DXNL 2076 - January 17, 2018
DX Newsletter

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Editor: Klaus Poels, DL7UXG
(e-mail: )

translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO


3Y, Bouvet Island:
The DXpedition team has started its journey on Jan. 13. Due to
present weather conditions the passage to Bouvet will take ca. 14
days, so that the start and end dates for the operation have to be
pushed back about 24 to 36 hours. For more information see the
website; also watch out for 3G9A/mm. QSL via N2OO.
http://www.bouvetdx.org/

CU, Azores:
Hermann/HB9CRV will be operating from Flores Island (EU-089, WW
Loc. HM49jn) between Jan. 22 and Feb. 16 using Antonio'S (CU8AS)
QTH. QRV on 160-10m on FT8 with the call CU8FN. Hermann and Antonio
will be participating in the CQ WW 160m CW Contest together as
CR2W. QSL for CR2W and CU8FN via HB9CRV (d/B), LoTW.

DL, Germany:
DA200FWR (special DOK FWR200) draws attention to the 200th birthday
of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, a German pioneer of forms of
cooperative economy in the 19th century. A trophy for QSOs with
this call and stations from the participating DARC clubs K01
(Ahrweiler), K08 (Neuwied), K18 (Westerwald), K41 (Sieg-Hellertal),
K47 (Mayen), and K50 (Altenkirchen). For more information see:
https://www.darc.de/k50

EI, Ireland:
EI50AOM commemorates the crash of an Aer Lingus Vickers Viscount
803 on 24 March 1968 which killed 61 passengers. QRV between Feb.
22 and March 23. QSL via EI2KA (d/B), LoTW.

I, Italy:
In 2018, The ARI Fidenza Club (IQ4FE) is going to draw attention to
milestones in radio history. During January II4MXW honours the
memory of James Clerk Maxwell. QSL via IQ4FE.

J8, St. Vincent:
Brian/GW4DVB will be active holiday-style as J88PI between the 21st
and 27th from Palm Island (NA-025, WW Loc. FK92ho) on 40-6m. QSL
via GW4DVB (d), LoTW.

JA, Japan:
8N0400N celebrates the founding of the city Nagaoka 400 years ago
during 2018. QSL via bureau.

LA, Norway:
The Norsk Radio Relae Liga (NRRL) celebrates its 90th anniversary
during the whole year with the special calls LM90C, LM90HQ, and
LM90NRRL. QSL via bureau. https://www.nrrl.no/

OH, Finland:
The radio club Pori celebrates its 60th anniversary with the
special event call OG60F and with an OH1AF/OH1AB/OH1F 60th
Anniversary Award. QSL via OH1NOA, LoTW, ClubLog.
http://teljanradioamatoorit.dy.fi/?OG60F

SM, Sweden:
The Vaesteraas Radioklubb (SK5AA) turns 75 this year and celebrates
the occasion with the call 7S75AA. QSL via SK5AA (B), SM5FUG (d).
http://www.sk5aa.se/

V3, Belize:
Paul/VE3AXT returns to Consejo Shores and will be active until
April 4 as V31AX on HF. QSL via M0URX, LoTW.

YS, El Salvador:
Markus/HB9KNA continues to sign as YS1/HB9KNA from Libertad until
May on 160-6m (SSB). He is currently waiting for a native YS
callsign. No QSL information is known at present.


Other stuff:
============
David/K3LP silent key:
The well known DXer and DXpeditioner David Collingham/K3LP lost his
life in a tragic death on the 5th of January. He was 59 years old
and a licensed radio amateur since 1975. Among others his DX
activations included 3D2DC, T33C, K3LP/KP5, ET3AA, ST0R, N8S, 7O6T,
VP8STI, VP8SGI, and 5U5R. In 2014 David was inducted into the CQ DX
Hall of Fame.

E31A Update:
The DXpedition E31A will be conducted in memory of David/K3LP. He
was a good friend of the team.


Preview:
========
VK5CE/6-IOTA-Expedition:
Craig/VK5CE plans to activate the following IOTA references during
June 2018 as VK5CE/6: OC-170 Woody Island OC-199 East Lewis Island
OC-140 Direction Island.

V31JZ/p - NA-180:
Art/NN7A plans to operate from South Water Caye (NA-180) between
Feb. 8 and 14 as V31JZ/p. QRV on 160-10m (mostly CW9 with 100W and
wire antennas. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, NN7A (d/B).

