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JA's Special Event / ARISS School Contact Stations in FY2009

J1: JARL Specially Commemorative Station, J2: JARL Special Station, NJ: Non-JARL Special-Event Station, A: ARISS School Contact
Operating Month(s)												Call Sign	Event	Accurate Operating Period	As
2009									2010
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	8N3I70A (Fixed)	The 70th Anniversary of Ikeda-city	Jan. 1, 2009 - Mar. 31, 2010	NJ
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	8N3I (Mobile)	The 70th Anniversary of Ikeda-city	Jan. 1, 2009 - Mar. 31, 2010	NJ
A	M											8N8TKS	The 51st JARL Annual General Meeting "Tancho (or the Red-crowned Crane) Kushiro(-city) Sokai (or General Meeting)" Kushiro-city is famous for the Red-crowned Crane.	Jan. 17 - May 24, 2009	J1
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F		8J120TDC	The 120th Anniversary of Tokyo Dental College	Feb. 1, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010	NJ
A	M											8J4GREEN	The 26th Japan Urban Green Fair in Okayama(-pref.)	Feb. 20 - May 31, 2009	NJ
A												8N1MOMO	The 33rd Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival & The 16th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest	Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2009	J2
A												8N3S	Science Dream Association (SDA) ARISS School Contact	Mar. 3 - Apr. 30, 2009	A
A	M	J										8J1KW	Miyahara Elementary School ARISS School Contact Omiya Bessyo Elementary School ARISS School Contact Miyahara Junior High School ARISS School Contact	Mar. 30 - June 30, 2009	A
A	M	J	J									8J1M	Maebashi-city's Upgrade to a Core City	Apr. 1 - July 12, 2009	J2
A	M	J	J									8N3KH (Fixed)	The 14th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival 2009 "KANHAM 2009"	Apr. 1 - July 19, 2009	J1
A	M	J	J									8N3HAM (Mobile)	The 14th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival 2009 "KANHAM 2009"	Apr. 1 - July 19, 2009	J1
A	M	J	J									8N3KS	Kawanishi-city Seiwadai(-town) Community Center ARISS School Contact	Apr. 1 - July 31, 2009	A
A	M	J	J	A	S							8N1Y	The 150th Anniversary of Port of Yokohama	Apr. 1 - Sept. 27, 2009	J2
A	M	J	J	A	S							8J1FUJ	Mt. Fuji Microwave/Millimeter-wave Radio Propagation Research Project	Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2009	J2
A	M	J	J	A	S							8N9T400Y	The 400th Anniversary of the Origin of Takaoka(-city)	Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2009	J2
A	M	J	J	A	S	O						8N0TOKI	The 64th National Sports Festival in Niigata(-pref.) Niigata-prefecture is famous for the Crested Ibis (or Toki).	Apr. 1 - Oct. 12, 2009	J1
A	M	J	J	A	S	O						8J3TS40O	The 400th Anniversary of Sakiyama Castle in Tamba	Apr. 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J2
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	8J1AXA	Project KDES 2008 — 2nd Year (JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency KDES: Katsuura Dish Experimental Station)	Apr. 1, 2009 - Mar. 31, 2010	J2
A	M											8J4FF	2009 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival	Apr. 4 - May 5, 2009	J2
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F		8J0SC50A	The 50th Anniversary of Shiojiri-city	Apr. 4, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010	NJ
A	M	J	J	A	S	O						8N3DNP	Promotion Member Committee for Appropriate Utilization of Radiowave in Osaka-pref.	Apr. 19 - Oct., 2009	NJ
A	M	J										8J1P	The World QRP Day	Apr. 26 - June 30, 2009	J1
												8J4P			J1
												8J6P			J1
A	M											8J6DON	Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival (The word Dontaku comes from the Dutch word Zontag, meaning holiday.)	Apr. 29 - May 5, 2009	J2
	M											8N8BOY	Activating Amateur Radio among Our Juniors 2009	May 1 - 6, 2009	J2
	M											8J1ITU	The 41st ITU Day	May 1 - 31, 2009	NJ
	M	J	J	A	S	O						8J6SL	The 100th Anniversary of Hisatsu (Railroad) Line — Steam Locomotive Operation	May 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J2
