• DXNL 2494 (Jan 21, 2026)

    From DX Newsletter (DXNL)@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 00:15:50

    DXNL 2494 - January 21, 2026
    DX Newsletter

    a free and weekly service of
    DARC Committee "DX"
    (http://www.darcdxhf.de)

    Editor: Andreas Salder, DK5ON
    (e-mail: dxmb@darcdxhf.de)

    translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO

    DX Activities
    =============

    5H, TANZANIA:
    Chas, NK8O, remains active as 5H3DX until Feb. 9. QRV on 30-10m on
    CW, PSK31, FT8. QSL via homecall, OQRS, LoTW.

    5V, TOGO:
    Tony, IK7WUL, plans to get on the air as 5V0DX from Togo and TY2AA
    from Benin between the 21st and 31st, whenever is missionary
    activities leave him time. QSL via IK7WUL.

    8R, GUYANA:
    Aldir,PY1SAD, is active as 8R1TM until Feb. 23 on 160-6m (CW, SSB,
    digital modes). QSL direct via PY1SAD, LoTW, eQSL.

    9X, RUANDA:
    Harald, DF2WO, is due to appear on the bands as 9X2AW from Jan. 22
    until Feb. 9. QRV on 160-6m (CW, SSB, FT8/4). QSL via M0OXO OQRS.

    C5, GAMBIA:
    Andre, ON7YK, operates as C5YK until Jan. 25.

    C5, GAMBIA:
    Przemo, SP3PS, and his wife Magda presently sign C5SP and C5MB
    until March. QSL direct via SP3PS.

    HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN:
    4L, GEORGIA:
    Z6, KOSOVO:
    DL2JRM next visits Liechtenstein (HB0DX): Jan. 23 to 26;
    Georgia (4L/DL2JRM): Feb. 13 to 16;
    Kosovo (Z66BCC): Feb. 27 to March 2.


    IOTA
    ====

    IOTA QRGs
    CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
    SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz


    AS-003; 4S, SRI LANKA ISLAND: Peter, DC0KK, has returned to the
    bands with his callsign 4S7KKG. At present he works on 60-6m on FT8
    and via QO-100. He stays until the end of March. QSL via homecall,
    OQRS, LoTW.

    AS-013; 8Q, MALDIVE ISLANDS: Alex, IW5ELA, operates holiday-style
    from Dhiggiri Island between the 20th and 27th as 8Q7EL on 20-10m
    (CW, SSB). QSL via bureau.

    EU-095; F, PROVENCE-COTE D'AZUR (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) REGION group:
    The radio club Marseille F6KRD is going to participate in the Coupe
    du REF CW (Jan. 24/25) and Coupe du REF SSB (Feb. 21/22) contests
    from the island Ratonneau with the callsign TM13X.

    NA-096; HH, HI, HISPANIOLA: The Union Dominicana de
    Radioaficionados celebrates its 60th anniversary with the callsign
    HI60UD until the end of January. QSL direct via qrz.com info;
    confirmations also via LoTW, eQSL.

    NA-096; HH, HI, HISPANIOLA: 4V1L commemorates Marie-Jeanne
    Lamartiniere of the Haitian revolution. QRV until Jan. 31; QSL via
    N2OO.

    DX - News
    =========

    "Beaches On The Air" (BOTA)

    CORSICA, TK: Ueli,
    TK/HB9ILY, remains on the air until Jan. 31 from Beach references:
    BOTA 30796 (Miomo Beach) and BOTA 30770 (Marana Beach).


