Operating Month(s) | W e b |
Call Sign |
Event | Accurate Operating Period |
As | |||||||||||
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2010 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | |||||
A | M | J | H | 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 | N | |||||||||
8N7SK | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | H | 8J1YDXC | The 150th Anniversary of Port of Yokohama
The 40th Anniversary of Yokohama DX Club |
Dec. 3, 2009 - Sept. 30, 2010 | N | ||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1FUJ | Mt. Fuji Microwave/Millimeter-wave Radio Propagation Research Project — 2nd Year | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3SENTO | The 1300th Anniversary of Capital Relocation to Nara(-city) (as) Heijo-kyo (Sento: Capital Relocation) |
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010 | 1 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J2T | The Birth of New Toyokawa-city
(Consolidation of Existing Toyokawa-city and Kozakai-town) |
Jan. 16 - Sept. 30, 2010 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | H | 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 | N | ||
A | M | J | J | 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 | N | |||||||||
A | 8N1MOMO | The 34th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival &
The 17th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest |
Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2010 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | 8J3NS | Ikaruga Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Mar. 1 - May 31, 2010 | A | |||||||||||
8J1IBR | Namegata Sky Studio around Ibaraki Airport
The Opening of Ibaraki Airport |
Mar. 10 - 31, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||||
A | 8J7ISS | Shiogama Daini Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Mar. 11 - Apr. 18, 2010 | A | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8J6AIRA | The Birth of Aira-city (JCC#4626) | Mar. 23 - Aug. 31, 2010 | N | ||||||||
A | M | 8J2A | The 52nd JARL Annual General Meeting (in Aichi) | Apr. 1 - May 30, 2010 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J1F | The 5th Anniversary of (Consolidated) Fukaya-city | Apr. 1 - May 31, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8N0KH | Komoro Higashi Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Apr. 1 - May 31, 2010 | A | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8N3KHXV | The 15th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival 2010 "KANHAM 2010"
(8N3KHXV: Fixed, 8N3XV: Mobile) |
Apr. 1 - July 18, 2010 | 1 | |||||||||
8N3XV | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8N1S | Sagamihara-city's Promotion to a Seirei-shitei-toshi (or a cabinet-order designated city) | Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2010 | 2 | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8N0K | The 70th Anniversary of Kashiwazaki-city | Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2010 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J1YUME | The 65th National Athletic Meet in Chiba(-pref.) "Yume Hanto (or Dream Peninsula) Chiba Kokutai (or National Athletic Meet)" | Apr. 1 - Oct, 25, 2010 | 1 | ||||||
A | M | 8J4FF | 2010 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival | Apr. 3 - May 5, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8N1TDU | The 55th Anniversary of Tokyo Denki (or Electricity) University Radio Club The 100th Anniversary of Tokyo Denki University Alumni Association |
Apr. 21 - Oct. 20, 2010 | N | ||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N3DNP | Promotion Member Committee for Appropriate Utilization of Radiowave in Osaka-pref.
(DNP: Denpa/Dempa, or Radiowave) |
Apr. 24 - Nov., 2010 | N | |||||
A | M | J | H | 8J1P | QRP Day | Apr. 28 - June 30, 2010 | 1 | |||||||||
H | 8J4P | 1 | ||||||||||||||
H | 8J6P | 1 | ||||||||||||||
A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J8YFA | Activating Amateur Radio among Our Juniors 2010
(YFA: Young Flesh Activation) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | 8J4YMT | The 5th Anniversary of Kure-city Maritime History & Science Museum (aka Yamato Museum) | May 1 - 5, 2010 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | H | 8J1ITU | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | May 1 - 31, 2010 | N | |||||||||||
M | J | 8N2SEA | The 30th All Japan Making Rich Sea Conference in Gifu(-pref.) | May 1 - June 13, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | J | 8J8Y | The 19th Yosakoi Soran Festival | May 1 - June 13, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J2NC4OO | The 400th Anniversary of Nagoya
