DXNL 2502 - March 18, 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 ============= DL, GERMANY: The special event callsign DA26WARD will be active around the World Amateur Radio Day (April 18) until the end of April. QSL via DK5ON, DCL. F, FRANCE: The radio club APRA Wingles (Pas de Calais) celebrates France's second female astronaut Sophie Adenot (KJ5LTN) with the callsign TM62SA until June. LZ, BULGARIA: Bulgarian members of the High Speed Club (HSC) celebrate the 75th anniversary with the callsign LZ75HSC during 2026. QSL via LZ2JE. SV, GREECE: The Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece (SZ1A) celebrates its 40th anniversary with the callsign SZ40A until the end of May. QSL via ON3UN. XX, MACAU: A large team (EA1CJ, EA1SA, EA5BCQ, EA5KA, EA5KM, EA7KE, EA7R, EA7X, F2JD, F8ATS, F8GGV, IK5RUN) is going to put Macau on the air as XX9W between March 19 and 31 on HF, 6m and via satellites (CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8). QSL via M0OXO. IOTA ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-005; D4, LEEWARD ISLANDS (aka SOTAVENTO): Claudio, HB9OAU, signs D44OA between the 18th and 25th on 40-6m (SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8). QSL via I8KHC, LoTW, eQSL. AF-014; CT3, MADEIRA ISLAND: Georg, DD8ZX, and Klaus, DJ9KM, will be active as CT9/homecalls from March 23 to 30, mostly on FT8. QSL via LoTW. AF-049; 3B8, MAURITIUS (MAURICE) ISLAND: Suvarna (VU3OPT, also OM0GA) is currently on the air as 3B8G and remains on Mauritius until March 30. He then moves on to Rodrigues Island and operates as 3B9N from April 3 to May 20. QRV on 20, 15, and 10m (CW). AF-049; 3B8, MAURITIUS (MAURICE) ISLAND: Nigel, G3TXF, continues to operate as 3B8XF until the 25th. His companion Ian (G3WVG) uses the callsign 3B8VV until March 19. QSLs via OQRS, LoTW. S2, BANGLADESH: An international team (Philipp DK6SP, Sven DJ4MX, Jamie M0SDV, Leon DL3ON, Apon S21ABO, Anup S21TV) is going to activate IOTA AS-140 from March 20 until April 1 on 160-10m (CW, SSB, FT4) and via QO-100. QSL via DJ4MX, ClubLog. NA-001; C6, GREAT BAHAMA BANK group: Paul, WA4PAW, operates as C6APS until April 12 on 20-10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via WA4PAW (d/B), ClubLog, LoTW. NA-001; C6, GREAT BAHAMA BANK group: AD8FD signs C6AFD from Eleuthera Isl. between the 24th and 31st. QRV on 40-10m (SSB, FT8) and during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. NA-008; VY0, NUNAVUT (ELLESMERE ISLAND) group: Pierre, VE3KTB, operates VY0ERC on Ellesmere Island until April 1 (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via M0OXO OQRS, LoTW. NA-057; HR, BAHIA ISLANDS: KN2P, N7VZ, and W7UM sign their homecalls /HR9 from Roatan between March 24 and 31 on 160-10m (no WARC) on CW, SSB, FT8. During the CQ WPX SSB Contest the use the callsign HQ9X. QSL via LoTW. NA-063; CY0, SABLE ISLAND: A team (Jay K4ZLE, Mike K9NW, Ralph K0IR, Pat N2IEN, Scott NE9U, Glenn W0GJ, Murray WA4DAN, and Lee WW2DX) is going to put Sable Island on the air between March 19 and 31. QRV on 160-6m (CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8/4). QSL via WA4DAN, ClubLog, LoTW. NA-073; V3, COROZAL / BELIZE DISTRICT group: Paula, OK2YL, and Vlad, OK2WX, are presently active