DXNL 2230 - December 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 DXNL wishes all readers a happy and successful new year 2021. 5Z, Kenya: Cato/LA9PF will be active between January and May as 5Z4/LA9PF from Malindi on 80-10m (SSB, digital modes). QSL via eQSL; more information on qrz.com. CT, Portugal: Valdemar/CT7AQD commemorates the 750th birthday of Queen Elizabeth of Portugal throughout 2021 with the callsign CQ750RSI. QSL via CT7AQD (d/B). DL, Germany: DB59FIRAC (special DOK 59FIRA) operates in the context of the 59th International FIRAC congress in Germany. QRV throughout 2021; QSL via bureau, ClubLog, eQSL. http://www.efa-dl.de/ http://www.firac.de/ DL, Germany: Members of the DARC in Mainz (DOK K07) will be active with the callsign DR165TESLA (special DOK 165NT) in 2021 to celebrate Nikola Tesla's 165th birthday. QRV on all bands on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via ClubLog OQRS (peferred), DK8ZZ, LoTW. Sending cards to them is not necessary. DL, Germany: The DARC club of Salzgitter-Lebenstedt celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2021 with the callsign DR60SZL (special DOK 60H33). QSL via bureau and DJ9PH (d). DL, Germany: The special event station DB100AVUS marks the opening of the Automobile traffic and training road - AVUS in Berlin 100 years ago. QRV until the end of 2021; QSL via bureau and DO2PZ (d). DL, Germany: The DARC club of Traunstein (DOK C16) celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2021 with the callsign DL70TRS (special DOK 70C16). QSL via bureau. F, France: Members of the Radio Club du Val D'Issole (F8KGH) will be active as TM21HNY between Jan. 1 and 15 for a happy new year 2021. QSL via F4GPB. F, France: The special event station TM8AA commemorates the issue of the first callsign in France (8AA in 1921). QRV from January until June 2021 on 80-6m. QSL via F5SLD (d), eQSL. HB9, Switzerland: HB40POLICE celebrates the 40th anniversary of the International Police Association Radio Club (IPARC) during 2021 on HF, VHF, UHF, SHF. QSL via bureau and eQSL. I, Italy: The ARI Fidenza Club (IQ4FE) issues an award "Elettra: The Miracle Ship" in 2021, drawing attention to Marconi's yacht Elettra and its significance in his radio experiments. During January, II4BLD refers to the ship's construction and building in 1901-1904. QSL via IQ4FE. http://www.arifidenza.it/ I, Italy: The following special event stations celebrate the 160th anniversary of the Italian navy in 2021: II0MMI, II1MMI, II2MMI, II7MMI, II9MMI, IO0MMI, IO9MMI, IR0MMI, IR5MMI, IR7MMI, IR8MMI, and IR9MMI. Several awards are available as well. For QSL information and award rules see: http://www.assoradiomarinai.it/ LZ, Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) continues to honour the memory of Orthodox saints during January with the callsign LZ21RH. QSOs count towards the new All Saints - 2021 award. QSL via bureau, LZ1KCP (d). http://www.lz1kcp.com/ OE, Austria: During 2021, OE100BL marks the formation of Burgenland, Austria's easternmost state, 100 years ago. Individuals may also, upon application, use callsigns in the form OE100xxx. https://oe4.oevsv.at/home/ OH, Finland: OH100SRAL celebrates the centennial of the Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) during 2021. QSL via bureau and LoTW. RA, Russia: The Miller DX Club invites everytone to their radio marathon "Russian New Year - 2021" (see also DXNL 2229). Numerous special event calls will be active until Jan. 14, among them: RN21NY, RO21NY, RQ21NY, RT21NY, RU21NY, RV21NY, RW21NY, RX21NY, RY21NY, RZ21NY, and R21HNY. QSL via RQ7L (d/B) and LoTW. SM, Sweden: Members of the Boraas Radioamatorer (SK6LK) celebrate the founding of their city 400 years ago with the callsign SF400B during 2021. QSL via bureau and LoTW. https://www.sf400b.se/ SM, Sweden: The Kristianstad Radioamateur Club (SK7BQ) celebrates its 60th anniversary on the air during 2021 with the callsign 7S60BQ. QRV on 160 to 23cm; this is the first callsign with the 7S60 prefix. QSL via SM7BHM, ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. www.sk7bq.com/ SP, Poland: The Klub Lacznosci Ligi Obrony Kraju (SP9KDU) celebrates its 65th anniversary