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4X - To celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, the Israel Association of Radio Communication (formerly known as Israel Amateur Radio Club) will be running special event stations 4X8NER and 4Z8NER from 25 December to 2 January 2025. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via 4Z5MU. A certificate will be available: https://tools.iarc.org/chanukah24/.
FO - Unless his physical conditions prevent him from travelling, Nobu, JA0JHQ will be QRV as TX5NH from Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia on 13-16 December, with main activity during the ARRL 10-Meter Contest. QSL via LoTW, or direct to home call.
KH9 - Currently stationed on Wake Island (OC-053), Allen, KH7AL is active as KH7AL/KH9 in his spare time [425DXN 1752]. He operates SSB and some CW on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. Next planned activity: 15 December at 19.30 UTC on 10m SSB. He keeps an "Activation Blog" and an "Upcoming" section on https://sites.google.com/view/kh7al/. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
OH - Once again Santa Radio, OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas) will be active on 13-31 December on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via OH2BH.
Each operator will send his suffix as part of the report (e.g. 599BH for Martti, OH2BH). You can contact a maximum of 16 Santa operators on a variety of bands and modes, which makes up your Santa run total score. This time the score card is reported on https://www.qrz.com/db/OF9X. The Santa Radio operators are:
Rami OH2BCI (BCI) Juha OH2LQ (LQ)
Martti OH2BH (BH) Pekka OH2TA (TA)
Davide OH2BLS (BLS) Henri OH3JR (JR)
Era OH2CV (CV) Pauli OH5BQ (BQ)
Arttu OH2FB (FB) Alex OH5UY (UY)
Jorma OH2KI (KI) Reijo OH7GGX (GGX)
Jyri OH2KM (KM) Tero OH7WP (WP)
Arto OH2KW (KW) Esa OH7WV (WV)
W - Club station W2HRU will be QRV from 30 December to 4 January to mark the 26th annual Ham Radio University educational conference. Look for SSB activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres, as well as FT8 on multiple bands. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, the W2 QSL Bureau or direct to KA2D. In addition, a printable QSL Certificate will be available. Detailed information on https://hamradiouniversity.org/.
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Reportedly, Gerhard, OE3GEA will be active holiday style from New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, American Samoa and Hawaii between 20 December and 21 January:
20-25 December TX24HAID Noumea (OC-032)
25 December-7 January 3D2GE Nadi (OC-016) and Nacula (OC-156)
27-30 December YJ0GE Port Vila (OC-035)
9-12 January 5W0GE Apia (OC-097)
12-15 January KH8/OE3GEA Pago Pago (OC-045)
18-21 January KH6/OE3GEA Hawaii
He will operate CW on 30-10 metres. QSLs via OE3GEA, direct or bureau.
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Hardy, DL7JLL will be active as FO/DL7JLL from Mangareva (OC-063), French Polynesia and as VP6JLL from Pitcairn Island (OC-044) Between 18 December and 15 January 2025. He will operate SSB only on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSLs via home call. [TNX DX World]
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