No 1753
425 DX NEWS - DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - In anticipation of Christmas, special event stations 4X8X (from the Latrun Monastery) and 4X9X (from the Yardenit Baptismal Site) will be active on 6-8 December 2024. They will be followed by 4X7X from the Abbey of the Dormition on 20-22 December 2024. All QSLs via 4X6ZM. A certificate will be available: https://www.iarc.org/xmas2024.
A9 - Celebrating the Kingdom of Bahrain's National Day, the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society will be active as A91ND on 1-16 December 2024. QSL via EC6DX. Also taking part in the celebrations will be the Emirates Amateur Radio Society as A60BHR on 11-16 December (individual operators may append a serial number to the special callsign), and possibly the Saudi Amateur Radio Society as HZ1BHR, the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society as 9K9BHR, and the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society as A43BHR.
JA - Take, JI3DST, will be active again as JS6RRR from Miyako Island (AS-079) from 4 December to 31 March 2025. Other callsigns to be used include JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6, JR8YLY/6 and JS6RRR/6, as well as JI3DST/p, JJ5RBH/p, JR8YLY/p and JS6RRR/p on FT8. QSLs via Club Log's OQRS; QSOs will be made available for Club Log Matching on the IOTA website.
KH9 - Currently stationed on Wake Island (OC-053), Allen, KH7AL, is active as KH7AL/KH9 in his spare time. He operates mainly SSB with some CW on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. "He will be working a rotation of three months on the island then one month off the island for at least one year". QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
PA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsign PH24XMAS will be active on 6-28 December, followed by PH25HNY from 28 December to 5 January. Paper QSL cards will not be provided. Also active in December will be Barry, PC1K as PC24XMAS. QSL via PC1K (direct and bureau), LoTW, QRZ Logbook; a certificate will be downloadable from https://pc1k.nl/xmas "immediately after making a QSO".
SM - The still operational long wave transmitter at the Grimeton Radio
Station, callsign SAQ, was inaugurated on 1 December 1924. To celebrate this milestone, the transmitter will be activated on VLF 17.2
kHz at 10.00 UTC on 1 December. The Grimenton Radio Station has
been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2004. As for
the amateur bands, SK6SAQ will be QRV on CW (3517, 7017, 14017 kHz)
and SSB (3755 and 7140 kHz). QSL SK6SAQ via the bureau or direct to
Alexander GVV Radiostationen, Grimeton 72, SE-432 98 Grimeton,
Sweden. See https://alexander.n.se/en/ for more information.
V4 - Mike, KC1NGS will be active as V47NH from Newcastle, Nevis (NA-104) on 5-17 December. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log, eQSL and QRZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - AU2S is the callsign to be used during the 9-13 December operation from Sagar Island (AS-153) [425DXN 1749]. The team includes VE3LYC, VU2RS, VU3DXA and VU3WEW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or direct to VE3LYC. Bookmark https://au2k.weebly.com for updates.
VU4 - Krish, W4VKU has been active as VU4A from the Andaman Islands (AS-
001) since 27 November, and expects to remain there until 11 December. He operates FT8 (MSHV) and SSB on 160-6 metres. On FT8, send your grid, as Krish will enable MSHV to filter "received stations based on their distance from VU4", and "to answer the farthest DX first". QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to W4VKU.
YOTA MONTH ---> The Youngsters On The Air group will be active again during
the entire month of December. The idea for this event is to show the amateur
radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham
radio waves. So far announced participants include stations from
Argentina LT4YOTA
Balearic Islands AO6YOTA
Belgium OQ24YOTA
Bosnia & Herzegovina E71YOTA
Canada VB7YOTA
Canada VC2YOTA
Canada VC3YOTA
Croatia 9A0YOTA
Cyprus 5B4YOTA
Egypt SU8YOTA
El Salvador YS1YOTA
Estonia ES9YOTA
France TM24YOTA
France TM4YOTA
Germany DQ0YOTA
Hungary HA6YOTA
Hungary HG0YOTA
Israel 4X1YOTA
Italy II0YOTA
Italy II3YOTA
Italy II5YOTA
Japan 8N2YOTA
Korea HL0YOTA
Latvia YL24YOTA
Luxembourg LX9YOTA
Netherlands PA6YOTA
Netherlands PD6YOTA
North Macedonia Z30YOTA
North Macedonia Z39YOTA
Romania YO0YOTA
Russia R24YOTA
Russia R73YOTA
Serbia YT24YOTA
Serbia YU7YOTA
Slovakia OM9YOTA
Slovenia S50YOTA
Spain AO24YOTA
Turkey TC24YOTA
United Kingdom GB24YOTA
USA K8O
USA K8T
USA K8Y
USA W8A
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and
the awards can be found on https://events.ham-yota.com/.
