IOTA News From OPDX

Island activities: AF-018. Operators Ivan/LZ1PM and Dimitar/LZ1UQ will be active from Pantelleria Island between January 24-31st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters with operators signing IH9/homecalls. Look for them to be in the CQWW 160 Meter CW and UBA Contests signing as IH9/LZ1UQ. QSL via their home callsigns. NA-092. Rich, WA5LFD, is now active as WA5FLD/p from North Padre Island until January 14th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or WA5LFD direct. SA-071. Junior, PY2ZA, informs that he will be active as ZY2FM from Moela Island (DIB SP-06 and DFB SP-07) and the Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-043 and WLOTA 1335) during the American Lighthouses Weekend (February 14-17th, 2019). Activity will be on CW and SSB. Look for more information on QRZ.com. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

DXCC Country Report

According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 23rd December, through Sunday, 30th December there were 214 countries active.
Countries available:
3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y,
A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY,
K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TY, TZ,
UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS
PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).

OPDX

TOGO Expedition

Togo DXpedition

Members of EIDX Group will be active as 5V7EI from Main Street, Togo, between March 14-26th, 2019.
Operators mentioned are Dave/EI9FBB (Team Leader), Jeremy/EI5GM (Co-Leader), Declan/EI9HQ, Pat/EI9HX, Enda/ EI2II, Thos/EI2JD, Niall/EI4CF, Jim/EI4HH, Norbert/DJ7JC, Heye/DJ9RR, Alain/F5JTV, John/F5VHQ and Gabi/YO8WW.
Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. They plan to have up to 5 stations on the air.
This is the same group that activated 9N7EI and 7Q7EI earlier in 2018.
QSL via M0OXO OQRS, direct, by the Bureau (OQRS) or LoTW (3 months
after operation).
For more info and updates, watch: https://5v7ei.com
OPDX
TNX Southgate
 

ARRL DX NEWS

28 December, 2018

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA. Special event stations DF13DEJU, DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13MUC, DF13PAR, and DF13STO will be QRV from January 1, 2019 to June 30 to commemorate the first all-metal built airplane called the Junkers F13. QSL direct to DM2TO. In addition, special event station DQ1200ASP is QRV during all of 2019 to celebrate the 1200th anniversary of the town of Asperg. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, FM and various digital modes. QSL direct to DK1AX.
REUNION ISLAND, FR. Pierre, F1TCV is QRV as FR/F1TCV until February 27, 2019 while on vacation here. Activity is on 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters using RTTY, PSK and FT8. QSL to home call.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Holger, DK1FY will be QRV as HI6/DK1FY/p from Galvan, near Lake Enriquillo, from December 31 to January 19, 2019. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and possibly various digital modes. QSL to home call.
COLOMBIA, HK. Special event station 5K6RM will be QRV from January 5 to 12, 2019 to commemorate and promote the Manizales Fair. Activity will be on 160 to 2 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via bureau.
PANAMA, HP. Special event station H31A will be QRV from January 1, 2019 to August 15 to celebrate the 500 years since the founding of the nation. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY, FT8 and some PSK31. QSL via HP1AVS.
GUANTANAMO BAY, KG4. David, AC8AY is QRV as KG4AY until March 21, 2019. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using only SSB. QSL direct to home call.
MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Chie, 7L3PFH is QRV as KH0TG until January 1, 2019. Activity is on 160 to 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL direct to JL1UTS.
SEYCHELLES, S7. Kamal is now QRV as S79KW. He is generally active on 20 meters using RTTY, JT65 and FT8. QSL direct to home call.
SUDAN, ST. John, N9MDH is now licensed as ST2JB. QSL to home call.
MALI, TZ. Jeff, K1MMB is QRV as TZ4AM and is active on 160 to 20 meters at various times. QSL via W0SA.
EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Members of the Miller DX Club will be QRV with special event stations RA19NY, RC19NY, RM19NY, RO19NY, RT19NY, RU19NY, RW19NY and RZ19NY during the radio marathon Russian New Year 2019.
BELIZE, V3. Paul, VE3AXT is QRV as V31AX in the Consejo Shores, Corozal area until mid May 2019. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via M0URX.
 
AUSTRALIA, VK. Look for special event station VI25AJI to be QRV from Tailem Bend during the 25th Australian Jamboree, South Australia from January 4 to 14, 2019. QSL via operators' instructions.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, RAC Winter Contest, Stew Perry Topband Challenge, Original QRP CW Contest, Bogor Old and New SSB Contest are on tap for this weekend.
The ARRL Straight Key Night, QRP ARCI New Years CW Sprint, AGCW Happy New Year CW Contest, AGCW VHF/UHF Contest, AGB New Year Snowball 80-Meter Contest and the SARTG New Year RTTY Contest are all scheduled for January 1, 2019.
The AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest, UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest, 40-Meter QRP CW Fox Hunt, CWops Mini-CWT Test, and Phone Fray are all scheduled for January 2, 2019.
Please see December QST, page 70, January 2019 QST, page 91, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.

PROPSGSTION DE K7RA

Propagation de K7RA

29 December, 2018
No sunspots over our reporting week, December 20-26, so compared to the previous seven days average daily sunspot number declined from 3.4 to 0.
Average daily solar flux was 70, down slightly from 70.4.
Average planetary A index increased from 4.1 to 4.3, while average mid-latitude values went from 3 to 4.
Predicted solar flux is 69 on December 28 through January 4, 72 on January 5, 70 on January 6-13, 69 on January 14 through 18, 71 on January 19-26, 72 on January 27 through February 1, 70 on February 2-9, and 69 on February 10.
Predicted planetary A index is 8, 12, 8, 12 and 10 on December 28 through January 1, 5 on January 2-4, then 10, 10 and 8 on January 5-7, 5 on January 8-12, 8 on January 13, then 5, 5 and 12 on January 14-16, 5 on January 17-19, 8 on January 20, 5 on January 21-23, then 8, 12, 10 and 8 on January 24-27, 5 on January 28-29, 10 and 12 on January 30-31, 10 on February 1-2, 8 on February 3, and 5 on February 4-10.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period December 28, 2018 to January 23, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on January 10-12, 22-23
Quiet to unsettled on January 13, 19
Quiet to active on December 28, 31, January 1-2, 9, 20 Unsettled to active on December 29, (30,) January (3-5,) 6-8, 14, 17-18, 21 Active to disturbed on January (15-16)
"Solar wind will intensify on December 28-31, January 1, (3-4,) 5-7, (8, 13-14,) 15-16, (17-19)
"Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
Al Brown, W1VTP of Manchester, New Hampshire sent this email:
"I manage The Vermont Net on 3975 kHz at 2330 UTC. We have been having propagation issues since November. I recall similar difficulties back in 2009 and it straightened out somewhere around mid Feb 2010. I have used the foF2 map (see https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/HF_Systems/6/5) put out by the Australian government for some time but it doesn't always make sense. I understand that amateur radio operators are mostly interested in DX (make that 'long haul') propagation. But some of us have regional nets with average distance of 100 miles.
"Do you have any other explanation where I could predict propagation for a given night? I'm thinking it may have something to do with a disturbance in the magnetosphere and the effect of coronal dark holes when pointed at earth but do not have any reference material to back that up.
"The closest thing I have is that foF2 map but it doesn't always work out that way."
We covered the same issue in this bulletin in the past, but I can't locate the bulletin. This happens when sunspot numbers are too low to support local propagation on 75-80 meters. We might think of local nets in that part of the spectrum using groundwave propagation, but for wider coverage beyond line-of-sight it depends on high angle signals reflecting back from the ionosphere.
This is why NVIS antennas are useful (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_vertical_
incidence_skywave ).
When I asked K9LA about this, Carl responded, "The MUF can be low enough that high angle 75m/80m signals go thru the ionosphere at night during the winter (especially at solar minimum). As you know, with high angle signals, the MUF is pretty close to foF2 - so foF2 could be a good indicator. You may have to modify foF2 a bit based on distance. And having an ionosonde near you would be best."
Here is a site with a number of links to ionosondes:
http://giro.uml.edu/
IonogramMovies/
Note the link to Millstone Hill, which may be the closest ionosonde to W1VTP.
Click on the MHJ45 link.
Clicking on that link goes to a page with ionosonde data from 1992 to 2018.
If you click on 2018, it will take you to links for all 12 months of the year. Click on December, and click on the latest date, and you will see links for every 15 minutes of the day. I clicked on the latest one, which was for 0930 UTC at the time. It showed the foF2 value at 2.45 MHz, which is too low to support local high angle coverage for 75 meters, but 160 meters should work.
I see there are links to ionosondes at Wallops Island (Virginia), Boulder (Colorado), Eglin AFB (Florida), Idaho National Labs and many other locations around the globe.
K9LA suggested that the net could QSY to 160 meters when this happens.
The ionogram I am looking at currently can be seen here:
https://bit.ly/2CBuC5A
You see MHz on the X-axis and timing on the Y-axis. A chirp signal is swept across the HF spectrum, and the wispy looking echoes are what comes back. The various timings reveal the elevation of ionized layers.
This tool should help to get a handle on this propagation problem.
From 0000-2359 UTC on January 1, is the annual ARRL Straight Key Night operating event:
http://www.arrl.org/
straight-key-night
Dr. Tamitha Skov put out this video shortly after Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP051 was released last week, so this is a little out of date:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-T-mbt5Ag
You can check here for her more recent dispatches:
http://www.spaceweather
woman.com/
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.
For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for December 20 through 26, 2018 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 69.8, 71.1, 71, 70.2, 69.5, 69.6, and 68.7, with a mean of 70. Estimated planetary A indices were 12, 5, 3, 3, 4, 4, and 3, with a mean of 4.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 9, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, and 2, with a mean of 4.
• All propagation reports can be found at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation

