DX-tips
De DX-tips voor de week van 3 – 10 mei
4X Israel – Celebrating the 77th anniversary since the foundation of the Israel Association of Radio Communication (IARC) and the establishment of the State of Israel, local amateurs may use special prefixes 4X77 and 4Z77 from 30 April to 10 May.
C3 Andora – Members of the Unio de Radioaficionats Andorrans (C37URA ) will be active as C37JPE throughout May. QSL via the bureau or direct. The special callsign’s suffix stands for Jocs dels Petits Estats d’Europa, the Games of the Small States of Europe whose 20th edition will be held in Andorra la Vella on 26-31 May.
DL Germany – Celebrating the Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club’s 75th anniversary, four special callsigns will be activated by DARC Team SES from 1 May to 31 October: DC75DARC, DD75DARC, DK75DARC, and DR75DARC. See https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/sonderdiplome/ for the “75 Jahre DARC” certificate. QSLs via the bureau, or direct to DL2VFR.
HB0 Liechtenstein – Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein on 11-18 May. He will be QRV on the HF bands with verticals and an inverted vee, and on 6 metres with 5-element yagi. QSL via LoTW, or direct to home call. He no longer uses the bureau.
I Italy – II3IARU is the special callsign for Alex, IV3KKW to mark the 100th anniversary of the IARU and the 75th anniversary of IARU Region 1 from 28 April until 18 May. QSL via home call. A member of IARU Region 1 Executive Committee, Alex is also the VHF/UHF/Microwave Contest Coordinator.
JA Japan – Take, JI3DST will be active again as JS6RRR from Miyako Island (AS-079) between 23 April and 18 June. Other callsigns to be used are JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6 and JA3YEC/6, as well as JI3DST/p, JJ5RBH/p and JA3YEC/p on FT8. QSLs via Club Log’s OQRS; QSOs will be made available for Club Log and LoTW Matching on the IOTA website.
OE Austria – 4U0IARU is the special callsign for the VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (4U1A, https://4u1a.club/) to celebrate the centenary of the IARU since 25 April. This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, and for the Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSOs are uploaded to Club Log.
ON Belgium – OT25EPIC is the special callsign for the Antwerp Port Contest Club (ON8APC) to promote this year’s edition of the Antwerp Port Epic cycling race. Look for activity between 10 May and 9 June (the actual day the race will be held on). QSL via ON8JJ.
UN Kazakstan – Fourteen special event stations will be active on 1-10 May to mark The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and recognize Kazakhstan’s contribution to the victory: UP80V, UQ80V, UO80V, UP80B, UP80D, UP80F, UP80G, UP80I, UP80J, UP80L, UP80M, UP80N, UP80P and UP80Z. QSLs via LoTW and eQSL; commemorative certificates will be available on https://victory80.qrz.kz.
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