as V31YL and V31WX respectively and remain on the air until March 22. QSL via I8KHC, ClubLog, LoTW. NA-096; HH, HI, HISPANIOLA: VE6TD will be active as HI3/VE6TD during March, mostly on 20m (SSB, FT8). NA-097; 6Y, JAMAICA: Hiro, JH6GFY, signs K3QY/6Y from the 18th to 24th on 20-10m, maybe also 40m. NA-102; FG, GUADELOUPE: Stefan, HB9JAB, is going to pay Guadeloupe a visit from the 20th to 27th and sign FG/HB9JAB on 20-10m (SSB, FT8). QSL via LoTW, eQSL. NA-104; V4, ST KITTS AND NEVIS: Randy, K5ZD, signs V4/homecall between March 22 and April 1 on 80-10m (CW, SSB). During the WPX contest he uses the callsign V47T. QSL for V47T via W2RQ; Randy's personal via ClubLog, LoTW. OC-009; T8, PALAU ISLANDS: JR3QFB and JA1MFR stay on Koror Island from the 21st to 24th, operating as T88JH and T88KY respectively. QSL via homecalls. OC-003; VK9, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS: Mark, VK6BSA, and his partner Deena, VK6DEE, are staying on Cocos Keeling on a work assignment until May. QRV during their spare time as VK9BSA and VK9DEE. OC-073; JD, MINAMI TORISHIMA: Takeshi, JA1UII, signs JD1BON from the 19th to 22nd. QRV mostly from 11-15z and 21-23z. QSL via JA1UII, LoTW. DX - News ========= DL2JRM's next trips: Rene is going to show up on the bands as: * EK/ from Armenia: March 21-23 * OK8JRM from Czech Rep.: March 26-30 * UT/ from Ukraine: April 3-5 * OV7X from Denmark: May 29-31 * EK/ from Armenia: June 20-22 QRV on CW and SSB. OC-097; 5W, SAMOA ISLANDS: SP5EAQ, Jacek, has to postpone his trip (was scheduled for March 22 to April 11) due to present disruptions of air travel routes in the Middle East. He hopes for an opportunity in September/October 2026. TI, COSTA RICA: TI4SIX is a new 6m CW beacon on 50086 KHz located in the Heredia province (loc. EK80BF). Z8, SOUTH SUDAN: Diya Z81D (YI1DZ) has wound up his stay in South Sudan on March 11. He hopes to continue working there for the World Food Programme, though, and presently expects a decision by the end of April that would bring him back to the country and back on the air as Z81D. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL - 30.03. 3B8G 2502* 12.03. - 25.03. 3B8XF 2502* 12.03. - 19.03. 3B8VV 2502* 03.04. - 20.05. 3B9N 2502* 06.01. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2494 13.02. - 4UNR 2498 - 2027 7Q5C 2493 - 01/26 AT44I 2491 01.01.26 - 31.12.26 AX120AAC 2491 31.01. - C21TS 2490 24.03. - 31.03. C6AFD 2502* - 12.04. C6APS 2502* 19.03. - 31.03. CY0S 2502* 23.03. - 30.03. CT9/DD8ZX 2502* 18.03. - 25.03. D44OA 2502* 16.02. - 30.04. DA0ANT 2498 01.03. - 30.04. DA26WARD 2502* 01.01. - 31.12. DA100LH 2491 01.01. - 31.12. DA100TV 2491 01.01. - 31.12. DB100FT 2491 01.03. - 01.04. DD2026WPG 2499 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 16.02.2026 - 30.04. DM50ANT 2498 - 12/26 DP0GVN 2486 16.02.2026 - 30.04. DP50ANT 2498 20.03. - 27.03. FG/HB9JAB 2502* - 20.03. FH/UR9IDX 2501 - 23.03. FM/F6BWJ 2497 11/25 - 02/26 FT4YM/p 2486 - 30.03. HI3/VE6TD 2502* 03.09. - 15.05.26 HK3JCL 2471 06.02. - 22.03. II2WOG 2496 06.02. - 22.03. II3BIA 2496 06.02. - 22.03. II3COR 2496 06.02. - 22.03. II3WOG 2496 11.03. - 22.03. J38YI 2501 13.03. - 20.03. J79C 2501 - 31.03.27 J79H 2499 26.02. - 26.05. JG8NQJ/JD1 2499 18.03. - 