TNX SOUTHGATE

SPOTLESS SUN

Spotless sun sparks geomagnetic storm

Solar Minimum is in full swing. No sunspots? No problem.
Last night the spotless sun produced a G1-class geomagnetic storm with bright auroras reported from Iceland to Alaska.
More lights are in the offing as a stream of solar wind is expected to buffet Earth's magnetic field for the next 24 to 48 hours.
Get the full story from Spaceweather.com

425 DX GROUP NEWS

29 December 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1443

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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  29/12      4X19HNY, 4X2XMAS, 4X3XMAS, 4X9XMAS: special calls     1440
till  31/12      4K100W: special callsign                              1400
till  31/12      4U1XMAS: special call (Vienna International Centre)   1440
till  31/12      5W20SAMOA: special callsign (Samoa, OC-097)           1392
till  31/12      9A36W and 9A61AA: special callsigns                   1391
till  31/12      DA200FWR: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      DJ70WAE: special callsign                             1391
till  31/12      DK200MARX: special callsign                           1391
till  31/12      DU7/G0CXF: OC-129                                     1428
till  31/12      EI100MCV: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      HA1973BA: special callsign                            1427
till  31/12      II2RR: special callsign                               1398
till  31/12      IR0FOC: special callsign (Sardinia)                   1394
till  31/12      IY1EY: special event station                          1434
till  31/12      LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns            1393
till  31/12      LZ532PSO: special callsign                            1392
till  31/12      OF9X: Santa Claus special callsign                    1442
till  31/12      S590RTVS: special callsign                            1407
till  31/12      SU9JT: Egypt                                          1399
till  31/12      SX60RAAG: special callsign                            1438
till  31/12      YOTA Month                                            1439
till  31/12      YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns               1399
till  01/01/2019 KH0TG: Mariana Islands (OC-086)                       1440
till  02/01/2019 JD1BMH: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara                1440
till  06/01/2019 S511PMC: special event station                        1440
till  07/01/2019 JI3DST/6, JS6RRR/6, JL3YWN/6: Tanega Island (AS-032)  1440
till  08/01/2019 YJ0AFU: Vanuatu (OC-035)                              1439
till  10/01/2019 HS0ZLS: Thailand                                      1441
till  14/01/2019 PJ2/SM4KYN: Curacao (SA-099)                          1440
till  19/01/2019 HI6/DK1FY/p: Dominican Republic (NA-096)              1442
till  24/01/2019 GB0HNY, GB0HNY, GB1HNY: special callsigns (England)   1443
till  24/01/2019 GB2HNY, GB4HNY, GB5HNY: special callsigns (England)   1443
till  24/01/2019 GB6HNY, GB8HNY, GB9HNY: special callsigns (England)   1443
till  31/01/2019 5R8IC: Sainte-Marie Island (AF-090), Madagascar       1435
till  02/02/2019 J68GD: St Lucia (NA-108)                              1434
till  10/02/2019 FK/F6OBD: New Caledonia                               1441
till  14/02/2019 WA5LFD/p: North Padre Island (NA-092)                 1442
till  09/03/2019 C5YK: The Gambia                                      1438
till  16/03/2019 TR8CR: Gabon                                          1439
till  31/03/2019 GB100RAF: special callsign                            1404
till  March 2019 RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica          1421
till  March 2019 RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica          1421
till  March 2019 VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005)                      1406
till  01/04/2019 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1433
till  June  2019 Z81D: South Sudan                                     1440
till  23/10/2019 4U73B: special callsign (Italy)                       1434
29/12-05/01/2019 OZ/DJ1AA/m (EU-171) and OZ/DJ1AA/p                    1443
30/12-08/01/2019 RA19NY, RC19NY, RK19NY: special callsigns             1443
30/12-08/01/2019 RM19NY, RO19NY, RT19NY: special callsigns             1443
30/12-08/01/2019 RU19NY, RW19NY, RZ19NY: special callsigns             1443
December         DP1POL: Neumayer III Station, Antarctica (AN-016)     1440
December         E51DWC: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1441
December         ET3YOTA: Ethiopia                                     1435
December         H44SHD: Uepi Island (OC-149), Solomon Islands         1438
December         II4FRD: special callsign                              1391
December         PF2018xxx: special callsigns                          1387
December         V51KM (Namibia) and A25KM (Botswana)                  1439
December         VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047)                        1420
2018-2019        VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016)             1431
2018-2019        ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica    1431
01/01-14/01/2019 GB50WAB: special callsign (Northern Ireland)          1443
01/01-28/01/2019 GB2KW: special event station (Scotland)               1443
01/01-31/01/2019 GB9WAB: special callsign (England)                    1443
01/01-30/06/2019 DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU: special callsigns         1442
01/01-30/06/2019 DF13MUC, DF13PAR, DF13STO: special callsigns          1442
01/01-15/08/2019 H31A: special callsign (Panama)                       1442
01/01-31/12/2019 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA)           1443
01/01-31/12/2019 DQ1200ASP: special callsign                           1443
01/01-31/12/2019 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland)         1443
02/01-15/02/2019 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia         1439
04/01-06/01/2019 4X0M: special callsign                                1440
04/01-14/01/2019 VI25AJI: special event station                        1443
05/01-06/01/2019 GB8KW: special event station (England)                1443
05/01-12/01/2019 5K6RM: special event station                          1443
05/01-02/02/2019 S79AA: Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles                      1441
09/01-21/01/2019 9LY1JM: Banana Island (AF-037), Sierra Leone          1439
10/01-17/01/2019 AU2HAM: Sagar Island (AS-153)                         1441
12/01-20/01/2019 ZF2PG: Cayman Islands (NA-016)                        1443
13/01-25/01/2019 HC8GET: Galapagos Islands (SA-004)                    1443
14/01-13/03/2019 FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                1441
17/01-20/01/2019 ZL7/JA0JHQ: Chatham Islands (OC-038)                  1439
18/01-20/01/2019 ZY6C: Itaparica Island (SA-023)                       1443
18/01-14/02/2019 9X2AW: Rwanda                                         1441
21/01-31/01/2019 IG9/S50X, IG9/S52P, IG9/S54W: Lampedusa Isl (AF-019)  1443
21/01-31/01/2019 IG9/S56DX, IG9/S57DX, IG9/S59A: Lampedusa Isl (AF-019)1443
24/01-31/01/2019 IH9/LZ1UQ and IH9/LZ1PM: Pantelleria Island (AF-018)  1443
31/01-05/02/2019 P29VCX: Manus Island (OC-025)                         1429
January     2019 DP1POL: Neumayer III Station, Antarctica (AN-016)     1440
January     2019 E51DWC: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1441
January     2019 RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016)           1441
January     2019 V51KM (Namibia) and A25KM (Botswana)                  1439
06/02-11/02/2019 P29NI: Daru Island (OC-153)                           1429
06/02-18/02/2019 V84SAA: Brunei (OC-088)                               1443
11/02-26/02/2019 XX9D: Coloane (AS-075), Macau                         1439
16/02-05/03/2019 T31EU: Kanton Island, Central Kiribati (OC-043)       1433
22/02-07/03/2019 TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad                                 1437
February    2019 DP1POL: Neumayer III Sta tion, Antarctica (AN-016)    1440
February    2019 RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016)           1441
10/05-13/05/2019 KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
20/09-06/10/2019 5X0T and 5X0X: Uganda                                 1436
October     2019 VP6: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)                         1441
October     2019 ZK3: Tokelau Islands (OC-048)                         1441
TBA              3Y0I: Bouvet Island                                   1442

