DXNL 2289 - February 16, 2022 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 7X, Algeria: Algerian amateur radio operators take part in the 19th Antarctic Activity Week from the 21st to 27th as 7T22ANT (WAP-345). QSL via IK2DUW. A6, United Arab Emirates: Members of the Emirates Amateur Radio Society celebrate Saudi Arabia's founding day with the callsign A60SFD/x from the 19th to 25th on HF. For QSL information see qrz.com. BY, China: The special event station BY1CRA/WO22 is currently active around the 2022 Winter Olympics on 160-10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via BA4TB, ClubLog OQRS. D4, Cape Verde: Oliver/DJ5QW stays on Sal Island (AF-086) from Feb. 19 until March 2, operating as D44DX and D4CW on 80-10m (CW, SSB). QSL via DJ5QW (B). DL, Germany: Members of the DARC club Strausberg (DOK Y21) celebrate the 750th anniversary of the town Fuerstenwalde until the end of July with the callsign DK0FWS (special DOK 750FWS). QSL via bureau or DH7AMF. EA, Spain: The special event station EH5AAW (WAP-342) takes part in the Antarctic Activity Week from the 18th to 27th. QSL via EA5N, LoTW, ClubLog. EA, Spain: Members of the URE section San Fernando (EA7URF) celebrate the founding of the Spanish Marine Infantry 485 years ago with the callsign EG485FIM. QRV on Feb. 19/20 and 26/27 on HF, VHF, and UHF. QSL via EA7URF (d/B), LoTW, eQSL. EA, Spain: The following special event stations celebrate Andalusia Day (Feb. 28) between the 22nd and 28th: AM42AL, AM42AND, AM42CA, AM42CO, AM42GR, AM42HU, AM42JA, AM42MA, and AM42SE. QRV on 80-10m on CW, SSB, and digital modes. An award is also available. QSL via bureau. KH6, Hawaii: Fred/NA2U will take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest as KH7M. QSL via KH6ZM (d), LoTW. KP2, Virgin Islands: WP3A, AD4Z, and NK4DX will operate the ARRL DX CW Contest together as KP2B. QSL via EB7DX. I, Italy: II2WAP (WAP-343) takes part in the Antarctic Activity Week on HF. QSL via eQSL. OE, Austria: Alex/OE3DMA joins the Antarctic Activity Week as OE19AAW (WAP-341, OEFF-0077). QSL via OE3DMA. PA, Netherlands: The special event station PB22BP commemorates Baden Powell, founder of the Scouts movement, around the Thinking Day on the AIR (TDOTA) event from Feb. 18 to 28. Operators are Guido/PD2GWE, Evelyn/PD1EHO, Sander/PD9HIX, Thomas/PA3TVV, Maarten/ PD2SVA, Ramon/PD1RJM, and Erwin/PA3EFR. QRV on HF on CW, SSB, and digital modes. QSL via PA3EFR. PZ, Suriname: Markus/DJ4EL and Joerg/DJ1JB plan to return to Papegaaien Island (SA-092) and operate as PZ5G between the 23rd and 26th. Before (Feb. 19) and after (until March 1) they will sign PZ5GE and PZ5GL from the mainland. QSL via homecalls. V3, Belize: WC0W, K5PI, VE7KW, W5MJ, WC0T, NM0C, WW0G, and AD0KH operate in a team effort together as V3T during the upcoming ARRL contest. QSL via WC0W, LoTW. V3, Belize: Walt/W0CP and Mary/K0ZV remain active as V31DJ and V31DK from Placencia until March 4 on HF (SSB, FT8). QSL via ClubLog OQRS or via homecalls. W, United States of America: The following special event stations commemorate the first Voice of America broadcast (Feb. 1, 1942) on the 19th and 20th: o W3V from VoA Headquarter in Washington/DC o W8O from Bethany Relay Station o W4A from the VoA Site-C in Greenville/NC For QSL information see qrz.com. https://w4amc.com/VOA-Site-C-Project/ ZF, Cayman Islands: Daniel/N6MJ, Martin/NN1C, and William/W9KKN will operate the ARRL contest in a team effort as ZF1A. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW. ZF, Cayman Islands: William/KO7SS joins the ARRL contest as ZF2SS. QSL via LoTW. ZF, Cayman Islands: Bob/K4UEE, Bill/W5SJ and Stan/K5GO are going to operate the ARRL contest together as ZF5T. QSL via K5GO. Other stuff: ============ American Lighthouse Weekend: For a list of stations participating in the 14th American Lighthouse Weekend (Feb. 18 to 20) see: http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar/ 19. Antarctic Activity Week: For more information about this event see: http://www.waponline.it/antarctic-activity-week/aaw-2022/ Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society ARRL Amateur Radio Relay League DIB Diploma Ilhas Brasileiras DOK Distrikts-Ortsverbands-Kenner ILLW International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System RSGB Radio Society of Great Britain TDOTA Thinking Day On The Air URE Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles WAP Worldwide Antarctic Program WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 16./17.02. CWT Mini Contest 16.02. RSGB 80m Club 17.02. Swiss Activity Contest 19./20.02. ARRL Intern. DX Contest (CW) 19./20.02. Russian WW PSK Contest 21.02. OK1WC Memorial 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 EU-089; CU8/9, Azores Western group: Henning/OZ2I operates holiday-style as CT8/OZ2I between Feb. 17 and 21. During the ARRL DX CW Contest he signs CQ8EE. QSL via OZ2I (d/B), ClubLog OQRS. NA-015; CO/KG4, Cuba: T45FM will be back on the air from the lighthouse in Punta Maya (WLOTA 0032, ARLHS CUB032, ILLW CU0005, WW Loc. EL93gc) from the 18th to 20th. Operators are CO2ARY, CO2DSE, CO2KLY, CO2ROD, CO5DOR, CO5LB, CO5MK, and CO5W. QRV on HF (SSB, digital modes). QSL via RW6HS (d). NA-018; OX, Greenland: Alex/OZ7AM and Mikkel/OZ7AKT will be active from Kangerlussuaq between the 17th and 22nd, including the ARRL contest, as OX7AM and OX7AKT. QSL via OZ1ACB (d/B), LoTW. NA-076, W4, Florida State North West group & NA-141; W4, Florida State South East group & NA-142; W4, Florida State North West group: Bodo/DF8DX is on a work-related trip to Florida from Feb. 18 until March 5 and plans to activate these three IOTA groups during his spare time as KT3Q/4. QRV mainly on 30 and 20m on CW and FT8. QSL via DF8DX (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS. SA-025; PS8, Piaui State group: A team of seven operators (Aristides/PS8ACM, Fernando/PS8CW, Raimundo Jr./PS8DX, Milton/PS8HF, Ronaldo/PS8RV, Nathanael/ PS8ZP, Orlando/PT2OP) activates the Pedra do Sal Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-070, DIB PI-03, WLOTA 2825, PYFF-0209) on Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel from the 18th to 20th as ZV8L. QRV on 80-10m (CW, SSB, FT8) and via QO-100. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or via PT2OP (d/B). SA-036; P4, Aruba Island: John/W2GD will be active as P44W during the ARRL contest and afterwards on the WARC bands. QSL via N2MM (d), LoTW. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 05.02. - 25.02. 3B8GY 2287 20.01. - 3B8HH 2285 01.01. - 31.03. 4A90xxx 2282 01.02. - 28.02. 4U13FEB 2288 27.01. - 27.07. 5B4AQC 2287 10.02. - 24.02. 5H3BV 2288 01.01. - 31.12. 6F6F 2284 29.12. - 22.02. 6W7/F6HMJ 2282 06.02. - 02.04. 6W7/ON4AVT 2287 13.01. - 13.03. 6Y5FS 2285 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2C 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2E 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2H 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2O 2280 01.12. - 31.10. 7B2T 2280 21.02. - 27.02. 7T22ANT 2289* 01.02. - 22.02. 7Z3FD 2288 01.04. - 31.03. 8J100CB 2244 01.04. - 28.02. 8J2I 2250 30.01. - 30.04. 8N0J 2235 01.04. - 31.03. 8N1FT 2244 12.04. - 28.02. 8N1MORSE 2246 - 30.06. 8N1TAMA 2272 12.02. - 08.03. 8Q7WM 2288 12.02. - 08.03. 8Q7WX 2288 01.02. - 22.02. 8Z3FD 2288 - 02/2022 9J2BG 2240 - 06/2022 9J2MYT 2279 01.02. - 28.02. 9K9NLD 2287 11/21 - 9N7AA 2275 19.02. - 25.02. A60SFD/x 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42AL 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42AND 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42CA 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42CO 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42GR 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42HU 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42JA 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42MA 2289* 22.02. - 28.02. AM42SE 2289* 02.02. - 20.02. BY1CRA/WO22 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. CQ8EE 2289* 17.02. - 21.02. CT8/OZ2I 2289* 13.02. - 25.02. D44AO 2288 19.02. - 02.03. D44DX 2289* 19.02. - 02.03. D4CW 2289* 01.01. - 31.12. DB50AFZ 2283 01.11. - 31.10. DF22LGS 2275 01.01. - 31.12. DF40BGK 2283 01.02. - 31.07. DK0FWS 2289* 20.02. - 19.02.23 DK0HN 2285 01.01. - 31.12. DK050BN 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DK65DEL 2285 01.01. - 31.12. DL0HO 2284 26.01. - 25.01.23 DL0OF 2288 15.09. - 14.09. DL24EURO 2268 01.11. - 31.10. DL35EUDXF 2273 01.01. - 31.12. DL60LINDAU 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL70WOB 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL73AFUG 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL75DRG 2283 01.01. - 31.12. DL75HIL 2282 01.01. - 31.12. DL75OBY 2285 01.01. - 31.12. DL75RLP 2288 01.01. - 31.07. DM60CSJ 2282 01.01. - 31.12. DP44N44T 2284 18.04. - 17.04. DP44WCA 2253 01.12. - 30.11. DR125MB 2278 01.01. - 31.12. DR50BAWA 2282 19.02. - 27.02. EG485FIM 2289* 18.02. - 27.02. EH5AAW 2289* 01.01. - 31.12. EI90IRTS 2282 - 15.03. FM/F6BWJ 2288 11.02. - 18.02. FM/VE3DZ 2288 06.02. - 22.02. FS/VA3QSL 2287 - 02/22 FT4YM 2274 - 02/2024 FW1JG 2287 01.01. - 31.12. GB100BBC 2282 14.01. - 23.12. GB1900HA 2285 14.01. - 23.12. GB1900HW 2285 01.01. - 31.12. HB50SH 2283 12.02. - 20.02. HF80AK 2288 01.01. - 14.12. HF9FIELD 2282 01.09. - HK3JCL 2265 08.12. - 05.04. HR5/F2JD 2279 12.02. - 26.02. HR9/AD8J 2288 09.