24.03. K3QY/6Y 2502* - 31.12. LZ75HSC 2502* 10.01. - 31.03. PJ2/W2APF 2492 08.03. - 04.04. PJ7AA 2500 - RI1ANI 2501 03.02. - S0S 2496 20.03. - 01.04. S21WD 2502* - 31.12. SZ40A 2502* 03.03. - 19.03. T8OK 2499 21.03. - 24.03. T88JH 2502* 21.03. - 24.03. T88KY 2502* 27.03. - 28.03. TM62SA 2502* 03.04. - 04.04. TM62SA 2502* 10.04. - 11.04. TM62SA 2502* 17.04. - 18.04. TM62SA 2502* 24.04. - 25.04. TM62SA 2502* 29.05. - 30.05. TM62SA 2502* 05.06. - 06.06. TM62SA 2502* 02.12. - 15.06.26 TO2FY 2489 13.03. - 25.03. TX5EU 2501 06.03. - 05.04. TY5FR 2500 06.01. - 06.04. TY5GG 2491 09/25 - 12/25 TZ4AM 2474 - o 22.03. V31YL - o 22.03. V31WX 16.03. - 27.03. V31ZY 2501 22.03. - 01.04. V4/K5ZD 2502* 20.11. - 24.03. V51WH 2485 20.11. - 24.03. V55Y 2485 10/23 - 10/27 V73ML 2374 03.03. - 20.03. VP2EAD 2499 03.03. - 20.03. VP2ELX 2499 03.03. - 20.03. VP2EWE 2499 14.03. - 22.03. VP2EYO 2501 16.03. - 29.03. VY0ZOO/VE2 2501 19.03. - 31.03. XX9W 2502* 15.03. - 03.04. YJ1JXZ 2501 - 31.03. YR1600VT 2474 - 31.12. YT170TESLA 2499 - 01.04. VY0ERC 2502 04.03. - ZD7AQH 2501 12.03. - 17.03. ZF2CA 2501 * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3B8G via VU3OPT, (d) 3V8LL via IT9TQH, (L) 3Z0SYBIR via SP8SW 3Z100A via SP2PGD 4KT4AZE via 4K4AZE (d), (e) 4L/S53EL via 4L/S53EL 4U13FEB via 9A2AA, (L) 4UNR via 4U1A (d) 4X6TT via N4GNR (d), (L) 5N7QBR via DF8DX, (L) 5W1SA via JA1DXA (O), (d), (L) 5Z4/OZ7X via OZ7X 5Z4VJ via M0URX (O), (L) 6Y/AI5IN via AI5IN, (L) 7Q2T via W1VE, (L) 8A1A via N2OO (B), (d), (L) 8P5A via HA1AG (B), (d), (L) 8Q7ZW via OM5ZW (O), (L) 9A/IV3NGF via IV3NGF 9A/S59SV via S59SV 9A/TA1BYS via TA1BYS (d), (L) 9A69AA via 9A2AA 9G1SD via AB0GC (W0-Bureau), (d), (L) 9G5ZZ via DL1CW, (L) 9K5/DO1THG via DO1THG 9M2/KM9D via KM9D (L) A43WWA via EC6DX A60HF/26 via A65D (d) A65HS via 9K2HS, (L) A71AH via EA7FTR, (L) AM65KZ via EA7KZ (e) AN46CO via EA7BF, (L), (e) AO4WRD via EA3RKF (d), (e) AO5AR via EA5RKD (B) AO5CC via EA5RKD (B) AO5CU via EA5RKD (B) AO5DG via EA5RKD (B) AO5FR via EA5RKD AO5TI via EA5RKD (B) AU7RS via M0OXO, (O), (L) C4E via LZ3SM C5MB via SP3PS (d) CR2N via EA7HBC (d), (L) CR3DX via OM2VL, (L) CR3W via DL5AXX, (L) CT7/HB9EOT via HB9EOT (e) CT9/DK7YY via DK7YY CT9/DL7CD via DL7CD CT100RE via CT1REP (B) DA0ANT via DL1RUN (e) DA0BCC via DL2JRM (B), (d), (L) DA0CW/p via DF6EX DA0DIG via DH1PAL DA0HQ via DL5AXX (B) DA2026SKI via DK5ON, (d), (B), (L), (O) DH2026EM via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DA26WARD via DK5ON, (d), (B), (L), DCL 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 DF0FDN via DG6SDY DF0G via DL9RAR DF0HQ via DL5AXX, (L) DF100KWTJ via DJ9AO (B) DF8V via DF8VO, (L) DK0AJ via DH1FBP, (L) DK0MM via DF5FW (B) DK0SL/P via DG1LS DK100LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DK5T/LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O) DL/OE6BVG via OE6BVG DL0AG via DK8QY (B) DL0LOL via DB4SCW (B), (L) DL0PAF via DL4RDM (B) 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) DP4E via DK9KW DQ20JUF via DM2TO, (O), (L) DR800WE via DF2SD (O), (L) E7/HA5MIG via HA5MIG EA3/DL1FUG/p via DL1FUG, (e) EA5/ON4LDU via ON4LDU, (d), (e) EA7/DM3XRF via DM3XRF (L). (e) EA8/DC6ST via DC6ST EA8/DK1AX via DK1AX, (L) EA8/EA5UJ via EA5UJ EA8/OM2KI via OM2KI, (e) ED7K