No 1837
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Edited by I1JQJ
& IK1ADH
Direttore
Responsabile I2VGW
3B9 - Sebastien, 3B8HR will be active
holiday style as 3B9HR from Rodri-
gues Island (AF-017) on 22-28
July. He will operate SSB on the HF
bands. QSL via LoTW. [TNX The
Daily DX]
4K - Jan, DL4XT will be active holiday
style as 4K/DL4XT from Azerbaijan
from 23 July to 8 August. He
will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 20-10
metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log’s
OQRS and QRZ.
9Y - Ishmael, 8P6PE will be active as
9Y4/8P6PE from Trinidad & Tobago
between 25 July and 9 August. He
plans to operate from several POTA
references. QSL via LoTW, eQSL
and QRZ.
E5/S - Steve ZL2KE as E51KEE and Steve
ZL4CZ as E51CZZ will be active
again from Rarotonga (OC-013),
South Cook Islands, as follows:
22 July-14 August E51KEE CW
and some SSB
26 July-6 August E51CZZ SSB
E51KEE is likely to concentrate
on 40 and 30 metres, “unless propa-
gation improves”. They will not
use FT8 or other digital modes. QSL
for both callsigns via IK2DUW
(direct); QSOs will be uploaded to
Club Log and LoTW.
I - Team IP1X (namely IK1QBT,
IK1RQT, IK1YDB, IK2QEI, IU1LCU, IZ1LBG)
will participate in the IOTA
Contest from Gallinara Island (EU-
083). They will operate SSB and
CW with two stations. QSL via Club
Log’s OQRS, or via IU1JCZ (direct
or bureau).
OE - OE2YOTA is the callsign to be
used on 25-31 July during the YOTA
Summer Camp 2026 to be hosted by
the Osterreichische Versuchssen-
derverband (OVSV) in Wagrain.
The event will bring together young
radio amateurs from IARU Region 1
member societies as well as guest
teams from Regions 2 and 3,
creating an opportunity to learn all
about different nationalities
and cultures, foster international
friendships and goodwill, and
learn new amateur radio skills.
T2 - Aki, JK1JXZ will be active again
as T2JK from Funafuti, Tuvalu (OC-
015) from 30 July to 7 August (or
14 August, should his stay be ex-
tended). He will be QRV on 80-6
metres, “all day” during the week-
end and after 17 (local time)
during the weekdays. QSL via LoTW.
TU - Freddy, F5HPE will be active
again as TU5MM from Ivory Coast on 16-
22 July. He will operate SSB and
FT8 (possibly also FT4) on 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via
home call. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
UA - Vladimir, UA3FX/1 is currently
active from Shalim Island (EU-082)
until 21 July. He operates low
power SSB, CW and digital modes on
40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW. [TNX
DX World]
UA - The Arctic’s Legends IOTA
DXpedition team was active as RI1PC from
Chaichiy Island (EU-160) on 13-14
July and made 5800+ QSOs in about
30 hours. The log has been
uploaded to Club Log. QSL via M0OXO’s
OQRS.
Next stop will be Novaya Zemlya
(EU-035), where they will be QRV as
RT25AA. Hopefully they will be
there sometime around 19 July. Track
their progress at
https://share.garmin.com/ua9kdf.
VK9/W - Sands, VK4WXW has returned to
Willis Island (OC-007) and will be
stationed at the Australian
Bureau of Meteorology's weather moni-
toring facility until late
October or early November. After recent-
ly returning to the air, he
expects to become increasingly active
as VK9WX in the coming weeks. He
operates SSB and FT8 on 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres with a vertical
antenna, though he plans to add an
inverted L for lower-frequency
operations in the near future. QSL
via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Look for K5SL/4 to be active
holiday style from Dauphin Island (NA-
213) on 25-31 July. He will
operate CW on 40–17 metres during his
early mornings and evenings. QSL
via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB - Team 7C8C will be active from
Gusung Toraja Island (OC-236) on 23-
26 July. They will operate SSB,
CW, FT8 and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres, and will
participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL
direct
to YB8HZ; QSOs will be uploaded
to Club Log and QRZ.
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Johnny, LA5IIA is
touring the Caribbean - and Panama –
until 28 July, with limited holiday style
operations as follows:
14-17 July FS/LA5IIA Saint Martin
17-20 July VP2EIA Anguilla
20-24 July HP1/LA5IIA Panama
24-28 July PJ7/LA5IIA Sint Maarten
He operates CW and some FT8 on 60-10
metres. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS.
