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Edited by I1JQJ
& IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
DL - DQ30GDXF is the special callsign for
the German DX Foundation to
celebrate its 30th anniversary until
31 December [425DXN 1811]. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
Contacts made between 1 July and 30
September with DQ30GDXF, DF0GDX and
GDXF members count towards the
"30 Jahre GDXF" award - see
https://gdxf.de/gdxf30en/ for informa-
tion
HB0 - HB040A is a special callsign
celebrating the 40th anniversary of
Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein
(AFVL), the Principality's IARU
member society. Look for SSB ad
FT8/FT4 activity on 17-19 July and
28-30 August. QSOs will be uploaded
to LoTW; paper QSL cards will
not be provided.
HK - 5K4IC is the special callsign for
members of Radioaficionados Uni-
dos (HK4RAU) to celebrate
Colombia's Independence Day (20 July)
during a month-long activity on all
bands and modes. More informa-
tion on
https://www.qrz.com/db/5K4IC
HL - Members of the Gwangju DX Club
(6L0NJ) will be active as D73G from
Ch'ongsan Island (AS-085) on 17-19
July. They will operate CW, SSB
and FT8/FT4 on various bands, from
160m to 70cm. QSL via the bureau
or direct, Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,
eQSL and QRZ Logbook.
HS - Simon Luttrell, HS0ZIB has retired
from teaching in Myanmar (XZ2A)
and Laos (XW0LP), and is back to
Thailand. He is a resident on
Phangan Island (AS-101), and will
participate in the IOTA Contest
(12 hours, low power). QSL via LoTW.
I - Seby, IT9KWE will be active as
IG9/IT9KWE from Lampedusa Island
(AF-019) on 14-22 July. In his spare
time he will operate QRP on
40, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 metres
SSB. QSL via home call; QSOs will
be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log, and
QRZ.
JD1/O - Yushi, JK1HFB will be active as
JK1HFB/JD1 from Chichijima (AS-031)
Ogasawara "for several days" between
9 and 18 July. He will operate
SSB and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via
the bureau, LoTW or eQSL.
OX - Bo, OZ1DJJ is active as OX3LX from
Aasiaat Island (NA-134) until
17 July. He is QRV in his spare
time, with a focus on 6 and 4 me-
tres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,
or via OZ0J.
PA - Because the Dutch regulator no
longer permits a single callsign to
be used simultaneously across
multiple physical locations, each
site must now use its own distinct
callsign. Consequently, VERON
(the Dutch national amateur radio
society) will be represented by
seven different callsigns in the IARU
HF World Championship:
PA6HQ 80 SSB,15 CW
PB6HQ 20 CW
PC6HQ 40 SSB
PE6HQ 40 CW, 10 SSB
PF6HQ 10 CW
PG6HQ 80 CW, 20 SSB
PH6HQ 160 CW, 160 SSB, 15 SSB
SP - HF170TESLA is a special callsign for
members of Radio Club SP5YPL
to commemorate the 170th anniversary
of the birth of Nikola Tesla
(10 July 1856). Look for activity on
various bands and modes from
10 to 31 July. See
https://radiodyplom.pl/ses/290
for the award
programme.
T2 - The Rebel DX Group has been active
as T22TT from Tuvalu since 8
July. They report that this activity
will last "just for ten days"
in between their work on the island.
Expect operations to be mainly
FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup
TA - TC3ASTRO is the special event station
to be activated on 17-19 July
from the Kula-Salihli UNESCO Global
Geopark in Manisa, Turkey dur-
ing this year's Geopark Astrofest.
QSL via eQSL.
UA - The Arctic's Legends IOTA DXpedition
team received final clearance
to depart Arkhangelsk on 9 July. The
"Apostol Andrey" set sail on
10 July at approximately 07:00 UTC.
The team still hopes to be QRV
from five IOTA groups using as
many different callsigns: RI1PC
(EU-160), RT25AA (EU-035), RI0BW
(AS-055), RI0BU (AS-057) and RI0BI
(AS-050). Their exact schedule,
however, remains highly dependent
on weather, sea, and ice
conditions. Follow their progress on
https://share.garmin.com/ua9kdf.