via EA7LOC ED8L via EA8DHH, (L) EE7R via EA7FTR EF8L via EA8URU EG1MDA via EA1AUM EG2DTA via EC2AHS EG30URW via EA5URW EG7BOB via EA7IXM (E-Mail) EG7DA via EA7RCS EH175FCM via EA3URM (e) EK/DL2JRM via DL2JRM EX8MCD via EA5GL, (L) F/ON4AEO via ON4AEO FG/F6HMQ via F6HMQ (L), (e) FJ/DK6AS via DK6AS FM/F6BWJ via F6BWJ, (L) FR/G3JUN via JL8AQH (d), (L) FR/UR9IDX via UR9IDX (d) via CT3 FR4PV via F1UIJ, (L) G7D via G3XTZ G8X via G4FJK (d), (L) GB50PUNK via G3SKA, (e) GE0KUC via G0KUC, (e) H44MS via DL2GAC, (L) HC5AI via M0OXO, (O), (L) HD8R via M0OXO (O), (L) HF44WN via SQ2WKJ (d) HF100I via SP2PGD HF160ID via SP4LVK HG1G via HA1YI HH2AA via EB7DX, (L), (d) HH2K via N3BNA, (L) HI3/IK4QJF via IK4QJF, (L) HI9/F8AAN via F8AAN, (d) HK3YL via SM2LIY, (d), (L) HS0ZJB via GM8NMM (L), (e) HS0ZJF via ON4AFU, (B) HS0ZME via SM6NT HS0ZMY via EA5GL, (L) HS0ZOA via EB7DX HZ1SFD via HZ1SAR, (d) IR0RIVA via IS0AFM (O), (d), (L) II0LOVE via IQ0TE II3COR via IQ3DD II3JUMP via IN3ANF II4AMRC via IQ4FE (d), (L) II8ICN via IQ8XS IO6T via IK6VXO, (L) J51A via DJ4MX (O), (L) J52EC via IZ3BUR (d) J73ESL via EA5GL, (L) J88IH via VP2EIH, (L) LA/DL8JJ/M via DL8JJ, (L) KH0W via KC0W (d) LX7I via LX2A, (L) LY36A via LY5A LZ1426EN via LZ1KCP LZ23ANT via LZ3SM MM/LY3X/p via LY3X, (L) OA4/PA3ACE via OA-Bureau OE/HA5AZC/p via HA5AZC OG1F via OH1F (O), (L) OH/DO8BW via DO8BW, (e) OH8SSAB via OH8DR (B), (d) OK/DC8YZ/p via DC8YZ OK8CX/p via DL7CX, (L) OL26WRTC via OK6RA (O), (L), (d) OL3Z via OK1HMP ON/DL6FBK/p via DL6FBK OO5A via ON5AI OP9T via ON5CT, (L) OQ5M via ON5ZO (O) , (L), (e) OR5T via ON4ALY, (L) OS8D via ON8DN, (L) OT1X via ON4DXL, (L) OT6V/p via ON6VI OX7AKT via OZ1ACB (O), (L) OY/4X6TT via N4GNR (d), (L) OZ/UT0NT via UT0NT, (L) OZ100OZ via OZ1ACB, (O) P4/WE9V via WD9DZV, (L) PA05NTC via PG4I (B) PA6A via PI4EDE PA6D via PA3DAT, (L) PG6G via PA4M PH81LIB via PF1SCT (B) PI4DX via PD1DX, (L) PI4FL via PA3HEB, (L) PI4TS via DG1DGT PI4YLC via PD3GVQ PJ2/9A9R via 9A9R PJ2/AC7DC via AC7DC, (L) PJ2/VE2CX via VE2CX PJ2CF via EA5GL, (L) PJ4/NQ1R via NQ1R, (L) PJ4NG via K4BAI, (L) R103ME via RQ7L S21FIA via EB7DX S5702DX via S56DX S79VU via N4GNR (d), (L) SB7S via SM7PXS, (L) SC6O via SM6OEF, (L) SE2P via SM2MTR, (L) SF1Z via SM0HEV, (L) SM5/UY5OO via UY5OO SM6/DL1HTW via DL1HTW (O) SN100N via SP2PGD SP100G via SP2PGD SN31ROT via SP9PKM SP0ANT via SP3PDO SQ100D via SP2PGD SV1/SV5FRI via SV5FRI (d), (L) SZ40A via ON3UN, (L) T8OK via OK6DJ, (O), (L) T88MH via JI1IRE TC3SO via TA3D, (L), (e) TM2Y via F6BEE, (L) TM26JMC via F8GGZ, (e) TM26JMR via F8GGZ (e) TM4A via F1SUN TM6C via F6KMB (e) TM9R via F5FLN, (L) UP0L via DL8KAC, (L) V31DJ via W0CP (O), (L) V3O via EA5GL, (L) V3T via WC0W (d), (L) VK0TBC via VK2TBC, (d), (e) VO2LAB/YV0 via WB2REM (d), (L) VP2ELX via SP7DPJ VP2EWE via SQ2RAD (O) VP2MAA via IK2DUW (d), (L) VP5/W6NYC via W6NYC (d), (L) VP8TDX via NE8Z (O) VP8TM/P via DC8TM, (L) VP9/SP5T via SP5XVY WP2/G4TRA via G4TRA XU7O via DL4WK, (L), (e) YR0UCRR via YO5KDV (B) Z66BCC via DL2JRM ZF/N5EE via N5EE, (L) ZF2/WA4TVN via WA4TVN, (L) ZF9CW via K5GO (d), (L) ZL/F5MDY via F5MDY ZL/YU1FW via YU1FW ZM4T via ZL3IO (O), (d), (L) (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. 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