DXNL 2429 - October 23, 2024 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 ============= 3DA, KINGDOM Of ESWATINI: A German group (DK1BT, DL4WK, DL6SAK, DL7BO, DL7UFR) operates as 3DA0DL between Oct. 25 and Nov. 9 on 160-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via DL7UFR, LoTW. For more information see: https://webufr.dl7ufr.selfhost.eu/3da/. 7Q, MALAWI: EA7FTR, CT1BOL, 7Q6M, and 7Q7CT team up with the callsign 7Q1 between Oct. 23 and Nov. 2 on all bands and modes, including the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via EA7FTR. 7Q, MALAWI: 7Q2T will be Gerry's (W1VE) callsign remoting into 7Q6M's station before and during the CQWW contest. QSL via LoTW. EP, IRAN: Alireza EP2AVM, Sajjad EP6DSP, and Amir EP3ISF, all youngsters and keen DX newcomers, will be active together with the callsign EP9KNA on the 24th and 25th from Namakabrud on the coast of the Caspian Sea. QRV on 40, 20, 15, and 10m (CW, SSB). G, ENGLAND: GB2ZL marks the centennary of the first contact between New Zealand and England until Oct. 28. I, ITALY: II6PRES continues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ARI section San Benedetto del Tronto until Oct. 27. QSL via IK6XEJ. I, ITALY: On the 24th, 4U24OCT will be active for the United Nations Day from the UN Global Service Center. TA, TURKEY: Members of the radio club YM1KE celebrate the 101st anniversary of the Turkish republic until the end of October with the callsign TC29TC. QSL via eQSL. Carribean sailing trip: Mats, SM7PKK, and Peter, ON6TT, have set sail on the 18th on a 46ft vessel, signing SM8Z/mm during their voyage from the Canaries to Grenada. Among the stations expected for the CQWW DX SSB Contest are: V63CB (Micronesia), VP2MDM (Montserrat), J62K (Saint Lucia), TK9R (CorsiCa), YJ0VV (Vanuatu), 5H3MB (Tanzania), V26B (Antigua & Barbuda), 7Q1 and 7Q2T (Malawi), PJ7PL (Sint-Maarten), TI2CC (Costa Rica), E6AQ (Niue), C21MM (Nauru), ZL7IO (Chatham), JD1BQP (Ogasawara), 3B9KW (Rodrigues), TO5A (Martinique), CQ3W (Madeira), ZD7W, ZD7/JF3SFU, ZD7/JM1GDA (St Helena), KP4AA and WP3C (Puerto Rico), V47T and V48K (St-Kitts & Nevis), CR2B (Azores), VE2DXY (Canada), 8P5A (Barbados), ZC4MK (UK Base Cyprus), C40C (Cyprus), 9Z4BM (Trinidad & Tobago), D44OA (Cape Verde), HD1A (Ecuador), FG4KH, TO2X (Guadeloupe), V85RH (Brunei), PJ4G (Bonaire), JS6RRR (Japan), 9M6NA (East Malaysia), 7A2A (Indonesia), HQ9X (Honduras). IOTA ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-013; 5R, MADAGASCAR ISLAND: SP9FIH and SP6CIK will be signing 5R8WE and 5R8CI respectively from Nosy Be Island between Oct. 23 and Nov. 6 on 40-10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via ClubLog OQRS. AF-014; CT3, MADEIRA ISLAND: Helmut, DF7EE, operates as CR3W in the CQ WW contest. AF-022; ZD7, ST HELENA ISLAND: W6NV will be active during both CQ WW contests as ZD7W. QSL via W6NV. AF-086; D4, WINDWARD ISLANDS: Claudio, HB9OAU, activates Sal Isl. from oct. 24 until Nov. 5 as D44OA. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, qrz.com. EU-093; EA5, ALICANTE / MURCIA PROVINCE group: Markus EA5/DJ4EL puts the islands Benidorm, Escombreras, and Tabarca on the air until the 25th. SA-006; PJ4, BONAIRE ISLAND: Rich, N6KT, remains active as PJ4K until the 27th. QSL via KU9C. SA-006; PJ4, BONAIRE ISLAND: M5RIC, G4CLA, GW4XUM, W1MD, and K2NG join forces for the CQ WW contest and operate together as PJ4G. QRV also before and after signing PJ4/homecalls. QSL via homecalls; PJ4G only via LoTW. NA-097; 6Y, JAMAICA: Jamaica will be the last stop of Neil's (G0RNU) Caribbean tour. QRV as as 6Y/G0RNU from Oct. 23 until Nov. 6 on 40-6m (SSB, digital modes). QSL via eQSL; for more information see: https://www.qrz.com/db/6Y/G0RNU. NA-099; KP3/4, PUERTO RICO: W2XX, N0HJZ, and AJ9C join KP4AA for the contest on Oct. 26/27. NA-100; V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: N3OC (V26OC), K3RA (V26RA), KC2GOW (V26AG), AA3R (V26FT), and K3MTT (V26T) are going to operate the contest together as V26B. QRV before and after also with their personal V2 callsigns. QSL V26B via KA2AEV, LoTW, OQRS; other via the operators. NA-103; VP2M, MONTSERRAT: VP2MMX (N0SMX), VP2MMM (N8DL), and VP2MDM (K2DM) activate Montserrat for the contest with the callsign VP2MDM. NA-104; V4, ST KITTS AND NEVIS: Yuri, VE3DZ, signs V4/VE3DZ until Nov. 3 and V48K during the contest. NA-104; V4, ST KITTS AND NEVIS: An American group (N2NT, K5ZD, KM3T, K4ZW) is going to join the contest with the callsign V47T. QSL via W2RQ, LoTW. NA-107; FM, MARTINIQUE: TO5A (ops F8AAN, FM5BH, FM5FJ, F5VHJ) is also going to participate in the CQ WW contest. QSL via F5VHJ (d), for US hams via WA6WPG. NA-108; J6, SAINT LUCIA: Steve, NY3B, operates as J68SS between the 22nd and 29th, and will join the J62K team for the contest. QSL via homecall; J62K via K9HZ. OC-011; V6, CHUUK ISLANDS: JJ2CJB activates Weno Isl. from Oct. 25 to 29 as V63CB. QSL via JJ2CJB. OC-035; YJ, NEW HEBRIDES: Watch out for Chris, VK2YUS, between Oct. 23 and Nov. 4 as YJ=CA from Efate Isl. OC-053; KH9, WAKE ISLAND: Tom, NL7RR, returns to Wake Isl. for another work stint and plans to operate as NL7RR/KH9 during his spare time (ca. 06-08z) between Oct. 22 and Nov. 11 on 20m SSB (around 14200 kHz). QSL via LoTW. OC-086; KH0, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: Masa signs KH0/JA0RQV between the 25th and 27th from Saipan on 40-6m (CW, SSB, FT4/8). Nob, JA0JHQ, joins him for the CQ WW contest with the callsign AH0CO. QSL via JA0RQV. OC-133; 9M6, SABAH'S COASTAL ISLANDS: Saty, JE1JKL, activates Labuan Island as 9M6NA from Oct. 23 until Nov. 25, including the CQ WW DX SSB and CW contests. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 22.10. - 30.10. 