No 1812
425 DX NEWS - DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9G - Silvano, I2YSB, and the Italian DXpedition Team will be active from Abokwa Island (AF-084), Ghana, sometime during March/April 2026. Details will be announced in due course.
J5 - Team J51A (namely Bavarian Contest Club's members Ben DA1DX, Win DK9IP, Andree DL8LAS, Uli DM5EE and Lutz DM6EE) will be active from Bubaque Island (AF-020), Guinea-Bissau sometime in February/March 2026. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 (MSHV) on 160-6 metres with up to five stations. See https://www.qrz.com/db/J51A for more information and updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via DJ4MX.
KC4 - Rikk, WE9G, plans to be active as WE9G/KC4 from the Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica sometime between 30 January and 3 February 2026, "including one overnight stay". QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call.
PJ2 - Andre, PD1DRE, will be active again as PJ2/PD1DRE from Curacao (SA- 099) between 26 January and 4 March 2026. He operates SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via eQSL.
PY - Celebrating the the Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Radio Emissao's 92nd anniversary, 28 special callsigns - representing LABRE and the 27 Brazilian federative units (26 states and one federal district) - will be active on 1-28 February 2026: ZV1ES (Espirito Santo), ZV1RJ (Rio de Janeiro), ZV2DF (Distrito Federal), ZV2GO (Goias), ZV2LB (LABRE), ZV2SP (Sao Paulo), ZV2TO (Tocantins), ZV3RS (Rio Grande do Sul), ZV4MG (Minas Gerais), ZV5PR (Parana), ZV5SC (Santa Catarina), ZV6BA (Bahia), ZV6SE (Sergipe), ZV7AL (Alagoas), ZV7CE (Ceara), ZV7PB (Paraiba), ZV7PE (Pernambuco), ZV7RN (Rio Grande do Norte), ZV8AC (Acre), ZV8AM (Amazonas), ZV8AP (Amapa), ZV8MA (Maranhao), ZV8PA (Para), ZV8PI (Piaui), ZV8RO (Rondonia), ZV8RR (Roraima), ZV9MS (Mato Grosso do Sul), ZV9MT (Mato Grosso). The activation will cover all bands and modes, and satellite communications. Cerficates will be available on https://live.hampass.com/labre-92; paper QSL cards will not be issued.
RI1F - Members of the Russian DXpedition Team will be active as RI1FJL From Heiss Island (EU-019), Franz Josef Land in September. On 25 August 2026, six operators (R2DVE, R7AL, RA4DX, RW8A, RW9JZ and UA3QLC) will set off from Murmansk; depending on the weather and sea conditions, the voyage will take six to seven days. Plans are to be QRV on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and FT8 (MSHV) with at least five high-power stations for 15 days. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Donations to offset part of the high costs of this DXpedition will be gratefully accepted. See https://www.rudxt.org/ri1fjl for the details.
S2 - The Next Generation DX Club will be active as S21WD from IOTA group AS-140, Bangladesh for 12 days in late March 2026. Six operators (DJ4MX, DK6SP, DL3ON, M0SDV, S21ABO, and S21TV) will be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8 (MSHV) with up to five stations. In addition, activity via the QO-100 satellite is planned using CW, SSB, and FT4. Provided that the on-site internet connection is available and stable, all QSOs will be live-streamed on Club Log and uploaded to LoTW daily. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via DJ4MX. See https://www.next-generation-dx.com/s2/ for more information; bookmark https://www.facebook.com/S21WD/ for updates.