Senegal, 6W. The Italian DXpedition Team will be active from Senegal from 28 October to 9 November. Team members include Elvira IV3FSG, Franco I1FQH, Alfeo I1HJT, Tony I2PJA, Silvano I2YSB, Oscar IK2AQZ, Angelo IK2CKR, and Stefano IK2HKT. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY as 6W/I2YSB and a computer will be active as 6W/IK2HKT for digital. There will be five stations on 160 to 6 metres. QSLs direct to I2YSB. See www.i2ysb.com/idt/ for
more information, including the band plan and the direct links to the live stream and the real-time online log & OQRS.
Indian Ocean. Ludovic, F1TEQ will be active as FR/F1TEQ from Reunion Island (AF-016) between 19 and 26 September and as FH/F1TEQ from Mayotte (AF-027) between 26 and 30 September. He will operate SSB on 20, 15 and 10 metres in his spare time. See qrz.com for possible updates.
Ogasawara, JD1/O. Look for JD1BON (QSL via LoTW, or direct to JA1UII), JD1BOI (QSL via LoTW, or direct to JI1LET), JE1NVD/JD1 and JI1CRM/JD1 (QSLs via LoTW or direct to home calls) to be active from Chichijima (AS-031) from 24 September to 6 October. They will operate CW, SSB and digital on 160 to 6 metres.
Saudi Arabia, HZ. HZ96ND, 7Z96ND and 8Z96ND are the special call signs for the Saudi Amateur Radio Society (HZ1SAR) to celebrate Saudi National Day between 13 and 23 September. Based on the number of lunar years, Saudi National Day commemorates the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (23 September 1932). National societies from Gulf Cooperation Council’s neighbouring countries which are expected to join the celebrations include the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society as A91ARS (17 to 23 September) and the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society as 9K9KSA (19 to 25 September).
Poland, SP. HF26WBC is the special call sign to be active on 17-25 September during the 26th World Hot Air Balloon Championship taking place in the city of Krosno, Poland. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW, and QRZ. Commemorative awards will be available at https://radiodyplom.pl/.
France, F. Special call sign TM47CDXC will be active from 27 September to 11 October for the 47th annual Convention of the Clipperton DX Club (https://cdxc.org/), to be held at Carcans-Maubuisson on 9 and 11 October. QSL via operator’s instructions.
England, G. MX0SQC is the call sign for members of the Polish Amateur Radio Group in the UK (M0SQC) to celebrate their 10th anniversary from 28 September to 4 October. Look for activity on 160 to 10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and other digital modes. See qrz.com for more information. QSL via M0URX’s OQRS and LoTW.
Argentina, LU. Members of Radio Club QRM Belgrano (LU4AAO) will be active as LS2E from the Arroyo de la Cruz on 26 September. They will operate SSB and digital on the HF bands from the premises of the Grupo Scout Aeronaval Canada de la Cruz. More information, visit https://lu4aao.org/.
Chile, OA. Active throughout September, the special call sign OC100ISL marks the 100th anniversary since the inauguration of the Peruvian Navy’s base on San Lorenzo Island (SA-052). Amateur radio operations from the island are planned for 25 to 27 September only; at other times the call sign is operated on various bands and modes from mainland Peru.
Curacao, PJ2. Randy, K5SL will be active holiday style as PJ2/K5SL from Curacao (SA-099) between 18 and 26 September. He will operate only CW on 40 to 17 metres. QSL via home call.