425 DX Bulletin - Editado por Mauro Pregliasco I1JQJ e Valeria Pregliasco IK1ADH - PY2KP Brazil Amateur Radio Station

Edição: 1845     Data:  15/09/2026      [ Atualizado todas as sextas feiras ] 

8Q     - Juergen, DL3JH will be active as  8Q7JH from the  Maldives (AS-013)
         from 20 September to 10 October.  He will operate CW, SSB,  and FT8
         on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
 
9H     - Members of the Calabria DX Team  (namely Alex IK8YFU, Luigi IU8GUK,
         Pino I8YGZ, and Edo IU8HEP) will be active as  9H/IQ8BV  from Malta
         (EU-023) on  10-12 October.  They will operate CW, SSB, and FT8/FT4
         on 80-10 metres.  QSOs will be uploaded to HRDLOG.net in real time;
         QSL via LoTW, or direct to IU8HEP. [TNX IK8YFU]
 
DL     - On the occasion  of the  125th anniversary  of the birth of  Rudolf
         Hell, the special callsign DA125RH will be active from 1 October to
         31 December.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL.
         Rudolf Hell (1901-2002) was a German engineer who, in 1925, invent-
         ed the Hellschreiber - an  early forerunner  to dot-matrix printers
         and  fax machines.  The transmission method  named after him  had a
         major impact on communications technology  and continues to be used
         by amateur radio operators today.
 
F      - Special event station TM73FT will be active on 19-20 September  for
         the European Heritage Days  from the  Fort du Telegraphe  (aka Fort
         Berwick), located at 1,585 metres a.s.l. in the French Alps.  Plans
         are to have  three stations active  on CW, SSB/FT8, and via QO-100.
         QSL via the bureau.
 
F      - Special event callsign TM26SP will be used by Nicolas, F4HZS on the
         occasion of pope Leo XIV's  upcoming  apostolic journey  to  France
         (25-28 September). QSL via F4HZS.
 
IS0    - Alberto, IK2GAO and Ellie, IU2SMJ will be active as  IM0/IK2GAO and
         IM0/IU2SMJ from  Sant'Antioco Island (EU-024)  on  10-20 September.
         They will operate mainly CW  on 40, 20 and 10 metres.  QSOs will be
         uploaded to LoTW.
 
KH0    - Look for KH0/JR1FKR to be active holiday style from  Saipan, North-
         ern Mariana Islands  (OC-086) on  25-28 September.  He will operate
         SSB, FT8 and RTTY on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW,
         or via home call (direct and bureau).
 
KH8    - Due to a  change in  flight  schedules, the  KH8A  DXpedition  team
         [425DXN 1827] will stay in Pago Pago two days less than planned and
         will be active from  30 October to 12 November.  Four stations with
         small power amplifiers will be on the air around the clock on 160-6
         metres CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8 (MSHV). QSL via Club Log's OQRS (pre-
         ferred), or via DL4SVA; full LoTW upload after six months. Bookmark
         https://kh8a.mydx.de/ for more information and updates.
 
ON     - Special callsign OT5IDPD will be active from 4 November to 3 Decem-
         ber for the  International Day of Persons with Disabilities,  whose
         annual observance (3 December) was proclaimed by the United Nations
         General Assembly in 1992.  All operators  will be hams  with a dis-
         ability.  The logs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log and eQSL; all
         QSOs will  be confirmed  automatically via the bureau. [TNX ON4AAC]
 
PA     - Commemorating  the  82nd  anniversary  of  Operation Market Garden,
         members of the PI4CQ club station will be active as PH82MG on 15-20
         September. QSL via the bureau or direct.
 
SV     - SV8/F2VX, SV8/F9IE and SV8/F6BLP are active from Kefalonia (EU-052)
         until 15 September. They operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80-10
         metres.
 
TA     - Golkem, TA7AZC  and  Emre, TA7EK  will be active  as  YM7KK/0  from
         Giresun Island (AS-154)  on  13-15 September.  With  no local power
         grid,  the station will run entirely on battery power  and portable
         antenna systems. [TNX DX World]
 
TA     - Team TC8KHT will be active from Karahan Tepe (grid KM97PC) on 18-20
         September.  Activity will be on 80-10 metres  CW, SSB, FT8/FT4, and
         via QO-100. QSL via eQSL and QRZ Logbook. Karahan Tepe is Neolithic
         archaeological site  that may be  the earliest known human village,
         dating to around 9400 BC.
 
VE     - To  commemorate the  25th anniversary of  11 September 2001 and pay
         respect to those  who lost their lives,  the Amateur Radio Club  of
         Central Newfoundland (VO1GAM) is active as VO1911G.    This honours
         the humanitarian efforts of Central Newfoundland:  with US airspace
         closed, the local communities sheltered  nearly 6,800 stranded pas-
         sengers and crew members from 38 diverted airline flights.
 
VP9    - Al K7AR, Ron WJ7R,  and Lee N7NU  will be active as  N7NU/VP9  from
         Bermuda (NA-005)on 23-29 September. They will operate FT8 and other
         modes on various bands,  and will participate in the  CQ WW RTTY DX
         Contest (26-27 September)  as VP9I.  QSL  N7NU/VP9  via  Club Log's
         OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.  QSL VP9I via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,
         or direct to WW3S.

GOOD TO KNOW ...
 
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IOTA NEWS ---> The logs for the  IOTA Contest 2026 island stations  have now
been added to the IOTA database  and are available for QSO matching. Record-
holders who have made IOTA contacts in an IOTA contest after 2003, can claim
credit for  them  without submitting QSLs, provided that the contact details
match.  Go to  https://iota-world.org/,  log in,  select  "Add Contest QSOs"
under the "My IOTA" tab, and choose either "Upload Contest Log"  or  "Manual
QSO Entry".

RI1FJZ ---> The RI1FJZ DXpedition team  set sail aboard the "Apostol Andrey"
on 8 September at around 1:00 UTC, heading for  Alexandra Land  in the west-
ernmost part of Franz Josef Land.  Depending on weather  and sea conditions,
they  are expected  to reach their  destination  on 13-14 September.  Follow
their voyage on https://share.garmin.com/r9lr.

SAC ---> The 67th Scandinavian  Activity  Contest  will  be  held  on  19-20
September (CW) and 10-11 October (SSB), from 12 UTC on Saturday to 11:59 UTC
on Sunday.  Scandinavian stations  (Aland Islands,  Denmark,  Faroe Islands,
Finland, Greenland,  Iceland, Jan Mayen,  Market Reef, Norway,  Svalbard and
Bear Island, Sweden) will try to work as  many non-Scandinavian  stations as
possible and vice versa. Complete information of the SAC events can be found
at https://www.sactest.net/.

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QSLs received direct  or  through  managers: 3B9FR, 3D2JK (OC-095),  5N0YEN,
5R8IC (AF-090), 5V7RU, 7X4BL, A71CT, B4T, CN2JA, EA9KB, EK1ET, EX0ET, FG4KH,
FY4BC,  GB198LW,  HK4/PY8WW  (SA-093),  HL5BMX,  KL7J,  OX3HI,  P40AA,  PQ1I
(SA-067), RI1ANC, SV9KNA, V85T, VP5G, XV9T, XX9TXN, YS/WE9G.