 9A8URI. http://www.grsnm.it/grazia-deledda/ LU, Argentina: Members of the Radio Club QRM Belgrano (LU4AAO, LU4AAO/A, and LU4AAO/D) celebrate a Dia de la Tradicion between Nov. 7 and 15 as LU4AAO on HF (SSB, CW, FT8). An award is also available. QSL via LU4AAO (d), eQSL. http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_tradicion_2020.htm ON, Belgium: The club station UBA-KTK commemorates the end of World War I and points towards the need for peace in the present with the callsign OP0PEACE during November. QSL via ClubLog. TA, Turkey: The special event station TC35FSF celebrates the founding of the Free Software Foundation 35 years ago. QRV between the 9th and 11th on 20 and 15m (SSB, PSK31, Olivia 8/250) from Istanbul. QSL via TA2OZQ (d/B), LoTW. YI, Iraq: Georgio/IU5HWS is in Iraq with the Italian army since September. He is going to stay in the country until January 20 next year. While he waits for the callsign he applied for (YI9WS), he'll be signing YI9/IU5HWS. QSL via IU5HWS (d). Other stuff: ============ QSL Manager EA5GL: Pedro/EA5GL is now managing cards for J73ESL. He also handles cards for the Accra Amateur Radio Club (AARC, 9G2DX) now (QSOs since 2020). DXCC Most Wanted 2020: ClubLog has recently updated its DXCC Most Wanted List 2020: 01. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 02. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 03. FT5/W Crozet Island 04. BS7H Scarborough Reef 05. CE0X San Felix Islands 06. BV9P Pratas Island 07. KH7K Kure Island 08. KH3 Johnston Island 09. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island 10. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 11. FT/G Glorioso Island 12. VK0M Mmacquarie Island 13. YV0 Aves Island 14. KH4 Midway Island 15. ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Islands https://clublog.org/mostwanted.php Cancellations: o HD1C, scheduled for Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 has been cancelled due to present Covid-19 restrictions. o The IOTA DXpedition ZV1M (Oct. 29 to Nov. 1) was cancelled due to bad weather. o The DXpedition to Jan Mayen (JX0X) has been cancelled due to a number of adverse circumstances. Preview: ======== XT, Burkina Faso: Al/F8FUA announces that he will return to Burkina Faso in 2021 and get back on the air as XT2BR. Exact dates are not known so far. CE9, Antarctica: Seba/SQ1SGB travels to the Halley VI Base in December and hopes to operate as SQ1SGB/VP8 (or SQ1SGB/a or SQ1SGB/ANT) for about 5 weeks, starting in January. QSL via EB7DX. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== AARC Accra Amateur Radio Club ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System UBA Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 04./05.11. CWT Mini Contest 04.11. UKEICC 80m Contest 07./08.11. IPA Radio Club Contest 07./08.11. Ukrainian DX Contest 07./08.11. IARU-Region-1 Marconi Mem. 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 EU-039; F, Chausey Islands: Fabien/F4HIK and Joel/F4IKA have to cancel their activation of Chausey Islands, scheduled for Nov. 4 to 11 (TM93EU). Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.10. - 31.12. 3Z40RY 2217 20.01. - 31.12. 4A15DXXE 2181 01.09. - 31.12. 4A50CRH 2213 - 31.12. 4U75A 2218 08.10. - 31.12. 4U75B 2219 - 31.12. 4U75UN 2222* 08/20 - 12/20 6E6E 2209 07.10. - 05.12. 