DXNL 2339 - February 1, 2023 DX Newsletter a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX" (http://www.darcdxhf.de) Editor: Andreas Salder, DK5ON (e-mail: dxmb@darcdxhf.de) translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO DX Activities ============= 6V,6W, SENEGAL: Willy, ON4AVT, signs 6W7/ON4VT from Warang between Feb. 6 and March 31 on 80-10m (SSB, digital modes) and via QO-100. QSL via ON4AVT, ClubLog OQRS. 7P, LESOTHO: Yuris, YL2GM, is currently active as 7P8WW on 160-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QRV until Feb. 4; QSL via YL2GN, OQRS. 9N, NEPAL: Robert, 9N7AA (S53R), has returned to Nepal and has found conditions improved on 12 and 10m. On 160 and 80m the local QRM remains strong and he has taken down his antennas for those bands. For autumn he plans a move into the countryside with hopefully less interference on the low bands. Until then, he will concentrate on the upper bands and also wait for the beginning of the 6m Es season. QSL via S57DX (d), LoTW. 9U, BURUNDI: Elvira, IV3FSG, and Vladimir, OK2WX, are going to pay Burundi a visit from Feb. 4 to 27, operating as 9U5R and 9U4WX respectively on 80-6m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL for 9U5R via IK2DUW, 9U4WX via IZ8CCW. HP, PANAMA: Members of the Panama Radio Club (HP1PCR) celebrate its 30th anniversary during February with the callsign 3E30PCARA. QSL via qrz.com. See also: https://www.pcara.net/ TI, COSTA RICA: Gregory, W2BEE, operates holiday-style as TI7/W2BEE until Feb. 28. QRV mostly on CW, maybe some FT8. QSL via homecall, OQRS, LoTW. IOTA ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-024; S7, INNER ISLANDS: Peter, G4HSO, will be active from 3 different locations as S79/G4HSO during a holiday between Feb. 1 and 21. QSL only via LoTW. NA-105; FS, SAINT MARTIN: Paul, VA3ZC, activates St- Martin from Jan. 31 until Feb. 9 as FS/VA3ZC. QSL via h/c. OC-097; 5W, SAMOA ISLANDS: A small team (Pista HA5AO, George HA5UK, and Paul W7IV) will be operating from Savai'i Island as 5W0DX between Feb. 1 and 28. QRV with three rigs on 80-10m (CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8) near salt water. For a log search and OQRS see: https://www.ha5ao.com/oqrs/logsearch.php. OC-139; VK5, SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE EAST CENTRE group: Paul VK5PAS, Marija VK5MAZ, Chris VK5FR, Adam VK2YK, Andy VK5LA, and Ivan VK5HS are going to put Troubridge Island WWFF VKFF-1108, VK5 Parks Award 5CP-243, lighthouse AU-0131) on the air from Feb. 7 to 9 as VK5TIL. QSL via M0OXO, eQSL, LoTW. For more information see: https://www.troubridgeisland.com OC-148; 4W, TIMOR ISLAND: Sato JH2EUV is currently back on the air as 4W/JH2EUV. QRV until March 3 on 40-10m (FT8). QSL via JH2EUV (B), LoTW. SA-023; PY6, BAHIA STATE NORTH group: Robson PY6TV signs PT6D from Ilha da Mare between the 2nd and 5th of Feb. QSL via direct or OQRS. Other IOTA news =============== AN-002; 3Y, BOUVET ISLAND: The3 Y0J team aboard the Marama is getting closer to Bouvet. See their GPS tracker here: https://share.garmin.com/3y0j. Hopes are that they will be landing and start operating later this week. POTA - Aktivitaeten =================== CT-0008, Serras da Freita e Arada Natura 2000; CT-0114, Rio Paiva Natura 2000: Cesar CT7ASQ/p operates from 11z to 14z on Jan. 31 from CT-0008. He then moves on to CT-0114 for a first activation from 15z-1730z. QSL via bureau, LoTW, qrz.com. DA-0176, Hiddensee Island Nature Reserve: Tom, DB2MT, activates this reference on Feb. 1 and 2 on SSB and FT8. PA-0012, Oosterschelde National Park: Leo, PA2LK, will be active from this park on Feb. 3. QSL via PA2LK. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.02. - 27.02. 3E30PCARA 2339* 21.01. - 03.03. 4W/JH2EUV 2339* 01.02. - 28.02. 5W0DX 2339* 06.02. - 31.03. 6W7/ON4AVT 2339* 18.12.22 - 6Y/N0GJW 2336 26.01. - 04.02. 7P8WW 2339* 13.01. - 04.02. 7U7C 2336 - 31.03. 8J1H90T 2330 01.01.23 - 29.03. 9M2MRS 2334 26.01. - 9N7AA 2339* 04.02. - 27.02. 9U4WX 2339* 04.02. - 27.02. 9U5R 2339* 15.12. - 12/23 AT42I 2332 28.11. - 24.02. C5YK 2331 01.05. - C83YT 2301 - C91CCY 2322 - DA0WB 2334 01.01.23 - 31.12. DB100RDF 2335 20.02. - 19.02. DK0HN 2285 07.05. - 06.05. DL1640Y 2312 01.10. - 30.09. DR45HAAN 2330 01.01.23 - 30.05. DR100XRAY 2335 - EX0ET 2335 19.01. - 02.02. FG/F5HRY 2337 01.09. - 01.04.24 FH4VVK 2317 15.10.22 - 15.08.23 FJ4WEB 2336 11.01. - 10.03. FM/F6BWJ 2336 07.22 - FO5QS 2312 31.01. - 09.02. FS/VA3ZC 2339* - 03.23 FT4YM 2324 - 02.24 FW1JG 2287 01.01. - 28.02. GB2KW 2336 01.01. - 28.02. GB5KW 2336 01.01. - 28.02. GB8KW 2336 01.01. - 28.02. GW0KWD 2336 01.01. - 28.02. GW5KWD 2336 14.01. - 05.02. HF7SIEMA 2337 15.03. - 15.03. HG200AN 2293 15.03. - 15.03. HG200DO 2293 15.03. - 15.03. HG200EF 2293 15.03. - 15.03. HG200IR 2293 15.03. - 15.03. HG200OT 2293 15.03. - 15.03. HG200PS 2293 01.01.23 - 01.05. HH75RCH 2334 - HK3/F4AHV 2332 25.07. - 15.05. HK3JCL 2307 23.11. - 13.03. HR5/F2JD 2329 01.01. - HS0ZIB 2336 06.11. - 02.04. HS0ZME 2326 17.01. - 06.02. HS0ZPU 2337 - 06.23 J28HJ 2311 08.22 - J28RC 2315 01.10. - J5JUA 2323 24.12. - 23.01. JD1BMH 2333 - 31.01. K3Y/0...9 2336 14.05. - K4RC 2301 12/22 - 12/23 KC4AAC 2332 10.01. - 10.02. LY1923KK 2335 23.04. - OE22M 2298 01/23 - 06/23 OE40XTU 2332 18.01. - 02.02. P4/DL4MM 2337 10.01. - 08.02. P4/VA3QSL 2335 09.01. - 06.02. PJ2ND 2336 27.01. - 29.01. PJ2T 2336 01.01. - 13.01. PJ4/DD0VR 2334 02.02. - 05.02. PT6D 2339* - RI1ANC 2335 24.10. - 24.03.23 RI1ANU 2324 01.01. - 31.03. RI30ANT 2335 - RI41POL 2321 01.05. - S035S 2301 01.01. - 21.02. S79/G4HSO 2339* - TI8/F4AHV 2332 28.01. - 28.02. TI7/W2BEE 2339* 09.01.2023 - 12.01. TK/DL2JRM 2336 06.01.23 - 21.01. TN8K 2335 - TO5Z 2328 29.12. - 15.03.23 TR8CR 2334 - 06/23 TT8SN 2320 - TZ4AM 2311 12/22 - 03/23 V31TX 2333 18.10. - V55WH 2324 06.2022 - V73MS 2306 31.10. - V85NPV 2329 07.02. - 09.02. VK5TIL 2339* - 04/23 VK9WX 2331 2.1.23 - 31.03. VP2MDX 2334 - VP5MA 2302 01.12. - 01.23 VP8/SQ1SGB 2331 - VP8AAE 2320 12/22 - 01/23 VP8RAF 2332 12/22 - 01/23 VP8TAA 2332 14.05. - W1M 2301 21.08. - XZ2A 2316 25.06. - XZ2B 2309 - 12/25 YB8QT 2330 15.05. - 21.05. YE3BYE 2337 01.12.22 - 30.06.23 YR1200VT 2333 01.09. - Z6/KN4PRE 2317 28.08. - ZA/DG7PX 2317 23.08. - ZA/Z35M 2315 12/22 - ZA15K 2333 - ZC4GR 2336 25.08. - ZL4/VE6TC 2318 15.07. - ZL7/ZL1VV 2311 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3V8SF via LX1NO (B), (L) 4L2M via EA7FTR (d) 4U1A via UA3DX (L) 5H6PJ via VU2BGC (d) 5Z4/M0LEP via M0LEP (B - OQRS), (L), (e) 8J6HAM via JARL-Bureau, (L), eQSL 9A0BB via 9A3JB (B), (L) EA8/DF4UE via DF4UE EI9E via EI2FG (B), (L) F6REF via F4KLW (B), (L), eQSL FR8UA via F4FTV (d), (L) HB0/DL1MGB via DL1MGB (B), (L) HG5D via HA8QZ (B) IB2WAP via eQSL II2YLSP via IZ2ELV (d) II5ANT via IZ5BTC (B) IN3/OK1DOY/p via OK1DOY (B), (L) IR1ANT via I1HYW (B) IR2A via IK2JYT (B), (L), eQSL LX/PA4O via PA4O (d), eQSL MJ5E via GU4YOX (B), (L) OP4W via ON4BWT (L) OP6Y via ON6YP (B), eQSL OV1CDX via OZ1GML (d) PA6ANT via PA3FOE (B), (L), eQSL PI4CC via PC2A (d), (L) PI4ZUT via PD0JMH (B) RI30ANT via RZ3EC (B) TM25PVJ via F8GGZ (B) VO2AAA via VE3KG (d), (L) VO2AC via VE3FU (B), (L) YQ6A via YO6BHN (L) YS3CW via I2JIN (d), (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society DCI D.C.I. 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