DXNL 2180 - January 15, 2020 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 4S, Sri Lanka: Peter/DC0KK remains on the air as 4S7KKG until March 30 on HF (CW, digital modes). QSL via DC0KK (d/B), ClubLog, LoTW. 9A, Croatia: Tom/9A2AA will be signing 9A63AA during 2020 to mark his 63rd year in amateur radio. QSL via 9A2AA (d/B). DL, Germany: The special event callsign DL35SDR (special DOK 35SDR) draws attention to the rapid development of SDR technology during the past 35 years. It also recognises the achievements of Prof. Ulrich L. Rohde (DJ2LR) in that field. QSL via bureau. DL, Germany: The DARC club of Pulheim (DOK G40) celebrates its 40th anniversary with the callsign DL40PUL (special DOK 40G40) during 2020. QSL via bureau. http://www.g40.info/ FG, Guadeloupe: Jean-Pierre/F6ITD operates as FG/F6ITD from Desirade Island (NA-102, WLOTA 1121, FFF-1000) between Jan. 13 and March 9. QRV on HF on SSB and digital modes. QSL via LoTW, F6ITD (d), ClubLog. FG, Guadeloupe: Jean/FG8NY joins the 10 Years CWOps celebrations with the callsign TO10CWO between the 17th and 31st. QSL via FG8NY (d/B). HK, Colombia: Lothar/DK8LRF announces that he extends his stay in Columbia until the end of April. He operates as HK3JCL from Finca Ligia (WW Loc. FJ34fg). QSL via DK8LRF (d/B). LU, Argentina: Members of AMSAT Argentina (LU7AA) celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LUSAT (LO-19) satellite between Jan. 18 and 26 on HF on SSB, FT8, CW. An award is available as well. QSL via LU7AA (d), eQSL. http://lu4aao.org/lu7aa/cert_30_aniv_lusat_2020.htm http://amsat.org.ar/certlusat30.htm TI, Costa Rica: Rich/W4GKR operates holiday-style as TI5/W4GKR from Jan. 14 until Feb. 4 on 160 to 6m (CW, digital modes). QSL via homecall. VE, Canada: Chris/VE3FU, Dave/VE9CB, and Frank/VO1HP will be active as VO2AC, VO2AAA, and VO1HP/VO2 from the lighthouse Point Amour/Labrador (CQ zone 2). QRV from the 20th to 26th, including the CQ WW 160m Contest (as VO2AC). QSL for VO2AC via VE3FU (d/B), VO2AAA via VE9CB, VO1HP/VO2 via VO1HP; all logs will be put onto LoTW. Other stuff: ============ Peter Glasmacher/DK5DC - SK: With deep sadness DXNL has to report the passing of Peter/DK5DC during the night of Jan. 11/12. He was known as editor of the DX column "CQDL DXtra" in DARC's magazine. Furthermore, he was active as a DXCC Field Checker in Germany and he was the sitting chair of the DARC district Westfalen-Sued (district O). Preview: ======== V3, Belize: Uwe/DL8UD plans to operate as V31KO/V3O between Feb. 11 and 20. QRV on 160 to 6m (including 60m) on CW, SSB, and FT8; during the ARRL CW Contest as V3O. QSL via DL8UD (d/B). V6, Micronesia: Sho/JA7HMZ is going to pay Pohnpei Island (OC-010) a visit from Feb. 14 to 21. QRV as V63DX on 160 to 6m with a focus towards Europe. During the ARRL CW COntest he will sign V6A. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog, JA7HMZ (d). J8, St. Vincent: Oleh/UR5BCP/KD7WPJ announces an activation of St. Vincent (NA-025) for May 20 to 27 as J8/UR5BCP on 40-6m (FT8/4, some CW, SSB). QSL via KD7WPJ. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society IOTA Islands on the Air LoTW Logbook of the World OQRS Online QSL Request System WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship Upcoming Contests: ================== 17.01. LZ Open Contest 18./19.01. HA DX Contest 19.01. VFDB-DLPX 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 AF-019; IG9, Pelagie Islands: S50X, S51V, S52P, S54W, S56DX, S56N, S57DX, and S59A will be signing IG9/homecalls from Lampedusa between Jan. 21 and 27. During the CQ WW 160m CW Contest they will operate as IG9/S59A. QSL via homecall. NA-057; HR, Bahia Islands: Dirk/WA4DT activates Roatan Island from Jan. 18 until Feb. 2 as WA4DT/HR9 on 40 and 30m (CW, FT8). QSL via WA4DT (d). OC-009; T8, Palau Islands: Shimatake/JI3DNN, Kunio/JH3LSS, Shozo/JA3HJI, Jusei/JA3IVU, Tatsuo/JA3ARJ, and Masum/JA3AVO will be signing T88CZ, T88DK, T88DN, T88ED, T88EF, and T88MD respectively from Palau between Jan. 15 and 23. QSL via homecalls (d/B). SA-080; PY6, Bahia State Centre group: Rafael/PP2OK, Edilson/PU6JEL, Bob/PY6TV, and Esdras/PY6ZK activate Tinhare Island from the 16th to 19th as ZW6C on 40, 20, and 10m on SSB and CW. QSL via PY6TV (d), ClubLog. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 01.01. - 15.01. 3D2DJ 2179 25.10. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2180* 24.10. - 31.08. 4U25B 2169 01.01. - 31.12. 8N6SHURI 2179 01.06. - 31.10. 8N7JAPAN 2148 03.01. - 23.01. 8Q7BS 2178 10.01. - 17.01. 8T2G 2179 01.01. - 31.12. 9A63AA 2180* 06.10. - 06/2020 9J2MYT 2166 03.12. - 27.02. 9M2MRS 2173 24.11. - 11/2020 A35JP 2172 16.11. - 03/2020 C5YK 2173 01.01. - 31.12. DA0DOM 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DF70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DL100BKW 2178 16.12. - 17.12. DL250BTHVN 2175 01.01. - 31.12. DL30GER 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DL35SDR 2180* 01.01. - 31.12. DL40PUL 2180* 01.07. - 30.06. DL50NFA 2152 15.12. - 29.02. DP0GVN 2175 01.01. - 29.02. DP1POL 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DP70DARC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. DQ100SL 2178 01.01. - 31.01. DQ10CWO 2178 01.01. - 31.01. DR10CWO 2178 01.12. - 03/2020 EA8/HB9FIH 2175 13.01. - 09.03. FG/F6ITD 2180* 28.12. - 24.01. GB0HNY 2177 28.12. - 24.01. GB1HNY 2177 28.12. - 24.01. GB2HNY 2177 07.01. - 03.02. GB200FN 2179 28.12. - 24.01. GB4HNY 2177 28.12. - 24.01. GB5HNY 2177 28.12. - 24.01. GB6HNY 2177 28.12. - 24.01. GB8HNY 2177 28.12. - 24.01. GB9HNY 2177 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HC 2178 01.01. - 31.12. HB40HTC 2178 10.01. - 30.01. HC2JKT 2179 01.01. - 31.12. HE2JOJ 2178 - 04/2020 HK3JCL 2180* 12.12. - 04.04. HR5/F2JD 2175 12.11. - 05.04. HS0ZME 2170 14.12. - 08.01.20 HS0ZNR 2175 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S50X 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S51V 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S52P 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S54W 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S56DX 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S56N 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S57DX 2180* 21.01. - 27.01. IG9/S59A 2180* 01.01. - 31.12. II4BRN 2178 18.01. - 26.01. LU7AA 2180* 01.01. - 31.01. LZ1908IK 2179 01.01. - 31.12. OE1970WWL 2178 12.09. - 03.03. PA75LIMBURG 2162 01.01. - 31.12. PA75VERON 2178 01.01. - 31.12. R200ANT 2178 30.09. - 06/2021 S79VU 2165 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6A 2160 01.09. - 30.06.21 T6AA 2160 15.01. - 23.01. T88CZ 2179 15.01. - 23.01. T88DK 2179 15.01. - 23.01. T88DN 2179 15.01. - 23.01. T88ED 2179 15.01. - 23.01. T88EF 2179 15.01. - 23.01. T88MB 2179 14.01. - 04.02. TI5/W4GKR 2180* 12.01. - 26.01. TM70TAAF 2179 17.01. - 31.01. TO10CWO 2180* 13.01. - 09.03. TO7D 2180* 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 12/2023 TT8SN 2176 12.01. - 12.04. VK9NK 2179 20.01. - 26.01. VO1HO/VO2 2180* 20.01. - 26.01. VO2AAA 2180* 20.01. - 26.01. VO2AC 2180* 09.01. - 15.01. VP2MDT 2179 18.01. - 02.01. WA4DT/HR9 2180* 01.12. - 01.02. YR2019REV 2174 01.01. - 31.12. YT50SCWC 2179 11.01. - 19.01. ZF2PG 2179 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040 05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040 16.01. - 19.01. ZW6C 2180* * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3D2DJ via