    Calendar
    ========
    start - end DX DXNL
    12.01. - 15.02. 3G0XQ 2492
    29.12. - 31.12. 4K0T 2490
    13.02. - 16.02. 4L/DL2JRM 2494*
    06.01. - 30.03. 4S7KKG 2494*
    01.01. - 31.01. 4V1L 2494*
    25.12. - 31.12. 4X25A 2490
    25.12. - 31.12. 4X25S 2490
    25.12. - 31.12. 4X25M 2490
    25.12. - 31.12. 4X25X 2490
    17.01. - 09.02. 5H3DX 2494*
    - 31.12. 5R8IC 2487
    21.01. - 31.01. 5V0DX 2494*
    - 2027 7Q5C 2493
    18.01. - 30.01. 8P9CB 2493
    15.01. - 23.02. 8R1TM 2494*
    20.01. - 27.01. 8Q7EL 2494*
    18.01. - 24.01. 8Q7JI 2493
    - 31.12. 9A169TESLA 2487
    22.01. - 09.02. 9X2AW 2494*
    01.01. - 31.12. A9100IARU 2471
    - 01/26 AT44I 2491
    10.01. - 22.01. AU7RS 2492
    01.01.26 - 31.12.26 AX120AAC 2491
    31.01. - C21TS 2490
    16.01. - 15.03. C5MB 2494*
    16.01. - 15.03. C5SP 2494*
    - 25.01. C5TY 2494*
    - 31.12. CE0YHF 2484
    01.01. - 31.12. DA100LH 2491
    01.01. - 31.12. DA100TV 2491
    15.01. - 15.02. DA2026SKI 2493
    01.01. - 31.12. DB100FT 2491
    01.01.25 - 31.12. DF60AP 2449
    15.01. - 01.02. DH2026EM 2492
    01.01. - 31.12. DK100LH 2491
    01.01. - 31.12. DL100DM 2442
    01.01. - 31.12. DL100LH 2491
    01,01, - 31.12. DL100TV 2491
    01.01. - 31.03. DL25WIKI 2491
    01.01. - 31.12. DM800KM 2439
    - 12/26 DP0GVN 2486
    06.01. - 14.02. DP1POL 2491
    20.01. - 10.02. FG4KH 2493
    31.12. - 31.01. FK1TS 2490
    11/25 - 02/26 FT4YM/p 2486
    18.01.. - 15.03. H44MS 2493
    23.01. - 26.01. HB0DX 2494*
    17.01. - 31.01. HI60UD 2494*
    03.09. - 15.05.26 HK3JCL 2471
    - 12.03. HR5/F2JD 2484
    01.01. - 16.02. J38WG 2491
    - 15.02. LZ0A 2490
    29.12. - 25.02. OX3MC 2490
    15.01. - 28.01. OZ6ABL/5Z4 2493
    11.01. - 29.01. P40AA 2492
    10.01. - 31.03. PJ2/W2APF 2492
    13.01. - 21.01. PJ7/IZ2DPX 2492
    21.12. - 02.01.26 PZ5OZ 2489
    - 31.12. SM100XF 2487
    01.12. - 31.12. SN0TPAX 2488
    01.01. - 31.01. SP1894MMK 2493
    - 31.01. TK/HB9ILY 2494*
    24.01. - 25.01. TM13X 2494*
    21.02. - 22.02. TM13X 2494*
    15.01. - 21.01. TM26HB 2493
    22.12. - 15.06.26 TO2FY 2489
    06.01. - 06.04. TY5GG 2491
    09/25 - 12/25 TZ4AM 2474
    20.11. - 24.03. V51WH 2485
    20.11. - 24.03. V55Y 2485
    22.01. - 28.01. V6HUCHIDA 2493
    10/23 - 10/27 V73ML 2374
    01.05. - 31.12. VR100IARU 2458
    12.01. - 15.02. XQ7IR 2479
    15.01. - 05.02. YB5/PB2X 2493
    - 31.03. YR1600VT 2474
    27.02. - 02.03. Z66BCC 2494*
    08.01. - 28.01. Z68BG 2492