Benin 2018 DXpedition:
The F6KOP team is going on a DXpedition to Benin from March 7 to
18. QRV on HF on CW, SSB, and digital modes. More information to
follow. https://ty2018dx.wordpress.com/


Abbreviations in this DXNL:
===========================
ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
IOTA Islands on the Air
LoTW Logbook of the World
NRRL Norsk Radio Relae Liga
OQRS Online QSL Request System
WCA World Castles Award
WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award
WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship


Upcoming Contests:
==================
19.01. LZ Open Contest
20./21.01. HA DX Contest
20./21.01. North American QSO Party


IOTA Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON )
====

IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz


NA-062; W4, Florida State (Florida Keys) group: Howie/K1VSJ will be
active between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15 from Key Colony Beach on 40-10m
(CW, SSB). QSL via K1VSJ (d/B).

SA-099; PJ2, Curacao Island: Joeke/PA0VDV is going to sign
PJ2/PA0VDV between Jan. 16 and Feb 8. QRV mainly on CW and with a
focus on 80m. QSL via PA0VDV (d/B).


WWFF Activities
================

WWFF QRGs:
CW: 28044 24894 21044 18084 14044 10124 7024 3544 kHz
SSB: 28444 24944 21244 18144 14244 7144 3744 kHz

New DLFF Awards (Hunters and Activators):
The DARC has approved the DLFF annual awards for hunters and
activators. The award manager will be Klaus/DL2YBG. For the rules
see: http://dlfflogsearch.cotagroup.org/index.php


Calendar
========
start - end DX DXNL
01/18 - 03/18 3D2JS 2074
01/18 - 02/18 3W9FB 2073
01.11. - 25.03. 4S7KKG 2065
01.01. - 31.01. 4T18PAX 2075
- 02/2018 5T2AI 1977
01.01. - 31.12. 5W20SAMOA 2075
01.10. - 30.09.19 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008
- 12/2018 6W1SU 2012
11.01. - 22.01. 6Y6J 2075
01.01. - 31.12. 7S75AA 2076*
01.01. - 20.01. 8J1RL 2021
01.04. - 31.03. 8J1YAC 2035
01.06. - 31.05. 8J1ZIU 2055
01.06. - 31.03. 8J2Y 2047
01.01. - 20.01. 8J60JARE 2021
01.01. - 31.05. 8J7HCB 2073
05.01. - 12.02. 8J8SSF 2074
01.01. - 31.12. 8N0400N 2076*
04.06. - 28.02. 8N0IIDA 2045
01.04. - 31.03. 8N3H70Y 2041
01.04. - 31.03. 8N60JLRS 2036
01.12. - 31.01. 9M2MRS 2069
- 10/2019 9Q6BB 2012
01.01. - 31.03. AU2WBR 2073
17.11. - 30.01. C5YK 2069
26.01. - 28.01. CR2W 2076*
22.01. - 16.02. CU8FN 2076*
01.01. - 31.12. DA200FWR 2073/2076*
