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6 December 2025 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1805
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - Celebrating Hanukkah, the Israel Association of Radio Communication
will be running special event stations 4X8NER and 4Z8NER from 14 to
22 December. QSL via LoTW, or via 4Z5MU. A certificate will be
available: https://tools.iarc.org/chanukah25/.
9Y - Earl, WA3DX will be active as 9Y9DX from Arouca, Trinidad (SA-011)
on 17-29 December. He will operate mainly FT8 and FT4 on 40-10
metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to home call. QSOs will be uploaded
also to Club Log.
C5 - Andre, ON7YK is once again active as C5YK from The Gambia until 25
January 2026. He operates SSB, digital modes (FT8, FT4, RTTY, PSK)
and some CW on 20-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct only to
his home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
CN - CN25JIM will be active between 8 and 21 December, and especially on
13 December, from the Middle Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The
special callsign's suffix stands for Journee Internationale de la
Montagne (International Mountain Day). QSL via operator's instruc-
tions.
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as JS6RRR from Miyako Island (AS-079)
between 11 December and 17 April 2026. He will operate SSB, CW and
FT8 on 40-6m. Other callsigns to be used are JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6,
JI3DST/p and JJ5RBH/p. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.
[TNX JI3DST]
ON - Commemorating the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge dur-
ing World War II, members of UBA Section Bruxelles-Est (ON5UB) will
be active as OR81NUTS between 13 and 31 December. The suffix of the
special callsign is General Anthony C. McAuliffe's famous single-
word reply in response to a surrender ultimatum.
PA - The Dutch Radio Group Christmas Event will run from 10 December to
2 January with six special callsigns: PD25HOLLY, PD25HOHOHO,
PD25REDNOSE, PD25SANTA, PD25XMAS and PD26HNWY. More information can
be found on See https://www.qrz.com/db/PD25XMAS.
PZ - Joe, OZ0J will be active as PZ5OZ from PZ5RA's rental shack at
Lelydorp, Suriname from 21 December to 2 January 2026. He will
operate CW, SSB, FT8 (F/H) and possibly RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, and eQSL. Do NOT mail direct
cards to OZ0J, as PostNord (the Danish post operator) will discon-
tinue its letter delivery service by the end of the year. The last
letters will be delivered on 30 December. See https://pz5oz.oz0j.dk
for more information.
SV - On 1 December 1913, the island of Crete was officially integrated
into the Greek state after centuries of Ottoman rule. SX1913C is a
special callsign that will commemorate that event on 15-21 Decem-
ber. The operators will be SV1TAO, SV7JAX, SV8RSX and SV9TNA. Elec-
tronic QSL cards will be sent by email.
T8 - Koh, JA1ADT will be active as T88AC from Koror (OC-009), Palau on
10-17 December. He will participate in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest
(13-14 December), outside the contest he will focus on the low
bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call; QSOs will be uploaded
also to Club Log.
UA_ant - Alex, RI1ANI expected to leave Novolazarevskaya Station on 1 Decem-
ber, and head to Progress station. From 5 December onwards, he will
take part in the traverse from Progress to Vostok Station, where he
will stay for approximately 40 days. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or
via RN1ON.
VU7 - VU7RS is the callsign for the 10-22 January DXpedition to Agatti
(AS-011), Lakshadweep Islands [425DXN 1798]. Operators mentioned so
far include VU24DX, VU29AR, VU2RS, VU3DXA, VU3GDS, DJ5IW, DL6KVA,
EY8MM, R7KW, VE7KW and YT1AD. Plans are to operate CW, SSB and FT8
(F/H) on 160-6 metres with four stations, while a fifth station
will be dedicated to QO-100. See https://www.vu2rs.com/vu7r/ for
more information. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
YB - Celebrating the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian province of Nusa
Tenggara Barat, special event callsigns 8C67NBA, 8C67NBB, 8C67NBC,
8C67NBD, 8C67NBE, 8C67NBF, 8C67NBJ and 8C67NBK will be in use on
13-14 December. Electronic QSLs on https://myqsl.id/.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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!
JY6SC --- > The Jordanian Special Communications Commission (SCC) was estab-
lished in 1975 to plan, implement and maintain nationwide communication net-
works for the public and private sectors. Recently, the SCC revived its
close relationship with the Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society by allow-
ing the RJRAS to set up a modern club station, JY6SC. This is one of many
stations that will be established within the Jordan Armed Forces, as well as
at universities and schools, to promote amateur radio.
YOUTH ON THE AIR SUMMER CAMP ---> Next year's Youth on the Air (YOTA) summer
camp for young radio amateurs from the Americas will be held on 14-19 June
2026 in Huntsville, Alabama. Online applications are being accepted now at
https://youthontheair.org/huntsville2026. Applicants must be licensed ama-
teur radio operators aged 15-25 and residing in North, Central, or South
America.
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+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Ganesh Subramaniam,
VU2TS (2 December) and Francisco Vassoux, TG9ANF (3 December), as well as
Alan L. Waller, K3TKJ (30 November), who in 1996 founded the QSL.net and
QTH.net websites.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9DJ, 3G1P (SA-100), 4V1SB, 5X2I,
9N1CA, A52G, A61SD, A71AH, AT2AH (AS-178), BA3KY, C5Y, CO8ZZ, CR2X, CR3A,
DM88YLF, E44OM, E51JD, EJ1K, EJ7NET (EU-121), EP5TJS, FG4NO, FM8QR, HK1MW,
HP1XV, J38DX, OD5ZZ, OJ0W, PJ4A, PJ7K, PZ5DX, SM3/DL4SVA (EU-176), SV1GA/A,
TC0MAR (AS-201), TO2M, V51DM, V6D, VK2/SP9FIH, VK9/SP9FIH, VP2ECV, VP2MAA,
VP9I, WP3C, WP3Y, XE2SSB, YN9H, Z68TT, Z68ZZ.
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