| Operating Month(s) | Call Sign | Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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| 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | |||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1S (Fixed) | The Centurial Anniversary of World Scouting | Mar. 1, 2006 - Mar. 31, 2008 |
| 8J100S (Mobile) |
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| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N3HK | The 60th Anniversary of Hirakata-city & the 1500th Anniversary of "Kuzuha-no-miya" (or Capital of Kuzuha), where the 26th Emperor "Keitai Tenno" ascended the throne in 507AD (Kuzuha: Foliage of Japanese Cinnamon) |
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2007 | |||
| A | M | 8J49JARL | The 49th JARL Annual General Meeting in "Hare-no-kuni" (or "Land of Sunshine"), Okayama | Jan. 7 - May 20, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | 8N3F | Hanazono Elementary School ARISS School Contact
(Hanazono: Flower Garden) |
Feb. 1 - Apr. 30, 2007 | |||||||||||
| A | 8N1MOMO | Koga-city Momo (or Peach) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2007 | |||||||||||
| A | M | 8J7100F | The 100th Anniversary of Fukushima-city | Mar. 1 - May 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J10YRP | The 10th Anniversary of Yokosuka Research Park | Mar. 7 - Dec. 31, 2007 | |||
| A | 8J1FB | The 60th Anniversary of Bunkyo-city | Mar. 15 - Apr. 15, 2007 | |||||||||||
| A | M | 8J0T | Tatsuno Juvenile Space Club ARISS School Contact | Mar. 15 - May 18, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | M | 8J3GAJMC | The 27th General Assembly of the Japan Medical Congress | Mar. 15 - May 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | 8J1DC | Chiba Destination Campaign
(A tourism campaign conducted by the six Japan Railway companies across Japan, and Chiba Prefecture, which promotes Chiba with various services and special events) |
Apr. 1 - 30, 2007 | |||||||||||
| A | M | 8N3HAM | The 12th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival | Apr. 1 - May 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | M | J | 8N0NGT | Niigata-city's upgrade to a cabinet-order designated city | Apr. 1 - June 10, 2007 | |||||||||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | 8N3IAAF | The 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Osaka 2007
(IAAF: International Association of Athletics Federations) |
Apr. 1 - Sept. 9, 2007 | ||||||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N7TU | The 100th Anniversary of Tohoku University | Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2007 | |||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3SF (Fixed) | The 50th Anniversary of the Sister-City Affiliation between Osaka and San Francisco | Apr. 15 appeared - Dec. 31, 2007 | |||
| 8N3OSA (Mobile) |
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| A | M | J | 8J1P | QRP Day | Apr. 27 - June 30, 2007 | |||||||||
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| 8J4P | ||||||||||||||
| 8J5P | ||||||||||||||
| 8J6P | ||||||||||||||
| A | M | 8J8KID | Activating Amateur Radio among Our Juniors | Apr. 28 - May 6, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
An introduction of this festival: www.hakatadontaku.jp |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8N0M100A | The 100th Anniversary of Matsumoto-city | Apr. 29 - Oct. 31, 2007 | |||||
| M | 8J1ITU | The 39th ITU Day | May 1 - 31, 2007 | |||||||||||
| M | J | J | 8N5SAIT | 2007 Shikoku Joho Tsushin Gekkan (or Information Telecommunication Month)
(Shikoku Island — composed of four prefectures: Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime and Kochi, having their old names as Sanuki, Awa, Iyo and Tosa respectively) |
May 1 - July 31, 2007 | |||||||||
| M | 8J4BARA | Fukuyama Rose (or Bara) Festival | May 6 - 20, 2007 | |||||||||||
| M | J | 8N2G | The 10th Anniversary of All Gifu Contest | May 19 - June 10, 2007 | ||||||||||
| M | J | 8J8JTG | 2007 Joho Tsushin Gekkan (or Information Telecommunication Month) | May 19 - June 10, 2007 | ||||||||||
| M | J | J | A | S | 8J0801SN | Seirei-shitei-toshi (or a cabinet-order designated city) Niigata | May 23 - Sept. 30, 2007 | |||||||
| J | 8J8YOSA (Fixed) | The 16th Yosakoi Soran Festival
An introduction of this festival: www.yosanet.com |
June 1 - 10, 2007 | |||||||||||
| 8J8KOI (Mobile) |
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| J | 8J4626H | The 21st Yuhara Rotenburo no Hi
(or Yuhara-town Outdoor Hot Spring Bath's Day) (A play on words. First, in Japanese, "2 = ni" / "2 things = futatsu" // "6 = roku" / "6 things = muttsu." So — "June 26th" -> "626" -> "roku-futatsu-roku" -> "ro(ku)-ten-fu(tatsu)-ro(ku)" -> "ro-ten-fu-ro" -> "rotenburo" X-) "4" is the call area to which Yuhara-town belongs.) |
June 1 - 30, 2007 | |||||||||||
| J | J | 8N6HAM (Fixed) |
Okinawa Amateur Radio Day