(Castle-building and Transmigration in 1610) |
May 1 - Oct. 31, 2010 | 2 | |||||||
M | H | 8J4BARA | Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival | May 6 - 16, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8N7MK | The 130th Anniversary of Morioka Daiichi Koko (or Morioka 1st High School) | May 13, 2010 - Mar. 31, 2011 | N | |
M | J | 8N5T | 2010 Shikoku(-district) Information Telecommunication Month
(T: Tosa, an old name of Kochi, one of four prefectures in Shikoku) |
May 15 - June 15, 2010 | 1 | |||||||||||
J | 8J4626H | The 24th 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 - 26, 2010 | 2 | ||||||||||||
J | H | 8N1SKY | "Tokyo Sky Tree" Tower Constructing / Transition to Digital TV
(634m height world's tallest tower for a complete transition to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting — Japan's analog TVs will QRT by July 24, 2011.) |
June 1 - 30, 2010 | N | |||||||||||
J | J | 8N649HAM | 2010 Okinawa(-pref.) Amateur Radio Day
(On June 22, 1961 — 49 years ago — the first station by a Japanese in Okinawa was on the air as KR8AB; and also, in Japanese, "4 = shi" and "9 = kyu," so — "49" → "shi-kyu" → "cee-cue" → "CQ.") |
June 1 - July 30, 2010 | N | |||||||||||
J | J | A | 8N1F | The 60th Anniversary of Fujiyoshida-city | June 1 - Aug. 31, 2010 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | 8J1FUSSA | The 40th Anniversary of Fussa-city | June 1 - Oct. 31, 2010 | N | ||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | 8J1T40A | The 40th Anniversary of Toride-city | June 1 - Oct. 31, 2010 | N | ||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | 8N7SHINE | 2010 Sendai(-city) Tanabata (or Star) Festival and
Sendai(-city) & Miyagi(-pref.) Elegant Travel Campaign |
June 1 - Oct. 31, 2010 | N | ||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1ABIKO | The 40th Anniversary of Abiko-city | June 1 - Dec. 31, 2010 | N | ||||||
J | J | A | S | O | 8N2COPIO | The 10th Convention on Biological Diversity COP10
(COP: Conference of the Parties) |
June 15 - Oct. 29, 2010 | 1 | ||||||||
J | J | 8N2OA | Asahi Manabiya ARISS School Contact | June 16 - July 15, 2010 | A | |||||||||||
J | A | 8J5AO | The Awa Dance Festival (or Awa Odori) | July 1 - Aug. 15, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N5CLEAN | Clean Reception Environment Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||
8N0CLEAN | 2 | |||||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | 8J4O | The 25th National Cultual Festival in Okayama 2010 | July 1 - Nov. 7, 2010 | 1 | ||||||||
J | 8N1HQ | 2010 IARU HF World Championship Contest
- 8N1HQ — JG1ZUY, Kimitsu-city — 15m Ph - 8N1HQ — JA1HGY, Minato-city — 10m CW - 8N1HQ — JH1OGC, Minamiashigara-city — 80m Ph - 8N2HQ — JA2BNN, Nakatsugawa-city — 10m Ph - 8N3HQ — JK3ZNB, Nara-city — 15m CW - 8N3HQ — JH3PRR, Kobe-city — 160m CW, 40m CW - 8N3HQ — JH3AIU, Miki-city — 20m CW - 8N4HQ — JH4WBY, Okayama-city — 80m CW, 40m Ph - 8N8HQ — JH8ZMM, Iwamizawa-city — 20m Ph |
July 3 - 11, 2010 | 1 | ||||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N2HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | 8J4NCFK | The 25th National Cultual Festival in Okayama 2010 Kibichuo-town | July 11 - Nov. 7, 2010 | N | ||||||||
J | A | 8J8BU | Reconstruction of Hakodate Bugyosho (or Hakodate Magistrate's Office) | July 17 - Aug. 1, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | A | S | 8J4NDPD | National Disaster Prevention Day
Sept. 1, when the Great Kanto Earthquake struck in 1923 |
July 18 - Sept. 1, 2010 | N | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8J3KTR | The 20th Anniversary of the business transfer regarding Miyazu Line, from West Japan Railway Company to Kitakinki Tango Railway Corporation
QSL: Direct w/SAE&IRC |
July 31, 2010 - Mar. 31, 2011 | N | |||
A | 8J1A | 2010 Amateur Radio Festival | Aug. 1 - 22, 2010 | 1 | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | 8J4HAM | Ham Festa Kasaoka(-city) 2010 | Aug. 1 - Oct. 3, 2010 | N | ||||||||||
A | S | O | N | 8J4EQ | Enlightenment of an Earthquake Disaster & National Disaster Prevention Day | Aug. 1 - Nov. 10, 2010 | N | |||||||||
A | S | O | N | 8J1FFF | The Birth of Fujikawa-town
(Triple-F implies Kanji charactor 'Kawa', approximate ' | | | '.) |
Aug. 11 - Nov. 30, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||
A | H | 8J2BSJ | 15th Nippon Jamboree - 2010 Scout Association of Japan | Aug. 2 - 8, 2010 | N | |||||||||||
A | S | O | N | 8J4MW |
Konu Milky Way School Contact Exec Committee ARISS School Contact in Miyoshi-city | Aug. 18 - Nov. 17, 2010 | A | |||||||||