    * = new or updated
    .. = and other calls


    QSL information
    ===============
    3B8/E70A via E70A, (L)
    3V8LL via IT9TQH, (L)
    3W9A via KU1CW, (L)
    3Z0XMAS via SP6IEQ, (L)
    4L2BM via N4GNR (d)
    4L4DX via K6VHF (O)
    4L8A via M0OXO (O), (d), (L)
    4O7CC via UA4CC, (L)
    5R8IC via F6ICX, (L)
    5Z4/WA5A via WA5A
    6O3T via IV3DSH (O), (d)
    6Y8LV via W8YCM (d)
    8P5A via HA1AG, (B), (d), (L)
    8R1/AG6UT via DJ9RR, (L)
    8S8S via SA5TIA, (L)
    9A/IK3SVT/P via IK3SVT, (L)
    9L1BXU via G7BXU
    9M6NA via JE1JKL (O), (L)
    9N1CA via EA5ZD (d), (L)
    A52AA via AB1F, (L)
    A95AE via EC6DX, (L)
    AH2R via JH7QXJ (d), (L)
    AM1200J via EA7URJ
    AM5MMS via EA5JPW
    AO5R via EA5URV
    AT25XMA via VU2TMP (O), (L)
    AT44I via VU2DGR
    C5YK via ON7YK (d), (L)
    CN2DM via SP9DLM (O)
    CR3A via OM2VL, (L)
    CR3W via DL5AXX, (L)
    CR6I via EA1CBX, (L)
    CW5X via CX2ABC (d)
    CX/PY3OZ via PP5BZ (d)
    CX6TU via EA7FTR (L)
    D44PM via IZ4DPV (d), (L)
    D450ICV via IK2NCJ and (L)
    DA0ANT via DL1RUN (e) only
    DA0BCC via DL2JRM (B), (d), (L)
    DA0CW/p via DF6EX
    DA0DIG via DH1PAL
    DA0HQ via DL5AXX (B)
    DH2026EM via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O)
    DA0LCC via DH4HAN (B)
    DA0LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (O), (L)
    DA0M via DD5DD
    DA0OIE via DL4NWD
    DA0RR via DJ5BWD (L)
    DA0TOR via DL9WJM, (L)
    DA0UDS via DH1OL
    DA0UT via DJ5NF
    DA0WCA via DF6EX
    DA100LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O)
    DA1000ROD via DK1BU (B)
    DA1250HAS via DL7PIA
    DA25THL via DL0THL (B), (e)
    DA3T via DL8DXL
    DB125OEB via DL8ARJ (B), (L)/(e)
    DB60FIR via DL8DWL (L)
    DD2D via DK8ZB, (L)
    DF0AN via DJ9AT
    DK0AJ via DH1FBP, (L)
    DF0FDN via DG6SDY
    DF0G via DL9RAR
    DF0HQ via DL5AXX, (L)
    DK0SL/P via DG1LS
    DK100LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O)
    DK5T/LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O)
    DL0AG via DK8QY (B)
    DL0LOL via DB4SCW (B), (L)
    DL0SOP via DL4SVA (O), (L),
    No QSL RX!
    DL0SX via DL5LBQ
    DL0SY/P via DK8OL
    DL100DM via DL8FA
    DL100LH via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O)
    DL200KIT via DF0UK
    DL25BELT via DJ3XM, (e)
    DL25WIKI via DK5ON (d), (B), (L), (O)
    DL2L via DL4RCE, (L)
    DL35MDXC via RQ7L
    DL39EUDXF via PA1AW
    DL60AZBL via DL5SFC, (L)
    DL70IPASD via DC2WF
    DM800KM via DL8DSL (B)
    DN2SAX via DL2SAX (L)
    DP0GVN via DL4BBH, (L)
    DP44WCA via DF6EX
    DP6Z via DF7DR (B)
    DP9X via DG7AC
    DQ100SRC via DK8VR
    E7/OE8NDR/M via OE8NDR, (L), (e)
    EA6/DK1XAM via DK1XAM (B), (d)
    ED1BP via EA1BP
    ED5I via EA5QE, (L)
    ED7PT via EA7TB
    EF6B via EA6BF, (L)
    EG1SANTA via EC1R
    EG130LUM via EA1RCI
    EG45URF via EA7URF
    EH2EUS via EA2TP (O) , (L)
    EK8A via EK6SS
    ES9C via ES5RY (d), (L)
    F/ON8DX/p via ON8DX, (L)
    FM4TI via EA5GL
    FR5FC via EA7FTR
    FY5KE via F6FVY (d), (L)
    G3P via G3WPH, (L)
    GB1SANTA via M0ICR (e)
    GB5PGM via G4ENB
    GB70RS via GB2RS, (B)
    GB7HQ via G3TXF
    GJ2A via MJ0ASP (O), (d) , (L)
    GP0STH via G4DIY (d), (L)
    H82AT via HP2AT, (L), (e)
    HB0/HB9GFQ via HB9GFQ
    HB70IPA via HB9IPA, (L), (e)
    HC1MD/2 via K8LJG (d), (O) , (L)
    HH2K via N3BNA, (L)
    HI6M via EB7DX, (L)
    IQ5PJ via IU5RTR (L)
    J38DX via M0OXO, (L)
    J79WTA via HB9MFM (L)
    KP2/PF0X via PF0X
    LP1H via EA5GL (d), (L)
    LP6E via LU6DTJ (d), (L)
    LT3E via LU8DPM (d)
    LX26HNY via LX1JH, (e)
    LY0UKR via LY7M, (L)
    LY25XMAS via LY2QT
    LZ2025ZONE via LZ2VP
    M2G via M0OXO, (O), (L)
    M6C via M0HFC (L), (e)
    NP3A via EB7DX (L)
    OE2XRM via OE2LIP
    OG3G via OH1ND, (L)
    OH0Z via W0MM (L)
    OH9SCL via OH9AB (d), (L)
    OK7K via OK1BN, (L)
    OL800CO via OK1CO
    OM2X via OM2XW, (L)
    OQ5M via ON5ZO (O), (L), (e)
    OR81NUTS via ON5AV
    OY1OF via M0URX
    OZ90NRAU via OZ1ACB (O), (L)
    PA100IARU via PA1AW, (L)
    PA25SANTA via PA1AW
    PA80NYM via PE2GER, (B)
    PI4DX via PD1DX, (L)
    RA80MA via R9HCV
    RD4A via M0OXO, (O), (L)
    RU1A via RW3RN, (L)
    SC90SM via SK5SM, (L)
    SD6M via SA6BGR, (L)
    SM100XF via SK3GK (B)
    SM8T via SM0T
    SN0TPAX via SQ9V (O), (d)
    SP50KRF via SP1KRF
    TF3W via TF3MH, (L)
    TM1C via F4ARU, (L)
    TM2025MC via F4WBU, (L)
    TM300SK via F4GFE
    TM35MDXC via RQ7L
    TM4DEE via F4GBW
    TM60ATX via F4KLR, (L), (e)
    TM8KLY via F8KLY (e)
    P7WWA via LZ1YE
    UR3IFD via DO2XU
    UZ7C via UT9MZ
    V51WH via DK2WH
    W2W via K3NEM (d)
    XF4B via N1DG (d), (L)
    XU7RRC via RZ3EC, (L)
    XW4KV via F4BKV (O), (d), (L)
    YJ0GC via LZ1GC (O), (L)
    YR0XMAS via YO9RIJ (d)
    YR8XMAS via YO8BDW (e)
    ZF1A via K7ZO (O), (L)
    ZS100SARL via ZS-Bureau, (L)
    ZW5L via PY5DCL (e)

