Radio News
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IOTA activation IB0DX Ventotene Island Iota EU-045 , from 30 may to 2 june 2025.
96°adunata Alpini a Biella IZ1CCK Brigata Alpin Taurinense , on 8-10 may 2025.
IR0IARU coming soon…
Award Battaglia del passo del Pertuso , special callsign II1VPP on 10- 19 may 2025.
75TH Anniversary of ARI Bari , special callsign II7BA and clubstatio callsign IQ7DV also Marconi station IY7M . From 15 to 30 april 2025.
II3MPL is the special callsign celebrating the 50th anniversary of ARI Merano from 1 February to 1 May 2024.
Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of theIARU
(in alphabetical order by callsign )
Monaco – 3A100A from 15 april to 30 june 2025 .
Poland – 3Z100IARU , HF100IARU , SN100IARU , SO100IARU and SP100IARU , from 17 February to 3 March and again on 11-25 April 2025.
Mexico – 4A100IARU on 8 -30 april 2025.
Austria – 4U0IARU
Israel – 4Z100IARU 14 – 25 April 2025.
Indonesia – 8A100IARU 24 april 2025.
Croatia – 9A100IARU
Malta – 9H6IARU april and may 2025.
Bahrain – A9100IARU (QRV 5 days every month from 26th ) to celebrate 100 annuiversry of the IARU .
Bahrain – A975IARU from Manama ( IOTA AS – 002), commemorating 75th Anniversary of IARU Region I, until december 2025.
Spain – AO100IARU, AO1IARU , AO2IARU , AO3IARU , AO4IARU , AO5IARU , AO6IARU , AO7IARU , AO8IARU and AO9IARU . On 15 – 30 april 2025 , also AO6100VQ. Celebrating IARU’s centenary, Spanish amateurs are allowed to replace their normal prefix from 1 to 15 May as follows: EA stations can use AO#100, EB stations can use AN#100, and EC stations can use AM#100, where “#” is the digit of their call area.
China – B100IARU from 18 april to 17 june 2025.
Morocco – CN100IARU and CN100HR to celebrate 100 annuiversry of the IARU .
Portugal – CR1IARU from the Azores , CR3IARU from Madeira and CR5IARU from mainland Portugal. on18 -24 april 2024.
Uruguay – CX100IARU on 1- 30 april 2025.
Germany – DA0IARU between 1 February and 27 April 2025.
Philippine – DX100IARU .
Bosnia and Herzegovina – E7100IARU.
Iran – EP100IARU
Tajikistan – ET100IARU on 12 – 30 april 2025.
Ukraine – EM7IARU.
Moldova – ER100IARU until 30 april 2025.
Tajikistan – EY100IARU 12 – 30 April 2025 .
England – GB0IARU on 1- 30 april 2025.
Hungary – HA100IARU, HG100IARU, HA100Y, HA100E, HA100A, HA100R, HA100C, HA100L, HA100B, HA100T, HA100I, HA100O and HA100N , from 1 to 18 april 2025.
Switzerland – HB100IARU .
South Korea – HL100IARU during march and april 2025.
Thailand – HS100IARU on 1 – 30 april 2025.
Luxembourg – LX100IARU from Luxembourg .
Bulgaria – LZ100IARU .
Netherlands – PA100IARU .
Greece – SX100IARU on 1- 30 april 2025.
Slovenia – S5100IARU until 31 december 2025.
Perù – OC100IARU on 14 – 20 april 2025.
Czech Republic – OL100IARU, OL100I, OL100A, OL100R and OL100U from 14 april to 31 december 2025.
Slovak Republic – OM100IARU during april 2025.
Belgium – At the occasion of the IARU centenary, the Belgian IARU society UBA will be activating 30 special event stations between March 15th and May 15th 2025.(ON100I, ON100A, ON100R, ON100U, OO100I, OO100A, OO100R, OO100U, OP100I, OP100A, OP100R, OP100U, OQ100I, OQ100A, OQ100R, OQ100U, OR100I, OR100A, OR100R, OR100U, OS100I, OS100A, OS100R, OS100U, OT100I, OT100A, OT100R and OT100U. Furthermore, OQ0IARU and OR0IARU).
Denmark – Special callsign and award OZ100IARU on 19 -29 april 2025.
Turkey – TC100IARU .
