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ITALY

IQ3ABC “ASSOCIAZIONE RADIOAMATORI MARINAI MARCONI ROOM” on 7 -9 november 2026.

Special callsign II5ALL “60 Years Since the Flood – November 4, 1966”,from 1 november to 31 december 2026.

Radioclub callsigns IQ0AAI and IQ0AK for the award San Francesco , from 28 octobet o 1 november 2026.

Special callsign II3RXP , from 1 september to30 november celebrating the 2nd anniversary of RadioExperiences.net,

Special callsihgn II2MPP “130 TH Anniversary Marconi Provisional Protection”.

DXPEDITION and IOTA:

EUROPA :

3A/WE9G during March 2-9, 2027. 

JW5MUA  Bear  Island (EU-027) until December 2026. 

 

AMERICAS: 

3X4U Guinea on 11 – 23 november 2026.

J88PI  Bequia Island (NA- 025), St. Vincent and the Grenadines on 17-24 October.

OX7AM Greenland from November 23 until December 7.

NV1U/HR9 & HQ9X  Roatan Island (NA-057) , on 18 -26 october 2026.

J79H Dominica  ( NA-101) from march 2026 to march 2027.

 

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J3/N9GB  Grenada , from 31 october to 6 november 2026.

HD4W  Cojimies Isl Ren (SA-056) , from November 15 until November
22 , 2026.

PJ4Y (contest callsign) from Bonaire (SA-006)  on 10-27 October 2026. 

LS2E Arroyo de la Cruz on  26 September 2026.XR0Z  Alexander Selk (SA-101) , 1 – 31 October 2026.

 

ASIA:

9N7XT  Kathmandu – Népal on 23 – 31 october 2026.

JD1BQP Ogasawara Islands (AS-031) , october 17 to november 2, 2026.

S21DX  Kutubdia Isl(AS-127)  sometime during November 2026

 

AFRICA:

9X5KM  Rwanda ,from 31 october to 11 november 2026.

5Z4GO/P  Wasini Island( AF-067) , operating QRP (and on CW only) . On 28 -30 october 2026.

TZ4AM   Mali , from October 22 to December 2, 2026. 

3DA0GY Piggs Peak,  eSwatini (Swaziland) from 15 October to 2 November 2026.

3X4U  Guinea DXpedition 2026 , on 11 – 23 november 2026.

6W/I2YSB and 6W/IK2HKT   senegal  dxpedition , from 28 octobe to 9november 2026.

7P8GE Lesotho on 16-29 October 2026.

OCEANIA:

E51MWA North Cook Islands/Manihiki (OC-014) , from 21 october to 16 november 2026.

YJ0SP  Vanuatu (OC-035) , from 30 october to 5 november 2026.

5W0ZP (pending) – Samoa during October 19-29, 2026.

E51A  Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands  on 14-22 November 2026. 

FW1P Wallis Island (OC-054) until 17 October 2026. 

YJ1JXZ  Vanuatu on 11- 16 october 2026.

9M8T  Talang-Talang Besar (OC-165) , sometime in June 2027.

H44MS Solomon Is. , from 3 october to 20 november 2026.

KH8A  DXpedition  in Pago Pago from  30 October to 12 November 2026. 

VK9XY DXpedition to Christmas Island (OC-002) , from 16 november to 4 december 2026. 

Team KH8A    Pago Pago (OC-045), American Samoa from 29 October to 13 November 2026.

ANTARCTICA:

8J70JARE is a special callsign celebrating the  70th anniversary of   the  Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 22 May 2026  and 29 January 2027. 

HF0PAS  South Shetland Islands Polish Antarctic Station , until october 2026.

KC4/KL5SE  2025-2026 Austral summer season.

VK0TBC between February and December 2026.

 

 

40EUDXF Activity Month in November 2026  :  DL40EUDXF by DK2HM & Friends -AO40EUDXF by EA1YO – EA6EUDXF by EA6C – DU40EUDXF by DV1K –  HA40EUDXF by HA5MA – OR40EUDXF by ON6CC & ON7WN – PA40EUDXF by PA1X – PB40EUDXF by PB5X – PC40EUDXF by PC2F – PD40EUDXF by PD4RD – PE40EUDXF by PA5PR – PF40EUDXF by PB7Z – PG40EUDXF by PG5M – PH40EUDXF by PA3GVQ-PD3GVQ – PI40EUDXF by PI4COM – VI40EUDXF by VK2WN/SP7WT

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Special callsign    TC29TC Republic Day of Türkiye , on 27 – 31 october 2026.

Special callsign W0W  To commemorate the 88th anniversary of Orson Welles’ legendary 1938 War of the Worlds Halloween radio broadcast , November 1, 2026 (16:00 -21:00UTC)

Special callsign AT26HFI “Ham Fest India 2026 Mangaluru” , until 31 december 2026.

Brazilian Amateur Radio Day , special callsign ZZ5UNO from 31 october to 15 november 2026.

Special callsign ZW50B   50th anniversary of ARAUCARIA DX GROUP , until and of october 2026.

Special callsign CN1UNI ” Morocco’s Unity Day” from 26 october to 8 november 2026.

Special callsign OR82CLM between  16 October and 15 November 2026 to commemorate  the  82nd anniversary  of the liberation  of the region of  Knokke Heist by Canadian troops in 1944.

ZA/AE5X from various locations in Albania on  8-30 October 2026. 