	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D				8J1ASAHI	The 40th Anniversary of Asahi-ward, Yokohama-city	May 1 - Dec. 31, 2009	NJ
	M											8J4BARA	Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival	May 6 - 17, 2009	J2
	M	J	J									8J7AIZ	The 110th Anniversary of Aizuwakamatsu-city	May 10 - July 20, 2009	J2
	M	J										8N5I	2009 Shikoku(-district) Information Telecommunication Month	May 15 - June 15, 2009	J1
	M	J	J									8J140M	The Expansion of the 7MHz Band	May 16 - July 20, 2009	J1
												8J240M
												8J340M
												8J440M
												8J540M
												8J640M
												8J740M
												8J840M
												8J940M
												8J040M
	M	J	J									8J0YUI	The 5th Anniversary of Uonuma-city ("Yui": "Mutual Help," a slogan for recovering from the disaster of the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake)	May 28 - July 31, 2009	NJ
		J										8J4626H	The 23rd Yuhara Rotemburo 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" and "· = ten." So — "June 26th" → "6·26" → "roku-ten-futatsu-roku" → "ro(ku)-ten-fu(tatsu)-ro(ku)" → "ro-ten-fu-ro" → "rotemburo." The last letter "H" comes from "Hi" or "Day." "4" is the call area number to which Yuhara-town belongs.	June 1 - 30, 2009	NJ
		J	J									8N6DENPA (Mobile)	2009 Okinawa Amateur Radio Day (Denpa: Radio Wave; ODXRC: Okinawa DX Radio Club, JR6YAB celebrating its 40th anniversary)	June 1 - July 30, 2009	NJ
		J	J									8N6ODXRC (Fixed)		June 1 - July 30, 2009	NJ
		J	J	A	S	O						8J2GIFU	The 120th Anniversary of Gifu-city	June 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J2
		J	J	A	S	O						8J4HAM	Hamfesta Kasaoka(-city) 2009	June 7 - Oct. 11, 2009	NJ
		J	J	A								8J2ISS	Mugegawa Junior High School ARISS School Contact	June 17 - Aug. 31, 2009	A
		J	J									8J8150H	The 150th Anniversary of Port of Hakodate	June 20 - July 5, 2009	J2
			J									~~8J7HTC~~	(Boy Scout) The 3rd Hokkaido and Tohoku Block Camboree [Event itself cancelled due to swine flu]	~~July 1 - 29, 2009~~	J2
			J	A								8J8LOVE	Volunteer Island Hokkaido in Haboro-town on "Ororon (or Common Murre) Line"	July 1 - Aug. 2, 2009	J2
			J	A								8N7HOSHI	2009 Sendai(-city) Tanabata (or Star) Festival (Hoshi: Star)	July 1 - Aug. 8, 2009	NJ
			J	A	S	O						8N5CLEAN	Clean Reception Environment Month	July 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J2
			J	A	S	O						8N0CLEAN	Clean Reception Environment Month	July 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J2
			J	A	S	O	N	D				8J15AOBA	The 15th Anniversary of Aoba-ward, Yokohama-city	July 1 - Dec. 31, 2009	NJ
			J									8N1HQ	2009 IARU World HF Championship Contest - 8N1HQ — JG1ZUY, Kimitsu-city — 15m CW - 8N1HQ — JA1HGY, Minato-city — 160m CW, 10m CW - 8N1HQ — JH1OGC, Minamiashigara-city — 80m Ph - 8N2HQ — JA2BNN, Nakatsugawa-city — 10m Ph - 8N3HQ — JK3ZNB, Nara-city — 15m Ph - 8N3HQ — JH3PRR, Kobe-city — 40m CW - 8N3HQ — JH3AIU, Miki-city — 20m CW - 8N4HQ — JH4WBY, Okayama-city — 80m CW, 40m Ph - 8N8HQ — JH8ZMM, Iwamizawa-city — 20m Ph	July 4 - 12, 2009	J1
												8N1HQ
												8N1HQ
												8N2HQ
												8N3HQ
												8N3HQ
												8N3HQ
												8N4HQ
												8N8HQ
			J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	8J7SK	Open of (Merged) Sendai Koto Semmon Gakko (or Sendai National College of Technology) 8J7SK by former Sendai Dempa Kogyo Koto Semmon Gakko (or Sendai National College of Technology), 8N7SK by former Miyagi Kogyo Koto Semmon Gakko (or Miyagi National College of Technology)	July 10, 2009 - June 15, 2010	NJ
			J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	8N7SK		July 10, 2009 - June 15, 2010	NJ
				A								8J1A	2009 Amateur Radio Festival	Aug. 1 - 23, 2009	J1
				A	S	O						8N1ARDF	2009 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet	Aug. 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J1
				A	S	O						8J450YAB	The 50th Anniversary of JARL Kurashiki Club, JA4YAB	Aug. 1 - Oct. 31, 2009	J2