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29 December 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1443

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DL     - Members of DARC Ortsverein Hohenasperg will be active on  all bands
         and modes as DQ1200ASP from 1 January until 31 December to mark the
         1200th anniversary of the city of Asperg.  QSL via LoTW, the bureau
         (preferred), or direct to DK1AX. "We collect QSLs!", they say.
G      - Celebrating  the  New Year  2019,  special  event stations  GB0HNY,
         GB0HNY, GB1HNY, GB2HNY, GB4HNY,  GB5HNY, GB6HNY, GB8HNY and  GB9HNY
         will be active  from  28 December until 24 January.  They are being
         run  by  members  of Denby Dale ARS: "whilst we are not issuing any
         QSL cards",  they  say,  "you can  claim  a  special  commemorative
         certificate for working 4 stations by sending your list of contacts
         via email only to Darran, G0BWB (g0bwb[@]g0bwb.com)".
G      - Celebrating the anniversary of the founding  of  KW Electronics  by
         Rowley Shears, G8KW (5 January 1953), special event  station  GB8KW
         will be active from  Eltham, England  on 5-6 January using  vintage
         equipment. QSL via G0UKN.
GM     - Special event station GB2KW will be  active  on  1-28 January  from
         near  Inverness, Scotland  using  a variety  of  different  vintage
         transceivers,  transmitters  and   receivers  manufactured  by   KW
         Electronics Ltd during the 1960s and 1970s.  Logsearch  on Club Log
         and QSL via LoTW only.
HB9    - To celebrate  the  90th anniversary of  Switzerland's  IARU  member
         Society (USKA), HB9 and HB3  stations are  allowed to change  their
         prefixes  to  HB90  and  HB30  respectively  from  1 January to  31
         December 2019.   The  Union  Schweizerischer  Kurzwellen   Amateure
         (https://www.uska.ch/) was founded on 4 August 1929.
HC8    - Gerhard, OE3GEA will be active as HC8GET from the Galapagos Islands
         (SA-004) on 13-25 January. He will be QRV on 30-10 meters.  QSL via
         home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
HK     - Once again Colombian special event station  5K6RM  will  be  active
         during  the  annual  Feria  (Fair)  de Manizales  on  5-12 January.
         Operations will be on 160-2 metres  SSB, CW and digital modes.  QSL
         via LoTW, eQSL, bureau, or direct.
I      - Slovenian operators S50X, S52P, S54W, S56DX, S57DX and S59A will be
         active  on all bands  and modes  as  IG9/homecalls  from  Lampedusa
         Island (AF-019) on 21-31 January.  They will participate in the  CQ
         WW 160-Meter CW  Contest  as  IG9/S59A.  QSL via home  calls.  [TNX
         S57DX]
I      - LZ1UQ and LZ1PM will  be active  as  IH9/LZ1UQ and  IH9/LZ1PM  from
         Pantelleria Island (AF-018) on 24-31 January.  They will be QRV  on
         160-10  metres CW and SSB, and will participate in  the  UBA DX SSB
         Contest  (26-27 January)  and  in  the  CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest.
         QSL via home calls. [TNX LZ1PM]
OZ     - Mirko, DJ1AA will be active holiday style from  Denmark between  29
         December  and  5 January.  He will operate as  OZ/DJ1AA/p  from the
         mainland, and as OZ/DJ1AA/m from Mors Island (EU-171). QSL via home
         call, direct or bureau.
PY     - PP2OK, PY6DQ, PY6TV and PY6ZK will be active as ZY6C from Itaparica
         Island (SA-023) on 18-20 January.  They will operate  SSB and CW on
         the five traditional bands. QSL direct to PY6TV.
UA     - Special callsigns RA19NY, RC19NY, RK19NY, RM19NY,  RO19NY,  RT19NY,
         RU19NY, RW19NY and RZ19NY  will be active  from  30 December  to  8
         January for the "Russian New Year 2019" radio marathon organized by
         the  Miller  DX  Club.  QSL  via  Club  Log's  OQRS.  A  number  of
         certificates will be available, see http://mdxc.hamlog.ru.
V8     - Krassy, K1LZ  and  a  large  multi-national  team  (9M6JC,  9M6KOM,
         9M6ZAE, 9M6ZIM, JT1CO, K1ZM,  KK1ZM, KO8SCA,  LZ1NK, LZ2HM,  PY5EG,
         RA9USU, RN5M, S55M, VK3FY, YT1AD,  V85TL and V85AN) will  be active
         as V84SAA from Brunei (OC-088) on 6-18 February.  Activity  will be
         on 160-10 metres with a focus on the low bands. On FT8 they will be
         using WSJT-X 2.0.0 with "a mix of straight FT8 and Fox/Hound mode".
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via LZ1JZ. More information can be
         found at http://v84saa.ko8sca.com/.
VK     - Special event station  VI25AJI  will  be  active  during  the  25th
         Australian Jamboree, to be held  on  4-14 January  at  Tailem Bend,
         South Australia.
ZF     - Pete, K8PGJ will be active again as  ZF2PG from the  Cayman Islands
         (NA-016) on  12-20 January.  He will operate  SSB on the  HF bands,
         with holiday style activity  except during  the  North American QSO
         Party (from  18 UTC on  19 January to 6 UTC  on the 20th).  QSL via
         LoTW or direct to home call.

