Morocco, CN. Andre, HB9HLM will be active holiday style as CN2NE from Morocco between 15 and 22 July. He will be active on 40 to 6 metres from grid locator IM63DM. QSL via eQSL and QRZ Logbook; he does not plan to have paper cards.
Benin, TY. Red, DL1BUG will be active again as TY5FR from Cotonou, Benin from 9 July to 6 August. He will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.
Korea, HL. HL70KARL is the special event station commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL), first established on 20 April 1955. QSL via LoTW; paper cards will not be available.
Thailand, HS. E2WRTC is a special event station to promote Team Asia #3 in the World Radio Team Championship, which will be held in the UK in July 2026. Look for activity from 12 July to 10 August on 160 to 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via E21EIC and LoTW.
Cyprus, ZC4. Adrian, G0KOM will be active as ZC4MK from the UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus between 8 and 15 July. He will be active on 80, 40 and 20 to 6 metres. QSL via home call.
Mount Athos. SV2TOW is the Greek call sign issued to Monk Pausolipios, at the Docheiariou Monastery of Mount Athos. He still has to “apply to the Mt Athos Council, which represents the 20 monasteries, to get permission to transmit from there”. The process may take some time, but hopefully he will be allowed to be active as SV2TOW/a using the equipment of the late Monk Apollo.
Italy, I. II1HQ, II2HQ, II4HQ, II6HQ and II9HQ will represent the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) on the six contest bands, both CW and SSB, during next weekend’s IARU HF World Championship. See https://hqspeedaward.ari.it for the “IIxHQ Speed Award”, with certificates for working ARI HQ stations on different bands and modes in the shortest possible time.
France, F. Special call sign TM5VDL will be active between 5 and 19 July from Dunkirk during the second stage of this year’s edition of the Tall Ships Races. QSL via F8KGS.
England, G. During next weekend’s IARU HF World Championship five stations – GB0WR, GB2WR, GB5WR, GB8WR, and GB9WR – will be active on 80 to 10 metres SSB and CW and tested under field conditions. They will be using the exact planned equipment for the WRTC 2026 event as a trial. The operating location will be a cluster of sites within the grounds of the Euston Estate, Suffolk (England). There will be two awards available for chasers during this event, complete information on https://www.wrtc2026.org/wrtc-test-event-july-2025/.
Denmark, OZ. Rene, DL2JRM has been island hopping in Denmark since 30 June. Look for OZ/DL2JRM to be active until 11 July; he updates his schedule on www.qrz.com/db/DL2JRM. He will return to Denmark for the IOTA Contest, when he will be active as OV7X from Bago Island (EU-172). QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
Svalbard, JW. Vlad, OK2WX will be active as JW0V from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard between 14 and 23 July. He will operate CW, SSB and digital on 80 to 10 metres. QSL via I8KHC and LoTW. See https://www.mdxc.support/jw0v/ for more information.
Columbia, HK. Members of the Asociacion de Radioaficionados Unidos (HK4RAU) have announced plans for a DXpedition to Isla Fuerte (SA-078), Colombia to take during the last week of July, including participation in the IOTA Contest (26-27 July). Call signs to be used are 5K0T (operated by HK4T) and 5K0C (operated by HK4C), as well as HK4SSI/0 and HK4X/0 for “portable activations”. Activity will be on HF, VHF/UHF and for the first time satellites. QSL via EA5GL.
Belize, V3. Josh, W9HT will be active as V31GT from Belize on 10-13 July. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on various HF bands. QSL via W9HT, and possibly LoTW.
Canada, VE. Look for VY2/K1ZN to be active holiday style from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) between16 and 21 July, including participation in the North American RTTY QSO Party on 19 and 20 July. QSL via home call.
Canada, VE. The NA128 Contest Group (http://www.qsl.net/na128cg) will be active again as XM2I from Ile-aux-Coudres (NA-128) between 24 and 27 July, IOTA
Contest included.
XM2I will also be used (NOT FROM NA-128) on various bands and modes between 12 July and 11 August, particularly during the IARU HF World Championship (12 July), the North American RTTY QSO Party (19 July), the North American CW QSO Party (2 August) and the WAE DX Contest, CW (9 August). QSL via F5JYD; all QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW on 15 August.
USA, W. Randy, K5SL will be active holiday style from Dauphin Island (NA-213) between 19 and 26 July. He will operate CW on 40 to 15 metres during his local mornings and evenings.