with the callsign SN65KDU until the end of February. QSL via SP9KDU (d/B). SP, Poland: The SEDINA Contest Club commemorates Samuel Morse's 230th birthday with the callsign SQ0MORSE until the end of April. Operators are Waldemar/SP1DPA, Wies/SP1EG, Krzysztof/SP1MGM, Janek/SQ1PSA, and Waldemar/SQ3PMX. QSL via SP1EG (d/B). UR, Ukraine: The club station UT7WZA (ex UK5WBG, UB4WZA) celebrates its 50th anniversary with the callsign EN50WZA during January. QSL via bureau, UT7WZA (d), LoTW. ISWL Activities: During January 2021, Peter/G0NQZ (WAB TQ50) operates as GX4BJC/a and Merv/G0UJD (WAB SK56) as MX1SWL/a. QSL via M5DIK (d/B), eQSL. http://www.iswl.org.uk/ Information DL9GFB, Franz Berndt - sk: On Dec. 22, one day after his 68th birthday, Franz/DL9GFB passed away. He was head of DARC's district Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. During the last 25 years he was a team member of many DXpeditions, e.g.: HB0/DL9GFB, C56/DL9GFB, C56R & C56M, 4S7FBG & 4S7WAG, ZD7F, VU7RG, VU7SJ, 9N7AA, V73D, XX9D, HU1DL, Z66DX. For many years, Franz was also part of the DX and Contesting Committee in the German amateur radio club DARC. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARI Associazione Radioamatori Italiani ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DARC Deutscher Amateur Radio Club DOK Distrikts-Ortsverbands-Kenner FIRAC Federation Internationale des Radio Amateurs Cheminots IOTA Islands on the Air IPARC International Police Association Radio Club LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System SRAL Finnish Amateur Radio League WAB Worked All Britain WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 01.-07.01. Aktivitaetswoche Rheinland- 01.01. SARTG New Year RTTY 01.01. AGCW-DL Happy New Year 02.01. 070 Club PSK-Fest 02.01. Schwaben-Contest 02.01. RSGB AFS 80m & 40m 02./03.01. Original QRP Contest 02./03.01. ARRL RTTY Roundup 02./03.01. EUCW 160m 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 No relevant announcements reached us for this edition of DXNL. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 12.12. - 01/2021 3D2AG/p 2227 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 01/21 - 05/21 5Z4/LA9PF 2230* 08/20 - 12/20 6E6E 2209 15.11. - 15.01. 6O1OO 2224 26.12. - 30.12. 7C8M 2229 01.01. - 31.12.21 7S60BQ 2230* 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 01.10. - 31.03.21 8N1IZA 2229 01.07. - 31.12. 8N1Y 2204 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180 - 12/20 9M4DXX 2219 15.12. - 30.12. AO50UPC 2227 01.12. - 31.12. C4XMAS 2228 01.01. - 31.12.21 CQ750RSI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.02. - 31.01.21 DA2025C 2183 01.01. - 31.12.21 DB100AVUS 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 DB59FIRAC 2230* 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 01.09. - 31.12. DK70DARC 2214 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BKW 2178 08.02. - 31.12. DL250BEETH 2183 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 01.01. - 31.12.21 DL70TRS 2230* 01.07. - 30.06.21 DL73TXL 2204 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.01. - 31.12.21 DR165TESLA 2230* 01.11. - 30.09.21 DR5THBT 2222 01.01. - 31.12.21 DR60SZL 2230* 01.09. - 31.03.21 EN100LT 2217 01.01. - 31.01.21 EN50WZA 2230* 26.12. - 07.01. GB0NY 2229 01.12. - 31.12. GB1XMS 2226 26.12. - 22.01.21 GB2RSA 2229 05.12. - 31.12. GB2XMS 2226 01.12. - 31.12. GB5XMS 2226 01.12. - 31.12. GB9XMS 2226 01.12. - 31.12. GN4BJC/a 2225 01.01. - 31.01.21 GX4BJC/a 2230* 09.05. - 08.05.21 HB15SOTA 2198/2204 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 01.01. - 31.12.21 HB40POLICE 2230* 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 01.09. - 31.08.21 HF100HCH 2215 19.12. - 10.01. HF2021HNY 2228 01.10. - 31.12. HF40RY 2217 - 04/2021 HK3JCL 2212/2228 01.01. - 31.12.21 II0MMI 2230* 01.12. - 31.12.21 II1DCC 2226 01.01. - 31.12.21 II1MMI 2230* 01.07. - 31.12. II2EMCA 2204 01.01. - 31.12.21 II2MMI 2230* 12.05. - 31.12. II3STAY 2198 01.01. - 31.01.21 II4BLD 2230* 01.12. - 31.12. II4MDY 2225 01.01. - 31.12.21 II7MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 