3B9/M0CFW 2428 25.10. - 09.11. 3DA0DL 2429* 01.06. - 01.05.25 3E7D 2410 24.10. - 24.10. 4U24OCT 2429* 20.08. - 5H2MUH 2419 10.10. - 11.11. 5H3MB 2427 23.10. - 06.11. 5R8WE 2429* 10/24 - 5V0DX 2427 23.10. - 06.11. 6Y/G0RNU 2429* 23.10. - 02.11. 7Q1 2429* 26.10. - 27.10. 7Q2T 2429* 12.10. - 24.11. 8R1TM 2427 09.24 - 9J2FI 2426 - 9M1Z 2421 23.10. - 25.11. 9M6NA 2429* 20.08. - AF2F/2 2421 - 13.11. AT78I 2428 10.10. - 29.10. C21MM 2427 - 31.12. C5GM 2412 17.10. - 24.10. C91BV 2428 27.10. - 28.10. CQ3W 2429* 24.10. - 05.11. D44OA 2429* - 01/25 DU3/F4EBK 2413 - 25.10. EA5/DJ4EL 2429* 22.10. - 09.11. E6AQ 2428 15.09. - 28.10. EG3AMCUP 2424 24.10. - 25.10. EP9KNA 2429* 22.10. - 06.11. FG4KH 2428 - 06/24 FH4VVK 2357 11.10. - 18.10. FO/DH5FS 2427 - 28.10. FR/F5UOW 2427 10/24 - 03/25 FY4YM 2427 18.10. - 28.10. GB2ZL 2429* 09/24 - 10/24 HB0/DL2COM 2424 09/24 - 10/24 HB0/DL3TU 2424 12.10. - 10.11. HS19IARU 2428 - II4RCDN 2428 - 27.10. II6PRES 2429* 27.10. - 28.10. J62K 2429* 27.10. - 28.10. J62K 2429* 25.10. - 29.10. J63CB 2429* 21.10. - 03.11. JD1BQP 2428 25.10. - 27.10. KH0/JA0RQV 2429* 27.10. - 28.10. KP4AA 2429* 01.11. - 31.12. LZ311PA 2390 22.10. - 05.11. NL7RR/KH9 2429* 01.01. - 31.12. OE100RADIO 2386 01.05. - 31.10. OE20SOTA 2404 01.09. - 30.11. OE45NO 2421 01.01. - 31.12. OR100LGE 2388 12.10. - 26.10. PA/DL1WH 2427 27.10. - 28.10. PJ4G 2429* 20.10. - 27.10. PJ4K 2429* 20.10. - 27.12. PJ7PL 2428 09/24 - 10/24 PZ5JT 2425 - 03/25 RI1ANE 2402 05.10. - RI42SP 2427 01.01. - 31.12. SK100FRK 2390 01.01. - 31.12. SK50B 2390 18.10. - SM8Z/MM 2429* 18.10. - 26.10. SV9/OE3DEC 2428 18.10. - 29.10. TC101TC 2428 23.10. - 30.10. TC29TC 2429* 26.10. - 27.10. TO2X 2428 27.10. - 28.10. TO5A 2429* 09.24 - 11.24 TM80LW 2422 27.10. - 28.10. V26B 2429* 23.10. - 03.11. V4/VE3DZ 2429* 27.10. - 28.10. V47T 2429* 26.10. - 27.10. V48K 2429* 19.09. - 12.11. V51WH 2424 10/23 - 10/27 V73ML 2374 23.10. - 28.10. VP2MDM 2429* 23.10. - 28.10. VP2MMM 2429* 23.10. - 28.10. VP2MMX 2429* 12/23 - 11/24 VK0DS 2386 - 12/25 YB8QT 2330 23.10. - 04.11. YJ0CA 2429* 27.10. - 28.10. ZD7W 2429* 20.10. - 25.10. ZF2XX 2428 15.10. - 31.10. ZL7DX 2427 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3W9A via KU1CW, (L) 3Z600WOL via SP3ZHP 4A7L via XE1L (L) 4D2B via 4F2KWT, (L) 4J6D via DC9RI, (L) 4K50DHC via 4K4K (d) 4K6MAR via DC9RI 4L5P via IK7JTF 4L7T via K6VHF (d) 4O/HA8KM via HA8KM (L), (e) 4O/W2ARX via W2ARX 4S7KKG via DC0KK, (L) 4U1UN via HB9BOU (L), (d), (B) 4U29MAY via 9A2AA 4V1SAVANNAH via N2OO 4X7M via 4Z4AK nur (e) 5A21MB via EC6DX 5B/G4OJH via G4OJH nur (L) 5B/LY4Q via LY4Q 5B/S55DX via S55DX 5B4AGN via M0URX (O), (L) 5H1WX via I8KHC and LoTW 5K6MZL via HK6RM (L), (e) 5Q7DX via PA7JWC, (L) 6D2SOL via XE2M 6M23VGC via HL4CAF 7E4K via YE4FNN, (L) 7E4M via (d), (L) 7O73T via UA3DX 7O8AE via M0OXO (O) 7S2A via SA2SAA, (L) 7X2ET via EA5GL 