6O - Ali, EP3CQ will be back to Mogadishu, Somalia from 15 November for
two months. In his spare time he will operate mainly FT8 on various
bands as 6O1OO. QSL direct to Ali Solhjoo, Weimarer Str. 29, 10625
Berlin, Germany. He has processed and mailed out all of the QSL
requests received until 10 November.
A4 - Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society members are allowed to use the
A450 prefix on 15-25 November to celebrate the 50th National Day of
the Sultanate of Oman. For example, A41ZZ will use A450ZZ and A41CK
will use A450CK. QSL for all of the A450 callsigns via A47RS.
A9 - Members of the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society will be active as
A91WTVD on 17-21 November. QSL via LoTW, or via EC6DX. The special
callsign's suffix stands for World Television Day (21 November).
HZ - The Saudi Amateur Radio Society (HZ1SAR) has announced that special
event stations HZ20G, 7Z20G and 8Z20G are expected to be QRV on 17-
23 November on the occasion of the G20 Summit in Riyadh.
OE - 4U2STAYHOME is the special callsign reactivated by the VIC Amateur
Radio Contest DX Club (4U1A, http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/) until 31
December during the current second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, and for the Vienna In-
ternational Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSL via UA3DX, direct or
bureau.
ON - The Belgian regulator is issuing again special callsigns to convey
an "encouraging message" during the second nationwide lockdown
declared amid soaring Covid-19 cases. The callsigns are valid until
13 December at least. Callsigns that have been issued (o re-issued)
so far include OO4UZLEUVEN, OO7STAYHOME, OQ20LIFE, OQ5BECLEVER,
OR1LIFE, OR20STAYHOME, OR20STAYSAFE, OR7LIFE, OS2HOPE, OT20LIFE,
OT2CARE, OT4CARE, OT4HOPE, OT4LIFE, OT5ALIVE and OT6SAFE. See each
station's entry on qrz.com for QSL information.
SP - Members of the SP3YOR Radio Club will operate special callsign
SP0AVA in November and December to commemorate the 120th anniver-
sary of the birth of Antoni Palluth (amateur radio callsign TPVA).
QSL via LoTW, or via SP3YOR. Palluth (1900-1944) was one of the
founders of the AVA Radio Company, which designed and built commu-
nications equipment for the Polish military, including "doubles"
the Enigma machine.
SP - The Bydgoszcz Amateur Radio Club (SP2PBY) will be active as SN2IW,
SN3ESH and SN3IU on 9-22 November to honour the memory of three
prominent figures in the amateur radio history of Poland: Ryszard
Czerwinski SP2IW (1932-2018), Boleslaw Krzymin SP2ESH (1936-2016)
and Zbigniew Gorgolewski SP2IU (1933-2017). QSL via SP2PBY and
logsearch on Club Log. A certificate will be available for down-
load: http://www.sp2pby.pl/.
VU - Datta, VU2DSI will be active once again as AU2JCB from 20 November
to 15 December to commemorate the birth date (30 November 1858) of
Indian physicist and radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose. Look for
activity on 3710, 7040, 7150, 14210, 14250, 14310, 21235, 21310,
21350, 28490, 28510, 28545, 29700, 50800 and 51500 kHz. QSL direct
to home call. Datta reports that other stations are expected to
join the celebrations, including AU3JCB (QSL via VU2EVU), AU5JCB
(QSL via VU2XPN), AU8JCB (QSL via VU3MZE) and AT2JCB (QSL via
VU3ZHA). [TNX NG3K]
YB - The ORARI branch of Jakarta Utara (YH0AG) will operate special
callsign 8A10NOV on 13-15 November for Hari Pahlawan ("Heroes'
Day"), the Remembrance Day annually celebrated on 10 November in
Indonesia. Look for activity on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres FT8,
as well as on 40 metres SSB. A certificate will be available:
https://www.orarilokaljakut.or.id/.
YB - The ORARI branch of Tangerang Selatan (YH1RI) will operate special
callsigns 8G12TS, 8H12TS and 8I12TS on 14-25 November to celebrate
the 12th anniversary of the city of South Tangerang, established on
26 November 2008. Look for activity on 80 and 40 metres SSB. A cer-
tificate will be available: https://oraritangsel.or.id/award2020/. |