01.01. - 31.12. DB50EFAPB 2073
01.01. - 31.12. DF1000ZEIL 2073
01.01. - 31.12. DJ70WAE 2073
01.01. - 31.12. DK200MARX 2073
01.01. - 31.12. DK60BIB 2074
01.01. - 31.12. DL60BIB 2074
01.05. - 30.04. DL60TELF 2038
01.01. - 31.12. DL70PADER 2073
- 28.02. DM200LFS 2035
01.01. - 31.12. DM900ZWI 2074
01.01. - 30.06. DM90AIW 2073
- 02/2018 DP0GVN 2015
01.01. - 31.12. DQ2018KTMS 2074
01.01. - 31.12. DQ800HRO 2074
01.12. - 28.02. DT23WOP 2070
14.01. - 23.01. E31A 2075
- 01/2018 EA8/DF9AE 2072
01.01. - 31.12. EI100MCV 2074
22.01. - 23.03. EI50AOM 2076*
14.10. - 20.10. FG/DD0VR 2075
28.12. - 24.01. GB0HNY 2073
28.12. - 24.01. GB1HNY 2073
28.12. - 24.01. GB2HNY 2073
01.01. - 28.01. GB2KW 2073
28.12. - 24.01. GB4HNY 2073
28.12. - 24.01. GB5HNY 2073
28.12. - 24.01. GB6HNY 2073
28.12. - 24.01. GB8HNY 2073
01.01. - 31.01. GX4BJC/a 2074
- 01/18 H44DA 2073
01.07. - 30.06. HA60FMV 2048
01.12. - 31.01. HF2018HNY 2072
15.08. - 08/18 HF700LUB 2054
- 06/18 HK3JCL 2060
01.01. - 03.06. HH70A 2074
15.09. - 25.02. HL0WOP 2069
10.01. - 24.01. HP/AA4NC 2075
01.12. - 31.01. II0PGP 2069
10.10. - 27.01. II4GV 2061
01.01. - 31.12. II4MXW 2076*
- 31.12.19 J28ND 2035
- 01.09.19 J28PJ 2004
21.01. - 27.01. J88PI 2076*
04.12. - 03.06. JW2US 2069
- 01.06. JW4JSA 2071
15.01. - 15.02. K1VSJ 2076*
18.01. - 19.01. KM1CC 2075
01.01. - 31.12. LM90C 2076*
01.01. - 31.12. LM90HQ 2076*
01.01. - 31.12. LM90NRRL 2076*
01.01. - 31.07. LZ115RF 2075
01.01. - 31.03. LZ140LO 2075
01.01. - 31.01. LZ1833PSS 2074
01.01. - 31.01. MX1SWL/a 2074
01.01. - 31.12. OG60F 2076*
01.01. - 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919
01.12. - 31.01. PF44FF 2072
16.01. - 08.02. PJ2/PA0VDV 2075
- 02/18 RI1ANA 2075
04/17 - 03/18 RI1ANO 2034
01.01. - 31.03. RI50ANO 2073
01.01. - 31.12. SN20UM 2073
01.06. - 30.04. SN5PSK 2044
12.01. - 16.06. TM390SR 2075
18.09. - TR8CA 1902
- 2018 TY2CD 1914
- 10/2018 TY2SN 1957
03.01. - 04.04. V31AX 2076*
01.02. - V31YB 2026
- 01/18 V5/DK7PE 2075
15.01. - 18.01. V63AKB 2075
15.01. - 18.01. V63AKB48 2075
19.12. - 28.02. VI70HI 2073
- 04/2018 VP8DPJ 2014
01.07. - 30.06. VR20.... 2047
01.01. - 31.01. W2D 2073
01.01. - 31.01. W8D 2073
01.10. - 2018 XV9JM 2061
09.01. - 23.01. XW4FB 2074
12/17 - 05/18 YS1/HB9KNA 2076*
09.01. - 17.01. YJ0CA 2074
13.01. - 21.01. ZF2PG 2075
05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7DX 2040
05/17 - 05/2020 ZL7QT 2040
05/2018 - ZS8Z 2017

