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5H - Ferdy, HB9DSP will be active holiday style as 5H3FM from Zanzibar Island (AF-032), Tanzania from 25 November to 13 December. He will operate SSB and some FT8 on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via LoTW (preferred), or via home call (direct or bureau).
5W - Sigfrido, HB9FFN (IW9FMD), an agronomist who works for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is now based in Apia, Samoa (OC-097) for the foreseeable future. In his spare time he is QRV as 5W0RS on 40, 20 and 10 metres SSB. QSL direct to IT9VYO. Over the years Sigfrido operated from Malawi (7Q7RS), Tanzania (5H0RS), Afghanistan (T6AB), and more recently from South Sudan (Z81S).
8Q - Sergey, RX3APM will be active again as 8Q7BB from the Maldives (AS-013) on 4-17 December. He will be QRV on 80-10m, and plans to participate in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest (10-11 December). QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
9M2 - Rich, PA0RRS will be active again as 9M2MRS from Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia from 1 January until 29 March. He will operate CW (most of the time "no split") and digital modes (RTTY, FT8 and FT4) on 40-10m. On FT8, he says, if there are too many callers he will switch to F/H on 7056, 10131, 14084, 18095, 21084, 24911, 28091 kHz. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, or via PA0RRS. [TNX PA0RRS]
CN - Special station CN22JIM will be active on 5-18 December from Imlil in the High Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The callsign's suffix stands for Journee Internationale de la Montagne (International Mountain Day). QSL via RW6HS.
DX0 - Owing to recent "security issues", the DX0NE DXpedition to the Spratly Islands [425DXN 1646] has been cancelled. Hopefully it will be rescheduled sometime "during the first half of 2023". [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - Celebrating Christmas, the HamRadioDX group will be active as EG3HAM on 1-25 December, with certificates, "cash prizes" and a Christmas Draw (see qrz.com for complete information). Activity will be on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and FT8.
F - TM35FIST is the special callsign for Jean, F6JOE to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the FISTS CW Club (International Morse Preservation Society) on 5-11 December. Previous activities were on 2-15 May and 7-13 November. The Club (https://fists.co.uk/) was founded in 1987 by the late George Longden (G3ZQS), after recognising a need for a club in which veteran operators would help newcomers and less experienced operators learn and improve CW proficiency. QSL via F6JOE.
F - Michel, F8GGZ and Serge F6HFI will be active as TM200LP on 10-21 and 27-29 December to commemorate the 200th anniversary since the birth of Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822), the French scientist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization. QSL via F8GGZ (bureau preferred).
I - Bruno, IK1VHX will be active as II1MM between 1 and 31 December. The special callsign memorializes the 150th anniversary of the Istituto Idrografico della Marina Militare, the Hydrographic Institute that has been the official nautical charting agency of the Italian Navy since its establishment in 1872.
PA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsigns PA22XMAS and PD22SANTA will be active on 1-31 December, while PD23HNY will be QRV from 1 December until mid-January. QSL cards will not be issued, but a certificate will be available for download (see https://www.qrz.com/db/PA22XMAS).
SV - SX338M is the special callsign for members of the Radio Amateur Association of Western Peloponnese to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Hellenic Air Force's 338 Squadron on 1-31 December. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
VU - AU5LARC is the special callsign for the Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club of Hyderabad (VU2LCH) to mark the 5th edition of the Lamakaan Annual Radio Convention, which will be held on 10-11 December (https://www.larc.in/larc5/). QSL via the bureau.
XE - A team of six (Ismael XE1AY, Javier XE1JKW, Javier XE1JR, Paty XE1SPM, Ricardo XE1SY and Enrique XE2AA) will be active as XF1S from Tiburon Island in the rare NA-167 IOTA Group on 4-9 December. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres and via satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via IT9EJW. [TNX IT9EJW]
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 1-9 December. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL direct to VK2YUS. [TNX The Daily DX]
YOTA MONTH ---> The Youngsters On The Air group will be active again during the entire month of December. The idea for this event is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves. So far announced participants include stations from
Bosnia & Herzegovina E71YOTA
Cyprus 5B4YOTA
Czech republic OL22YOTA
Egypt SU8YOTA
El Salvador YS1YOTA
Estonia ES9YOTA
Finland OH2YOTA
France TM22YOTA, TM4YOTA
Germany DQ0YOTA
Honduras HQ2YOTA
Hungary HA6YOTA, HG0YOTA
Ireland EI0YOTA
Italy II3YOTA, II5YOTA
Japan 8N2YOTA, 8N4YOTA
Namibia V55YOTA
Poland SN0YOTA
Portugal CQ7YOTA
Republic of Korea HL0YOTA
Russia R22YOTA
Serbia YT22YOTA
Slovakia OM22YOTA
Sweden SH9YOTA, SK8YOTA
Switzerland HB9YOTA
The Netherlands PA6YOTA, PD6YOTA
United Kingdom GB22YOTA
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and the awards can be found on https://events.ham-yota.com/.
