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DL - DQ30GDXF is the special callsign for the German DX Foundation to celebrate its 30th anniversary until 31 December [425DXN 1811]. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. Contacts made between 1 July and 30 September with DQ30GDXF, DF0GDX and GDXF members count towards the "30 Jahre GDXF" award - see https://gdxf.de/gdxf30en/ for information
HB0 - HB040A is a special callsign celebrating the 40th anniversary of Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein (AFVL), the Principality's IARU member society. Look for SSB ad FT8/FT4 activity on 17-19 July and 28-30 August. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW; paper QSL cards will not be provided.
HK - 5K4IC is the special callsign for members of Radioaficionados Unidos (HK4RAU) to celebrate Colombia's Independence Day (20 July) during a month-long activity on all bands and modes. More information on https://www.qrz.com/db/5K4IC
HL - Members of the Gwangju DX Club (6L0NJ) will be active as D73G from Ch'ongsan Island (AS-085) on 17-19 July. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on various bands, from 160m to 70cm. QSL via the bureau or direct, Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL and QRZ Logbook.
HS - Simon Luttrell, HS0ZIB has retired from teaching in Myanmar (XZ2A) and Laos (XW0LP), and is back to Thailand. He is a resident on Phangan Island (AS-101), and will participate in the IOTA Contest (12 hours, low power). QSL via LoTW.
I - Seby, IT9KWE will be active as IG9/IT9KWE from Lampedusa Island (AF-019) on 14-22 July. In his spare time he will operate QRP on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 metres SSB. QSL via home call; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log, and QRZ.
JD1/O - Yushi, JK1HFB will be active as JK1HFB/JD1 from Chichijima (AS-031) Ogasawara "for several days" between 9 and 18 July. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via the bureau, LoTW or eQSL.
OX - Bo, OZ1DJJ is active as OX3LX from Aasiaat Island (NA-134) until 17 July. He is QRV in his spare time, with a focus on 6 and 4 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via OZ0J.
PA - Because the Dutch regulator no longer permits a single callsign to be used simultaneously across multiple physical locations, each site must now use its own distinct callsign. Consequently, VERON (the Dutch national amateur radio society) will be represented by seven different callsigns in the IARU HF World Championship:
PA6HQ 80 SSB,15 CW
PB6HQ 20 CW
PC6HQ 40 SSB
PE6HQ 40 CW, 10 SSB
PF6HQ 10 CW
PG6HQ 80 CW, 20 SSB
PH6HQ 160 CW, 160 SSB, 15 SSB
SP - HF170TESLA is a special callsign for members of Radio Club SP5YPL to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856). Look for activity on various bands and modes from 10 to 31 July. See https://radiodyplom.pl/ses/290 for the award programme.
T2 - The Rebel DX Group has been active as T22TT from Tuvalu since 8 July. They report that this activity will last "just for ten days" in between their work on the island. Expect operations to be mainly FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup
TA - TC3ASTRO is the special event station to be activated on 17-19 July from the Kula-Salihli UNESCO Global Geopark in Manisa, Turkey during this year's Geopark Astrofest. QSL via eQSL.
WRTC 2026 ---> These are the 50 teams that will compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship, to be held in parallel with this weekend's IARU HF World Championship:
AF #1 EA8RM EA2W NA #1 Team 2 AA3B W2GD
AS #1 UN9L UN4Q NA #1 Team 3 N1UR K1XM
AS #2 4Z4AK HA3LN NA #10 K6LA VE3AT
AS #3 E21EIC BA4TB NA #11 VE5MX VE3EJ
AS #4 Team 1 JH5GHM WA1Z NA #12 NP4Z N2NT
AS #4 Team 2 JA1BJI M0CFW NA #2 NN3W KD4D
EU #1 Team 1 ES7GM YL3JA NA #3 NN7CW DL4NAC
EU #1 Team 2 LY4L LY9A NA #4 K5WA N2IC
EU #2 Team 1 F1AKK F8DBF NA #5 N5ZO KI6RRN
EU #2 Team 2 OR2F LZ4AX NA #6 N6MJ KL9A
EU #3 Team 1 DJ5MW DM5EE NA #7 NA8V N9RV
EU #3 Team 2 DL3JAN DM7XX NA #8 W9RE N9NB
EU #3 Team 3 OL5Y OK6RA NA #9 K3PA NS0R
EU #3 Team 4 HB9ARF LY4A OC #1 WH7W NH7T
EU #4 CT1ILT EC2DX OC #2 VK2IA ZL3CW
EU #5 IK2PFL IK2JUB SA #1 PY2NY PY7ZC
EU #6 Team 1 E77DX DJ4MX SA #2 RA3CO RG6G
EU #6 Team 2 9A6KX 9A1UN Defending Champions VE3DZ UW7LL
EU #6 Team 3 LZ2BE LZ2XA Sponsored Team #1 KO8SCA AD5A
EU #7 Team 1 RW7K KU1CW Sponsored Team #2 SP5Y SQ9ORQ
EU #7 Team 2 UA4FER LZ2HM Wild Card #1 LW5HR LU9ESD
EU #8 GW4XUM G4IRN Youth #1 RA9P R2BFL
EU #9 Team 1 OM2VL OM3RM Youth #2 W0AAE W4IPC
EU #9 Team 2 US2YW IK4VET Youth #3 W7WLW N4ML
NA #1 Team 1 K5ZD W2SC Youth #4 DL3ON EI5LA
The competing teams have been assigned the following 50 special callsigns:
MB1A MB4F
MB1I MB4G
MB1N MB4L
MB1S MB4O
MB1T MB4P
MB2A MB4V
MB2D MB4W
MB2H MB4X
MB2M MB4Z
MB2N MB5C
MB2R MB5J
MB2S MB5O
MB2U MB5P
MB3B MB5Q
MB3D MB5X
MB3F MB5Y
MB3G MB5Z
MB3H MB7D
MB3K MB7F
MB3L MB7G
MB3M MB7K
MB3R MB7L
MB3V MB7M
MB3W MB7V
MB4C MB7W
The teams will know their callsigns at 11.45 UTC on 11 July, i.e. 15 minutes before the contest starts.
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object of the contest is to contact other amateurs around the world - especially member-society HQ stations and IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m CW and SSB. This year's event will run from 12 UTC on 11 July until 1159 UTC on 12 July (see https://contests.arrl.org/iaruhf/). The following is a selection of IARU Member Society HQ stations that have announced their participation in this year's event:
Call Mult
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3V8SS ARAT
8N2HQ JARL
8N3HQ JARL
8N8HQ JARL
9A0HQ HRS
B8HQ CRAC
B9HQ CRAC
CS5HQ REP
CX1AA RCU
DA0HQ DARC
E2HQ RAST
E7HQ ARABH
ED0HQ URE
EI0HQ IRTS
EW5HQ BFRR
GR2HQ RSGB
HB9HQ USKA
HG0HQ MRASZ
II1HQ ARI
LT4RCA RCA
NU1AW/0 IARU
OE0HQ OV
OH2HQ SRAL
OP0HQ UBA
OZ1HQ EDR
PA6HQ VERON
PB6HQ VERON
PC6HQ VERON
PE6HQ VERON
PF6HQ VERON
PG6HQ VERON
PH6HQ VERON
R1HQ SRR
R4HQ SRR
R5HQ SRR
R6HQ SRR
S50HQ ZRS
SK9HQ SSA
SN0HQ PZK
TF3HQ IRA
TM0HQ REF
YT0HQ SRS
Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional executive committees will send a signal report plus AC, R1, R2 or R3, as appropriate. |