(June 22 — the day that the first amateur station by a Japanese national was licensed as KR8AB in 1961, under the administration of the US Government.) |
June 1 - July 30, 2007 | ||||||||||
| 8J6A (Mobile) |
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| J | J | A | 8J100Y | The 100th Anniversary of Yokosuka-city | June 1 - Aug. 31, 2007 | |||||||||
| J | J | A | S | O | 8J7AKITA | Akita Wakasugi (or Young Cedar) Kokutai (or National Sports Festival) | June 1 - Oct. 15, 2007 | |||||||
| J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1T20A | The 20th Anniversary of Tsukuba-city, by Tsukunan Amateur Radio Club |
June 1 - Nov. 30, 2007 | |||||
| J | 8J8GRN | The 58th National Tree-Planting Ceremony 2007 in Hokkaido
(GRN implies Green) |
June 11 - 24, 2007 | |||||||||||
| J | A | 8J7VENUS | Sendai Tanabata (or Star) Festival
(Legendary once-a-year rendezvous of two stars in the Milky Way. See the full story at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/8J7VENUS/.) |
July 1 - Aug. 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| J | A | S | 8J4ISM | World Heritage Registration of Iwami-Ginzan Silver Mine Sites Remains | July 1 - Sept. 30, 2007 | |||||||||
| J | 8N1HQ | 2007 IARU World HF Championship Contest
- Two 8N1HQs: Kimitsu-city and Minato-city - Two 8N3HQs: Nara-city and Kobe-city - 8N4HQ: Okayama-city |
July 7 - 15, 2007 | |||||||||||
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| 8N3HQ | ||||||||||||||
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| 8N4HQ | ||||||||||||||
| J | A | 8J1ESP | The 92nd Esperanto World Conference | July 31 - Aug. 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| A | 8J1A | 2007 Amateur Radio Festival | Aug. 1 - 26, 2007 | |||||||||||
| A | 8J9S | Ishikawa Scout Meeting 2007 in Suzu & Japan-Russia Exchange Camp | Aug. 1 - 26?, 2007 | |||||||||||
| A | S | O | 8J3ARDF | All Japan ARDF Athetic Meet | Aug. 1 - Oct. 21, 2007 | |||||||||
| A | S | O | 8N3AMA | Amagasaki Child Science Hall ARISS School Contact | Aug. 24 - Oct. 14, 2007 | |||||||||
| S | 8J4HAM | Hamfesta Kasaoka 2007 | Sept. 1 - 30, 2007 | |||||||||||
| S | O | 8J5A | The 22nd National Cultural Festival TOKUSHIMA 2007
('A' implies Awa, the old name of Tokushima-pref.) |
Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| S | O | 8N0CLEAN | Clean Reception Atmosphere Month | Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| S | O | N | 8J2CNP | The Centenary of Nagoya Port | Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2007 | |||||||||
| S | O | N | 8J3U | The 27th All Japan Making Yutaka-na-Umi (or Rich Sea) Conference | Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2007 | |||||||||
| S | O | 8J4MOO | The 9th Wagyu (or Japanese Cattle) Competitive Exhibition | Sept. 15 - Oct. 14, 2007 | ||||||||||
| S | O | 8N7ICT | Regional ICT Futurity Fiesta 2007 in Aomori
(ICT: Information and Communications Technology) |
Sept. 21 - Oct. 14, 2007 | ||||||||||
| S | O | 8J9ISS | Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee | Sept. 26 - Oct. 30, 2007 | ||||||||||
| S | O | 8J8WRC | FIA World Rally Championship Round 14 "RallyJapan 2007" | Sept. 29 - Oct. 28, 2007 | ||||||||||
| O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N100NIT | The 100th Anniversary of Nippon Institute of Technology | Oct. 6, 2007 - Mar. 31, 2008 | ||||||
| O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1IBS | The 90th Anniversary of the International Boy Scouts Troop 1 | Oct. 19, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2008 | ||||||
| O | N | 8J1WALK | The 30th Japan 3-day March | Oct. 28 - Nov. 4, 2007 | ||||||||||
| N | D | 8N1420T | The 20th Anniversary of Tsukuba-city — JCC#1420 —, by JARL |
Nov. 17 - Dec. 16, 2007 | ||||||||||
| D | 8J7AKARI | SENDAI Pagent of Star Light (Akari: Light) |
Dec. 1 - 31, 2007 | |||||||||||
| D | J | F | M | 8J1TFD | The 60th Anniversary of Tokyo Fire Department | Dec. 15, 2007 - Mar. 31, 2008 | ||||||||
| D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 7th Nishinihon (or West Japan) Ham Fair | Dec. 20, 2007 - Mar. 9, 2008 | ||||||||
| D | J | F | 8N0SNOW | The 63rd Winter National Athletic Meet | Dec. 25, 2007 - Feb. 22, 2008 | |||||||||
| J | F | M | 8J3GOSE | The 50th Anniversary of Gose-city | Jan. 27 - Aug. 31, 2008 | |||||||||
| F | 8J8SSF | The |
Feb. 1 - 11, 2008 | |||||||||||
| M | 8N1MOMO | Koga-city Momo (or Peach) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2008 | |||||||||||
| M | 8J50JARL | The 50th JARL Annual General Meeting | Mar. 1 - May 25, 2008 | |||||||||||
| M | 8N3KRP | NPO (Non Profit Organization) The Kodomo (or Child) Support Project ARISS School Contact (in Kyoto Research Park) | Mar. 10 - June 9, 2008 | |||||||||||
| M | 8J120CHR | The 20th Anniversary of Chiharadai-town, in Ichihara-city, Chiba-pref. | Mar. 29, 2008 - Jan. 31, 2009 | |||||||||||
Special-event stations celebrate specific expositions, anniversaries and so on.