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CNPOTA ---> Supported  by  Radio Amateurs of Canada  and  Parks Canada,  the
"Canadian National Parks On The Air" (CNPOTA) event will run from  1 January
until 31 December 2019.  Complete information, including the list of  CNPOTA
Units (National Parks and National Historic Sites)  eligible  for the event,
can be found at https://cnpota.ca/.

CQ DX MARATHON ---> The  CQ  DX  Marathon  is  a  year-long  DX  hunt,  with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of  countries
("entities") and  CQ zones during  the calendar year.  The 2019 edition will
start at 00.00 UTC on 1 January  and  will end at 23.59 UTC  on 31 December.
Complete details can be found at http://www.dxmarathon.com/.

INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid DX Group is seeking nominations  for
their  annual  Intrepid Spirit Award  and  Humanitarian Award.  The Intrepid
Spirit Award  (http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php)  is made in memory  of
James McLaughlin,  WA2EWE/T6AF  (killed in  Kabul, Afghanistan,  on 27 April
2011).  The award is given to the individual  or group that  most  displayed
their "intrepid spirit" in 2018, by expressing "an unshakable commitment  to
the  Amateur Radio DX Community".  The Humanitarian Award  is  given to  the
individual  or group  that most serves  their fellow man via  Amateur Radio.
Nominations  may be submitted via email to  intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com  and
must be received by  15 January.  The Board of Directors of the  Intrepid DX
Group will evaluate the nominations and the awards will be presented  at the
International DX Convention in Visalia on 13 April.

WAB GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ---> 2019 marks the 50th anniversary  of  the  Worked
All Britain Awards Group.  To mark the occasion,  three  new awards  will be
introduced for 2019 only.  In conjunction with the new awards,  GB50WAB will
run throughout the year, along with a number of other regional special event
stations.  This commences on 1 January, with GB50WAB for two weeks from  C62
in Northern Ireland, and GB9WAB for four weeks from  SK51 in  Leicestershire
(England).  For details of  the  special  Golden Anniversary Awards,  please
visit http://worked-all-britain.org.uk. [TNX GB2RS]

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QSLs received direct or  through  managers: 3C0W, 3C3W, 5U9AMO, 5Z4LS, 6V7A,
6Y3T, 7S75AA, 8P9AE, 9Y4/LY2IJ,  A52BH, C31CT,  CT9/DL5AXX, CW0L,  DL32EUDX,
DS2GOO/3,  E725SRRS,  EL2EL/4 (AF-111),  ES0UG/8 (EU-178),  FG/F6ARC,  KH8C,
KP4/EI9FBB (NA-249), OX3LX, PU0FDN, RT65KI (AS-065),  TO6OK (AF-027), TT8KO,
UK9AA, V34AO, V73MT, VK0AI, ZA5V,

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                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
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IOTA News from the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

27 December, 2018

Island activities:
IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz
AS-032; JA6, Osumi Islands: Take/JI3DST activates Tanega Island (WW
Loc. PM50) between Dec. 26 and Jan. 7. QRV as JI3DST/6, JS6RRR/6,
and JL3YWN/6 on 80-6m (SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8, FM). QSL via JI3DST,
ClubLog OQRS.
NA-092; W5, Texas State West (Cameron to Calhoun County) group:
Rich/WA5LFD will be active as WA5FLD/p from North Padre Island
between Dec. 27 and Jan. 14. QRV on 80-10m on CW, SSB, and RTTY.
QSL via LoTW or via WA5LFD (d).
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de

Special prefix for Switzerland

The Swiss national radio society Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen
Amateure (USKA) will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2019.
Throughout the whole year, HB9-stations may use the prefix HB90,
together with their suffix; and HB3-stations likewise the prefix
HB30.
https://www.uska.ch/

This Weeks Contests by WA7BNM

THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
                        Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM

                           December 24 - 31, 2018 Edition

NOTICE: The WA7BNM Contest Calendar has permanently moved to: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ Please update any links to the calendar.

The web versions of this contest calendar can be found at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/  You can also access a text version of the weekly calendar at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycal.txt

Please send corrections and additions directly to me. The web calendars are updated as new contest information is received. If you wish to unsubscribe, please notify me and you'll be immediately removed from the mailing list.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn@hornucopia.com)

This e-mail is divided into three sections:
- Details of this week's contests
- List of following week's contests
- Contest log submittal addresses and deadlines for recent contests

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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Dec 26
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./power)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
 Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
 Submit logs by: 2359Z December 30, 2018
 E-mail log summary to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/submit-display.php
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/

Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Dec 26
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: 100 watts
 Exchange: NA: Name + (state/province/country)
           non-NA: Name
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per QSO
             non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station
 Multipliers: Each US state (including KH6/KL7) once per band
              Each VE province/territory once per band
              Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0300Z December 28, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf

DARC Christmas Contest: 0830Z-1059Z, Dec 26
 Mode: CW, SSB
 Bands: 80, 40m
 Classes: Single Op (CW/SSB/Mixed) (Low/High)
 Max operating hours: 2.5 hours
 Max power: HP: >100W
            LP: <=100W
 Exchange: DL: RS(T) + DOK (or "NM" if not a DARC member)
           non-DL: RS(T) + QSO No.
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point
 Multipliers: DOK, once per band
              Prefixes, once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: January 15, 2019
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Upload log at: http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/weihnachtswettbewerb/logupload/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/weihnachtswettbewerb/en/

CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Dec 26 and 1900Z-2000Z, Dec 26 and 0300Z-0400Z, Dec 27
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
 Max power: HP: >100 watts
            LP: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: Member: Name + Member No.
           non-Member: Name + (state/province/country)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: Each call once
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0400Z December 29, 2018
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/

NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Dec 28
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: RTTY
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: December 30, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html

NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Dec 28
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: December 30, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

RAC Winter Contest: 0000Z-2359Z, Dec 29
 Mode: CW, Phone
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
 Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
          Single Op CW
          Single Op Phone
          Single Op Single Band
          Multi-Single (Low/High)
          Multi-Multi
 Max operating hours: 24 hours
 Max power: HP: >100 watts
            LP: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: VE: RS(T) + (province/territory)
           non-VE and VE0: RS(T) + Serial No.
 QSO Points: VE/VE0: 10 points
             non-VE/VE0: 2 points
             RAC official stations: 20 points
 Multipliers: VE provinces and territories (13), once per mode per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: January 31, 2019
 E-mail logs to: canadawinter[at]rac[dot]ca
 Mail logs to: Radio Amateurs of Canada
               720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
               Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5
               Canada
 Find rules at: https://wp.rac.ca/rac-canada-winter-contest-rules-2018/

Stew Perry Topband Challenge: 1500Z, Dec 29 to 1500Z, Dec 30
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160m Only
 Classes: Single Op
          Multi-Op
 Max operating hours: 14 hours
 Max power: HP: >100 watts
            LP: 5-100 watts
            QRP: <5 br="" watts=""> Exchange: 4-Character grid square
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO plus 1 point per 500 km
             multiply QSO points by 2 if low power station
             multiply QSO points by 4 if QRP station
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x power multiplier
 Submit logs by: January 14, 2019
 E-mail logs to: tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
 Mail logs to: BARC
               50335 NW Hayward Rd
               Manning, OR 97125
               USA
 Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/