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2274 01.02. - 22.02. HZ3FD 2288 01.01. - 10.07. II0WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II1WRTC 2282 21.02. - 27.02. II2WAP 2289* 01.01. - 10.07. II2WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II3WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II4WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II5WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II6WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II7WRTC 2282 22.01. - 30.06. II8CAP 2286 01.01. - 10.07. II8WRTC 2282 01.01. - 10.07. II9WRTC 2282 19.02. - 20.02. KH7M 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. KP2B 2289* 18.02. - 05.03. KT3Q/4 2289* 01.01. - 31.12. LA100B 2283 26.09. - 26.03. LX5MF 2268 - 31.12. LZ01MLN 2277 01.01. - 31.12. LZ1GLASS 2285 01.02. - 28.02. LZ251MA 2286 01.02. - 28.02. MX1SWL/a 2286 21.02. - 27.02. OE19AAW 2289* 01.03. - 01.03. OF60RR 2240 09.06. - 09.06. OH0100AX 2254 01.01. - 28.02. ON75xxx 2282 17.02. - 22.02. OX7AKT 2289* 17.02. - 22.02. OX7AM 2289* 01.01. - 31.12. OZ50DDXG 2282 14.02. - 21.02. P44W 2288 01.01. - 24.04. PA22L 2283 29.01. - 06.03. PA6ANT 2287 03.02. - 02.08. PA75DXCC 2287 18.02. - 28.02. PB22BP 2289* 01.01. - 31.12. PI75LIM 2287 01.09. - 30.09. PX200BR 2282 01.01. - 31.12. PX2022BR 2282 01.04. - 30.04. PX522BR 2282 19.02. - 01.03. PZ5GE 2289* 19.02. - 01.03. PZ5GL 2289* 01.01. - 28.02. R075F 2282 10.01. - 27.02. R250SM 2285 13.01. - 02/22 RI1ANC 2285 01.01. - 31.12. SK50EI 2284 01.01. - 28.02. SN30WOSP 2284 01.01. - 14.12. SN9FIELD 2282 12.02. - 20.02. SP80AK 2288 01.01. - 14.12. SP9FIELD 2282 18.02. - 20.02. T45FM 2289* 15.01. - 31.12. TM0CR 2286 07.02. - 22.02. TM19AAW 2287 20.01. - 20.04. TM30BUS 2286 05.02. - 20.03. TM9AP 2288 19.02. - 24.02. TO4A 2288 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 08.02. - 04.03. V31DJ 2289* 08.02. - 04.03. V31DK 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. V3T 2289* 08.02. - 01.03. V4/KG9N 2287 01.01. - 31.12. VK90ABC 2287 09.01. - 18.02. VP2MDX 2283 10.02. - 10.03. VX2X 2288 19.02. - 20.02. W3V 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. W4A 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. W8O 2289* 03.02. - 20.02. Z21A 2287 03.02. - 20.02. Z22O 2287 19.02. - 20.02. ZF1A 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. ZF2SS 2289* 19.02. - 20.02. ZF5T 2289* 05/21 - 04/2022 ZL25NZ 2252 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8GY via SP2JMB, (C), (O) 3B8HH (d/B), (C) 4U13FEB via 9A2AA 4X6HU (d/B) 5B4AQC (L), (C), (O) 5H3BV via S53BV (d) 6F6F via EA5GL, (L) 6W1TG via EA4R 6W7/F6HMJ via F6HMJ 6W7/ON4AVT via ON4AVT (d) 6Y5FS via G4BWP, (L), (C) 7B2C (e) 7B2E (e) 7B2H (e) 7B2O (e) 7B2T (e) 7T22ANT via IK2DUW 7Z3FD (C) 8J100CB (B) 8J2I (B) 8N0J via (B), JJ0AWX (d), (e) 8N1FT (B), (L) 8N1MORSE (B), (C), (O) 8N1TAMA (B) 8Q7AH via LU4DXU 8Q7WM via OK2WM 8Q7WX via OK2WX 8Z3FD (C) 9J2BG via HB9EWU 9J2MYT via IZ3KVD (d) 9K2YD via EC6DX, (L) 9M2MAD (d) 9N7AA via S57DX, (L), (C) A60SFD/x (Q) A71JK (d) A91SD via EC6DX AM42AL (d/B) AM42AND (d/B) AM42CA (d/B) AM42CO (d/B) AM42GR (d/B) AM42HU (d/B) AM42JA (d/B) AM42MA (d/B) AM42SE (d/B) BY1CRA/WO22 via BA4TB, (C), (O) CO7CRJ via IK2DUW