Moreover, ARISS school contact stations are guest-operated by non licensed elementary and junior high schoolers.
These operations have became quite popular, and many generate lots of activity.
Both are eligible for a temporary 2×1-2×5 call sign with an 8J or 8N prefix.
(Please note that the following stations also use an 8J prefix, but on a permanent basis: both Showa Base, 8J1RL and Dome Fuji Base, 8J1RF in Antarctica; both FO-20, 8J1JBS and FO-29, 8J1JCS on their orbits.)
Call signs and operating periods are subject to chage. Furthermore, having possibilities to be cancelled.
Information obtained from the web sites of JARL — HQ, district branches and prefectural branches —, local clubs, and so on.
| Station | Expect your QSL? | Manager in the case of SASE |
|---|---|---|
| 8J1S•8J100S | Yes | JA1YSS |
| 8N3HK | ? | |
| 8J10YRP | Yes, to JN1YRP | JN1YRP |
| 8J3GAJMC | No | JA1KXT |
| 8N7TU | No | JA7YAA |
| 8J3SF•8N3OSA | ? | |
| 8J1ITU | ? | The ITU Association of Japan, Inc. |
| 8J0801SN | ? | |
| 8N6HAM | Yes | JR6YAA |
| 8J6A | No | |
| 8J1T20A | Yes | JA1HTD |
| 8J7VENUS | No | JH7YES |
| 8J1ESP | ? | JA1YAR or JA1FXZ |
| 8J9S | ||
| 8N100NIT | No | |
| 8J1IBS | c/o International Boy Scouts, Troop 1 | |
| 8J7AKARI | No | |
| 8J3GOSE | ? | JA3ZNJ |
| 8J120CHR | ? | JA3ZNJ |
A 7J-8N amateur call sign implies (1) a foreigner, (2) an individual under the call sign shortage in Area 1 — these two are sequentially assigned —, (3) an outside province, (4) a special event, (5) an ARISS school contact or (6) an emargency. The following is not a written policy, but a follow-up categorization by the author. 8K and 8L are not used yet.
7J-8N PREFIX AMATEUR STATION |-Foreigner licensed 1985-1999 (7J#$$$) | |-Individual in Area 1, licensed in the call sign shortage 1990-2003 (7[K-N][1-4]$$$) | +-Special call sign (7J1RL, 8J's, 8M2000, 8M1C and 8N's) |-Special place: outside Japan | |-Polar region | | |-Antarctic region | | | |-JARL Antarctic station (8J1RF, RL, RM) | | | +-Individual (8J1AA-AD, 1958-1961) | | | | | +-Arctic region (8J1NP, 1978) | | | |-Another Country/Entity: Okinotorishima I. (7J1RL, 1976) | | | +-Space: Satellite itself (8J1JAS, JBS, JCS) | |-Commemoration | |-JARL | | |-Specially commemorative station | | | |-Regular | | | | |-Hamfair (8J1HAM, 8N1HAM, 8J1A) | | | | |-ITU Day (8J#ITU, -2003) | | | | +-IARU HF Championship (8J3XHQ, 8J3JHQ, 8N#JHQ, 8N#HQ) | | | | | | | +-Screened | | | | | +-Special staion | | | +-Other amateur organization | | | |-Boy scouts | | |-World Jamboree (8J1WJ, 1971) | | |-Japan Jamboree (eg 8J6BSJ) | | |-Prefectural Meeting (8N3BSN, 8J9S) | | +-100th Anniversary (8J1S, 8J100S) | | | |-Lions club (8N3LIO, 2002) | | | |-ITU Association Japan (8J1ITU, 2002-) | | | |-Rotary club (8N3RI, 2004) | | | +-Other club | | | |-Local Club (eg 8J8EXP) | | | +-JARL prefectual branch (8J4WLC, 2002) | |-ARISS project station operationalized for elementary and junior high schoolers | without thier own ham tickets | (eg 8N#ISS) | +-Emergency: Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (8J3AAA-AMT, 1995)