DXNL 2496 - February 4, 2026 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 ============= 9X, RUANDA: Harald, DF2WO, stays on the air as 9X2AW until Feb. 8. QSL via M0OXO OQRS. DL, GERMANY: The special event station DH2026EM remains active until the 10th around the recently concluded European Handball Championship. QSL via DK5ON, DCL, LoTW. I, ITALY: The ARI sections in Milano, Cadore and Brunico/Bruneck operate the following special event callsigns for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games between Feb. 6 and March 22: II2WOG (QSL via IQ2MI), II3COR (QSL via IQ3DD), II3WOG (QSL via IQ3ED), and II3BIA (QSL via IQ3ED). J5, GUINEA BISSAU: Livio, IZ3BUR, has returned to Guinea Bissau and is back on the air as J52EC until the beginning of March. QRV on SSB only, mostly on 15 and 10m. QSL direct via homecall. UA, RUSSIA: R103AE and R103ME, operated by the Miller-DX-Club, celebrate the 103th birthday of A. N. Jefimow, pilot during WWII and later a senior military officer. QRV from the 4th to 8th; QSL via RQ7L (d/B). S0, WESTERN SAHARA: Members of the radio club S01WS plan to use the callsign S0S via QO-100 for the next 8-9 days from several locator squares: IL10, IL45, IL35, IL44, IL33, IL43, IL32, IL31, IL21, IL11. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW. VU, INDIA: AT4VD remains active in the context of the Vadakara Ham Meet 2026 until Feb. 5 from Kerala, not from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. YB, INDONESIA: YB5/PB2X remains active from West Sulawesi until Feb. 5. IOTA ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-049; 3B8, MAURITIUS (MAURICE) ISLAND: Matt, DL5PT, operates holiday-style as 3B8/DL5PT until the end of March on 20 and 10m (FT8). QSL via DL5PT. AF-049; 3B8, MAURITIUS (MAURICE) ISLAND: Michael, OE6MBG, signs 3B8/homecall while on holiday until Feb. 23 (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via LoTW. AF-005; D4, LEEWARD ISLANDS (aka SOTAVENTO): AF-086; D4, WINDWARD ISLANDS (aka BARLAVENTO): Bigi, DE3BWR, and Helmut, DD0VR, activate Boa Vista Is. Windward Islands group as D4VR between the 6th and 11, Sao Tiago Is. Leeward Islands group from the 11th to 19th, and Boa Vista again from the 19th to 21st. QSL via DD0VR. AF-023; S9, SAO TOME ISLAND: S53BV will be operating holiday-style as S9BV on 60, 40, 30, and 15m (CW, SSB) from the 5th to 20th. QSL via ClubLog OQRS. AS-011; VU, LACCADIVE ISLANDS: VU2RS, VU3DXA, VU24DX, VU29AR, and VU3GDS are going to put Agatti Island (AS-011) on the air from Feb. 8 to 14. QRV on 160-6m and via QO-100 with up to four rigs (3x CW/SSB, 1x FT8). QSL via M0OXO. For more information see: https://www.vu2rs.com/vu7r/ SA-002; VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS: Rick NE8Z (also HC1MD) signs VP8TDX from the Falklands between the 7th and 14th. QSL via NE8Z. NA-018; OX, GREENLAND: Mikkel, OZ7AKT, and Bo, OZ1DJJ, operate as OX7AKT and OX3LX between Feb. 10 and 17. QRV on 160-10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL direct via homecalls or via LoTW. NA-104; V4, ST KITTS AND NEVIS: Thomas, V4/K0YA, and Antoinette, V4/W5RCX, return to the bands from Feb. 4 until March 9, working on 160-6m (CW, SSB, FT4/8). During the ARRL DX SSB Contest their callsign will be V47Y. QSL via LoTW. DX - News ========= AN-002; 3Y, BOUVET ISLAND: Team 3Y0K have to postpone their trip for two weeks due to additional service work aboard their vessel. 