Original QRP Contest: 1500Z, Dec 29 to 1500Z, Dec 30
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80, 40, 20m
 Classes: Single Op (VLP/QRP/MP)(Handmade/Open)
 Max operating hours: 15 hours
 Max power: VLP: 1W
            QRP: 5W
            MP: 20W
 Exchange: RST + Serial No. + "/" + Power category
 QSO Points: QSO with station who submits log: 4 points
             QSO with station that does not submit log: 1 point
             15% bonus for use of TR/TRX assembled from kit
             30% bonus for use of unique handmade TR/TRX
 Multipliers: DXCC Countries: 2 mult points if station submits log, 1 mult point if no log
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mult points
 Submit logs by: January 31, 2019
 E-mail logs to: oqrpc[at]qrpcc[dot]de
 Mail logs to: Lutz Gutheil, DL1RNN
               Bergstrasse 17
               D-38446 Wolfsburg
               Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/oqrpr.html

Bogor Old and New Contest: 0900Z-2359Z, Dec 31
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 80, 40m
 Classes: Single Op
          Multi-Op
 Exchange: RS + operator age
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with same country
             3 points per QSO with same continent
             5 points per QSO with different continent
             11 points per QSO with YE1ZAL
 Multipliers: Each prefix once
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: January 31, 2019
 E-mail logs to: log[at]orari-bogor[dot]org
 Upload log at: http://contest.orari-bogor.org/log-submission
 Mail logs to: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
               10th BOGOR OLD AND NEW CONTEST
               PO. BOX 376 BOGOR – 16003
               WEST JAVA
               INDONESIA
 Find rules at: http://www.orari-bogor.org/contest/#!/rules


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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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AGB New Year Snowball Contest                        0000Z-0100Z, Jan 1
SARTG New Year RTTY Contest                          0800Z-1100Z, Jan 1
AGCW Happy New Year Contest                          0900Z-1200Z, Jan 1
AGCW VHF/UHF Contest                                 1400Z-1700Z, Jan 1 (144)
                                                      1700Z-1800Z, Jan 1 (432)
QRP ARCI New Years Sprint                            1500Z-1800Z, Jan 1
QRP Fox Hunt                                         0200Z-0330Z, Jan 2
Phone Fray                                           0230Z-0300Z, Jan 2
CWops Mini-CWT Test                                  1300Z-1400Z, Jan 2
                                                      1900Z-2000Z, Jan 2
                                                      0300Z-0400Z, Jan 3
UKEICC 80m Contest                                   2000Z-2100Z, Jan 2
AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest                 2300Z, Jan 2 to 2300Z, Jan 3
                                                      2300Z, Jan 5 to 2300Z, Jan 6
NRAU 10m Activity Contest                            1800Z-1900Z, Jan 3 (CW)
                                                      1900Z-2000Z, Jan 3 (SSB)
                                                      2000Z-2100Z, Jan 3 (FM)
                                                      2100Z-2200Z, Jan 3 (Dig)
SKCC Sprint Europe                                   2000Z-2200Z, Jan 3
NCCC RTTY Sprint                                     0145Z-0215Z, Jan 4
QRP Fox Hunt                                         0200Z-0330Z, Jan 4
NCCC Sprint                                          0230Z-0300Z, Jan 4
PODXS 070 Club PSKFest                               0000Z-2400Z, Jan 5
WW PMC Contest                                       1200Z, Jan 5 to 1200Z, Jan 6
RSGB AFS Contest, CW                                 1300Z-1700Z, Jan 5
ARRL RTTY Roundup                                    1800Z, Jan 5 to 2400Z, Jan 6
ARRL Kids Day                                        1800Z-2359Z, Jan 5
EUCW 160m Contest                                    2000Z-2300Z, Jan 5
                                                      0400Z-0700Z, Jan 6
IQRP Quarterly Marathon                              0800Z, Jan 7 to 2000Z, Jan 13
ARS Spartan Sprint                                   0200Z-0400Z, Jan 8


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CONTEST LOG SUBMITTAL DEADLINES FOR RECENT CONTESTS
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Please consult the individual contest rules to determine what log
documentation must be submitted (i.e. summary sheet, dupe sheets, etc.).
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NCCC Sprint:   December 23, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint:   December 23, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://www.qrpcontest.com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/contests/142-holiday-homebrew-sprint

NCCC RTTY Sprint:   December 23, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest:   December 23, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/

Padang DX Contest:   December 23, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  https://padangdxc.com/log-submission/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: https://padangdxc.com/2015/11/02/padang-dx-contest-dx-station-rules/

NAQCC CW Sprint:   December 23, 2018
 E-mail:  naqcc33[at]windstream[dot]net
          jcoreyc[at]gmail[dot]com
 Upload log at:  http://naqcc.info/sprint_submit_log.html
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint201812mw.html

Croatian CW Contest:   December 24, 2018
 Upload log at:  http://www.hamradio.hr/hfrobot
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: https://9acw.org/index.php/rules/english/129-rules-2018

ARRL EME Contest:   December 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (upload preferred)
 Upload log at:  http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php
 Mail:  EME Contest
        ARRL
        225 Main St.
        Newington, CT 06111
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest

ARRL EME Contest:   December 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (upload preferred)
 Upload log at:  http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php
 Mail:  EME Contest
        ARRL
        225 Main St.
        Newington, CT 06111
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest

ARRL EME Contest:   December 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (upload preferred)
 Upload log at:  http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php
 Mail:  EME Contest
        ARRL
        225 Main St.
        Newington, CT 06111
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest

Russian 160-Meter Contest:   December 28, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://ua9qcq.com/contests/robot.php
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/90.html

UN DIGI Contest:   December 29, 2018
 E-mail:  un-digi-c[at]mail[dot]ru
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://kfrr.kz/?p=3798&lang=ru

IPARC Contest, CW:   December 31, 2018
 E-mail:  dj6qq[at]darc[dot]de
 Mail:  Uwe Greggersen, DJ6QQ
        Hurststr 9
        D-51645 Gummersbach
        Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.iparc.de

IPARC Contest, SSB:   December 31, 2018
 E-mail:  dj6qq[at]darc[dot]de
 Mail:  Uwe Greggersen, DJ6QQ
        Hurststr 9
        D-51645 Gummersbach
        Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.iparc.de

JIDX Phone Contest:   December 31, 2018
 E-mail:  ph[at]jidx[dot]org
 Mail:  JIDX Phone Contest
        P.O.Box 22,
        Mitaka,
        Tokyo 181-8799
        Japan
 Find rules at: http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html

International Naval Contest:   December 31, 2018
 E-mail:  inc2018[at]nra[dot]pt
 Mail:  Núcleo de Radioamadores da Armada
        Base Naval de Lisboa - Alfeite
        2810-001 Alfeite
        Portugal
 Find rules at: http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/show.php3?pos=16

AWA Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party:   January 1, 2019
 E-mail:  dgparker2[at]wisc[dot]edu
 Mail:  Dave Parker
        PO Box 6
        Prairie du Sac, WI  53578
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/bruce-kelley-memorial-cw-qso-party.html

Gedebage CW Contest:   January 6, 2019
 E-mail:  orari[dot]bandung[at]gmail[dot]com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://olkb.or.id

CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run:   January 8, 2019
 E-mail:  vkumagai[at]q[dot]com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.coloradoqrpclub.org/contests/snow.htm

UFT Contest:   January 14, 2019
 E-mail:  f6cel[at]orange[dot]fr
 Mail:  (Ghislain BARBASON
        5, rue de l'écluse
        F-02190 PIGNICOURT
        France
 Find rules at: http://www.uft.net/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=116&mnuid=105&tconfig=0

AGB-Party Contest:   January 18, 2019
 E-mail:  eu1eu[at]mail[dot]ru
 Mail:  Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU
        P.O.Box 143
        Minsk 220005
        BELARUS
 Find rules at: http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_party.htm