7Q6M 2219 07.11. - 18.11. 7Q7RU 2222* 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 02.11. - 29.11. 8Q7RM 2221 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 - 12/20 9M4DXX 2219 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 31.10. - 08.11. AM500ETS 2221 01.11. - 07.11. CN45MS 2221 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 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.11. - 30.09. DR5THBT 2222* 01.09. - 31.03.21 EN100LT 2217 16.10. - 05.11. FG4KH 2219 24.10. - 07.11. GB0RPP 2221 01.11. - 14.11. GB4CKS 2221 01.11. - 30.11. GX4BJC/a 2221 - 01.12. HA70MAV 2206 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 01.11. - 30.11. HF6FIRAC 2221 - 12/2020 HK3JCL 2200/2212 04.11. - 05.12. II0GD 2222* 01.07. - 31.12. II2EMCA 2204 12.05. - 31.12. II3STAY 2198 01.11. - 30.11. II4RVT 2221 10.10. - 03.12. J88/8P5AB 2218 14.10. - 01/2021 JG8NQJ/JD1 2218 - 31.12. JU85UIA 2199 10/20 - 03/21 JX2US 2217 06/20 - 05/21 KG4MA 2200 07.11. - 15.11. LU4AAO 2222* 01.11. - 30.11. LZ350PI 2221 26.04. - 31.12. LZ50BFRA 2195 01.11. - 30.11. MN1SWL/a 2221 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.04. - 31.12. OE60IPA 2192 - 31.12. OE65VIE 2219 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 01.11. - 30.11. OP0PEACE 2222* 01.11. - 30.11. OP20FENIKS 2221 14.10. - 11.11. OR39CLM 2219 15.10. - 15.12. OZ100MILL 2219 - 31.12. OZ200EM 2210 28.10. - 31.01.21 PA5150EVH 2221 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 12.10. - 22.12. PD/DO1BEN 2218 - 04.04.21 PE75BORNE 2195 01.08. - 31.12. PI75VERON 2208 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 - 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. SP60PRT 2221 01.10. - 31.12. SQ40RY 2217 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 09.11. - 11.11. TC35FSF 2222* 21.08. - 12/20 TM100LY 2211 21.08. - 12/20 TM1LY 2211 09.11. - 22.11. TM50GDG 2222* 03.10. - 22.11. TM72WOW 2218 01.11. - 15.11. TM9VG 2221 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 29.10. - 05.11. TX0T 2221 24.10. - 13.11. V31CO 2221 12.10. - 08.11. V31TA 2220 01.06. - 31.12. VI110WIA 2201 01.09. - 11.11. VI75WW2 2214 01.06. - 31.12. VK20HOME 2201 24.10. - 24.11. VK65PFA 2220 24.10. - 24.11. XL3T 2220 01.11. - 30.11. XM3B 2221 13.10. - 13.11. XR33M 2220 - 20.01.21 YI9/IU5HWS 2222* 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 - 31.12. ZS1820S 2198 01.01. - 31.12. ZS95SARL 2181 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3DA0AQ via EA5GL, (L), (e) 3Z40RY via SP1DOZ 4A15DXXE (L) 4A50CRH via XE2AU, (L), (e), (C) 4U75B via 9A2AA 4U75UN via HB9BOU (d/B), (C) 4X0AAP/x via 4X6ZM 4X5SB (L), (e) 5E1EC via RW6HS 6E6E (L) 7Q6M via K6ZO (d) 7Q7RU via R7AL, (C), (O) 7Z1OO (d), (C), (O) 8J17CALL (B), (e) 8J3ITAMI (B) 8J755T via JN7GLC 8N1ABIKO (B) 8N1Y (B) 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8Q7RM via HB9SHD 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9G2DX via EA5GL 9M4DXX via JA0DMV (d) 9V1CL (d/B), (L), (e) 9Z4FE (L), (C) A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) AM500ETS via EA7URF (d/B), (L), (e) BH1MCB (d), (L), (C) CB500AM via CE8PVT CM2RSV (d), (L) CN45MS via RW6HS CO2WP (L) CP6CL via W3HNK CX2DAJ (d/B), (L), (e) CX3DDO (d), (e) CX4DW (d/B) 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) DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) DR5THBT (B), (e) DS5USH (d), (L) E20WXA (d) EN100LT via UT5LU EP2LMA via EA5GL FG4KH via F1DUZ (d/B), (L), (e) GB0RPP via (B), G3LUW, G3SZF GB100RS (B) GB4CKS via G4HLN (d/B) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HA70MAV (L), (e) HB15SOTA via HB9DPR (B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HD1X via EC5R (d) HD200C via HC5ARC HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF40RY via SP1O (B) HF6FIRAC via SP6IEQ (B), (L) HI5MAH (e) HI8RD (d), (L) HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HK4GSO (L), (C), (e) II0GD via 9A5URI II2EMCA via IZ2FME (d), (L) II3STAY via IN3ZWF (d/B) II4LGH via IQ4FE II4RVT via IQ4FE II7FA via IQ7PU (B) J73ESL via EA5GL J73HGL via EA5GL J88/8P5AB via 8P5AB (d), (e) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY, (L) JU85UIA via JT1CH (d) JX2US (L), (C), (O) LU4AAO (d), (e) LY111A via LY5A LZ1891AO via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ350PI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ50BFRA via LZ1BJ (B) MI0SAI (d/B), (L) MX1SWL via M5DIK (d/B), (e) NP2AR via EB7DX, (C) 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 OE25SGU (L), (e) 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) OE65VIE via DE1QSL, OE6VIE (d), OL30DXC via OK2PXJ OL700CO (C) OL700DKA (C) OL700LTV (C) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) OP0PEACE (C) OP20FENIKS via ON5YL (d/B) OR19CLM via ON6HC (B) OZ100MILL via OZ1ACB, (L), (e), (C) OZ200EM via OZ1ACB PA5150EVH via PF1SCT (B) PA75UN via PA1UN PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) TC97TC (L) PD/DO1BEN via DO1BEN (d/B) PE75BORNE via PE2V PI75VERON via PA1AW PJ4TEN via M0URX R200ANT via RZ3EC RI1ANM via RX3ABI S79KW via N4GNR (d) SI9AM via ON3UN (d/B) SN40RY via SP1EG (B) SO13Z (L), (C), (e) SO40RY (d/B) SP60PRT via SP6PRT SQ40RY via SP1PMY (d/B) SV8/F1RAF via F1RAF (d/B), (L), (C) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TA2EG (e) TC35FSF via TA2OZQ (d/B), (L) TM100LY via F6KUQ TM1LY via F5KAY TM50GDG (B) TM72WOW via F1IEH TM75ONU (e) TM9VG via F6KUF (B), F5OEV (d) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) TX0T via VE3LYC (d), (C), (O), V31CO via W0YBS (d/B), (L) V31TA via EA5GL (d) VI110WIA (L), (e) VK20HOME (L), (e) VK65PFA (O) VU2ORQ (d), (L), (e) VU2OT (d), (L), (C) WP3NW (e) XE1KK (L) XE1R (L) XL3T via VE3AT XM3B via VE3NOO (d/B) XR33M via (B), LZ1JZ (d) XR500M via XQ7UP, (L), (C), (O) YI9/IU5HWS via IU5HWS (d) YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) Z66DX via DL2AWG (d/B), (C), ZP5DA via EB7DX, (L) ZS1820S via ZS2EC (d/B), (L) ZS95SARL (B) ZV1M via PY1MT ZY5F via PS8RV (d/B), (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSL via LoTW: 3V8SS, 4X0AAP/x, 5Z4VJ, 7Z1AL, 7Z1IS, 7Z1OO, 9K2DB, 9K2HN, 9K2OW, A42K, BG0DAP, BI8CKU, CM2RSV, CO6HLP, CV7S, D4Z, EA9ACD, EM110RAEM, FY5KE, GD4SVD, HC2AO, J69DS, KP2B, KP3ZM, KP4PR, NP4JN, OD5ZZ, P40C, P49Y, PJ5Z, T6AA, T6A, VK2GR, VK3ACE, VK5NE, VK7AC, VU2IBI, YB7HE, YB9BCS, ZB2TT, ZF1A, ZL3GAV, ZP9MCE, ZS2ACP, ZS6TVB 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, DO2HRB, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, LU4AAO, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OM3JW & IDXP, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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