7X2RF via EA7FTR 7Z94ND via (d), (L) 8E1YB via N2OO (O) 8N3N via JA-Bureau, (L) 8Q7UX via IK0FUX, (L) 8R7X via M0OXO (O) 8Z3FD via HZ1SAR (d) 8Z93ND via HZ1SAR (direct) 8Z94ND via (d), (L) 9A/DL2JRM via DL2JRM 9A/KA4JAM via KA4JAM (d), (L) 9A/S55G/p via S55G 9A/S55G/p via S55G 9A70EZA via 9A1EZA 9J2AO via HA5AO (OQRS), (L) 9K9WWA via EC6DX 9M1Z via 9W8ZZK, (L) 9M4IOTA via 9W2FOR (d) 9M4VM via 9M2HUS (d) 9M67MJ via 9M2CDX (O), (d), (L) 9V1YC via W5UE, (L) A2NEW via EA7FTR A41NN via A61BK (O), (L) A43S via A47RS A44A via EC6DX, (L) A52CI via SP6CIK (O) A52P via SP9FIH (O) A60ARS via EA7FTR (d) A60ARS/0 via (d) A60ARS/1 via A61BK (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/2 via EA7FTR (d) A60ARS/3 via A61BK (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/4 via A61BK (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/5 via EA7FTR (d) A60ARS/6 via A61BK (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/7 via A61AY (d) A60ARS/8 via A65GC (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/9 via IZ8CLM (B), (L), (e) A60ARS/10 via A65BR (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/11 via EA7FTR (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/12 via A65GD (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/13 via A65GJ (d), (e) A60ARS/14 via LZ1YE (d), (L), (e) A60ARS/15 via EA7FTR (d) A60ARS/16 via EA5ZD (d) A60ARS/17 via A65AA (d), L), (e) A60ARS/18 via A65KA (d) A60ARS/19 via K3YR (d), (e) A60ARS/20 via EA7FTR (d) A61DQ via EA7FTR and (L) A61Q via EA7FTR A61QQ via A61BK, (L) A65HS via 9K2HS, (L) A71VV via M0OXO (O), (L) A71WW via EA7FTR (d) A8OK via OK6DJ (B), (L), (e) A91ARS via EC6DX, (L) AM1000MM via EA3EYO AM24SF via EA1CW AO200CNP via EA7DA AO50MRG via EA8TK, (L) BA7LOK via BG7SDV (d) C21MM via DL4SVA (O), (L), no QSL RX C49C via 5B4KH C7A via UA3DX oder 4U1A (d) CB3A via XQ3SK, (L) CP6CL via M0OXO (L) CQ7Z via CT7AOV, (L) CR3W via DL5AXX, (L) CR6A via CT1IUA, (L) CR6B via CT1EHX CS5POTA via CT1REP CT9/DF7EE via DF7EE (O), (L) CT9ABO via OM3GI (d), (L) D4L via IK2NCJ, (L) D4UM via SQ9UM DA0BCC via DL2JRM (B), (d), (L) DA0CW/p via DF6EX DA0HQ via DL5AXX (B) DA0LCC via DH4HAN (B) DA0LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L) DA0M via DD5DD DA0TOR via DL9WJM, (L) DA0WCA via DF6EX DA24WARD via DL2VFR (B), (d) DA25THL via DL0THL (B), (e) DA3T via DL8DXL DD2024EM via DK7TX (B), (L) DD2D via DK8ZB, (L) DF0FDN via DG6SDY DF0G via DL9RAR DF0RE via DK2YCT (B) DF0SX via DL1CW, (L) DF0WF via DL2BWH (B) DF0WH via DL2YDX (B), (e) DK0A via DH8IAT, (L) DK0FY via DK8ZB DK100DDSR via DL2BJW (B) DK5T/LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DK50FFW via DK2BK (B) DL/SQ8NOD via SQ8NOD, (e) DL0ABT via DL7URB (B), (e) DL0EUF via DJ8NK (B) DL0EW via DK9VA DL0LOL via DB4SCW (B), (L) DL0NOT via DL1ZAV (B) DL0PPC via DL6UIP DL0TXL via DM4EAX (B) DL0WCA via