RAEM Contest:   January 22, 2019
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 Upload log at:  http://ua9qcq.com/
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 Find rules at: http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/
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Christmas

A Merry Christmas to All

And Good DXing to All

IOTA News

24 December, 2018

Island activities:
AF-019. Drago, S59A, will be active as IG9/S59A from Lampedusa Island between January 21-31st, 2019. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, and this will include the CQWW DX 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via his home callsign.
AS-060. Operators Tae-Su/DS3EXX and Son/DS3HWS are now active as
DS3EXX/4 and DS3HWS/4 from Shin Ji Island, South Korea, until December 24th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8.
QSL via DS3EXX, direct or LoTW.
OC-066. Hiro, JI1JKW, will be active as FO/JI1JKW from Fakarava Atoll,
Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, between December 23-26th.
Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign.
PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin......
Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

TNX Southgate

K7RA Solar Report

On Wednesday, December 19 Spaceweather.com displayed this headline:
"Solar minimum conditions are in effect," followed by "The Sun has been without sunspots for 209 days in 2018--that is, 59% of the time. To find a similar stretch of blank Suns, you have to go back to 2009 when the Sun was experiencing the deepest solar minimum in a century."
Looking at my own records, I show the average daily sunspot number for all of 2009 was 5.05, and average daily solar flux was 70.6.
Looking at the past two months (October 19 through December 19) the same values were 3.6 and 69.4, so we are clearly down in the same sort of minima.
Of course, there are many ways to slice and dice the numbers, so rather than 3.6 and 69.4 from the past two months, looking at all the numbers for 2018 so far, we see averages of 6.6 and 69.9. Average daily sunspot numbers for the past week were 3.4 (there were only two days with any visible sunspots) which was down from 9.7 in the previous week.
Average daily solar flux declined only slightly from 70.7 to 70.4.
Average planetary A index decreased from 8 to 4.1, while average mid-latitude A index went from 6.4 to 3.
Predicted solar flux for the next 45 days is 70 on December 21-23, 72 on December 24, 70 on December 25-27, 72 on December 28 through January 4, 70 on January 5-16, 72 on January 17-31, and 70 on February 1-3.
Predicted planetary A index is 8, 5 and 5 on December 21-23, then 8, 5 and 5 again on December 24-26, then 8 on December 27-28, then 12, 10 and 8 on December 29-31, 5 on January 1-2, then 10, 12, 10, 10 and 8 on January 3-7, 5 on January 8-12, 8 on January 13, 5 on January 14-23, then 8, 12, 10 and 8 on January 24-27, 5 on January 28-29, then 10, 12, 10, 10 and 8 on January 30 through February 3.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period December 21 to January 16, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on December 23, 25-27, January 10-12 Quiet to unsettled on December 21-22, 24, January 9, 13 Quiet to active on December 28, January 1-2 Unsettled to active on December 29, (31), January (3-5,) 6-8, 14 Active to disturbed on December (30,) January (15-16)
"Solar wind will intensify on November 30 and on December (24-27,) 28-31, January 1, (3-4,) 5-7, (8, 14,) 15-16
"Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
Here is an exchange between W8BYA and N0JK about their activity during the Geminid meteor shower, which peaked on December 14:
"Hi Jon, so excited just had to share with you. After over 6-7 years of trying KE7NR/P in DM54ah and myself completed on 2m MS using MSK144 several days before the Geminid peak date. I had a good feeling when right off the bat I received this +20 dB decode from him:
"150700 20 20.2 1527 & W8BYA KE7NR DM54
"Anyway, this was very late AM and represents my best 2m non-EME DX at 1425 miles and non-EME grid #373.
"Gedas, W8BYA
"I ended up with 9 Geminids m/s Qs on 6 meters. All MSK144. Best DX probably W3CP EM74. Some fairly short distance M/S Qs such as KV5W EM22 and K0TPP EM48. Saw decodes on K0WDO EM17, N0LWF EN10, and several on KA9CFD EN40 - which are fairly close in and would imply high MUF. I was on early morning Dec. 14.
"100 w, 3 el Yagi.
"Jon N0JK"
The latest from Dr. Tamitha Skov, the Space Weather Woman:
https://youtu.be/wt-T-mbt5Ag
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.
For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for December 13 through 19, 2018 were 0, 12, 12, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 3.4. 10.7 cm flux was 70.2, 70.8, 71.2, 69.8, 70.1, 70.4, and 70.2, with a mean of 70.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 3, 3, 2, 2, 6, 7, and 6, with a mean of 4.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 2, 3, 1, 1, 5, 5, and 4, with a mean of 3.
• All propagation reports can be found at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation

425 DX Group News

22 December 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1442

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                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  22/12      Z66DH: Kosovo                                         1441
till  23/12      KT3Q/2: Long Island (NA-026)                          1441
till  23/12      OE120MF: special callsign                             1442
till  24/12      RI1ANC: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016)           1441
till  27/12      P4/DL6RAI: Aruba (SA-036)                             1440
till  27/12      TM70ONU: special callsign (France)                    1425
till  31/12      4K100W: special callsign                              1400
till  31/12      4U1XMAS: special call (Vienna International Centre)   1440
till  31/12      5W20SAMOA: special callsign (Samoa, OC-097)           1392
till  31/12      9A36W and 9A61AA: special callsigns                   1391
till  31/12      DA200FWR: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      DJ70WAE: special callsign                             1391
till  31/12      DK200MARX: special callsign                           1391
till  31/12      DU7/G0CXF: OC-129                                     1428
till  31/12      EI100MCV: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      HA1973BA: special callsign                            1427
till  31/12      II2RR: special callsign                               1398
till  31/12      IR0FOC: special callsign (Sardinia)                   1394
till  31/12      IY1EY: special event station                          1434
till  31/12      LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns            1393
till  31/12      LZ532PSO: special callsign                            1392
till  31/12      OF9X: Santa Claus special callsign                    1442
till  31/12      S590RTVS: special callsign                            1407
till  31/12      SU9JT: Egypt                                          1399
till  31/12      SX60RAAG: special callsign                            1438
till  31/12      YOTA Month                                            1439
till  31/12      YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns               1399
till  02/01/2019 JD1BMH: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara                1440
till  06/01/2019 S511PMC: special event station                        1440
till  10/01/2019 HS0ZLS: Thailand                                      1441
till  14/01/2019 PJ2/SM4KYN: Curacao (SA-099)                          1440
till  19/01/2019 HI6/DK1FY/p: Dominican Republic (NA-096)              1442
till  31/01/2019 5R8IC: Sainte-Marie Island (AF-090), Madagascar       1435
till  02/02/2019 J68GD: St Lucia (NA-108)                              1434
till  10/02/2019 FK/F6OBD: New Caledonia                               1441
till  09/03/2019 C5YK: The Gambia                                      1438
till  16/03/2019 TR8CR: Gabon                                          1439
till  31/03/2019 GB100RAF: special callsign                            1404
till  March 2019 RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica          1421
till  March 2019 RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica          1421
till  March 2019 VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005)                      1406
till  01/04/2019 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1433
till  June  2019 Z81D: South Sudan                                     1440
till  23/10/2019 4U73B: special callsign (Italy)                       1434
22/12-24/12      DS3EXX/4 and DS3HWS/4: Shinji Island (AS-060)         1442
23/12-26/12      FO/JI1JKW: Tuamotu Islands (OC-066), French Polynesia 1442
25/12-29/12      4X19HNY, 4X2XMAS, 4X3XMAS, 4X9XMAS: special calls     1440
25/12-08/01/2019 YJ0AFU: Vanuatu (OC-035)                              1439
26/12-01/01/2019 KH0TG: Mariana Islands (OC-086)                       1440
26/12-07/01/2019 JI3DST/6, JS6RRR/6, JL3YWN/6: Tanega Island (AS-032)  1440
27/12-14/02/2019 WA5LFD/p: North Padre Island (NA-092)                 1442
December         DP1POL: Neumayer III Station, Antarctica (AN-016)     1440
December         E51DWC: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1441
December         ET3YOTA: Ethiopia                                     1435
December         H44SHD: Uepi Island (OC-149), Solomon Islands         1438
December         II4FRD: special callsign                              1391
December         PF2018xxx: special callsigns                          1387
December         V51KM (Namibia) and A25KM (Botswana)                  1439
December         VY0BRR: Baffin Island (NA-047)                        1420
2018-2019        VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016)             1431
2018-2019        ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica    1431
01/01-30/06/2019 DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU: special callsigns         1442
01/01-30/06/2019 DF13MUC, DF13PAR, DF13STO: special callsigns          1442
01/01-15/08/2019 H31A: special callsign (Panama)                       1442
02/01-15/02/2019 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia         1439
04/01-06/01/2019 4X0M: special callsign                                1440
05/01-02/02/2019 S79AA: Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles                      1441
09/01-21/01/2019 9LY1JM: Banana Island (AF-037), Sierra Leone          1439
10/01-17/01/2019 AU2HAM: Sagar Island (AS-153)                         1441
14/01-13/03/2019 FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                1441
17/01-20/01/2019 ZL7/JA0JHQ: Chatham Islands (OC-038)                  1439
18/01-14/02/2019 9X2AW: Rwanda                                         1441
31/01-05/02/2019 P29VCX: Manus Island (OC-025)                         1429
January     2019 DP1POL: Neumayer III Station, Antarctica (AN-016)     1440
January     2019 E51DWC: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1441
January     2019 RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016)           1441
January     2019 V51KM (Namibia) and A25KM (Botswana)                  1439
06/02-11/02/2019 P29NI: Daru Island (OC-153)                           1429
11/02-26/02/2019 XX9D: Coloane (AS-075), Macau                         1439
16/02-05/03/2019 T31EU: Kanton Island, Central Kiribati (OC-043)       1433
22/02-07/03/2019 TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad                                 1437
February    2019 DP1POL: Neumayer III Sta tion, Antarctica (AN-016)    1440
February    2019 RI1ANV: Vostok Station, Antarctica (AN-016)           1441
10/05-13/05/2019 KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
20/09-06/10/2019 5X0T and 5X0X: Uganda                                 1436
October     2019 VP6: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)                         1441
October     2019 ZK3: Tokelau Islands (OC-048)                         1441
TBA              3Y0I: Bouvet Island                                   1442