VK4MAP (d) 3W2MAE via DL5MAE 3Z100BY via SP2PBM (B), (L) 4L9QQ via UR9QQ 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L), (C) 4U25B via 9A2AA (d/B) 5K6RM via HK6RM (d/B), (L), (e) 6K2ILX (d/B), (L), (C) 8J130IV (B), (e) 8N6SHURI (B) 8N7JAPAN (B) 8Q7BS via RX3AMY (d/B) 8T2G via VU2NRO 9A63AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9H3YY via DL2JRM 9H5SN (L), (e) 9J2MYT via IK1MYT, (C) 9K2KH (d/B), (L) 9K2OD via EC6DX 9M2MRS via PA0RRS, (L), (e), (C) A25SL via N4GNR A35JP via JA0RQV (B), (L), (C) AL7JK (d/B), (L), (e) BX4AL (d) C5YK via ON7YK, (L), (e) CX2AQ via EA5KB CX4DI via EA5GL DA0DOM via (B), DL8CWA (d), (L) DF70DARC via DK5DC (d/B), (L), (C) DL100BKW (d/B), (C), (O) DL250BTHVN (B) DL30GER (C), (O), (e) DL35SDR (B) DL40PUL (B) DL50NFA (d/B) DL70DARC via DG2FDE (B), (L), (e) DO70DARC via DG2FDE (B), (L), (e) DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B), (L) DP1POL via DL1ZBO (d/B), (L) DP70DARC via DK5DC (d/B), (L), (C) DQ100SL (B) DQ10CWO (d/B), (L), (C) DQ750KL via DL5KVV (B) DR10CWO (d/B), (L), (C) E44RU via R7AL (d/B), (L), (C) EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH (B), (L), (e) EG4CWO (L) EM10CWO (B) EM7U via UR7UT (B) EX0DX via HB9DUR, (C) FG/F6ITD via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) FK1TS (C) FK8CE via N4GNR (d), (L) G2CWO (L) GB200FN via M0XIG (d) GB3RS (B) GB5CWO (L) GW2CWO (L) GX4BJC/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) HB40HC (B) HB40HTC (B) HC2JKT via EA1VE HE2JOJ via HB9HI (d/B) HF90TPBB via SP7PGK HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) HS0ZIL (d/B) HS0ZJF via ON4AFU (d/B) HS0ZME via SM6NT HS0ZNR via VK2BY (d), (L), (C) II4BRN via IQ4FE J6/AI6LY via AI6LY (d/B) JT1CO (d) LU7AA (d) LZ10CWO via LZ1HW LZ1908IK via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MX1SWL/a via M5DIK (d/B), (e) OE1970WWL (B), (L), (e) OL10CWO via OK1TN PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (d/B), (C), (O) PA75VERON (L), (e) PG10CWO via PG4I PJ2ND via K8ND, (L) PZ5JW via EA5GL R200ANT via RZ3EC RA20NY (C), (O) RC20NY (C), (O) RG20NY (C), (O) RK20NY (C), (O) RL20NY (C), (O) RM20NY (C), (O) RN20NY (C), (O) RO20NY (C), (O) RT20NY (C), (O) RU20NY (C), (O) RW20NY (C), (O) RX20NY (C), (O) RZ20NY (C), (O) SF10CWO via SM6CUK (B), (L) SN25EBM via SQ5EBM T6A via S53R, (L) T6AA via S53R, (L) T88AQ via JH6WDG (d/B), (L), T88CZ via JI3DNN (d/B) T88DK via JH3LSS (d/B) T88DN via JA3HJI (d/B) T88ED via JA3IVU (d/B) T88EF via JA3ARJ (d/B) T88MB via JA3AVO (d/B) TI5/W4GKR via W4GKR TM6CWO via F6CEL, (L), (e) TM70TAAF via F8DVD (d/B), (L) TO10CWO via FG8NY (d/B) TO7D via F6ITD (d), (L), (C) TR8CA via F6CBC (d), (L) TT8SN via DL9USA, (L) V4/WB4M via WB4M (d), (L) VK9NK via SP9FIH VO1HP/VO2 via VO1HP, (L) VO2AAA via VE9CB, (L) VO2AC via VE3FU (d/B), (L) VP2MDT via WV2B (d) VP5/KM3T via KM3T (d), (L) VU2PZA (e) VU2RBQ via DJ9RB (d/B) WA4DT/HR9 via WA4DT (d) WB9EAO/VP9 via WB9EAO (d/B), (L), (e) YS1MAE via W3HNK YT50SCWC via YU1MM (d/B), (L), (C) ZF2PG via K8PGJ (d), (L) ZL7DX via M0OXO ZL7QT (d) ZS6NL (B) ZW6C via PY6TV (d), (C) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: J28PJ, KG4HF, V55A, YB0MWM, YE9CDL (IK2DUW), YN2CC * QSL via LoTW: 4X0T, AH3C, DU7JAY, HI3CC, P49X, SV5BYR, TC5OCK, TN5R, VY2TT Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL: QRZ DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, VA3RJ, KB8NW & OPDX-Bulletin, AD1C, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DJ5AV, DJ9ZB, DK8JB, DK8LRF, DL1BAH, DL1SBF, DL7MAE, DL8UD, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, LU4AAO, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, W3UR & The Daily DX u.a. 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