France – Special callsign TM100REF to celebrate the centenary of the Réseau des Émetteurs Français (REF) and the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) , from April 1 to June 30, 2025. Also TM100I, TM100A, TM100R and TM100U from 12 april to 13 july 2025 , TM100RAon 18-25 april 2025.
Reunion island – TO974REF from 1 may to 1 june 2025.
Australia – VI100IARU .
Honk Kong – VR100IARU from May to December 2025.
India – VU1IARU from 01 April to 29 June 2025.
Canada – XL7IARU 1- 30 June 2025.
Chile – XR100IARU on 15 -20 may 2025.
North Macedonia – Z3100IARU from 25 March to 18 May 2025 .
20 years of EURAO : special callsigns YR20EURAO ( 10 april – 31 december 2025) , CS20EURAO ( 15 June – 15 July 2025)
75 Jahre DARC Special callsigns DC75DARC, DD75DARC, DK75DARC and DR75DARC from 1 may to 31 october 2025.
Special callsign VC250UMS 50 years of Union MetropolitaineDes-Sans-Filistes , during may 2025.
Special callsign VC3COPS for Police Services Week, May 11 – May 17 2025.
Special callsign TM160ITU to celebrate 160of ITU , from 17 to 31 may 2025.
Special callsign TM45END on 7-31 May 2025 , celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
Special callsign 8K3EXPO from 13 April to 13 October 2025 for of the 2025 Expo in Osaka.
Special callsign SX20TARG , members of the Thessaloniki Amateur Radio Group to celebrate its 20th anniversary on 3-17 May 2025.
Special callsign GB0AEL between 5 and 31 May 2025 to commemorate the anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s transatlantic flight.
Special callsign B0CRA, B1CRA, B2CRA, B3CRA, B4CRA, B5CRA, B6CRA, B7CRA, B8CRA and B9CRA on 3-5 May 2025 for the annual”5.5 China Amateur Radio Festival” .
Special callsigns AO1EU, AO2EU, AO3EU, AO4EU, AO5EU, AO6EU, AO7EU, AO8EU and AO9EU on 2-11 may 2025 to celebrate Europe Day.
IOTA DXpedition K4D ( St. George Island NA-085) from 27 April to 4 May 2025.
Special callsigns SP1000KBC – SQ1000KBC – HF1000KBC on 19 – 30 april 2025 , “1000th anniversary of Bolesław Chrobry’s coronation” .
Special callsign EG8IC , 43rd anniversary of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands Award. 30 -31 may 2025
Special callsign CS2MFA for the celebrations of the 25th April , from 24 to 30 april 2025.
Special callsign PD80FREE until 30 June 205 , to celebrate the 80th anniversary since the end of the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Special callsign SN110BG to celbrate the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Gorlice.
Special callsign 5B50CARS celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS), (see schedule).
Special callsign 3D2AJT in memory of Zorro JH1AJT , until end of april 2025.
Special callsign GU80LIB on 9 – 11 may 2025 , to celebrate the liberation by British Forces of the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945.DX-Pedition 4K0T , 29 – 30 march 2025.
Special callsign YL35G to commemorate 35th anniversary of the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Latvia .
Special callsign CQ35MD , Jose Manuel Barcelos Vasconcelos (CT3MD) will be active to celebrate 25 years as ham radio.
Italian DXpedition Team will be active from 26th June to 10th July 2025 from Kossovo with special callsigns Z68TT (ssb-cw-rtty) and Z68ZZ(ft8).
Several special callsigns to celebrate 100th anniversary of the REF(Réseau des Émetteurs Français) also 100th annyversary of IARU , from 1 april to 30 june 2025.
Special callsign VI100SIG celebrating 100 years of the Royal Australian Corps og Signal , until 3 september 2025.
Special callsign OE65IPA from 14 February to 13 August 2025, commemorating 65th Anniversary of the International Police Association Austrian section .
Special callsign 9A2025HWC from 17 january to june 2025 for 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship.
LONG TERM AWARDS & CALLSINGS 2025
Award ”MARCONI – PATENTED BY” 2025 : II4FPEN January , II4FPUS February , II4SHLD March , II4GHPR April , II4JGGR May , II4RXOS June , II4COHR July , II4LDMA August , II4RADS September , II4WLTX October , II4EACC November and II4TJTB.