				A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	8N1YT70Y	The 70th Anniversary of Totsuka-ward, Yokohama-city	Aug. 7, 2009 - Mar. 31, 2010	NJ
				A	S							8J8WA	The 22nd All Japan Health and Welfare Festival in Sapporo(-city), Hokkaido(-pref) Wa: Harmony, the purport of the event	Aug. 8 - Sept. 8, 2009	J1
				A	S	O	N					8J3YS	The 5th Anniversary of Yasu-city	Aug. 8 - Nov. 8, 2009	J2
				A	S							8N7IOTA	Sendai(-city) & Miyagi(-pref.) Elegant Travel Campaign (IOTA: Izushima I., Ohshima I., Tashirojima I., Ajishima I.)	Aug. 9 - Sept. 30, 2009	NJ
					S	O	N	D				8J7M	The 60th Anniversary of Amateur Radio Morioka Club, The 120th Anniversary of Morioka-city	Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2009	NJ
					S							8J1HOYA	Houya Elementary School ARISS School Contact	Sept. 4 - 30, 2009	A
					S	O	N					8J2S	The 24th National Cultural Festival in Shizuoka(-pref.) 2009	Sept. 8 - Nov. 8, 2009	J1
					S	O						8J2NU	The 70th Anniversary of Nagoya University	Sept. 19 - Oct. 25, 2009	J2
					S	O	N					8J2MC	Hamamatsu(-city) International Mosaiculture 2009	Sept. 19 - Nov. 23, 2009	J2
						O	N	D				8J15TZKI	The 15th Anniversary of Tsuzuki-ward, Yokohama-city	Oct. 20 - Dec. 31, 2009	NJ
						O	N					8J1TOK	Tokaisonritsu (or Tokai Village-run) Muramatsu Elementary School ARISS School Contact	Oct. 23 - Nov. 30, 2009	A
						O	N	D				8J1YUZU	Koshu Masuho Matsuri (or Yamanashi-pref. Masuho-town Festival) Masuho-town is famous for Yuzu (or Japanese citron aka Chinese lemon)	Oct. 24 - Dec. 27, 2009	J2
								D	J	F	M	8J1YDXC	The 150th Anniversary of Port of Yokohama The 40th Anniversary of Yokohama DX Club	Dec. 3, 2009 - Sept. 30, 2010	NJ
								D	J			8J6ISM	The Birth of Itoshima-city (JCC#4036)	Dec. 19, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010	J2
								D	J	F	M	8J6HAM	The 9th Nishinihon (or West Japan) Ham Fair	Dec. 20, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010	J1
								D	J	F		8N5RYOMA	Tosa Ryoma Expo Tosa: an old name of Kochi(-prefecture); Ryoma Sakamoto: 1836-1867, a leader of the pro-imperial movement to Meiji Restoration	Dec. 25, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010	J2
									J	F		8J7MJH	Minato Junior High School ARISS School Contact	Jan. 1 - Feb. 20, 2010	A
									J	F	M	8J1FUJ	Mt. Fuji Microwave/Millimeter-wave Radio Propagation Research Project — 2nd Year	Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010	J2
									J	F	M	8J3SENTO	The 1300th Anniversary of Capital Relocation to Nara(-city) (as) Heijo-kyo (Sento: Capital Relocation)	Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010	J1
									J	F		8J7A	Morioka Children's Museum of Science ARISS School Contact	Jan. 7 - Feb. 28, 2010	A
									J	F	M	8J2T	The Birth of New Toyokawa-city Consolidation of Existing Toyokawa-city and Kozakai-town	Jan. 16 - Sept. 30, 2010	NJ
									J	F	M	8N5A	Tosa Ryoma Expo Tosa: an old name of Kochi(-prefecture); Ryoma Sakamoto: 1836-1867, a leader of the pro-imperial movement to Meiji Restoration	Jan. 16, 2010 - Jan. 10, 2011	NJ
									J	F	M	8J3EQ	The 15th Anniversary of the Hanshin-Awaji great earthquake disaster (on Jan. 17, 1995), The 50th Anniversary of the JARL Kobe Club	Jan. 17 - July 16, 2010	NJ
										F	M	8J6CK	2010 International Camellia Congress in Kurume	Feb. 1 - Mar. 31, 2010	J2
											M	8J1SN	Hamasuka Junior High School ARISS School Contact	Mar. 1 - 31, 2010	A
											M	8N1MOMO	The 34th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival & The 17th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest	Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2010	J2
											M	8J3NS	Ikaruga Elementary School ARISS School Contact	Mar. 1 - May 31, 2010	A
											M	8J1IBR	Namegata Sky Studio around Ibaraki Airport The Opening of Ibaraki Airport	Mar. 11 - 31, 2010	J2
											M	8J7ISS	Shiogama Daini Junior High School ARISS School Contact	Mar. 11 - Apr. 18, 2010	A
											M	8J6AIRA	The Birth of Aira-city (JCC#4626)	Mar. 23 - Aug. 31, 2010	NJ

