Equatorial Guinea, 3C0. While waiting to depart for Annobon Island (AF-039), YL2GM and EA5EL have been active as 3C3W from Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea since 1 September. It has turned out that there are not only ferry services to Annobon, but also irregular flights. Their plan is therefore to be active from Bioko until 5 September and then fly to Annobon (3C0W) on the following day – barring changes to their flight schedule. QSLs via Club Log’s OQRS (preferred), or direct to YL2GN; full LoTW upload after six months. Bookmark https://lral.lv/3c0w_3c3w_2025/ for more information.
West Malaysia, 9M2. Jacek, SP5APW will be active (callsign TBA) from Tioman Island (AS-046), West Malaysia between 9 and 16 September. He will focus on 6 metres, but “I don’t rule HF activity out”, he says. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS.
Australia, VK. Paul, VK5PAS will be active as VI8POL between 13 and 29 September to celebrate Australia’s 8th annual National Police Week. QSL via VK5PAS (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL.
Saudi Arabia, HZ. HZ95ND, 7Z95ND and 8Z95ND are the special callsigns for the Saudi Amateur Radio Society (HZ1SAR) to celebrate Saudi National Day between 4 and 23 September. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log. 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 are expected to join the celebrations and be active around 23 September, including the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (A91ARS), the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society (9K9KSA), the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (A43KSA) and the Emirates Amateur Radio Society (A60ARS).
Dodecanese, SV5. Claudio, HB9OAU will be active as SV5/HB9OAU from Karpathos Island,
Dodecanese (EU-001) between 13 and 25 September. He will operate SSB and CW on 40 to 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to home call.
Luxembourg, LX. LX25GDH (3 September to 3 October) and LX25GDG (3 October to 3 November) are the special call signs for Radioamateurs du Luxembourg (RL, Luxembourg’s IARU society) to mark the “Trounwiessel” – the accession to the throne of Prince Guillaume, who is set to become Grand Duke on 3 October upon the abdication of his father the Grand Duke Henri. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS.
England, G. Celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first Camel Trophy, special event station GB45CT will be active between 12 and 14 September, primarily on 40 and 20 metres SSB. The operators have all been part of the CT Communications Team for multiple events. Camel Trophy was an off-road vehicle-oriented competition that was held annually between 1980 and 2000. See https://www.qrz.com/db/GB45CT for more information.
Scotland, GM. Willie, GM4ZNC will be active holiday style as GS8VL from the Isle of Coll (EU-008) between 7 and 12 September. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40 to 6 metres. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS
Scotland, GM. Paul, G4PVM will be active holiday style as GM4PVM from Isle of West Burra, Shetland Islands (EU-012) between 13 and 18 September. He will operate CW and SSB on 40 to 10 metres. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log and eQSL; paper cards will not be provided.
Svalbard, JW. Tom, OH6VDA (LA6VDA) will be active again as JW6VDA from the Svalbard Amatorradioklubb in Longyearbyen (EU-026) between 12 and 22 September. Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB and digital. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS (preferred), LoTW, eQSL, QRZ Logbook, or via the bureau to OH6VDA. Do not send direct QSLs by mail.
Greenland, OX. Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Nuuk, Greenland (NA-018) between 4 and 16 September. One- or two-day trips to IOTA group NA-220 are possible. As always, this will be a working trip and he will be active only in his spare time. QSL via OZ0J, Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW.
Canada, VE. Mike, VE2XB will be active again as VY0ZOO from Southampton Island (NA-007) between 5-7 September, and from Flaherty Island (NA-196) between 12 and 14 September. Activity will be on 80 to 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL direct to VE2XB.
CLUB LOG. “The brand-new Club Log server (c/o NCDXF) is now in the data centre, and I have finished configuration work to make it ready”, G7VJR has announced. All services will be stopped early on 6 September, and Club Log will be down while the database migrates from the current primary server. Michael expects it will take a few hours to restore service. “Look for a noticeable leap in performance” when the migration is completed.
DX UNIVERSITY. Established in 2011, The DX University is a multi-media programme offering information, instruction and varied learning opportunities for DXers and DXpeditioners alike. The DX University has presented in-person sessions at several conventions. The DX University website is part of the DXU program. The site has been recently revamped, and presents ideas and techniques for DXers and DXpeditioners aimed at improving operating skills and lessening the growing chaos on the DX bands: https://dx-university.com/. The media include audio and video files as well as articles and programmes from previous in-person presentations.
IOTA NEWS. The logs for the IOTA Contest 2025 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”. The 2025 RSGB IOTA Contest complete results are available on https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfresults.pl?Contest=IOTA%20Contest&year=2025