CQ8EE via OZ2I (d/B), (C), (O) CT8/OZ2I via OZ2I (d/B), (C), (O) CX5FK (L), (e) D44AO via DM4AO (d/B) D44DX via DJ5QW (B) D4DX via DJ5QW (B) DB50AFZ via (B), DL2VFR (d) DF22LGS (B) DF40BGK (B) DK0FWS via (B), DH7AMF DK0HN via (B), DJ5QE (d), (C), DK050BN via (B), DK5PD (d), (L), (e) DK65DEL via (B), DB1BAC (d) DL0HO (B) DL0OF (B) DL24EURO (B) DL35EUDXF (L), (e), (C), (O) DL60LINDAU via (B), DL1CBQ (d) DL70WOB (B) DL73AFUG (B) DL75DRG (B) DL75HIL (B), (L), (e) DL75OBY via (B), DF2NU (d), (L) DL75RLP (B) DM60CSJ via (B), DL2VM (d), (e) DP44N44T (B) DP44WCA (B) DR125MB via (B), DD3JN (d), (L) DR50BAWA (B) EA6A (B), (L), (e) EG485FIM via EA7URF (d/B), (L), (e) EH5AAW via EA5N, (L), (C) EI90IRTS via (B), EI6AL (d), (C) EY7AD (d) FM/F6BWJ via F6BWJ FM/VE3DZ via VE3DZ FR1DI (d) FS/VA3QSL via VA3QSL (d/B), (L) FT4YM via F5PFP FW1JG (d), (C) GB100BBC (B), (L), (e) GB1900HA (L), (C), (O) GB1900HW (L), (C), (O) GB9EQP (L) GX4BJC via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB50SH (L), (e) HF80AK via SP9CJM HF9FIELD (e) HK3JCL via DK9LRF (B) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HR9/AD8J via AD8J (d), (L) HS0ZME via SM6NT (d/B) HZ3FD (C) II2IDT via I2YSB II2WAP (e) II8CAP via IC8ATA, (C) JE1XUZ/JD1 via JE1XUZ (d/B), (L) K9L (d) KH7M via KH6ZM (d), (L) KP2B via EB7DX KT3Q/4 via DF8DX (d/B), (L), (C), LA100B (L) LU5BE/R via EA7FTR, (L), (e) LX5MF via LX1KQ (d/B), (L) LZ01MLN via LZ1PM LZ1GLASS via LZ1KAK (B) LZ251MA via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL via M5DIK (d/B), (e) NP3YL (d/B), (L) OE19AAW via OE3DMA OF60RR via (B), OH8DR (d) ON75xxx via ON9TT (d/B), (C), (O) OX7AKT via OZ1ACB, (L) OX7AM via OZ1ACB, (L) OZ50DDXG via OZ1ACB P44W via N2MM (d) PA22L via PI4LDN (B) PA6ANT via (B), PA3FOE (d), (L), PA75DXCC (L), (e), (C), (O) PB22BP via PA3EFR PI75LIM (B) PX200BR (L), (C) PX2022BR (L), (C) PX522BR (L), (C) PZ5GE via DJ4EL PZ5GL via DJ1JB PZ5KV via DL6KVA, (C), (O) R075F via RN3RQ, (L), (C) R250SM via RK3VWA RI1ANC via RN1ON (d/B), (C), (O) SK50EI (B), (L) SN30WOSP via SP2UUU SN9FIELD (e) SO39SYBIR via SP4PZM SP80AK via SP9CJM SP9FIELD (e) T45FM via RW6HS (d) T77BL (d), (L), (e) TM0CR via F6FMT, (e) TM19AAW via F8DVD (d/B), (L) TM30BUS via F1LFL (d/B) TM9AP via F5KTR TO4A via VE3DZ TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) TU5PCT via OK6DJ (d), (C), (O) V31DJ via W0CP, (L), (C) V31DK via K0ZV, (L), (C) V3T via WC0W V4/KG9N via KG9N (d/B), (L) VK90ABC (L), (e) VP2MDX via W2APF, (L) VR2VGM (d), (L), (e) VU2XO (d) VX2X (L) W3V (d) W4A (d) W8O (d) W9L (d) Z21A via DJ6TF Z22O via DJ6TF Z66BCC via DL2JRM (d/B) ZB2R (d) ZF1A (L), (C), (O) ZF2SS (L) ZF5T via K5GO ZL25NZ via ZL3CW (d), (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM QSL via LoTW: A52CQ, BI1VIP, CO2EAP, FK4QX, TA3J, UN30RK, UP30RK 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), DF8DX, DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, DL8NBM, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OE3DMA, OM3JW & IDXP, OZ1IKY, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PT2OP, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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