3B8 - Lubo, OM5ZW will be active holiday style as 3B8/OM5ZW from Mauri-
tius (AF-049) from 29 April to 6 May. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY
and FT8 on 80-10 metres. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. [TNX The
Daily DX]
4X - The "Land of Craters" programme sees four special stations operate
from the Makhteshim ("craters") in the Negev desert of Israel. The
first three activities were conducted by 4X0ARF (November 2020),
4X0GDL (April-May 2021) and 4X0KTN (November 2021) Look for 4X0RMN
to be QRV from Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater), Israel's largest
national park, on 13-14 May. Activity will be on 80-10 metres CW,
SSB and FT8, and the QO-100 satellite SSB and CW. QSL via 4X6ZM
(direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. A certificate will be available
for working 3 out of 4 stations: see https://www.iarc.org/craters/.
[TNX 4X6ZM]
EA - Representing the three provinces of Aragon, special callsigns
EG2SJH (Huesca), EG2SJT (Teruel), and EG2SJZ (Zaragoza) will be
activated on 23 April to celebrate Day of Aragon and the name-day
of San Jorge (St. George, Aragon's patron saint). QSL via the
bureau.
F - Special callsign TM2IF will be activated between 22 April and 13
June as a tribute to Jose-Antonio Gurutzarri "Guru" Jauregi, EA2IF.
An outstanding personality of the Summits On The Air programme, he
passed away on 11 March aged only 57. QSL via eQSL, paper QSLs will
not be available.
HK0 - Renato, PY8WW will be active as HK0/PY8WW from San Andres Island
(NA-033) on 7-12 May. He plans to be QRV on 40-6 metres, with a
focus on the Magic Band. QSL via home call.
I - II1WRTC, II2WRTC, II3WRTC, II4WRTC, II5WRTC, II6WRTC, II7WRTC,
II8WRTC, II9WRTC, II0WRTC, IR1WRTC and IO0WRTC (Sardinia) are the
special callsigns being activated until the end of the IARU HF
Championship (10 July at 11.59 UTC) to promote the World Radio-
sport Team Championship to be held in Italy in July 2023 [425DXN
1600]. See https://www.wrtc2022.it/en/wrtc2022-award-19.asp for the
certificate. Operations started on 1 January; 102 days later, on 12
April at 14.03 UTC, the 1,000,000th QSO was made with AB4SF. An
application has been filed with Guinness World Records for "the
fastest one million amateur radio contacts by an organization".
I - Alex, IK8YFU will be active as ID9/IK8YFU from Lipari Island (EU-
017) on 21-25 April. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the HF bands.
QSL via LoTW or direct to home call. [TNX DX World]
I - Look for IY0CG, IY0GA (Sardinia), IY0IMD, IY0ORP, IY0TC, IY1MR,
IY1SM, IY1SP, IY1TO, IY4FGM, IY5PIS, IY6GM and IY7M to be active
during the International Marconi Day (23 April). QSL via operators'
instructions. These stations are affiliated to the "Coordinamento
Stazioni Marconiane Italiane" (http://csmi.altervista.org/wp/),
which gathers amateur radio stations operating from historic Marco-
ni sites located in Italy. [TNX IS0JMA]
JA - JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6 and JJ5RBH/p will be active from Miyako Island
(AS-079) between 20 April and 9 May. Look for activity on 80-2m CW,
SSB and FT8. See qrz.com for QSLling instructions. [TNX The Daily
DX]
JA - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS/4 to be QRV from Ohzu/Otsu Island (AS-117)
on 30 April-1 May. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40, 20, 17
and 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
LU_ant - The Argentinian icebreaker "Almirante Irizar" (LU2AIB) will stop at
General San Martin Base on Barry Island, Antarctica (AN-016) for
four days. Crew member Claudio, LU3DCK expects to go ashore and be
active as LU1ZD between 15 and 18 April. QSL direct to LU4DXU.
OE - Special event station OE22M will be active to commemorate the an-
niversary of Guglielmo Marconi's birth (25 April 1874) and take
part in the International Marconi Day (23 April). QSL via OE1YPP
(bureau) or direct to DokuFunk, OE22M, An den Steinfeldern 4A, 1230
Wien, Austria.
PY - Vinicius, PU2VLW will be active as ZY2WCX from Sao Sebastiao Island
(SA-028) on 15-17 April. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 80, 15,
12 and 10 metres, according to the band privileges afforded by his
licence class. QSL via PU2VLW (direct only), LoTW, Club Log.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-
104) on 20-28 April. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 160-6m. QSL via
LoTW, or direct only to W5JON. [TNX NG3K]
W - Gene, N0MHJ will be active as N0MHJ/4 from Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
(NA-079) on 22-25 April. He will operate CW and SSB on 40, 20 and 6
metres, starting around 13 UTC and ending around 21 UTC on a daily
basis (see https://www.n0mhj.net/ for details about his planned
"hourly operating sked"). QSL via LoTW or direct to home call.
YO - YO22WARD is the special callsigns for members of the Federatia Ro-
mana de Radioamatorism to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on 15-
25 April. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. |