Operating Month(s) | W e b |
Call Sign |
Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | H | 8N3B | National Cultural Festival (or Kokumin Bunka Sai) in Kyoto 2011 | Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2011 | N | ||||
8N3U | Jan. 9 - Nov. 30, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8N3N | Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8N3K | Jan. 9 - Nov. 30, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8N3A | Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | 8N3L | Matsubara High School Organizing ARISS School Contact | Feb. 9 - May 8, 2011 | A | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8N3NR | Nishibori Eizaburo Memorial Explorer Museum Radio Club ARISS School Contact | Feb. 15 - June 5, 2011 | A | ||||||||||
8N1MOMO | [Event Itself Cancelled]
The 35th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival The 18th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest |
2 | ||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J400MK | The 400th Anniversary of Matsue Kaifu (or Construction of Matsue Castle and Castle Town) | Mar. 1 - Dec. 4, 2011 | N | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | 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 | |
A | M | 8J4FF | 2011 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival | Apr. 1 - May 5, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J4BARA | The 44th Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival | Apr. 1 - May 15, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8N3START | The 53rd JARL Annual General Meeting
(The start to conform JARL to the new public benefit corporation laws) |
Apr. 1 - May 29, 2011 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J5YXB | The 35th Anniversary of Ehime(-pref.) YL Ham Club, JA5YXB | Apr. 1 - May 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J3A | The 16th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2011"
(8J3A: Fixed, 8J3XVI: Mobile) |
Apr. 1 - July 17, 2011 | 1 | 8J3XVI | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8N2H | The 100th Anniversary of Hamamatsu-city, by Hamamatsu Central Radio Club | Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2011 | N | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8J2YMK | The 100th Anniversary of Hamamatsu-city, by JARL
(YMK: Yaramaika, or "Let's give it a try," implying a pioneering spirit) |
July 1 - Oct. 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8J7400H | The 400th Anniversary of Hirosaki Castle | Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2011 | 2 | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J1EQ | Great Earthquake Disasters Memorial | Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2011 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J4OIDE | The 66th National Athletic Meet "Oidemase! Yamaguchi Kokutai"
The 11th National Disabled People's Sports Meet "Oidemase! Yamaguchi Taikai" (Oidemase: please come on!) |
Apr. 1 - Oct. 24, 2011 | 1 | ||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3SIMAI | Go and Azai Sisters Expo
(S(h)imai: sisters; An exposition about three daughters of Feudal Load Nagamasa Azai — Chacha, Hatsu and Go (1573-1626) — who lived in a time of social upheaval |
Apr. 1 - Dec. 4, 2011 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1YKD | The 30th Anniversary of Yotsukaido-city | Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2011 | 2 | ||||
A | M | 8N2T | Toyota Children's Scientific Expedition ARISS School Contact | Apr. 8 - May 31, 2011 | A | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1INZAI | The 1st Anniversary of Newly-Consolidated Inzai-city | Apr. 10 - Dec. 31, 2011 | N | ||||
A | M | J | 8N5TOSA | Shikoku(-district) Kochi(-pref.) Ryoma Furusato Expo
(Tosa: an old name of Kochi-prefecture; Ryoma Sakamoto: 1836-1867, a leader of the pro-imperial movement to Meiji Restoration; Furusato: birth place) |
Apr. 15 - June 30, 2011 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J140DX | The 10th Anniversary of Chichibu Yamanami Kaido (or Chichibu Mountain Range Road), aka Route 140 Minano-Yorii Tollway | Apr. 20 - Sept. 30, 2011 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | 8J1VLP | QRP Day
(VLP: Very Low Power) |
Apr. 28 - June 30, 2011 | 1 | ||||||||||
8J2VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8J4VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8J6VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8N0UN | The 23rd United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Matsumoto | Apr. 29 - July 31, 2011 | 1 | |||||||||
M | 8J1ITU | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | May 1 - 31, 2011 | N | ||||||||||||
M | J | 8J1ITAKO | The 60th Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | May 1 - June 26, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | 8N3DNP | Promotion Member Committee for Appropriate Utilization of Radiowave in Osaka-pref.