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22 December 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1442

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                    *        TO ALL  OUR READERS        *
                    * WARMEST THOUGHTS  AND BEST WISHES *
                    *     FOR  A  WONDERFUL HOLIDAY     *
                    *    AND A VERY  HAPPY NEW  YEAR    *
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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DL     - Special event stations DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU, DF13MUC, DF13PAR
         and DF13STO will be active from 1 January to 30 June  to  celebrate
         the 100th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Junkers F 13, the
         world's first all-metal passenger aircraft that opened a new era in
         the history of aviation.  All QSOs will be  confirmed automatically
         via the bureau.  A website  where  to find  information  about  the
         event and the award is under construction at http://juf13.de/. [TNX
         DM2TO]
FO     - Hiro, JI1JKW Hiro will be active as FO/JI1JKW from  Fakarava Atoll,
         Tuamotu Islands (OC-066),  French Polynesia  on 23-26 December.  He
         plans to operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call,
         direct or bureau. [TNX JE1LFX]
HI     - Holger, DK1FY will be active as  HI6/DK1FY/p from  Lake Enriquillo,
         Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 18 December  until  19 January. He
         will operate mainly CW, SSB and maybe digital modes on 40-10m.  QSL
         via home call. [TNX NG3K]
HL     - DS3EXX/4 and DS3HWS/4 will be active from Shinji Island (AS-060) on
         22-24 December. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 160-10 metres.
         FT8 Fox & Hound  announced frequencies are 1825, 3545, 7070, 10130,
         14090, 18090,  21090,  24910  and  28090 kHz.  QSLs via DS3EXX  and
         logsearch on Club Log.
HP     - Victor, HP1AVS and others will be active as H31A from  1 January to
         15 August 2019  in  celebration of  the  500th anniversary  of  the
         founding of Panama La Vieja. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB,
         RTTY, FT8 and some PSK31. QSL via LoTW or via HP1AVS.
OE     - The Marine Funker Club Austria  (http://www.marinefunker.at/)  will
         be active as OE120MF  on  21-23 December  to commemorate the  120th
         anniversary of  the  first wireless  telegraphy trials between  two
         Austro-Hungarian Navy's ships (21 December 1898). QSL via OE6XMF.
OH     - Once again Santa Radio, OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas) will be  active
         to promote the Christmas spirit on the radio spectrum. The Hunt for
         Santa Claus will start on 21 December at 18.00 UTC, and will end on
         31 December at  24.00 UTC.  This year the radio operations  will be
         led by the "younger elves" - including Niko OH5CZ (18), Otava OH3OT
         (16), Arttu OH2FB (15) and others from their age group -  while the
         "regular elves" will be substituting. The youngsters will give a 2-
         Letter  X-report  (e.g.  "59 XN"  for  Niko),  the  more   seasoned
         operators  will give  a  3-letter report  (e.g. 59 RAI  for  Raimo,
         OH2BCI). Work OF9X on as many bands and modes as possible, and work
         as many elves as  possible to gain points.  More information can be
         found at https://www.qrz.com/db/of9x. QSL via OH2BH and  Club Log's
         OQRS.  This year OF9X has  partnered with the  Norwegian  Worldview
         International Foundation (http://www.wif.care/)  in  its mission to
         restore the mangrove forests in Asia. All Club Log donations of 10,
         25  or  100 US dollars  will result  in the planting  of  10/25/100
         mangrove trees in the dedicated Santa Claus section  at  WIF's Thor
         Heyerdahl Climate Park in Myanmar. [TNX OH2BH]
W      - Rich, WA5LFD will be active from  North Padre Island (NA-092)  from
         27 December to 14 February.  He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL
         via LoTW, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

3Y0I ---> "We've just completed our  50-day  long training  and  preparation
period prior to our DXpedition to Amateur Radio's 'Mount Everest': 3Y0I from
Bouvet Island", the team reported on 20 December.  "We approach our goals in
small steps,  but yet we're always moving forward", they say.  Plans  are to
land using "zodiac type high power boats"; once ashore,  the "equipment will
be transported up the glacier with professional alpine gear".  The equipment
includes four generators, four transceivers, four power amplifiers, three 2-
element  multiband Yagis,  three 8-band verticals,  sloper and two verticals
for 80 and 160m. For the time being, the team continues "preparations of our
expedition vessel for this demanding trip".  Read  the complete  release  on
https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/bouvet-update/

3Y0Z: REFUNDS --> "We are pleased that we can now offer refunds to all those
that helped support the  2018 Bouvet DXpedition (3Y0Z)",  K4UEE posted on 15
December.  "This  will begin  early  in  January 2019.  Please QRX  for  the
official  press release  with details,  your options and  instructions.  All
contributors (DX Foundations, DX Clubs,  the DXpedition Team and  Individual
DXers)  will  be  treated  equally  with  the same percentage (%)  of  their
contribution available to them. For those of you that do not want any  money
back, you will have other options. We believe you will be pleased as between
45-50% refund will be available".

