3B8 - Ray, HB9DNG/F5UKV is moving to Mauritius Island (AF-049) and will
be QRV as 3B8HH starting around 20 January. Activity will be on 80-
2 meters (possibly 160m) using CW and some SSB. When the station is
completely installed, he will operate also some PSK and RTTY. QSL
via 3B8HH, direct or bureau; he will upload his log to Club Log.
[TNX The Daily DX]
5Z - If the Covid situation permits, Ferdy, HB9DSP will be active as
5Z4/HB9DSP from Malindi, Kenya on 12-27 January. He will operate
SSB and some FT8 on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via LoTW and home
call (bureau preferred). [TNX DX World]
BY - Look for B4/BG2CNO to be QRV from Lingshan Island (AS-150) on 13-15
January. Three operators (Huaniu Amateur Radio Club's members
BD3QC, BG2CNO and BI4MPY) will be active on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17 and
15 metres SSB, CW, FT8 with two stations. QSL via BI4MPY.
FG - Pascal F1MNQ, Pierre F1TCV, Michel F5LRL, Didier F6BCW and Keith
VE7KW will be active as TO6S from Les Saintes (NA-114), Guadeloupe
from 20 January to 1 February. They plan to use Club Log Live
Stream (https://clublog.org/livestream/TO6S), and to operate CW,
SSB, FT8/FT4 and RTTY on 160-6 metres with two stations. QSL via
F6KJS, direct or bureau. See https://les-saintes.f6kjs.fr/ for more
information.
FO/A - Barring any more travel restrictions, Jacek, SP5EAQ should be QRV
as FO/SP5EAQ from Rimatara Island (OC-050), Austral Islands on 2-
30 March. He will operate only SSB on 80-10m, and will participate
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as TX5AQ. Updates will be posted to
http://australs.sp7dqr.pl/index.html for updates. QSLs via SP7DQR
direct or bureau (OQRS on http://sp7dqr.pl/en/oqrs.php) and LoTW;
the logs will be uploaded also to Club Log.
FO/A - "Hoping that Covid doesn't interfere with the project", a team of
seven experienced operators (Heye DJ9RR, Doris K0BEE, Gene K5GS,
Walt N6XG, Melanie N7BX, Rob N7QT and Steve W1SRD) will be active
as TX5N from Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands on 16-28 April.
They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres (60m
included). QSL via M0URX's OQRS; see https://tx5n.net for more in-
formation and QSLling policy. [TNX K5GS]
FS - Jeff, VA3QSL will be active holiday style as FS/VA3QSL from Saint
Martin (NA-105) on 6-22 February. He will operate CW, SSB and digi-
tal modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) and
LoTW.
G - The Medway Amateur Receiving and Transmitting Society is operating
special callsign GB6NU until 27 January in remembrance of its
founder, William "Bill" Edgar Nutton G6NU (1 January 1894-22 Janu-
ary 1982), during the society's centenary year. QSL via eQSL.
GM - Special event station GB2KW is active until 28 January from near
Inverness, Scotland using vintage equipment manufactured by KW
Electronics Ltd during the 1960s and 1970s. Logsearch on Club Log
and QSL via LoTW only. Also active from England, especially over
the "KW Weekend" (8-9 January), are expected to be GB5KW, GB5KWD,
GB8KW and possibly others.
HS - Champ, E21EIC and others (E20NKB, E24OYI, E25KAE, E25OKO, E29TGW,
HS0ZET, HS2QJJ, HS2UPR and HS6SSE) will be active as E20AX/p from
Koh Samet (AS-107) on 8-10 January. They plan to operate SSB, CW
and FT8 on 40-10 metres (also 80m, if space permits) with two or
three stations. QSL via LoTW and E21EIC (all QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via the bureau); logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
JW - Erik ON4ANN, Max ON5UR and other thirteen operators (Jelmers DJ5MO,
Willy ON2BDJ, Carlo ON4BR, Cedric ON4CKM, Patrick ON4DCU, Andre
ON4DTO, Erik ON4EC, Marc ON4MA, Pascal ON5RA, Marc ON6CC, Franky
ON7RU, Marc ON8AK and Francis ON8AZ) will be active as JW0X from
Svalbard (EU-026) on 19-26 April. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY
and FT8 on 160-6 metres with five stations from three different
locations in Longyearbyen. The DXpedition will include the first
ever QO-100 satellite operation from Svalbard - look for ON4CKM,
ON4DCU and ON5UR to be active as JW100QO from Kapp Linne on 22-24
April. See http://www.dx-adventure.com/en/home-eng/ for more infor-
mation. QSLs via M0URX's OQRS (https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/) for
direct and bureau cards; the full logs will be uploaded to LoTW
after six months.
LZ - Once again Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) will use twelve special
callsigns throughout 2022 to honour as many different Orthodox
saints: LZ290WA (January), LZ251MA (February), LZ475GJ (March),
LZ303AT (April), LZ330AL (May), LZ444KA (June), LZ540DS (July),
LZ258ML (August), LZ31ZE (September), LZ457PP (October), LZ407IZ
(November) and LZ634SM (December). QSL via the bureau or direct to
P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria. Details on the "All Saints
2022"" award can be found at http://www.lz1kcp.com/.
P4 - Mathias, DL4MM will be active as P4/DL4MM (CW and SSB) and P40AA
(FT8) from Aruba (SA-036) from 23 January to 1 February. He will
concentrate on the low and WARC bands, and will participate in the
CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest (28-30 January) as P40AA. QSLs via LoTW,
Club Log's OQRS, or via DL4MM. [TNX NG3K]
PY - The ZY6A operation from Ilha dos Frades (SA-023) [425DXN 1599] has
been rescheduled for earlier, and is now expected to take place on
13-16 January. Rafael, PP2OK will operate SSB (7160, 14260, 21260
and 28460 kHz), and Robson, PY6TV will operate CW (7040, 14040,
21040 and 28040 kHz). QSL direct to PY6TV; logsearch on Club Log.
TA - TC60TRAC is the special callsign for the Turkiye Radyo Amatorleri
Cemiyeti (the Turkish Amateur Radio Association, the national IARU
member society) to celebrate its 60th anniversary during 2022. QSL
via the bureau.
VU - Pedro, EA5GL is the new QSL manager for AU2GSI, the special call-
sign that members of the West Bengal Radio Club will be using some-
time between 9 and 16 January from Sagar Island (AS-153) [425DXN
1600]. Expect some sporadic activity on 40, 20 and 15 metres, as
their main purpose will be to provide assistance to the pilgrims
attending the annual Ganga Sagar Mela.
YB - Look for Agus, YB1TDL/4 and Budi, YC1RQZ/4 to be QRV from Rakata
Island (OC-262) on 15-20 January. They will operate SSB and FT8 on
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSLs direct to HA3JB, whose OQRS can be
found on http://www.ha3jb.com/oqrs.html. |