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Namibia, V5. Gunter, DK2WH will be active again as V51WH and V55Y (contest call sign) from Namibia between 25 August and 10 October. He will operate SSB, RTTY, other digital modes and some CW on 160 to 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Mauritius 3B and Rodrigues, 3B9. Alex, SQ9UM will be active as 3B8/SQ9UM from Mauritius… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

South Africa, ZS. There are fourteen lighthouses registered for the International Lighthouse weekend. Look out for Hondeklip Bay ZS6PS/3; Doringbaai ZS3VDK/1; Cape Columbine ZS1BK; Green Point ZS1CT; Slangkop ZS1PZ; Cape Point ZS1CRG; Roman Rock ZS0RR; Cape Hangklip ZS1WRC; Danger Point ZS1OAR; Cape Agulhas ZS1BAK; Ystervark Point ZS1ERZ; Cape St Blaize ZS1SKR; Cape Seal ZS1CCR and North Sand Bluff ZS5HAC. Namibia, V5.… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Lesotho, 7P. Team 7P8GE (namely Manfred, DK1BT; Wolf, DL4WK; Annette, DL6SAK; Tom, DL7BO and Frank, DL7UFR) will be active from Lesotho between 16 and 29 October. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 80 to 10 metres with up to five stations. QSL via DL7UFR, direct or bureau; the full log will be uploaded to LoTW within six… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Saturday 1 August 10:00- 14:45 SAST   (08:00 -12:45 UTC)   09.45 (07:45) for logging on the Webex platform  Down load Webex free from www.webex.com (preferred) or log in with your browser  10:00 house Keeping rules  10:05 Welcome   10:15  International Telecommunication Union and WRC27  Speaker: Linden Petzer    10:35 Progress on the new Matjiesfontein ground station and expansion of the Hartebeesthoek ground station  Speaker: Eugene Avenant Chief Engineer SANSA  SANSA is establishing a new ground station at Matjiesfontein in the Western Cape.… Read more: AMSATSA Symposium 1 Aug

Christmas Island, VK9X. The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group (PIDXG) and Youth on the Air (YOTA) have announced the VK9XY DXpedition to Christmas Island (OC-002), running from 16 November to 4 December. Young operators have expanded their roles in recent years – advancing from remote operations on Rotuma (3D2Y) to on-island team participation on Saba (PJ6Y) – and will now take… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Ivory Coast, TU. Freddy, F5HPE will be active again as TU5MM from Ivory Coast between 16 and 22 July. He will operate SSB and digital on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. Rodrigues Island, 3B9. Sebastien, 3B8HR will be active holiday style as 3B9HR from Rodrigues Island (AF-017) between 22 and 28 July. He will… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Italian Africa, I. Seby, IT9KWE will be active as IG9/IT9KWE from Lampedusa Island (AF-019) between 14 and 22 July. In his spare time, he will operate QRP on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via home call; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log and QRZ. Korea, HL. Members of the Gwangju DX Club (6L0NJ)… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

INDEXA Newsletter. The Summer 2026 issue (#149) of the International DX Association’s Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website (https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include “KP5/NP3VI Desecheo DXpedition Trip Report” by Otis Vicens, NP4G; “So, you want to go on a DXpedition?” by Paul Ewing, N6PSE; “TX9W DXpedition to Marquesas Is” by Craig Boyer, W5CCP, “TX9W Low Band Story” by… Read more: HF Update with ZS3I

Ogasawara, JD1/O. Kou, JP1IHD will be active again as JD1BQP (https://x.com/jd1bqp) from Chichijima (AS-031), between 2 and 11 July. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log; QSL direct to home call. Greece, SV. Maksym, DL3PLZ will be active as SV8/DL3PLZ from Corfu/Kerkyra Island (EU-052) on 7-14 July. He will operate SSB and digital on 40, 20, 15 and… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Madagascar, 5R. Kuni, JO1AEC is active as 5R8EC from Antananarivo, Madagascar (AF-013) until 23 June. He operates CW only on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL direct to home call.Cameroun, TJ. Darek, TJ1GD (aka TL8GD, TN8GD and TT1GD) is once again active as TJ1GD/p from Mondoleh Island (AF-095), Cameroun until 15 July. See QRZ.com for QSLing instructions. Benin, TY.… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Cape Verde, D4. Ger, EC1A will be active holiday style as D44EC from Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde between 17 and 24 June. He will be active on 40 to 6 metres from his main QTH in Praia (locator HK84), hopefully with a side trip to Fogo Island (AF-005) to activate the locators HK75 and HK74. See www.d44ec.ec1a.es/ for updates.… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Mozambique, C9. Vasily, R7AL and Slav, OK8AU have been active as C91RU from Ressano Garcia, Mozambique since 1 June. Length of stay is not known. They operate CW and digital on 80 to 10 metres when time permits. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS. See https://www.qrz.com/db/C91RU for possible updates. Tanzania, 5H. Chas, NK8O will be active again as 5H3DX from Tanzania… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Tanzania, 5H. Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active again as 5H1KB from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) between 3 and 12 June. He will operate CW, SSB and digital on the HF bands with verticals and an inverted vee and on 6 metres with a 5-element yagi. QSL via LoTW, Club Log’s OQRS, or direct to home call. Macau, XX9. Alberto, VR2XAN (IV3TAN)… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

2026 FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup is the quadrennial international men’s football (soccer) championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of the Federation Internationale de Football Association. Jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, the 2026 “World Soccer Tournament” will take place from 11 June to 19 July and amateur radio operators from… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Namibia, V5. Eric, N7XOB will be active as V5/N7XOB while visiting Namibia from 20 May to 19 June. He will operate SSB on +/- 7 165 and 14 265 kHz from various locations. QSL via LoTW. Japan, JA. Owing to bad weather conditions, the JI3DST/6 and JA4GXS/6 operation from the Danjo Islands (AS-056) has been postponed to 22 and 23… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS

Ascension Island, ZD8. ZB2KX will be active as ZD8KX from Ascension Island (AF-003) between 25 and 29 May. He will operate QRP using CW (preferred mode), SSB and FT modes on 40 – 10 m. QSL via LoTW and QRZ.com, or direct to ZB2KX. American Samoa, KH8. Team KH8A (namely DJ9KH, DK5WL, DL1KWK, DL2RNS, DL4SVA, DL6KAC, DL6KVA, DL7JOM and DL7VEE)… Read more: HF Update with ZS4BS