    (d) = direct (B) = Buereau ok (L) = LoTW
    (O) = OQRS-B (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL
    (D) = downloadable QSL (M) = E-Mail QSL
    (Q) = QRZ.COM (A) = QSL automatic

    H/c = Homecall
    (*) = new manager


    Abbreviations in this DXNL:
    ===========================
    ARC Amateur Radio Club
    ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
    AUTO QSL Versand automatisch an alle QSO's, meist wird keine QSL Karte benoetigt
    BOTA Beaches On The Air
    DCI D.C.I. (Diploma Castelli Italia) http://www.dcia.it/dci/
    DCPC D.C.P.C. (Diploma Castelli Provincia Cuneo)
    DFCF Diplome des Forts et Chateaux de France
    DIFM Diplome des Iles de la France Metropolitaine
    H/c Homecall
    ILLW International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
    IOCA Islands Of Croatia Award
    IOTA Islands on the Air
    IRC International Reply Coupon
    JOTA Jamboree On The Air
    LoTW Logbook of the World
    OQRS Online QSL Request System
    POTA Parks On The Air
    RDA Russian District's Award Program
    RIB Radio in a Box (Remote Operation)
    RLHA Russian Lighthouse Award
    S.A.S.E Self addressed stamped envelope
    SES Special Event Station
    SNSM Societe Nationale des Sauveteurs en Mer
    URE Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles
    WCA World Castles Award
    WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award
    WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship
    WWFF World Wide Flora & Fauna




    Thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL:
    I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, DX World, DXNews.com, VA3RJ, KB8NW &
    OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL), DL1SBF, DL3FF, DL7MAE, F6AJA &
    Les Nouvelles DX, Islands On The Air, NG3K & ADXO, OE2IKN, OM3JW &
    IDXP, W3UR & The Daily DX ...u.a.


    Free subscription DXMB / DXNL:
    ==============================

    Homepage and archives:
    https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/en/dxnl/


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)