DXNL 2427 - October 9, 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 ============= 5H, TANZANIA: Watch out for Maurizio, IK2GZU, operating as 5H3MB between Oct. 10 and Nov. 11 during his spare time. QRV on CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and also during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL direct via IK2GZU. AF-006; VQ9, DIEGO GARCIA ISLAND: AF-041; VQ9, EGMONT group: AF-058; VQ9, SALOMON group: AF-049; 3B8, MAURITIUS (MAURICE) ISLAND: With the announcement of the United Kingdom to cede authority over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius in the future, it is possible that Chagos may lose the VQ9 prefix, become a deleted DXCC entity, and gain status as a new and separate DXCC entity. 5V, TOGO: Antonio, IK7WUL, has moved from Benin (TY2AA) to Togo and will be active as 5V0DX during his spare time, mostly on SSB. The duration of his stay is unknown at present. QSL via homecall (d). 8R, GUYANA: Aldir, PYwSAD (ZZ1M), operates from Georgetown as 8R1TM between Oct. 12 and Nov. 24 on 160-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes) and via satellites. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, qrz.com. 9X, RUANDA: Harald, DF2WO, will be back on the air as 9X2AW between the 10th and 22nd on CW, SSB, FT8/4, and via QO-100. QSL via M0OXO OQRS. T5, FEDERAL RRPUBLIC OF SOMALIA: Fabri, IV3FPP, announces a detailed report about the aborted DXpedition to Somalia at a later date, including details about the confiscation of their grear worth ca $40,000. A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A60WSW and A60WSW/1...0 will be active during the World Space Week until Oct. 10. For QSL information see qrz.com. HZ, SAUDI ARABIA: Likewise during the World Space Week, HZ9WSW, run by members of the Saudi amateur radio organisation, will be active. QSL via LoTW. RA, RUSSIA: Oleg, RD1A, is a member of the Severnyy Polyus crew and will drift freely around the Arctic until September 2025 and operate as RI42SP. The vessel's exact position ca be tracked here: https://goradar.ru/vessels_map.php?imo=273295970 IOTA ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AF-016; FR, REUNION ISLAND: Stephane, F5UOW, will be signing FR/F5UOW until the 28th on 17-10m (CW). QSL only via LoTW. AN-017; Various, ADELIE LAND group: David, F4FKT, operates as FT4YM from Dumont d'Urville Base on Petrel Isl. until March 2025 and as FT4YM/p from the bases Concordia, Little Dome C, and Cape Prud'homme. QSL via F4FKT or via F5PFP. AS-024; JA6, YAEYAMA ISLANDS: Osamu "Sam", 7K1EAS, will be active from Japan's westernmost island Yonaguni between the 14th and 17th as 7K1EAS/JR6. QRV mostly on 40-10m (SSB, FT4/8) with a dipole and a Zepp antenna. QSL via homecall, ClubLog OQRS. EU-026; JW, SPITSBERGEN ISLAND: Between the 9th and 15th, LA6VM, LA7XK, LA9DL JW6VM, JW7XK, and JW9DL will be active as JW5X together (including the Scandinavian Activity Contest). QSL via homecalls. EU-038; PA, NOORD