A | S | 8J5EQ | Solid Disaster Prevention | Aug. 21 - Sept. 20, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | S | O | 8J9SR | The 23rd National Sports & Recreation Festival in Toyama(-pref.) 2010 | Aug. 21 - Oct. 19, 2010 | 2 | ||||||||||
S | O | 8N0ARDF | 2010 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet | Sept. 1 - Oct. 24, 2010 | 1 | |||||||||||
S | O | N | D | 8J1M6O | The 60th Anniversary of Mitaka-city | Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J2OBU | The 40th Anniversary of Obu-city | Sept. 1 - Mar. 31, 2011 |
N | ||||||
O | N | 8J5TA | The 120th Anniversary of Takamatsu-city
The 30th Anniversary of Takamatsu-city Hobbies Association |
Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
O | N | 8J650YRC | The 50th Anniversary of the Amateur Radio Yatsushiro Club, JA6YRC | Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2010 | 2 | |||||||||||
O | N | 8N2FE | Funakata Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Oct. 18 - Nov. 17, 2010 | A | |||||||||||
O | N | D | 8J710A | The Full Opening of Tohoku Shinkansen Bullet Train — Extension from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori
(A play on words: First, "1 = ichi" in Japanese, "0 = zero = o." "A" implies Aomori-city or -prefecture. So — "10A" → "ichi-o Aomori" → "ichi-ro Aomori," a promotion theme, meaning "straight path to Aomori." "10" also implies the year of the full opening: 2010. "7" is the call area number to which Aomori belongs.) |
Oct. 20 - Dec. 5, 2010 | 2 | ||||||||||
O | N | D | J | 8N1OC | The 70th Anniversary of Odawara-city | Oct. 20, 2010 - Jan. 16, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8N7YAB | The 50th Anniversary of JA7YAB, Club Station of Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University | Nov. 1, 2010 - Mar. 31, 2011 | N | ||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | H | 8N3B | National Cultural Festival (or Kokumin Bunka Sai) in Kyoto 2011 | Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 6, 2011 | N | |||||||
8N3U | Jan. 9 - Nov. 6, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8N3N | Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 6, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8N3K | Jan. 9 - Nov. 6, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8N3A | Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 6, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 10th West Japan Ham Fair | Dec. 10, 2010 - Mar. 6, 2011 | 1 | |||||||||
J | 8J1TME | Tsutsujigaoka Minami Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Jan. 5 - 31, 2011 | A | ||||||||||||
F | M | 8J6S | The Full Opening of Kyushu Shinkansen Bullet Train — Connection Completion between Hakata and Shin-Yatsushiro
(S stands for "Sakura" (or Cherry), a new express train service between Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima-Chuo) |
Feb. 1 - Mar. 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
F | M | 8N3L | Matsubara High School Organizing ARISS School Contact | Feb. 9 - May 8, 2011 | A | |||||||||||
F | M | 8N3NR | Nishibori Eizaburo Memorial Explorer Museum Radio Club ARISS School Contact | Feb. 15 - June 5, 2011 | A | |||||||||||
M | 8N1MOMO | [Event Itself Cancelled]
The 35th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival The 18th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest |
2 | |||||||||||||
M | 8J400MK | The 400th Anniversary of Matsue Kaifu (or Construction of Matsue Castle and Castle Town) | Mar. 1 - Dec. 4, 2011 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8J2OIDEN | The 60th Anniversary of Toyota-city
("Oiden" comes from "Toyota Oiden Matsuri (or Festival)," and originally means "Come on!") |
Mar. 5, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012 | N |
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.
Both are eligible for a temporary 2×1-2×5 call sign with a prefix 8J or 8N.
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, etc.
Please note that the following stations also share a 8J prefix, but on a permanent basis:
Station | Your QSL mandatory? | Manager in the case of SASE |
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8J7SK | Club JA7YCQ | |
8N7SK | ||
8J1YDXC | No | |
8N5A | No | TBD |
8J2T | No | |
8J3EQ | Club JA3YBL | |
8J6AIRA | Club JF6ZKL | |
8N0K | ||
8N1TDU | PSE | |
8J1ITU | PSE | ITU-AJ |
8N3DNP | ||
8N7MK | ||
8N1SKY | PSE | |
8N649HAM | PSE | |
8J1FUSSA | ||
8J1T40A | ||
8J1ABIKO | ||
8N7SHINE | ||
8J4NCFK | No | |
8J4NDPD | ||
8J3KTR | MUST (Dicect only with a(n) SAE and a valid IRC) | |
8J4HAM | No | |
8J4EQ | ||
8J2BSJ | PSE | |
8J2OBU | PSE | |
8N7YAB | ||
8N3B 8N3U 8N3N 8N3K 8N3A | No | |
8J400MK | No | |
8J2OIDEN | No |