WRTC 2026 ---> These are the 50 teams
that will compete in the World
Radiosport Team Championship, to be held in
parallel with this weekend's
IARU HF World Championship:
AF #1 EA8RM EA2W NA #1
Team 2 AA3B W2GD
AS #1 UN9L UN4Q NA #1
Team 3 N1UR K1XM
AS #2 4Z4AK HA3LN NA #10
K6LA VE3AT
AS #3 E21EIC BA4TB NA #11
VE5MX VE3EJ
AS #4 Team 1 JH5GHM WA1Z NA #12
NP4Z N2NT
AS #4 Team 2 JA1BJI M0CFW NA #2
NN3W KD4D
EU #1 Team 1 ES7GM YL3JA NA #3
NN7CW DL4NAC
EU #1 Team 2 LY4L LY9A NA #4
K5WA N2IC
EU #2 Team 1 F1AKK F8DBF NA #5
N5ZO KI6RRN
EU #2 Team 2 OR2F LZ4AX NA #6
N6MJ KL9A
EU #3 Team 1 DJ5MW DM5EE NA #7
NA8V N9RV
EU #3 Team 2 DL3JAN DM7XX NA #8
W9RE N9NB
EU #3 Team 3 OL5Y OK6RA NA #9
K3PA NS0R
EU #3 Team 4 HB9ARF LY4A OC #1
WH7W NH7T
EU #4 CT1ILT EC2DX OC #2
VK2IA ZL3CW
EU #5 IK2PFL IK2JUB SA #1
PY2NY PY7ZC
EU #6 Team 1 E77DX DJ4MX SA #2
RA3CO RG6G
EU #6 Team 2 9A6KX 9A1UN
Defending Champions VE3DZ UW7LL
EU #6 Team 3 LZ2BE LZ2XA
Sponsored Team #1 KO8SCA AD5A
EU #7 Team 1 RW7K KU1CW
Sponsored Team #2 SP5Y SQ9ORQ
EU #7 Team 2 UA4FER LZ2HM Wild
Card #1 LW5HR LU9ESD
EU #8 GW4XUM G4IRN Youth
#1 RA9P R2BFL
EU #9 Team 1 OM2VL OM3RM Youth
#2 W0AAE W4IPC
EU #9 Team 2 US2YW IK4VET Youth
#3 W7WLW N4ML
NA #1 Team 1 K5ZD W2SC Youth
#4 DL3ON EI5LA
The competing teams have been assigned the
following 50 special callsigns:
MB1A MB4F
MB1I MB4G
MB1N MB4L
MB1S MB4O
MB1T MB4P
MB2A MB4V
MB2D MB4W
MB2H MB4X
MB2M MB4Z
MB2N MB5C
MB2R MB5J
MB2S MB5O
MB2U MB5P
MB3B MB5Q
MB3D MB5X
MB3F MB5Y
MB3G MB5Z
MB3H MB7D
MB3K MB7F
MB3L MB7G
MB3M MB7K
MB3R MB7L
MB3V MB7M
MB3W MB7V
MB4C MB7W
The teams will know their callsigns at 11.45
UTC on 11 July, i.e. 15 minutes
before the contest starts.
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object
of the contest is to contact
other amateurs around the world - especially
member-society HQ stations and
IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as
possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10m CW and SSB. This year's event will run
from 12 UTC on 11 July until 1159
UTC on 12 July (see
https://contests.arrl.org/iaruhf/).