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Edited by I1JQJ
& IK1ADH
Direttore
Responsabile I2VGW
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C91RU ---> Vasily, R7AL and Slav, OK8AU
went to the town of Ressano Garcia,
close to the border between Mozambique
and South Africa, to build a remote
station. The station is now in “test
mode”, with antennas covering 30 to 10
metres. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS. See
https://www.qrz.com/db/C91RU for
more
information.
WRTC 2026 ---> The World Radiosport
Team Championship, held in England in
parallel with the IARU HF World
Championship, is now history. Defending
champions Yuri Onipko (VE3DZ) and
Yaroslav Oleynik (UW7LL) reclaimed the
gold medal they first won in 2022.
Manfred Wolf (DJ5MW) and Ulrich Ann
(DM5EE) secured the silver – marking
Manfred’s third consecutive second-
place finish - while Emir-Braco Memic
(E77DX) and Sven Lovric (DJ4MX) took
home the bronze.
# Call Operators #
Call Operators
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1 MB2M VE3DZ UW7LL 26
MB7K JH5GHM WA1Z
2 MB5O DJ5MW DM5EE 27
MB2N NN3W KD4D
3 MB1I E77DX DJ4MX 28
MB2S NN7CW DL4NAC
4 MB4G N6MJ KL9A 29
MB4P AA3B W2GD
5 MB1T K5ZD W2SC 30
MB3W OL5Y OK6RA
6 MB2A US2YW IK4VET 31
MB3M JA1BJI M0CFW
7 MB5C CT1ILT EC2DX 32
MB4W IK2PFL IK2JUB
8 MB7W UA4FER LZ2HM 33
MB4O K3PA NS0R
9 MB5Q RW7K KU1CW 34
MB1S GW4XUM G4IRN
10 MB7L LY4L LY9A 35
MB5X WH7W NH7T
11 MB3R F1AKK F8DBF 36
MB3L LZ2BE LZ2XA
12 MB5J VE5MX VE3EJ 37
MB1A E21EIC BA4TB
13 MB7D LZ4AX LZ3FN 38
MB7V K6LA VE3AT
14 MB2H N5ZO KI6RRN 39
MB5P LW5HR LU9ESD
15 MB3K NA8V N9RV 40
MB3D UN9L UN4Q
16 MB4Z EA8RM EA2W 41
MB4L ES7GM YL3JA
17 MB5Z W0AAE W4IPC 42
MB7G W9RE N9NB
18 MB2R OM2VL OM3RM 43
MB2U VK2IA ZL3CW
19 MB3H K5WA N2IC 44
MB7F SP5Y SQ9ORQ
20 MB3V 4Z4AK HA3LN 45
MB3F RA9P R2BFL
21 MB4C RA3CO RG6G 46
MB4V KO8SCA AD5A
22 MB5Y 9A6KX 9A1UN 47
MB3G HB9ARF LY4A
23 MB2D N1UR K1XM 48
MB4X W7WLW N4ML
24 MB4F NP4Z N2NT 49
MB1N DL3ON EI5LA
25 MB7M DL3JAN DM7XX 50
MB3B PY2NY PY7ZC
Awards were also given to the Phone
Leaders (9A6KX & 9A1UN), the CW
Leaders
(LW5HR & LU9ESD), the Multiplier
Leaders (VE3DZ & UW7LL), the Accuracy
Lead-
ers (N6MJ & KL9A), as well as the Best
Youth Team (W0AAE & W4IPC). Complete
results can be found on
https://www.wrtc2026.org/
* Plenty of stunning photos taken by
Lukas Bartkus (LY7J), documenting all
WRTC activities, are available at
Getphotos.lt/wrtc organized into various
Galleries.
* The host of the 2030 World Radiosport
Team Championship will be announced
by the WRTC Sanctioning Committee in a
couple of months.
QSL WRTC 2026 ---> The QSL route for
GB26WRTC and all of the MB callsigns
used during the competition is via
M0OXO. The logs from the 50 competing
stations (+/- 260,000 QSOs) have been
uploaded and are now available via
Charles’s OQRS (
https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/).
QSO confirmations are also be-
ginning to roll in via LoTW. As for
GB26WRTC, “please QRX on that one”.
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QSLs received direct or through managers:
3B8HK, 3Y0K, 4A1GDL, 4X4DK, 5H1KB
(AF-032), 8R1WA, 9U1RU, AU2M (AS-169),
BA4TB, BI1DSA, BI4VIP, C21TS, C5R,
CY0S, DU0A, E51AAN, FS/K9EL, GB9IOW,
HB0/DL2SBY, HK4/PY8WW (SA-084), HP1XT,
HS0ZOY, J38WG, J51A (AF-020), KH6TU,
S09S, S21WD, S79VU, T42ITU, TX5EU (OC-
114), TY5AD, V26K, VP2ELX, WM3PEN, XX9W.
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