Special callsign OR80AF on 1-30 October 2026 to celebrate the 80th anniversary     of the Belgian Air Force.

On the occasion  of the  125th anniversary  of the birth of  Rudolf Hell, the special callsign DA125RH will be active from 1 October to  31 December 2026. 

Special callsign OT5IDPD will be active from 4 November to 3 December2026 for the  International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Special callsigns  EO210WLP and EM70WWW  will be active from 1 September  until  31 December 2026 for the  210th anniversary  of the  Lviv   Polytechnic National University.

Henry, HP1CDW, celebrates his 40 years on the air with the callsign 3E40CDW until the end of November. 2026

 

LONG TERM AWARDS & CALLSINGS  2025

II4GMRC (January), II4AJMR (February), II4AMRC (March), II4JDVS (April), II4ROSA (May),II4PRCE (June), II4JAFL (July), II4KEMP (August), II4PAGE (September), II4NTTI (October), II4GCLB (November), II4SLRI (December).

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Special callsign 8J2ASIA for the 20th Asian Games / 5th Asian Para Games in Nagoya , from 1 june to 24 october 2026.

Special callsign 9A10SOTA  to celebrate 10 years of 9A association , from 1 october 2025 to 30 september 2026.

Special callsigns 9A44FF and 9A44FF/P , to celebrate 15th anniversary of hte Croatian Flora Fauna ARC until 31 december 2026.

Special callsin 9A60CBM Radio klub Marjan 60th Anniversary , from 1 april to 31 december 2026.

Throughout 2026, Tom, 9A2AA will use 9A69AA to mark his 69 years of activity on the amateur radio bands.

America250 WAS  Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary ,Throughout 2026.

Special callsign AX120AAC celebrates the 120th anniversary of the Australian Army Cadets (AAC) during 2026. 

Special callsign CT100REP to celebratesthe 100th anniversary of the founding of the REP( Portugal’s IARU society , until 31 december 2026.

The DARC Team SES will operate  five  special callsigns  at various  times throughout 2026:  DA100LH, DL100LH and  DK100LH for the 100th      anniversary of  Lufthansa Airlines;  DA100TV and DL100TV  to  celebrate 100 years of television in Germany.

Special callsign DB100FT will be active throughout 2026 to celebrate the centenary of the Berlin Radio Tower (Funkturm).

Special callsign DL25WIKI throughout 2026 ,  celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia.

Special callsign DR170TESLA , will be active from May 1st 2026 till December 31st 2026 .

Special callsign EM50AR “50th anniversary of Nick’s (US8AR) work on the air”.

Specail callsigns EM100W and EM100WLKK to celbrate 100 years of the Lviv Shortwave Club.

Special  callsign EO50AX , “UY4AX 50 years on air  “. 

Specala callsign GB50PUNK to Celebrate 50 years of PUNK ROCKmusic, during 2026.

Special callsigns HF30KSRG – 3Z30KSRG – SN30KSRG , National Rescue and Firefighting System (KSRG) 30th anniversary.

Special callsign HL70KARL to celebrate 70th anniversary of the KARL (Korea Amateur Radio League).

LZ75HSC is the special callsign for Bulgarian HSC  members to celebrate the  75th anniversary of the  Radio Telegraphy Highspeed Club (HSC) until the end of the year.

DIPLOMA “ALL SAINTS – 2026” : LZ1426EN (January and February), LZ488AM (March and April), LZ370TL (May and

June), LZ67PP (July and August), LZ936BA (September and October),LZ911TD (November and December).

Special callsign EO80F to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Palace of Children and Youth in Izmail, Ukraine.

Special callsign   OL26WRTC during 2025 and 2026 ” as a celebration and promotion”  of WRTC2026. 

OK1MR will be active using special call sign OL80MR from Holysov.

Special callsign OT26B to commemotrate 100th anniversary of the SNCB (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges) , until 31 december 2026.

SKCC 20th Anniversary starting on January 2nd SKCC members around the world will be operating special event CW stations using only straight key, bug and cootie keys.

Special callsigns during 2026 to honour as many different Polish saints.The first callsign in the series, SP1894MMK (1-31 January), is for
St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe (SP3RN), It will be followed by SP1440SL (February), SP1040SSZ (March), SP1865JML (April), SP1920KW (May), SP1373JA (June), SP1183JO (July), SP1905MFK (August), SP1373AB (September), SP1550SK (October), SP1234KK (November) and SP1835JK (December).

Special callsigns 3Z100LKK, HF100LKK, SN100LKK, SO100LKK, SP0LKK, SP100LKK and SQ100LKK “ 100  YEARS OF THE LVIV AMATEUR RADIO CLUB” until 31 december 2026.

Special callsign  TF80IRA to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Icelandic  Radio Amateurs (IRA)  from 14 August to 31 December 2026.

Special callsign YR1600VT “Via Transilvanica “until 31 march 2026.

Special callsign YT170TESLA  to commemorate the 170th anniversary of Nikola Tesla’s birth , from 31 January until the end of the year.

Special callsign YU45MJA “45 Years with Us” ,Until 31 december 2026.

Special callsign YU65AEC 65 Years Of Amateur Radio In Odzaci   until 31 decdember 2026.

Special  callsign Z380CEF for the 80-th anniversary of Ham Radio Club “STEVO PATAKOT”  , until 31 devcember 2026.

Special callsign ZB2FTY to celebrate 50 Years of Ham Radio on the Rock of Gibraltar  during year 2026.

 

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