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.

Call signs and operating periods are subject to change. 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.

QSL Card General Policy — Unilateral via the Bureau

Do not send your QSL to me (JJ1WTL), I am not a QSL manager for any of these stations!
Actually, I was thrown 2 QSLs to date.

Commemorative Stations (= Special Event Stations)

JARL's
1. Specially Commemorative ("J1") — For National Events
  - Their QSL .... They unilaterally issue their QSL to you via the bureau.
  - Your QSL .... You don't need to send your QSL to them.
2. Special ("J2") — For Local Events
  Ditto.

Other Organizations' ("NJ")

Their QSL .... They issue their QSL to you via the bureau.
Your QSL .... Case by case:

Station	Your QSL mandatory?	Manager in the case of SASE
8N3I70A 8N3I		JI3DNN
8J120TDC	Yes	Club JA1YUC
8J4GREEN	No	Club JR4ZJZ
8J0SC50A	No
8N3DNP	No	Club JL3YHI
8J1ITU	Yes	ITU AJ (Club JO1ZZA)
8J1ASAHI		JA1SKY
8J0YUI	No	Club JH0ZSM
8J4626H	No
8N6DENPA 8N6ODXRC		Club JR6YAA
8J4HAM
8N7HOSHI		Club JH7YES
8J15AOBA	No
8J7SK		Club JA7YCQ
8N7SK
8N1YT70Y	No
8N7IOTA		Club JH7YES
8J7M		Club JA7YCE
8J15TZKI	No	Club JR1ZFI
8J1YDXC	No
8N5A	No	TBD
8J2T	No
8J3EQ		Club JA3YBL
8J6AIRA		Club JF6ZKL

ARISS school contact stations ("A"), under their publicity campaign before/after their ISS contact
- Their QSL .... They issue their QSL to you via the bureau.
- Your QSL .... They expect — in many cases — your QSL via the bureau, for educational purpose.
  i.e. Your QSL will become one of the commemorations of their great achievement.
  Please go by their announcement.
  In some cases, a QSL manager might be appointed.

7J - 8N Stations Categorization

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, 8N's, 8M2000 and 8M1C)
  |-Special place: outside Japan
  | |-Antarctic region
  | | |-JARL Antarctic station (8J1RF, RL, RM)
  | | +-Individual (8J1AA-AD, 1958-1961)
  | |
  | |-Arctic region (8J1NP, 1978)
  | |
  | |-Another Country(now Entity): Okinotorishima I. (7J1RL, 1976)
  | |
  | +-Space: Satellite itself (8J1JAS, JBS, JCS)
  |
  |-Commemoration
  | |-JARL
  | | |-Specially commemorative station [degisnated as "J1" in the table above,
  | | | |                                upper class w/higher budget priority,
  | | | |                                for national, ITU's and JARL's events]
  | | | |-Regular, every year
  | | | | |-Hamfair (8J1HAM, 8N1HAM, 8J1A)
  | | | | |-ITU Day (8J#ITU, -2003)
  | | | | +-IARU HF Championship (8J3XHQ, 8J3JHQ, 8N[2,3]JHQ, 8N#HQ)
  | | | |
  | | | +-Screened
  | | |
  | | +-Special staion [degisnated as "J2" in the table above, lower class, for local events]
  | |
  | +-Other amateur organization [degisnated as "NJ" -- non-JARL -- in the table above]
  |   |
  |   |-Boy Scouts (eg 8J1WJ)
  |   |
  |   |-Lions Club (8N3LIO, 2002)
  |   |
  |   |-ITU Association Japan (8J1ITU, 2002-)
  |   |
  |   |-Rotary Club (8N3RI, 2004)
  |   |
  |   |-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)

Please note that the following stations also use an 8J prefix, but on a permanent basis:

Antarctica
- 8J1RL .... Syowa Base
- 8J1RF .... Dome Fuji Base
Satellite
- 8J1JBS .... FO-20
- 8J1JCS .... FO-29

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