* = new or updated
... = and other calls


QSL information
===============
3B9FR via M0OXO
3D2JS via WB2JTO (d)
3W9FB (L)
3Z18HNY via SP6IEQ (d/B), (L)
4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (L)
4T18PAX via OA4O (d/B)
5P90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e)
5T2AI via NI5DX
5W20SAMOA (C), (L), (e)
5X2S via JA1PBV
5Z4/DL2RMC via DL1RTL (d/B)
5Z4/M0LEP via M0LEP (d/B), (L), (e)
6O6O via M0OXO, (L), (O)
6W1/WA3DX via WA3DX (d)
6W1SU via M0URX
6W6/WA3DX via WA3DX (d)
6W7/F6HMJ via F6HMJ
6W7/WA3DX via WA3DX (d)
6Y6J via JA3AVO, (C), (L)
7S75AA via SK5AA (B),
SM5FUG (d)
7Q7JW via N6JW
8J1RL via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L)
8J1YAC via (B), JE1XUZ (d)
8J1ZIU (B)
8J2Y (B)
8J60JARE via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L)
8J7HCB via (B), JK7LXU (d)
8J8SSF (B)
8N0400N (B)
8N0IIDA (B)
8N3H70Y (B)
8N60JLRS via (B), JQ6FQI (d)
9M2MRS via PA0RRS (d/B), (C)
9Q6BB via W3HNK
A52PD via NR6M (d)
A61CP (d), (e), (L)
A7/F6BFH via F6BFH
A71DLH via DL0LH (d/B)
AU2WBR via VU2NRO
C5YK via ON7YK (d/B), (L), (e)
CN8KD via EA5XX (d), (L)
CR2W via HB9CRV (d/B), (L)
CU8FN via HB9CRV (d/B), (L)
DA200FWR via (B), DK2PU (d)
DB50EFAPB (B)
DF0AGC (d/B)
DF1000ZEIL (B)
DJ70WAE (B)
DK200MARX via (B), DK5PZ (d), (C)
DL60TELF (B), (L), (e)
DL70PADER (B)
DM200LFS (B), (L), (e)
DM900ZWI via DM5JBN (d/B)
DM90AIW (B), (C)
DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B)
DQ2018KTMS (B), (e)
DQ800HRO via DL5KVV (d/B)
DT23WOP via HL1IWD (B), (L)
DU0DM via DU1DM (d)
DU3/W6QT via W6QT (d), (L), (e)
E31A via JH1AJT, (C), (O)
E51DXX via AG1LE
EA8/DF9AE via DF9AE (d/B), (e)
EA8BWL (d/B)
EA9ACF (d/B)
EG5ERC (d/B), (e), (L)
EA9ACD (d)
EI100MCV (B)
EI50AOM via EI2KA (d/B), (L)
ET3AA via N2OO
EY7AD (d)
FG/DD0VR via DD0VR (d/B)
FM/DD0VR via DD0VR (d/B)
FR5GS (d)
GB2KW (L), (e)
GB8KW via G0UKN
GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e)
H44DA via VK4KHZ
HA60FMV (B)
HF2018HNY via SP2PBM (d/B)
HF700LUB via SP8AB
HH70A via W3HNK
HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B)
HL0WOP via HL4CCM (d/B), (C), (e)
HL23CEL via HL4CEL
HP/AA4NC via AA4NC (d)
HZ1TT via A61BK (d)
HQ2DDL (B), (L), (e)
II0PGP via I0KQB (d)
II4GV (B)
II4MXW via IQ4FE
J28ND via S57DX
J28PJ via F1TMY
J70VR via DD0VR (d/B)
J88PI via GW4DVB (d), (L)
JW2US (C), (L)
JW4JSA via LA4JSA
K1VSJ (d/B)
KH6TY (d)
KM1CC (d/B), (L)
LM90C (B)
LM90HQ (B)
LM90NRRL (B)
LZ11C via LZ2DB (d/B)
LZ115RF via LZ1YE
LZ140LO via LZ1ZF
LZ1833PSS via (B), LZ1KCP (d)
MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e)
N4EE via W4BFZ
N5PHT (d), (L)
OD5/EA1CYK via EA7LS
OD5ZZ via NI5DX (d)
OG60F via OH1NOA, (L), (C)
OS0X via ON4JM
OS8D via ON8DN
OT6V/p via OT6V (d/B)
OU5U via OZ3FD
OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B)
OV1CDX via OZ1GML (d)
PF44FF (C), (O)
PJ2/PA0VDV via PA0VDV (d/B)
PJ7/UT6UD via UT6UD (d), (L)
PX2A via PY2VM
RI1ANA via RN1ON (d/B),(C), (L)
RI1ANO via RN1ON (d/B), (L), (C)
RI50ANO via RN1ON (d/B), (L), (C)
SN100ZHP via SP1ZZW
SN1WOSP via SP1PMY (d/B)
SN20UM via SQ9UM
SN5PSK via SP9MZX (d/B)
TC630MECCA via TA3X (d/B)
TM390SR via F4DTO (d/B)
TR8CA via F6CBC
TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L)
UN2G (d/B), (L)
V31AX via M0URX, (L)
V31YB (L)
V5/DK7PE via DK7PE
V63AKB via JI1MDM (d/B)
V63AKB48 via JI1MDM (d/B)
V73NS via W3HNK, (L)
VI70HI via M0OXO
VP8DPJ (e)
VQ920JC via NF9M
VU2CPL (d), (L)
VU2GSM (d)
VU2JXL (e), (L)
VU2SMS (d)
VU3UPZ (d)
W2D via KB2FMH (d), (C), (L)
W8D via KB2FMH (d)
XV9JM via F6ITD (d/B), (L)
XW3DT via RK3DT
XW4FB (L)
YJ0CA via VK2YUS (d)
YP2018HNY via YO3KPA (d/B), (C)
ZD7FT (d)
ZF2PG via K8PGJ (d), (L)
ZL7DX via M0OXO
ZL7QT (d)
ZS6CCY via K3IRV (d)
ZS8Z via ZS1LS (d)

(d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS
(C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM


* QSLs received direct: 9Y4/VE3EY, BX4AL
* QSL via LoTW: 9N1AA, A92AA, CO8LY, GB1LBC, WP4U


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