CQ DX MARATHON ---> The  CQ  DX  Marathon  is  a  year-long  DX  hunt,  with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of  countries
("entities") and  CQ zones during  the  calendar year.  The deadline for log
submission - either online (new!) or by email - for the 2018 DX Marathon  is
5  January  2019  at  23.59 UTC.  Complete  instructions  can  be  found  at
http://www.dxmarathon.com/Submission/2018/Submission2018.htm.

IDXC 2019 ---> Registration for the 70th Annual International DX Convention,
to be held on 12-14 April at the  Visalia Convention Center in Visalia (CA),
is now open: http://dxconvention.com/index.html.

LOTW MILESTONE: ONE BILLION QSOS ---> As of 21 December, some  1,000,400,000
QSO records have been entered into  ARRL's Logbook of The World system.  The
1,000,000,000th record was uploaded by 7X3WPL  on 19 December  at  23:32 UTC
for a  20m SSB QSO  with  IW1DQS  that took place  on 28 December 2016.  The
upload resulted in a match (QSL). One billion QSOs represent  a  significant
milestone, but a more important statistic may be the nearly 188 million QSOs
confirmed  via  LoTW since 2003.  Today,  75% of all  DXCC applications  are
filed via  LoTW,  which  accounts  for  86%  of  confirmations applied.  See
www.arrl.org/news/arrl-s-logbook-of-the-world-tops-1-billion-qso-records.

RAEM CONTEST ---> The 47th RAEM Contest  (http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/)  will
be held on 23 December, from 00.00 UTC until 11.59 UTC, on 80,  40,  20,  15
and 10 metres CW. Organized by  he  Russian Amateur Radio Union (SRR),  this
annual event memorializes Ernst T. Krenkel (1903-1971), the legendary Arctic
explorer and radioman (callsign RAEM) on various polar stations  and  on the
first drifting ice station North Pole-1.

TX0M & TX0A ---> Adrian, KO8SCA and Cezar, VE3LYC logged 7,513 QSOs as  TX0M
from Morane Atoll (OC-297) on 6-10 December,  and  5,133 QSOs as  TX0A  from
Maria Est Atoll (OC-113) on 12-16 December.  The logs have been uploaded  to
Club Log, and the OQRS for both callsigns will be activated in due course.

YOTA 2019 ---> The  Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs  (BFRA)  will host
the 9th edition of the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Camp near Sofia on 11-17
August.  This annual event  brings together  young radio amateurs  from IARU
Region 1 member societies for a week,  creating an opportunity  to learn all
about different nationalities and cultures, foster international friendships
and goodwill, and learn new amateur radio skills. Should your member society
be interested  to participate,  applications  should  be submitted before  1
February 2019.  See  "Call for application:  Youngsters On The Air  Bulgaria
2019" on https://www.ham-yota.com/ or https://www.iaru-r1.org/.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B9FR       M0OXO       E51DWC      OK1DWC      PF2018WOR   PA0MBD
3Z0XMAS     SP6IEQ      E770NKSB    E79Q        PJ4DX       M0URX
4E1CVB/4    JA1PBV      EG40CE      EA5KB       PR2E        PY2AA
4K28MAY     4K4K        EH5TYF      EA5RKB      PT3T        PY3AA
4K9W        DL6KVA      EI100MCV    EI6AL       PZ5JW       EA5GL
4L1FL       EA7FTR      EL2EF       N2OO        R115RAEM    R4AS
4L1MA       ON4RU       EM1111U     US7UU       RI0BC       RW1AI
4L1R        W3HNK       EM25QFF     UT3QZ       RI1ANC      RN1ON
4L5P        UT7QF       EP4HR       IK2RZQ      RI1ANL      RN1ON
4S7KKG      DC0KK       FG8OJ       F4AVX       RI1ANM      RX3ABI
4U1WB       KK4HD       FM5BH       W3HNK       RZ4AZ       RW6HS
4U1XMAS     UA3DX       GB2GM       G3UCQ       S510SOTA    S50AAA
5B4ALG      EC6DX       HF100PW     SP3PGR      SK50AJ      SM5CBN
5P8VW/p     DJ8VW       HG18CEJ     HA3JO       SN1918WAR   SP5AXL
5R8AL       G3SWH       HG480UD     HA0NAR      SO750W      SP6CES
5R8UI       IZ8CCW      HH2MK       EB7DX       ST2NRD      ST2M
5W1SA       JA1DXA      HP3SS       AC2OV       TM4TLT      F4KIP
7S75AA      SK5AA  [b]  HS0ZNR      VK2BY       TM66BLM     F6KBR
7S75AA      SM5FUG [d]  J62DX       EB7DX       TR8CR       F6AJA
9A1WFF      9A2MF       JD1BMH      JD1BMH [b]  TT8FC       EA3GWK
9A36W       9A6W        JD1BMH      JG7PSJ [d]  TX0A        VE3LYC
9J2BO       G3TEV       KH2L        W3HNK       UE17DRW     RK4CYW
9V1EA       EA5GL       KL7SB       NI5DX       UN9GD       DL8KAC
9V1YC       W5UE        KT3Q/2      DF8DX       V31AX       M0URX
A65DR       N4GNR       OD5YA       IZ8CLM      V31MA       M0OXO
A91ND       A92AA       OD5ZF       IZ8CLM      VK0AI       VK5MQ
C31CT       EA3QS       OD5ZZ       NI5DX       YP7XMAS     YO2MSB
CN18JIM     EA7FTR      OL100BOB    OK2BOB      YP8XMAS     YO2MSB
CO2RQ       EC6DX       OM75TESLA   OM3KHT      YR1918BB    YO8AXP
CP4BT       DJ2BW       OM777CS     OM0CS       YU100WWI    YU1SRS
CP5HK       EC6DX       OP0PPY      ON7LX       Z21LS       DE1ZHB
CT9/NZ1C    DD5ZZ       P49MR       VE3MR       Z66DH       M0SDV
CX5DNT      ON5NT       PF2018DOK   PA0MBD      Z81D        OM3JW
DM900ZWI    DM5JBN      PF2018FRA   PA0MBD      ZF2LA       K9LA
DU1S/9      JA1PBV      PF2018HIN   PA0MBD      ZF2YL       AE9YL
E20AX       E21EIC      PF2018SNK   PA0MBD      ZW2F        PY2LCD

5C5W     Julio Volpe O'Neil, Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia), Spain
7X5FG    Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice L'Exil,
         France
A22LL    Schalk Van Vuuren, PO Box 144, Oudtshoorn, 6620, South Africa
CN2JF    Jean-Pierre Francois, 5 Lieu dit Les Treilleys, 33240 Verac, France
HV0A     Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
JA1PBV   Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 315-0042, Japan
KG4AY    SSG David E. Peck Jr, PSC 201 Box 780, APO AE 09522, USA
M0SDV    Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
N4T      Ham Radio World Club, PO Box 351087, Palm Coast FL 32135, USA
OM3JW    Stefan Horecky, Mlynska 2, 900 31 Stupava, Slovak Republic
OZ30EU   Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
PY2LCD   Billy Heinz Dorsch, Rua Willis Roberto Banks 1119, Sao Paulo - SP,
         05128-000, Brazil
VE3LYC   Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VK5MQ    Norbert Trupp, PO Box 1359, Mount Gambier SA 5290, Australia
ZT1T     Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa

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