7Q, MALAWI: The following are newly licensed operators in Malawi: o Waliko Sambiri (7Q3WS) o Mathews Phiri (7Q5MP) o Joseph Mumba (7Q9JM) o Chris Mwale (7Q3CM) o Austin Kadwa (7Q8AK) o Arthur Munthali (7Q3AM) o Bernadette Kileya (7Q9BK) Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 23.01. - 3B8/DL5PT 2496* 02.02. - 23.02. 3B8/OE6MBG 2496* 12.01. - 15.02. 3G0XQ 2492 29.12. - 31.12. 4K0T 2490 13.02. - 16.02. 4L/DL2JRM 2494 06.01. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2494 01.01. - 31.01. 4V1L 2494 25.12. - 31.12. 4X25A 2490 25.12. - 31.12. 4X25S 2490 25.12. - 31.12. 4X25M 2490 25.12. - 31.12. 4X25X 2490 17.01. - 09.02. 5H3DX 2494 - 31.12. 5R8IC 2487 21.01. - 31.01. 5V0DX 2494 - 2027 7Q5C 2493 18.01. - 30.01. 8P9CB 2493 15.01. - 23.02. 8R1TM 2494 - 31.12. 9A169TESLA 2487 22.01. - 09.02. 9X2AW 2496* 01.01. - 31.12. A9100IARU 2471 - 01/26 AT44I 2491 - 05.02. AT4VD 2496* 08.02. - 14.02. AU7RS 2496* 01.01.26 - 31.12.26 AX120AAC 2491 31.01. - C21TS 2490 16.01. - 15.03. C5MB 2494 16.01. - 15.03. C5SP 2494 06.02. - 11.02. D4VR 2496* 01.01. - 31.12. DA100LH 2491 01.01. - 31.12. DA100TV 2491 15.01. - 15.02. DA2026SKI 2493 01.01. - 31.12. DB100FT 2491 01.02. - 01.03. DD2026OWG 2495 01.01.25 - 31.12. DF60AP 2449 15.01. - 10.02. DH2026EM 2496* 01.01. - 31.12. DK100LH 2491 01.01. - 31.12. DL100DM 2442 01.01. - 31.12. DL100LH 2491 01,01, - 31.12. DL100TV 2491 01.01. - 31.03. DL25WIKI 2491 01.01. - 31.12. DM800KM 2439 - 12/26 DP0GVN 2486 06.01. - 14.02. DP1POL 2491 30.01. - 02.02. EG8VC 2495 30.01. - 01.02. EH175FCM 2495 01.02. - 01. 01.03. EM30KCC 01.02. - 01. 01.03. EM30KY 01.02. - 01. 01.03. EM30LV 01.02. - 01. 01.03. EM30UA 01.02. - 01. 01.03. EM30VER 20.01. - 10.02. FG4KH 2493 31.12. - 31.01. FK1TS 2490 11/25 - 02/26 FT4YM/p 2486 18.01.. - 15.03. H44MS 2493 01.02. - 28.02. HG80BAY 2495 01.02. - 28.02. HG80EARTH 2495 01.02. - 28.02. HG80EME 2495 01.02. - 28.02. HG80LUNA 2495 01.02. - 28.02. HG80MOON 2495 01.02. - 28.02. HG80RADAR 2495 17.01. - 31.01. HI60UD 2494 03.09. - 15.05.26 HK3JCL 2471 - 12.03. HR5/F2JD 2484 06.02. - 22.03. II2WOG 2496* 06.02. - 22.03. II3BIA 2496* 06.02. - 22.03. II3COR 2496* 06.02. - 22.03. II3WOG 2496* 01.01. - 16.02. J38WG 2491 24.01. - J52EC 2496* - 15.02. LZ0A 2490 10.02. - 17.02. OX3LX 2496* 29.12. - 25.02. OX3MC 2490 10.02. - 17.02. OX7AKT 2496* 15.01. - 28.01. OZ6ABL/5Z4 2493 11.01. - 29.01. P40AA 2492 10.01. - 31.03. PJ2/W2APF 2492 04.02. - 08.02. R103AE 2496* 03.02. - S0S 2496* 05.02. - 20.02. S9BV 2496* - 31.12. SM100XF 2487 01.12. - 31.12. SN0TPAX 2488 01.01. - 31.01. SP1894MMK 2493 28.01. - 31.01. T88JH 2495 28.01. - 31.01. T88KY 2495 28.01. - 31.01. T88MH 2495 28.01. - 31.01. T88MT 2495 28.01. - 31.01. T88YL 2495 - 31.01. TK/HB9ILY 2494 21.02. - 22.02. TM13X 2494 15.01. - 21.01. TM26HB 2493 22.12. - 15.06.26 TO2FY 2489 06.01. - 06.04. TY5GG 2491 09/25 - 12/25 TZ4AM 2474 04.02. - 09.03. V4/K0YA 2496* 04.02. - 09.03. V4/W5RCX 2496* 30.01. - 03.02. V47JA 2495 20.11. - 24.03. V51WH 2485 20.11. - 24.03. V55Y 2485 22.01. - 28.01. V6HUCHIDA 2493 10/23 - 10/27 V73ML 2374 07.02. - 14.02. VP8TDX 2496* 01.02. - 31.12. VK0TBC 2395 01.05. - 31.12. VR100IARU 2458 12.01. - 15.02. XQ7IR 2479 15.01. - 05.02. YB5/PB2X 2496* - 31.03. YR1600VT 2474 27.02. - 02.03. Z66BCC 2494 08.01. - 28.01. Z68BG 2492 01.02. - 28.02. ZV1.