HOLLAND / FRIESLAND / GRONINGEN PROVINCE group: Volker, PA/DL1WH, operates from Ameland between the 12th and 26th. QSL via DL1WH. NA-005; VP9, BERMUDA ISLANDS: Josh, W9HT, signs VP9/W9HT between Oct. 11 and 14 on 160-10m (CW, SSB, FT8). QSL via homecall. NA-122; HH, HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S COASTAL ISLANDS: Juergen, HI3/DL4SDW, remains on the air until mid-October. OC-031; C2, NAURU: A German team (Rolf/DL7VEE, Ronny/DG2RON, Gerd/DJ5IW, Olaf/DJ7TO, Werner/DJ9KH, Rudolf/DK3CG, Joe/DK5WL, Frank/DL1KWK, Axel/DL6KVA, Norbert/DL2RNS, Georg/ DL4SVA, Olaf/DL7JOM, Christian/ DL6KAC, Andree/DL8LAS) activates Nauru as C21MM from the 10th to 29th, including also the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. For more information see: https://c21mm.mydx.de/. QSL via DL4SVA. OC-038; ZL7, CHATHAM ISLAND: Holger, ZL3IO, will be active from Chatham as ZL7DX between Oct. 15 and 31 and as ZL7IO during the CQ WW contest. OC-066; FO, TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO: Fred, DH5FS, is going to pay Rangiroa a visit from the 11th to 18th and Tikehau from the 18th to the 23rd. QRV as FO/DH5FS on 20-10m (CW, FT8). QSL via homecall. OC-086; KH0, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: Harry, JG7PSJ, operates holiday-style as WH0RU between the 11th and 20th on 40-10m (CW, SSB, RTTY). QSL via direct or LoTW. SA-003; PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA ARCHIPELAGO: Ben, DA1DX (ex DL6FBL), Mark (DK2CX), Paul (DL5CW), Wolf (OE2VEL), and Renner (PY7RP) remain active as PX0FF from Fernando de Noronha until the 21st. QRV on 160-6m, including 60m, on CW, SSB, FT8 (MSHV). QSL via DJ4MX OQRS. Calendar ======== start - end DX DXNL 04.10. - 3D2V 2426 04.10. - 3D22 2426 01.06. - 01.05.25 3E7D 2410 16.09.2024 - 20.10. 4V1SAVANNAH 2424 20.08. - 5H2MUH 2419 10.10. - 11.11. 5H3MB 2427* 10/24 - 5V0DX 2427* 03.10. - 10.10. 5W0TE 2426 14.10. - 17.10. 7K1EAS/JR6 2427* 06.10. - 14.10. 8Q7UX 2426 12.10. - 24.11. 8R1TM 2427* 09.24 - 9J2FI 2426 - 9M1Z 2421 10.10. - 22.10. 9X2AW 2427* 24.09. - 14.10. A25AO 2424 04.10. - 10.10. A60WSW.. 2427* 20.08. - AF2F/2 2421 10.10. - 29.10. C21MM 2427* - 31.12. C5GM 2412 - 01/25 DU3/F4EBK 2413 15.09. - 28.10. EG3AMCUP 2424 15.10.23 - 15.10.24 EI40FOTA 2375 - 06/24 FH4VVK 2357 11.10. - 18.10. FO/DH5FS 2427* 09.10. - 28.10. FR/F5UOW 2427* 10/24 - 03/25 FY4YM 2427* 09/24 - 10/24 HB0/DL2COM 2424 09/24 - 10/24 HB0/DL3TU 2424 - 15.10. HI3/DL4SDW 2427* 04.10. - 10.10. HZ9WSW 2427* 09.10. - 14.10. JW5X 2427* 01.11. - 31.12. LZ311PA 2390 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* 05.10. - 21.10. PX0FF 2427* 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 29.09. - 13.10. TM5RT 2425 09.24 - 11.24 TM80LW 2422 27.09. - 07.10. TO2DX 2425 01.10. - 12.10. V4/K4RLC 2425 01.10. - 12.10. V4/W4AUV 2425 19.09. - 12.11. V51WH 2424 30.09. - 11.10. V55LA 2425 10/23 - 10/27 V73ML 2374 12/23 - 11/24 VK0DS 2386 11.10. - 14.10. VP9/W9HT 