II9MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IO0MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IO9MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IR0MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IR5MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IR7MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IR8MMI 2230* 01.01. - 31.12.21 IR9MMI 2230* 14.12. - 09.01.21 JD1BMH 2227 14.10. - 01/2021 JG8NQJ/JD1 2218 - 31.12. JU85UIA 2199 10/20 - 03/21 JX2US 2217 06/20 - 05/21 KG4MA 2200 01.12. - 31.12. LZ1263AN 2225 01.12. - 31.12. LZ1XMAS 2225 01.12. - 01.01. LZ2020XMAS 2226 01.01. - 31.01. LZ21RH 2230* 26.04. - 31.12. LZ50BFRA 2195 01.01. - 31.01. MX1SWL/a 2230* - 31.12. OA90O 2227 01.01. - 31.12.21 OE100BL 2230* 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 01.04. - 31.12. OE60IPA 2192 - 31.12. OE65VIE 2219 01.01. - 31.12.21 OH100SRAL 2230* 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 - 31.12. OZ200EM 2210 01.12. - 31.12. PA20XMAS 2225 28.10. - 31.01.21 PA5150EVH 2221 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. PA800D 2182 01.12. - 31.12. PB20CLAUS 2225 01.12. - 31.12. PD20SANTA 2225 18.12. - 31.12. PD20XMAS 2229 - 04.04.21 PE75BORNE 2195 06.12. - 03.01.21 PH20XMAS 2228 10.12. - 31.01.21. PH21HNY 2228 01.08. - 31.12. PI75VERON 2208 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 25.12. - 14.01.21 R2021NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 R21HNY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RA21NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 RC21NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 RD21NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 RG21NY 2229 25.12. - 30.05.21 RI01ANT 2227 - 01/2021 RI1ANM 2193 25.12. - 14.01.21 RJ21NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 RK21NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 RL21NY 2229 25.12. - 14.01.21 RM21NY 2229 01.11. - 31.12. RM65LP 2223 25.12. - 14.01.21 RN21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RO21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RQ21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RT21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RU21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RV21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RW21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RX21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RY21NY 2230* 25.12. - 14.01.21 RZ21NY 2230* 08.12. - 31.01.21 S520SAFE 2228 04.12. - 03.01. S521PMC 2226 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 01.01. - 31.12.21 SF400B 2230* 01.10. - 31.12. SN40RY 2217 01.01. - 28.04. SN65KDU 2230* 01.04. - 31.12. SO13Z 2191 01.10. - 31.12. SO40RY 2217 01.10. - 31.12. SP40RY 2217 01.10. - 31.12. SP60PRT 2221 01.01. - 30.04.21 SQ0MORSE 2230* 01.10. - 31.12. SQ40RY 2217 01.12. - 31.12. SX2500S 2227 26.12. - 04.01. SX8A 2228 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 21.08. - 12/20 TM100LY 2211 21.08. - 12/20 TM1LY 2211 01.01. - 15.01.21 TM21HNY 2230* 30.11. - 30.12. TM63SC 2226 01.01. - 30.06.21 TM8AA 2230* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 01.06. - 31.12. VI110WIA 2201 01.06. - 31.12. VK20HOME 2201 26.11. - 06.01. XP1SC 2225 - 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 =============== 3B8FA (d), (e) 3D2AG/p via 3D2AG (d), (C) 3Z0YL via SP9SX 3Z40RY via SP1DOZ 4A15DXXE (L) 4A50CRH via XE2AU, (L), (e), (C) 4J0SFR via 4K4K 4U75B via 9A2AA 4U75UN via HB9BOU (d/B), (C) 4X7T via 4Z5LA (d/B) 5Z4/LA9PF (e), (Q) 6E6E (L) 6M0MM (d/B) 6O1OO (d) 7C8M via YB8BRI (d) 7S60BQ via SM7BHM (d), (L), (C) 8J17CALL (B), (e) 8J3ITAMI (B) 8J755T via JN7GLC 8N1ABIKO (B) 8N1IZA (B) 8N1Y (B) 8N6SHURI (B) 8P6ET via KU9C 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9J2RD via (d), IZ8CCW 9M4DXX via JA0DMV (d) C4XMAS via IZ4AMS CJ3T via VE3AT CQ750RSI via CT7AQD (d/B) DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DA20025C (B), (e) DB59FIRAC (B), (L), (C) DF70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DK70DARC via (B), DK5ON (d), (C), DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BEETH via DJ6SI (d/B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL30SHZ (B), (L) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL70IPA (B) DL70THW (B) DL70TRS (B) DL73TXL (B) DM50LEO (B), (e) DP70DARC via DK5ON (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) DR165TESLA via DK8ZZ, (L), (C) DR5THBT (B), (e) DR60SZL via (B), DJ9PH (d) EG4CSH (d/B), (L) EG5DSI (L), (e) EH7PDL (B) EN100LT via UT5LU EN50WZA via (B), UT7WZA (d), (L) GB0NY (e) GB1XMS (e) GB2RSA via G6NHY GB2XMS (e) GB5XMS (e), (L) GB9XMS (e) GN4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB15SOTA via HB9DPR (B) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HB40POLICE (B), (e) HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF2021HNY via SP2PBM (B), (C), (L) HF40RY via SP1O (B) HI8DL via NK4Q HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) II0MMI via IZ0EGC II1DCC via IK1RAE II1MMI via IK1YRA II2EMCA via IZ2FME (d), (L) II2MMI via I2QIL II3STAY via IN3ZWF (d/B) II4BLD via IQ4FE II4MDY via IQ4FE II7MMI via IZ7AUH II9MMI via IT9GHW IO0MMI via IM0SDX IO9MMI via IT9MRM IR0MMI via IZ0XZD IR5MMI via IK5AEQ IR7MMI via IZ7LOW IR8MMI via IU8OJZ IR9MMI via IT9YBL JA4GXS/4 via JA4GXS (d/B) JD1BMH via (B), JG7PSJ (d) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY, (L) JU85UIA via JT1CH (d) JX2US (L), (C), (O) KT3Q/2 via DF8DX (d/B) LZ105AJ via LZ1ZF LZ1263AN via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ1XMAS via LZ1KAK LZ2020XMAS via LZ1VKI LZ21RH via (B), LZ1KCP (d) LZ50BFRA via LZ1BJ (B) MX1SWL via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OA90O via OA4O OD5ZZ via N4GNR OE1970WWL (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), 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), OG1XMAS (L), (C) OH100SRAL (B), (L) OL30DXC via OK2PXJ OL700CO (C) OL700DKA (C) OL700LTV (C) OL725PLZ via OK1DRQ (d), (C), (O) OX3XR via PA3249 OZ200EM via OZ1ACB PA5150EVH via PF1SCT (B) PA75VERON (L), (e) PA800D via PI4DEC, (C) PD20XMAS (B) PE75BORNE via PE2V PH20XMAS (B) PH21HNY (B) PI75VERON via PA1AW R200ANT via RZ3EC R2021NY via RQ7L (d/B) R21HNY via RQ7L (d/B) R30EMER via RW9QA R30MCHS via R4CR RA21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RC21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RD21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RG21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RI01ANT via RX6A RI1ANM via RX3ABI RJ21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RK21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RL21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RM21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RM65LP via R1MJ RN21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RO21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RQ21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RT21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RU21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RV21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RW21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RX21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RX6A/mm via RX6A RY21NY via RQ7L (d/B) RZ21NY via RQ7L (d/B) S520SAFE via S56IPS (d), (L), (e) S521PMC (B) SF400B (B), (L) SN40RY via SP1EG (B) SN65KDU via SP9KDU (d/B) SO13Z (L), (C), (e) SO40RY (d/B) SP60PRT via SP6PRT SQ0MORSE via SP1EG (d/B) SQ40RY via SP1PMY (d/B) SX2500S (d/B), (L), (C) T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) TF1EIN (d/B), (L) TM100LY via F6KUQ TM1LY via F5KAY TM20XMAS via F4GPB TM21HNY via F4GPB TM63SC via F8DZU (d/B) TM8AA via F5SLD (d), (e) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) VI110WIA (L), (e) VK20HOME (L), (e) XP1SC via OZ2CBA YI9/IU5HWS via IU5HWS (d) YJ8RN via NZ4DX YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) ZD7JC (d) ZR6DX (d/B), (L) ZS1820S via ZS2EC (d/B), (L) ZS95SARL (B) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM QSL via LoTW: 3A/IK1CJO, 9Y4DG, BG4WOM, BG7PHA, TA2JU, YB8RW/3 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, DK8ZZ, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, DL8DWL, F4GPB, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OM3JW & IDXP, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, SM7BHM, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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