No 1804
425 DX NEWS - DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
VE - Weather permitting, Stuart, VE9CF, will be active as VC9A from Miscou Island (NA-068) on 12 December 2025 from 13 to 19 UTC to celebrate the 124th anniversary of Marconi's transatlantic radio communication. QSL via VE9CF. [TNX VE9CF]
6O - Elvira, IV3FSG, has returned to Somaliland "to complete a few pending tasks" and is active again as 6O3T. Length of stay unknown.
8Q - Harald, DL7MDX, will be active holiday style as 8Q7HT from the Maldives (AS-013, WWL MJ64th) on 1-11 December 2025. He will operate mainly FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and QRZ.
CE - John, NI6D, will be active as CE7/NI6D along the Carretera Austral in Northern Patagonia on 6-18 December 2025. He will operate FT8/FT4 on 40-10 metres, low power, during the local afternoon/evening hours. QSL via LoTW.
EA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year from the city of Vigo, EG1NV, will be active between 2 December 2025 and 12 January 2026. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, and QRZ Logbook. See https://www.qrz.com/db/EG1NV for more information.
FM - Dmitry, UT5UGR, is active as FM/UT5UGR from Martinique (NA-107) until 4 December 2025. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as TO7A. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call.
HS - HS25SG is a special event callsign which will be activated on 1-30 December 2025 to celebrate the 33rd Southeast Asian Games and as part of the "SatFinder" educational campaign, which promotes space, satellite, and radio science to students and the general public through amateur radio activities. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, and QRZ
Logbook. See https://www.qrz.com/db/HS25SG for more information.
PA - Special callsigns celebrating Christmas and the New Year from the Netherlands include:
PA25SANTA 1 Dec-1 Jan QSL via PA1AW
PA25XMAS 1-31 Dec no QSL, certificate on QRZ
PD25STAR 1-31 Dec no QSL, certificate on QRZ
PD26HNY 1 Dec-31 Jan no QSL, certificate on QRZ
PF25XMAS 1-31 Dec QSL via PC1K; certificate on QRZ
PH25XMAS 6-28 Dec no QSL, certificate on award.pa3efr.nl
PH26HNY 28 Dec-5 Jan no QSL, certificate on award.pa3efr.nl
PI25XMAS 1-31 Dec no QSL, certificate on QRZ
SP - On 6 December 1925 Tadeusz Heftman, TPAX, made the first amateur radio contact confirmed by a QSL card between Poland and a station from outside the country (N0PM in the Netherlands). Commemorating that milestone, special event station SN0TPAX will operate CW and SSB throughout December. The activity is organized by the PZK and the SP DX Club. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
T2 - Provided his luggage arrives as promised on 29 November, Nobu, JA0JHQ, will be active as T2NH from Funafuti, Tuvalu (OC-015) until 2 December 2025.
TG - Todd, AF4CZ, will be active holiday style as TG9/AF4CZ from Guatemala between 7 December 2025 and 5 January 2026. He will operate mainly FT8/FT4 on 40-10 metres. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, eQSL and Club Log.
TL8 - Joao, CR7BNW, will be active as TL8BNW from Bangui, Central African Republic for six months (December 2025 - June 2026). He will operate SSB and FT8 on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and QRZ Logbook.
VE - After his activity from Broughton Island (NA-130) [425DXN 1803], Mike, VY0ZOO is expected to be back to Southampton Island (NA-007) until 30 November 2025. Next he plans to go and be QRV as VY0ZOO from Sanikiluaq, Flaherty Island (NA-196) on 1-7 December 2025, and as VY0ZOO/VE2 from Kangiqsualujjuaq (mainland Canada) on 7-14 December 2025. QSL direct to VE2XB.
VK - Doug, WA6L plans to be active as VK4/WA6L from Fitzroy Island (OC-172) approximately between 30 November and 4 December 2025. He will operate CW QRP. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to home call.
YO - Special callsign YR6ZIPD will be active on 1-3 December 2025 for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Ziua Internationala a Persoanelor cu Dizabilitati), whose annual observance (3 December 2025) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992. QSL via QRZ Logbook.
YO - Members of the YO3KRM Radioclub will run a Christmas Special Event on 5-31 December 2025, with three special callsigns: YO0HOHO, YO0XMAS, and YR0UDOLPH. QSLs via YO3GND. Certificates will be available, see qrz.com for the details.