2427* 11.10. - 20.10. WH0RU 2427* - 12/25 YB8QT 2330 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 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) 8Q7AM via IW0HBY 8Q7HZ via TA1HZ (L), (e) 8Q7JH via DL3JH 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 A8OK via OK6DJ (B), (L), (e) A91ARS via EC6DX, (L) AO200CNP via EA7DA AO50MRG via EA8TK, (L) BA7LOK via BG7SDV (d) 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) 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) 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) EG24FDC via EA1URG (L), (e) EG3AMCUP via EA3MM, (L) EG40SDC via EA1AUM (L) EG8CPA via EA8TK (O) EH5FAB via EC5RAB EH8FVP via EA8BM, (e) EI2WRC/p via EI2HZB (d) EJ7NET via EI6FR (d) ER/UR7FM via UR7FM (L), (e) 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) EP4HR via IK2RZQ (B), (L), (e) G3P via G3WPH, (L) GB150GM via G7VOH, (e) 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/DL2SBY via DL2SBY (O), (d), (L) HB0/I2YBC via I2YBC HB40OK via HB9OCR HB9SOTA via HB9HBV (B) HF250KB via SP2ZCI HF9MUZEUM via SP9KAG HG3IPA via HA3JB HG35FIRAC via HA5BSW, (L) HG5CMH via G7AUF (d) HH2AA via EB7DX (d), (L) HI6M via EB7DX, (L) HK1MW via N2OO, (L) HV0A via IK0FVC (d), (L) HZ1TT via A61BK (O), (L), (d) HZ94ND via (d) II1RM via IQ1GE II2Q via IK2PFL nur (L) II3F via IV3ZYB II3RTNT via IQ3TN II6COTA via IZ6FUQ II8K via IZ8EPX II9IABJ via IT9YBL IS0/IK5AEQ via IK5AEQ IO8O via IK8UND J3/N9GB via EB7DX (L) J88IH via VP2EIH (L) J88PI via GW4DVB (d) K4A via NF7D (d) - 9/2024 KH6/F4VVC via F4VVC LA/DL2JRM via DL2JRM LQ5A via EA7FTR LR3D via EA7FTR, (L) M3D via G3PIA, (L) M4T via M0BEW, (e) MJ/DL5NUA via DL5NUA MJ/TA1HZ via TA1HZ (d), (L), (e) MM3S via G0MFR MP7DX via G4DIY (d), (L) MS7DX via M0URX (d), (L) N0K via AF0S (d) N0S via AC0C (d), (L) - 8/2024 N1S via K3LBD, (L) N7F via K7ID (d) KH0/WB6Z via JF1OCQ and LoTW KH0W via KC0W (direct) LZ/DL2JRM via DL2JRM OD5YA via IZ8CLM (B), (L), (e) OE/DJ5RE/p via DJ5RE (B) OE8WIESN via OE8XCF (B) OG4A via OH2BAI OH/DL2SWW via DL2SWW (B), (L) OK/DF9PE/p via DF9PE nur (e) OK/OH2NOS/p via OH2NOS (M) OK8CX via DL7CX (B), (L) OM/SQ9MDF/p via SQ9MDF OS70DOURBES via ON4PHI (B) OV2T via PA0ABM (B), (L) OV5W via OZ1GIN OZ/PA1SVM via keine QSL-Karten! OZ/SA7LKO via SA7LKO (B), (L) PD80BTF via PD0HRY (B), QSL (A) PH80MG via PI4CQ (B), (L), (e) PI4COM via PA1AW (B), (L) PJ2/DK5ON via DK5ON, (d), (B), (L), (O) PX2A via PY2VM (d), (L) R8LA via RW6HS (d) only RI41POL via RN3RQ RL3A via W3HNK S01WS via EA2JG (O), (d) SE4E via SM4DQE SF5O via SM5EOS, (L) SM5/DF9TM via DF9TM SM5/DL2SWW via DL2SWW SV2/ES1JA via ES1JA TC93HARP via YM9EKE TF/KA9P via KA9P (L) TF2R via TF3AO, (L) TG9ADM via EA5GL, (L) TI5CDA via EA5GL, (L) TJ1GD via SP3EOL, (L) UN4Q via UN2G UP4L via UN7LZ, (L) VI7POL via VK5PAS, (L) VP8KCA via G5KC, (L) ZL/VE6TC via VE6TC, (L) ZP5DBC via ZP5AA (d), (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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