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (26-27 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
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02 VA2VT SOAB LP Canada LoTW
02 VE2IM SOAB Canada LoTW/VE3DZ
07 HO2T SOAB HP Panama LoTW/KU9C
07 HQ9X M/2 Honduras LoTW/KQ1F
08 C6AGU M/2 Bahamas LoTW/HA7RY
08 C6AQQ SOSB LP Bahamas LoTW
08 FG/VE3RSA SOAB QRP Guadeloupe LoTW
08 FS/K0CD SOSB QRP St Martin K0CD
08 KP2B SOAB HP U.S. Virgin Isls LoTW/EB7DX
08 KP3DX SOAB HP Puerto Rico N4AO
08 PJ7PL SO Sint Maarten N2HX
08 TO5Z SOAB HP Martinique LoTW/N6GQ
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/AA3B
08 V47T SOAB HP St. Kitts & Nevis LoTW/W2RQ
08 VP2MJA SO Montserrat LoTW
08 VP5Y M/2 Turks & Caicos Isls LoTW/M0URX
08 WP3C M/S LP Puerto Rico LoTW/M0OXO
08 ZF1A M/S Cayman Isls LoTW/K7ZO
08 ZF2SS SO Cayman Isls LoTW
09 P44W SOAB HP Aruba LoTW/N2MM
09 P44X M/2 Aruba LoTW/DJ4MX
09 PJ2T M/M Curacao LoTW/W3HNK
09 PJ4A M/S Bonaire LoTW/K4BAI
09 PJ4K M/2 Bonaire KU9C
10 HC1DW SO LP Ecuador LoTW/W0OR
11 PT4A M/S Brazil LoTW
12 XR2K SOSB 10m Chile LoTW/CE2ML
14 EF6T SOAB HP Balearic Isls LoTW
14 GJ2A SO LP Jersey LoTW
14 GU4CHY SOSB Guernsey GU4CHY
14 LN8W M/M Norway LA6YEA
14 MW5B SOSB 80m Wales LoTW
14 OT7T M/M Belgium ON4DS
15 9H6WW M/S LP Malta LoTW
15 ES9UKR M/S Estonia ES5RY
15 IS0/OM2TW SOSB 80m Sardinia OM2FY
15 LY4A M/? Lithuania LoTW
15 SP8R M/S Poland SP8R
15 TK0C M/2 Corsica LoTW/S50C
15 Z68EE SOAB LP Kosovo LoTW/OZ2I
19 RN1B/0 SOAB AS Russia RN1B
21 4L2M SOSB 40m HP Georgia EA7FTR
21 4L8A SOSB 10m Georgia LoTW/M0OXO
21 4L9M SOSB 160m Georgia LoTW/R3XA
21 A44A M/? Oman LoTW/EC6DX
22 9N7AA SOAB HP Nepal LoTW/S57DX
23 B0A SOAB China BA4TB
26 E2A M/2 Thailand LoTW/E21EIC
26 E2E M/? Thailand E23NEZ
26 E2X M/? Thailand LoTW/E20GMY
27 AH2R M/S Guam LoTW
27 DX8H Philippines DX8H
27 T88PB SO Palau LoTW/JA0JHQ
28 7A2A M/? Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX
28 9M6NA SOAB HP East Malaysia LoTW
28 V85RH SOAB HP Brunei LoTW
29 VK6N SOAB HP Australia LoTW
29 VK6T SOAB Australia EA7FTR
31 KH7Q SOSB 15m Hawaii AH6NF
32 K8H M/S American Samoa LoTW/W7YAQ
32 ZL3X M/2 New Zealand LoTW
32 ZM1A M/? New Zealand LoTW
32 ZM4T M/? New Zealand LoTW
33 IH9R SOAB HP AF Italy IZ1GAR
33 IH9YMC SOSB AF Italy LoTW
35 C56DF SOSB 40m LP Gambia LoTW/G3XTT
35 D4Z M/? Cape Verde LoTW/IK2NCJ
35 TY5AF M/S Benin LoTW
37 7Q6M SOSB 10m Malawi LoTW/K6ZO
39 3B8M M/M Mauritius LoTW/M0OXO
39 3B9KW SO Rodrigues LoTW
40 JW7QIA SO Svalbard LoTW/LA7QIA
40 OX7AM SOAB Greenland LoTW/OZ1ACB
40 TF3SG SOAB HP Iceland TF3SG
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2022.html - good contest to you all! |