DF6QE (Bureau) DL100ANA via DH7WW (L) DL250CDF via (B), (L), (e) DL25EUT via DD7GU (B) DL4M via DM2RH DM24EHF via DL2VFR (B) DM50LOW via DL8TG (B), (e) DM60IOTA via DL2VFR (B), (d) DM70LSC via DL8UIL (B), (d) DQ100SRC via DK8VR DQ4W via DK9TN DQ650SG via DD3JN (B) DR2B via DG4NBI (B), (d) DR30RRC via RZ3EC (O) DR5T via DK7DR DR5Z via DJ5RE (L) DR60WUNDER via DL0RL, (L) DR7T via DF1DN DU1/NF0O via K8CW, (L), (e) DU6/ON3CCC via ON3CCC nur (e) E51KEE via IK2DUW (d), (L) E7DX via E73Y (direct and (L) EA6/HB9FXL via HB9FXL EA8/DC4VK via DC4VK EA8/DL2MDU via DL2MDU, (L) EA8/DL3HD via DL3HD ED5R via ED5R ED8M via EA8DIG, (L) EE4M via EA4HPY (L), (e) EF10WD via EB7R (L), (e) EG3AMCUP via EA3MM, (L) EG3RGC via EA3ACA EG8DP via EA8URE, (L) EH5FAB via EC5RAB EH7DLH via EA7DA EH8FVP via EA8BM, (e) EI2WRC/p via EI2HZB (d) EJ7NET via EI6FR (d) EP4HR via IK2RZQ (B), (L), (e) ER/UR7FM via UR7FM (L), (e) F/I2GPT via I2GPT (d), (L) FG8OJ via M0OXO (O), (L), (B) FO/G0VDE via M0URX (B - O), (L) FP/DC8TM/p via DC8TM FP/DF3TS/p via DF3TS FP/N4AKV via N4AKV (L) FR8TZ via F4FTV (d), (L) G3P via G3WPH, (L) GB0RTM via G6BSE (d), (e) GB150GM via G7VOH, (e) GB2NZ via M0OXO (O) GB80OMG via G3WZP GB9NWC via G8NNL, (e) GD5BDX via GM5BDX, (L) GJ/SP8TN via SP8TN GM7V via N3SL, (L) GU3HFN via GU8ITE, (L) GU3TXF via G3TXF H33IP via HP1MRA (d) HB0/DL2COM via DL2COM (O), (L) HB0/DL3TU via DL3TU HB9/YU7MO via YU7MO HB9SPACE via HB9ACA HG1G via HA1YI HZ9WSW via HZ1SAR (d) II4RCDN via IZ4FUE IR0ROLB via IS0JHX nur (e) IR0ROMA via IK0LZR (e) J88IH via VP2EIH (L) J88PI via GW4DVB (d) JI1FGX/DU9 via JJ2VLY (direct (L) K4A via NF7D (d) - 9/2024 K6M via N7LE, (L), (d) K7E via K7VZ (L) KL7SB via N4GNR (d), (L) L71D via LU7DUE (d), (L) MW9W via GW0KRL (L), (e) N1F via KF2IRE (direct) N4F via KF2IRE (d) OE/OM1WS/p via OM1WS, (L) OL0M via OK1CDJ, (L) OL5GMA/p via OK3EQ, (L), (e) OL90ABU via OK2ZAW (keine QSL) OG1D via OH3RB (L) OG1F via OH1F (O), (L) OG7A via OH6MW (L) OG8M via OH8MCT OH0/SP7VC via SP7VC (d), (L) OT6V/p via ON6VI OV1RR via OZ1HHH (L) OX3AH via EA5GL, (L) PA1VS via DE7VSH (B) PE75NATO via PD1SLF SA2T via SA2TMA SA6U via SM6LJU (L) SB7S via SM7PXS (L) SC7DX via SM7GIB, (L) SD6D via SM6RXZ SG0X via SM0MLZ SJ2W via SM2LIY (d), (L) SN120ABPAB via SP3PGR SV8/F1RAF via F1RAF, (L) TG9AJR via M0URX (O), (L) TI9/TI2JJP via EA7FTR TM5RT via F5PTI TM68KUP via F4IVR and eQSL TO2DX via OM2DX, (L), (e) UN/OH7O via OH7O (L), (e) VE9POTA via VE9CF VL3E via VK3TZ (L) W6R via KA0SPM YI3AA via IK2DUW (d); HE9ERA(B) ZD9GJ via W7GJ (d) ZM100DX via M0OXO (O), (L) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARC Amateur Radio Club ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society AUTO QSL Versand automatisch an alle QSO's, meist wird keine QSL Karte benoetigt BOTA Beaches On The Air DCI D.C.I. 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