The following is a
selection of IARU Member Society HQ
stations that have announced their
participation in this year's event:
Call Mult
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3V8SS ARAT
8N2HQ JARL
8N3HQ JARL
8N8HQ JARL
9A0HQ HRS
B8HQ CRAC
B9HQ CRAC
CS5HQ REP
CX1AA RCU
DA0HQ DARC
E2HQ RAST
E7HQ ARABH
ED0HQ URE
EI0HQ IRTS
EW5HQ BFRR
GR2HQ RSGB
HB9HQ USKA
HG0HQ MRASZ
II1HQ ARI
LT4RCA RCA
NU1AW/0 IARU
OE0HQ OV
OH2HQ SRAL
OP0HQ UBA
OZ1HQ EDR
PA6HQ VERON
PB6HQ VERON
PC6HQ VERON
PE6HQ VERON
PF6HQ VERON
PG6HQ VERON
PH6HQ VERON
R1HQ SRR
R4HQ SRR
R5HQ SRR
R6HQ SRR
S50HQ ZRS
SK9HQ SSA
SN0HQ PZK
TF3HQ IRA
TM0HQ REF
YT0HQ SRS
Members of the IARU Administrative Council
and the three IARU regional
executive committees will send a signal
report plus AC, R1, R2 or R3, as
appropriate.
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Edited by I1JQJ
& IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
Access to the main functions of
www.425dxn.org
is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play -
free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
WRTC 2026: COMPETITION AWARDS --->
Certificates will be downloadable from
the WRTC 2026 website award page soon after
the contest. There will be dif-
ferent award tiers depending on how many
WRTC stations you work. Complete
details of the award programme can be found on
https://www.wrtc2026.org/wrtc-2026-competition-awards
WRTC 2026: LIVE SCOREBOARD ---> The WRTC
competition will be live on a dedi-
cated online platform:
https://worldradioleague.com/wrtc.
This will be a
live scoreboard where you will be able to
track the teams in real time, and
search the WRTC logs to check which stations
you have contacted with band/
mode breakdown.
YOTA CONTEST 2026 ---> The second session
of this year's YOTA Contest, orga-
nized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in
cooperation with the Hungarian
Amateur Radio Society (MRASZ), will take place
on 19 July (10:00-22:00 UTC)
on the five classic bands CW and SSB.
Everyone can work everyone. Complete
rules can be found on
https://yotacontest.mrasz.org.
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Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
CALL MANAGER
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3Z6I SP6JIU DL2026W DK5ON
RI1ZR RZ3EC
3Z75HSC SP3LPR DL26WRTC DK5ON
SN93LOT SP1PMY
5N0YEN IZ8CLM EK/RX3DPK EA5GL
SP1183JO SP3PDO
5W1SA JA1DXA FY4JI EA5GL
TI5/N3KS M0URX
8A1WWA N2OO HF30PMW SP2PMW
TM13COL F5OGL
9J2FI DL1RTL HF43ZW SQ2WKJ
TM2026F F4WBU
A65HS 9K2HS HF50SPK SP4PGR
TM32TFR F5KHP
A71AT EA7FTR HH2AA EB7DX
TM33TDF F6KUQ
C31CT EA3QS HH2JR N2OO
TM33TFR F2VX
C91CCY N2OO HS0ZMY EA5GL
TY5FR DL1BUG
DF0GDX DL6DH IS0/IZ3KVD LZ1JZ
V31MA M0OXO
DL0WRTC DK5ON LZ01MIKU LZ3HI
VE2CSI M0URX
DL2026C DK5ON LZ67PP LZ1KCP
YB0ECT W2FB
DL2026R DK5ON PJ4MM M0URX
ZS6CCY N2OO
DL2026T DK5ON R90PNR RA1QD
DL0SOP Georg Tretow, Rehnaer Str. 8, 23936
Grevesmuehlen, Germany
FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 rue de la Duee, BP
11, 75020 Paris, France
GB13COL Rich Shivers, 168 Crabtree Drive,
Levittown PA 19055-1641, USA
II4JAFL Sezione ARI di Fidenza, Ufficio
Fidenza, Casella postale 66,
43036 Fidenza PR, Italy
JD1BQP Koutarou Watanabe, 1-942-27
Ogawa-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo,
187-0032, Japan
JR6HYO/JD1 Takashi Shirozu, 2-5-2 Misono-cho,
Kodaira-shi, Tokyo, 187-0041,
Japan
VK9DX Branislav Hacko, Svetosavska 21 B,
23300 Kikinda, Serbia
XW4KV Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand,
17350 Port d'Envaux, France
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73,
Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073,
USA
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