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ITALY

 

Radio Diploma XX Mediterranean Games 2026 , from 21 august to 3 september 2026.

II1LH Capo di Vado Ligure lighthouse (WAIL LI-004, WLOL ITA-017) 22 august 2026.

Award “Valtellina On The Air”, from 21 july to 30 september 2026.

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

 

 

DXPEDITION and IOTA:

 

EUROPA :

 

II1LH Capo di Vado Ligure lighthouse (WAIL LI-004, WLOL ITA-017) 22 august 2026.

IW2LUY/IA5 Elba Island , on 20- 24  august 2026.

J48S  Samos Island (EU-049) , from 11 september to 10 october 2026.

OJ0JR & OJ0YL Market Reef , from August 15–22, 2026.

Z68PX Kossovo  on 4 – 11 september  2026.

 

AMERICAS: 

 

WB8YJF/4  Ocracoke Isl ( NA-067) , on 6 – 19 september 2026.

V47JA  St Kitts & Nevis (NA-104) , on 24 – 31 august

OX3LX Greenland on 3 – 17 august 2026.

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

 

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XR0Z  Alexander Selk (SA-101) , approximately 10 days during October 2026.

PS2L Brazil Mar Virado Isl. (IOTA SA-028) on 29 -30 august 2026.

 

 

ASIA:

A50QO Thimphu  (SAT DXPEDITION)  , Bhutan on 15-20 August 2026. 

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

3W9C  Hon Son/Hon Rai (AS-128) 4-12 September2026. 

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

 

AFRICA:

9T0MD  Democratic Republic of the Congo from  30 September to 11 October 2026.

7P8GE Lesotho on 16-29 October 2026.

 

OCEANIA:

5W0AF Vaiala, Upolu Island  (OC-097), from 21 september to 12 october 2026.

H44GJ   Lola Island  (OC-149),  Solomon Islands between 28 August and 11 September 2026.

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

Solomon Islands   H49A  Guadalcanal (OC-047),   between 7 and  21 October 2026 and   H44GJ from 28 august to 11 september 2026

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

 E51CZZ and E51KEE COOK ISL  between July 22 and August 14 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.

 

 

Special callsign CJ3B “200th Anniversary – Bicentennial of the Founding of Bytown” , during september 2026.

Special callsign ZL100TUX (op Stuart, ZL3TUX) to celebrate the centenary of NZART (New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters) until the end of August 2026.

Special callsign 8A12JN “12th National Jamboree Indonesia Scout Movement National “, on 14 – 20 august 2026.

HQ station  8A81RI  and 34 special event stations will be active on  10-20 August 2026 from  various Indonesian provinces to celebrate 81st anniversary  of the  Republic of Indonesia.

Special callsign ER35RM ” 35th  anniversary of the  Republic of Moldova” , during august 2026.

TF5SS Radio Scout Station on 20 -26 august 2026.

Special calsign EN35UKR will be active on 1-30 August 2026to mark  the 35th anniversary of  Ukraine’s independence.

Special callsign GB64MOD celebrating the spirit, culture, and legacy of the Mod movement, will be active August 1–31, 2026.

Special callsign SX48JM dedicated to the 48^th anniversary of the hero pilot’s action Joseph Migadis , during september 2026

Special callsigns SP100PKP  – HF100PKP  and 3Z100PKP to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the PKP ( Polish State Railways) , during september 2026.

Special callsign HL81V on  1-31 August 2026 , to celebrate the  81st anniversary  of the liberation of  Korea.

HB040A is a  special callsign  celebrating the 40th anniversary  of   Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein  (AFVL)activity on  17-19 July and  28-30 August 2026.  

Special callsign ER35MD 35 Years of Independence of Republic of Moldova during august 2026.

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 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.

Special callsign ZL100C  celebrating the centenary of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) , until 6 August 2026.

 

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