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV2.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV3.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV4.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV5.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV6.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV7.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV8.. 2495 01.02. - 28.02. ZV9.. 2495 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8/E70A via E70A, (L) 3V8LL via IT9TQH, (L) 3W9A via KU1CW, (L) 3Z0XMAS via SP6IEQ, (L) 4L2BM via N4GNR (d) 4L4DX via K6VHF (O) 4L8A via M0OXO (O), (d), (L) 4O7CC via UA4CC, (L) 5R8IC via F6ICX, (L) 5Z4/WA5A via WA5A 6O3T via IV3DSH (O), (d) 6Y8LV via W8YCM (d) 8P5A via HA1AG, (B), (d), (L) 8R1/AG6UT via DJ9RR, (L) 8S8S via SA5TIA, (L) 9A/IK3SVT/P via IK3SVT, (L) 9L1BXU via G7BXU 9M6NA via JE1JKL (O), (L) 9N1CA via EA5ZD (d), (L) A52AA via AB1F, (L) A95AE via EC6DX, (L) AH2R via JH7QXJ (d), (L) AM1200J via EA7URJ AM5MMS via EA5JPW AO5PU via EA5GTU AO5R via EA5URV AT25XMA via VU2TMP (O), (L) AT44I via VU2DGR C5YK via ON7YK (d), (L) CE7/SP5APW via SP5APW, (L) CN2DM via SP9DLM (O) CR3A via OM2VL, (L) CR3W via DL5AXX, (L) CR6I via EA1CBX, (L) CW5X via CX2ABC (d) CX/PY3OZ via PP5BZ (d) CX6TU via EA7FTR (L) D44PM via IZ4DPV (d), (L) D450ICV via IK2NCJ and (L) DA0ANT via DL1RUN (e) only DA0BCC via DL2JRM (B), (d), (L) DA0CW/p via DF6EX DA0DIG via DH1PAL DA0HQ via DL5AXX (B) DH2026EM via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DA0LCC via DH4HAN (B) DA0LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (O), (L) DA0M via DD5DD DA0OIE via DL4NWD DA0RR via DJ5BWD (L) DA0TOR via DL9WJM, (L) DA0UDS via DH1OL DA0UT via DJ5NF DA0WCA via DF6EX DA100LH via DK5ON (A), (d), (B), (L), (O) DA1000ROD via DK1BU (B) DA1250HAS via DL7PIA DA25THL via DL0THL (B), (e) DA3T via DL8DXL DB125OEB via DL8ARJ (B), (L)/(e) DB60FIR via DL8DWL (L) DD2D via DK8ZB, (L) DF0AN via DJ9AT DK0AJ via DH1FBP, (L) DF0FDN via DG6SDY DF0G via DL9RAR DF0HQ via DL5AXX, (L) DF100KWTJ via DJ9AO (B) DK0SL/P via DG1LS DK100LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DK5T/LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DL0AG via DK8QY (B) DL0LOL via DB4SCW (B), (L) DL0SOP via DL4SVA (O), (L), No QSL RX! DL0SX via DL5LBQ DL0SY/P via DK8OL DL100DM via DL8FA DL100LH via DK5ON (A), (d), (B), (L), (O) DL200KIT via DF0UK DL25BELT via DJ3XM, (e) DL25WIKI via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DL2L via DL4RCE, (L) DL35MDXC via RQ7L DL39EUDXF via PA1AW DL60AZBL via DL5SFC, (L) DL70IPASD via DC2WF DM800KM via DL8DSL (B) DN2SAX via DL2SAX (L) E7W via E73Y, (L) ED1BP via EA1BP ED5I via EA5QE, (L) ED7PT via EA7TB EF6B via EA6BF, (L) EG45URF via EA7URF EH2EUS via EA2TP (O) , (L) EK8A via EK6SS ES9C via ES5RY (d), (L) FM4TI via EA5GL FR5FC via EA7FTR FY5KE via F6FVY (d), (L) G3P via G3WPH, (L) GB1SANTA via M0ICR (e) GB5PGM via G4ENB GB70RS via GB2RS, (B) GB7HQ via G3TXF GJ2A via MJ0ASP (O), (d) , (L) GP0STH via G4DIY (d), (L) H82AT via HP2AT, (L), (e) HB0/HB9GFQ via HB9GFQ HB70IPA via HB9IPA, (L), (e) HC1MD/2 via K8LJG (d), (O) , (L) HG5D via HA8QZ HG9X via HA9BVK HH2K via N3BNA, (L) HI6M via EB7DX, (L) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA, (L) II0LT via IT9MRM (d), (e) IQ5PJ via IU5RTR (L) IQ9MQ via IT9MRM (B), (d), (L) J38DX via M0OXO, (L) J79WTA via HB9MFM (L) KP2/PF0X via PF0X LA/YR0POTA via YO5KUC LP1H via EA5GL (d), (L) LP6E via LU6DTJ (d), (L) LT3E via LU8DPM (d) LY0UKR via LY7M, (L) LZ2025ZONE via LZ2VP LZ6F via LZ2FL, (L) M2G via M0OXO, (O), (L) M6C via M0HFC (L), (e) M8M via G0JJG (L) NP3A via EB7DX (L) OE2XRM via OE2LIP OG3G via OH1ND, (L) OH0Z via W0MM (L) OH9SCL via OH9AB (d), (L) OK7K via OK1BN, (L) OL800CO via OK1CO OM2X via OM2XW, (L) OQ5M via ON5ZO (O), (L), (e) OR81NUTS via ON5AV OY1OF via M0URX OZ90NRAU via OZ1ACB (O), (L) P3CR via 5B4AOF (O), (d), (L) PA100IARU via PA1AW, (L) PA25SANTA via PA1AW PA80NYM via PE2GER, (B) PI4DX via PD1DX, (L) RA80MA via R9HCV RD4A via M0OXO, (O), (L) RU1A via RW3RN, (L) SC90SM via SK5SM, (L) SD6M via SA6BGR, (L) SM100XF via SK3GK (B) SM8T via SM0T SN0TPAX via SQ9V (O), (d) SP50KRF via SP1KRF TF3W via TF3MH, (L) TM1C via F4ARU, (L) TM2025MC via F4WBU, (L) TM300SK via F4GFE TM35MDXC via RQ7L TM4DEE via F4GBW TM60ATX via F4KLR, (L), (e) TM8KLY via F8KLY (e) P7WWA via LZ1YE T88HL via JA2TTW UR3IFD via DO2XU UZ7C via UT9MZ V51WH via DK2WH W2W via K3NEM (d) XF4B via N1DG (d), (L) XU7RRC via RZ3EC, (L) XW4KV via F4BKV (O), (d), (L) YJ0GC via LZ1GC (O), (L) ZF1A via N6MJ (O), (L) ZF2PG via K8PGJ (d), (L) ZS100SARL via ZS-Bureau, (L) ZW5L via PY5DCL (e) (d) = direct (B) = Buereau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS-B (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (D) = downloadable QSL (M) = E-Mail QSL (Q) = QRZ.COM (A) = QSL automatic H/c = Homecall (*) = new manager 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. (Diploma Castelli Italia) http://www.dcia.it/dci/ DCPC D.C.P.C. (Diploma Castelli Provincia Cuneo) DFCF Diplome des Forts et Chateaux de France DIFM Diplome des Iles de la France Metropolitaine H/c Homecall ILLW International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend IOCA Islands Of Croatia Award IOTA Islands on the Air IRC International Reply Coupon JOTA Jamboree On The Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System POTA Parks On The Air RDA Russian District's Award Program RIB Radio in a Box (Remote Operation) RLHA Russian Lighthouse Award S.A.S.E Self addressed stamped envelope SES Special Event Station SNSM Societe Nationale des Sauveteurs en Mer URE Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship WWFF World Wide Flora & Fauna Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, DXNews.com, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OM3JW & IDXP, W3UR & The Daily DX ...u.a. 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