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5N - Jean-Louis, 5N7MSF (aka F5MAW, ZS6AAG, 3DA0MF, C91MSF and TT8JLH)
is active from Abuja, Nigeria until 15 September. He works for
Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), and will be QRV
during his spare time and the weekends. QSL via eQSL. [TNX The
Daily DX]
5U - Adrien, F4IHM, who has been active again as 5UAIHM [425DXN 1565]
since 18 May, has extended his stay in Niger until 27 June. He
operates SSB and CW on 40 and 30 metres. QSL via F4IHM, direct or
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
A9 - A91GCC is the special callsign for the Bahrain Amateur Radio Soci-
ety to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Gulf Cooperation Coun-
cil on 21-25 May. QSL via EC6DX. Established on 25 May 1981, GCC is
a regional intergovernmental political and economic union that con-
sists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates.
EA - Special callsign AM5IP will be active from 28 May to 6 June to
commemorate the 170th anniversary of the birth of Isaac Peral y
Caballero. QSL via EA5CP, direct or bureau. An engineer and naval
officer, Peral was the developer the first electric-powered
submarine.
G - Special callsigns GB1ORC (24 May-20 June) and GB0ARC (28 May-24
June) will be active to celebrate the first anniversary of the
Online Amateur Radio Community (M0OUK, https://www.oarc.uk/), an
online based club affiliated with the RSGB.
HC - Celebrating Ecuador's Independence Day (24 May), members of the
Ecuador DX Club will be active as HD1ECU on 22-24 May. QSL via
LoTW. See https://ecuadordxclub.org/independencia/ for the award.
HH - Peter, JK1UWY has been active as HH2JA since 15 May, and will stay
remain in Haiti for three years. He operates CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-
6 metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Look for JI3DST/3, JR8YLY/3 and JR8YLY/p (FT8) to be active on 80-6
metres from Awaji Island (AS-117) on 22-24 May. All QSOs will be
uploaded to Club Log and made available for Club Log Matching on
the IOTA website.
JA - The correct dates for JI3DST's activity from Shodo Island (AS-200)
[425DXN 1567] are 19-21 June and 26-28 June. Take will be active as
JI3DST/5, JR8YLY/5 and JR8YLY/p on 40-6 metres SSB, CW and FT8. All
QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and made available for Club Log
Matching on the IOTA website.
TY - TY5AB is the callsign issued to Ian, ZS6JSI, who has been active as
ZS6JSI/TY since late January. He is QRV in his spare time, mainly
on 20 metres FT8. Ian expects to remain in Benin through June. QSL
via LoTW and EC6DX.
UA - Special callsigns R800AN, R800ANG, R800ANL, R800ANN, R800ANV and
R800RAN are active until 30 June to commemorate the 800th anniver-
sary of the birth of Alexander Nevsky. Commonly regarded as a key
figure of medieval Russia, he is best known for the victory over
the Teutonic Knights in the Battle on the Ice (1242). The Radio
Amateur Association of Sankt Peterburg is offering a commemorative
award: https://hamlog.online/global/russia/r1a/149/. QSL via opera-
tor's instructions.
UA - Commemorating the 116th anniversary since the birth of Mikhail A.
Sholokhov (the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature), special callsigns
R116MS, RO36MS, RT36MS and UE36MS will be active on 20-25 May
during the 36th edition of the Sholokhov Spring Festival. A cer-
tificate will be available on https://hamlog.online/club/mdxc. QSLs
via RQ7L.
UA - Special callsigns R18UGRA, R18JHM, R18JLA, R18JMG, R18JNR, R18JNV,
R18JPK, R18JRA and R18JSV are expected to be active from 22 May to
6 June from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra (Tyumen Oblast)
in support of the XVIII International Environmental Action "To Save
and Preserve". QSL via operator's instructions.
UA - Special callsign R115MUSA will be active between 26 May and 25
August in celebration of the 115th anniversary of the birth of Musa
Dzhalil (1906-1944), the eminent Soviet Tatar poet and resistance
fighter.
VK - John, VK6NU will be active holiday style as VK6NU/p from Rottnest
Island (OC-164) on 25-28 May. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10
metres. Look for him at 6-10 UTC, 11.30-15 UTC and 22-1 UTC. QSL
via home call. [TNX DX World]
VK9X - Steve, VK6SJ now plans to be active as VK9XX from Christmas Island
(OC-002) [425DXN 1566] from 28 May to 11 June. Expected hours of
operation are 11-15 UTC and 22-00 UTC on a daily basis. "If I get
ahead of schedule in my work", he says, "I may squeeze in a day
off, in which I will see if I can tune up the dipole on 6, 10 and
15 metres during the day". He plans to operate a separate band each
night, but if there is no propagation "I will change band rather
than call into nothing":
Date Band QRG FT8 QRG SSB
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28 May 20m 14.090 14.280
29 May 40m 7.056 7.180
30 May 30m 10.131 -
31 May 80m 3.567 3.625
01 June 20m 14.090 14.280
02 June 40m 7.056 7.180
03 June 30m 10.131 -
04 June 80m 3.567 3.625
05 June 20m 14.090 14.280
06 June 40m 7.056 7.180
07 June 30m 10.131 -
08 June 80m 3.567 3.625
09 June 20m 14.090 14.280
10 June 40m 7.056 7.180
11 June 30m 10.131 -
All FT8 operation will be Fox & Hound mode. "I will stop FT8 at the
end of each hour and try SSB for 10 minutes minimum. If I get a run
on SSB, I'll stay there until I don't, then return to FT8. SSB
operation will be split frequency, listening 5KHz up and +/- QRM".
During the CQ WW WPX CW Contest "I may answer a bunch of stations
calling CQ test, but I don't think my CW is up to managing a pile-
up". See VK6SJ on qrz.com for updates. QSL via EB7DX.
VP5 - VP5/K2SX, VP5/K4BAI, VP5/K4QPL and VP5/KR4R will be active from
Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos, from 25 May through 1
June. They will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as VP5M
(QSL via LoTW, or direct to K4QPL). [TNX NG3K]
W - Allan, KV4T and his wife Bridget, KS4YT will be active from Grand
Isle (NA-168) on 29 May-1 June. They will operate FT8 and FT4 on 40
and 20 metres, and will return to the island for the IOTA Contest
(24-25 July). QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to home calls. [TNX DX
World]
YL - Special callsign YL21ICE will be active on all bands and modes for
the Ice Hockey World Championship to be held in Latvia from 21 May
to 6 June. See https://qsl.services/event/YL21ICE for information
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