(DNP: Denpa/Dempa, or Radiowave) |
May 1 - Sept., 2011 | N | ||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8J7HOPE | The Disaster Reconstruction Aid | May 10, 2011 - Mar. 11, 2012 | N | |
M | J | J | A | S | O | 8N6RL | The 50th Anniversary of Amateur Radio for Japanese Nationals in Okinawa
(8N6RL by JARL; 8N650HAM and 8N6KR8AA by Ryukyu Amateur Radio Club, Moblie and Fixed respectively — KR8AA: the 1st call sign for Japanese Nationals) |
May 15 - Oct. 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||
J | J | H | 8N650HAM | June 1 - July |
N | |||||||||||
H | 8N6KR8AA | |||||||||||||||
M | 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.) |
May 16 - June 15, 2011 | N | ||||||||||
M | J | J | 8J9DST | "Digital Support Toyama," Viewer Support Activities for the Digital Television Conversion in Toyama-prefecture | May 26 - July 24, 2011 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | H | 8J1MORSE | The 220th Anniversary of the Birth of Samuel Morse
The 110th Anniversary of the First Successful Morse Code Communication across the Atlantic Ocean |
June 1 - Nov. 30, 2011 | N | ||||||
J | J | 8N6N4E | Nankan 4th Elementary School ARISS School Contact | June 3 - July 31, 2011 | A | |||||||||||
J | A | 8N0MM | Matsumoto Mogakko (or Matsumoto School for the Visually Impaired) ARISS School Contact | June 17 - |
A | |||||||||||
J | 8N1HQ | 2011 IARU HF World Championship Contest
- 8N1HQ — JG1ZUY, Kimitsu-city — 15m CW - 8N1HQ — JA1HGY, Minato-city — 160m CW·10m CW - 8N2HQ — JA2ZJW, Chita-gun — 80m CW - 8N3HQ — JH3PRR, Kobe-city — 40m CW·10m Ph - 8N3HQ — JH3AIU, Miki-city — 20m CW - 8N4HQ — JH4WBY, Okayama-city — 80m Ph·40m Ph·15m Ph - 8N8HQ — JH8ZMM, Iwamizawa-city — 20m Ph |
July 1 - 10, 2011 | 1 | ||||||||||||
8N1HQ | ||||||||||||||||
8N2HQ | ||||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | ||||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | ||||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | ||||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | ||||||||||||||||
J | A | S | 8J7PTA | The 43rd Tohoko-block Study Conveniton of Japan National PTA Conference, in Akita | July 1 - Sept. 18, 2011 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N5CLEAN | Clean Reception Environment Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||
8N0CLEAN | 2 | |||||||||||||||
J | A | S | H | 8N1WHALE | The 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of a Whale Fossil "Akishima Kujira"
(Akishima: Name of the city, Kujira: Whale) |
July 2 - Sept. 11, 2011 | N | |||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | 8N1YK | Yokohama Kurata Elementary School ARISS School Contact | July 8 - Nov. 1, 2011 | A | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N1TW | Completion of Transition to Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting
(TW: Tower, implying the baton pass from "Tokyo Tower" to "Tokyo Sky Tree") |
July 24, 2011 - July 28, 2013 | N | ||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7JODO | World Heritage Registration of Hiraizumi
(Jodo: A pure land in Buddhism) |
July 25, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012 | N | ||||
J | A | S | O | 8J4KHAM | (1) Hamfesta Kasaoka, (2) The 20th Anniversary of Kasaoka Airstation and (3) The opening of a Michinoeki (or Roadside Station) "Kasaoka Bayfarm" | July 30 - Oct. 23, 2011 | N | |||||||||
A | 8J1A | 2011 Amateur Radio Festival | Aug. 1 - 28, 2011 | 1 | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | N | 8J3KSM | Kobe Science Museum ARISS School Contact | Aug. 31 - Nov. 30, 2011 | A | |||||||||
S | O | 8J5ARDF | 2011 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet | Sept. 1 - Oct. 30, 2011 | 1 | |||||||||||
S | O | 8N3R | The 10th Anniversary of Ritto-city | Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
S | O | 8J4TOTO | The 31st All Japan Making Rich Sea Conference in Tottori-pref.
(Toto: a baby word of Fish; or in connection with "Totorin," the name of a mascot of this event, a complex word from "toto" and "marine," implying the place name "Tottori") |
Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2011 | 2 | |||||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J100TYK | The 100th Year from Invention of World First Practical Radiotelephone
(Invented by Uichi Torigata, Eitaro Yokoyama and Seijiro Kitamura) |
Sept. 2, 2011 - July 29, 2012 | N | ||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8J10SAI | The 10th Anniversary of Saitama-city | Sept. 3, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012 | N | |||||
S | O | N | 8J7A | Amateur Radio Morioka Club ARISS School Contact | Sept. 22 - Nov. 30, 2011 | A | ||||||||||
O | 8J2SUN | The 40th Anniversary of Susono-city
[Postponed] |
Oct. 1 - 31, 2011 |
2 | ||||||||||||
O | N | 8J6BAL | 2011 Saga International Balloon Festa | Oct. 1 - Nov. 6, 2011 | 1 | |||||||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1ING | The 40th Anniverasry of Inagi-city | Oct. 1, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012 | 2 | |||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J2NDP | The 60th Anniversary of Incorporated School Denpa Gakuen (in Nagoya)
(ex Nagoya Kogakuin Senmon Gakko (or Nagoya Kogakuin College); 8J2NDP: Mobile, 8J2NKC: Fixed) |
Oct. 1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2012 | 2 | |||||||
8J2NKC | ||||||||||||||||
O | N | 8N2SETO | (Seto City-run) Seiryo Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Oct. 13 - Nov. 13, 2011 | A | |||||||||||
N | 8J1SIT5O | The 47th Shoryosai, the Annual School Festival of Shonan Institute of Technology
(The 50th anniversary of the incorporated school) |
Nov. 1 - 20, 2011 | 2 | ||||||||||||
N | 8J5SSS | The 54th Saijo Sangyo Sai (or Saijo(-city) Industry Festival) | Nov. 1 - 30, 2011 | N | ||||||||||||
N | D | J | 8J4EQ | Enlightening about Earthquake Disaster and the Disaster Prevention Day | Nov. 1, 2011 - Jan. 31, 2012 | N | ||||||||||
N | D | 8N2IWA | The 40th Anniversary of Iwakura-city | Nov. 3 - Dec. 11, 2011 | N | |||||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J3H | Hirano Branch of Kobe Youth Nurturing Council ARISS School Contact | Dec. 8, 2011 - Mar. 7, 2012 | A | |||||||||
D | J | F | 8J1R | The Designation of "Repsold Transit Telescope" as a National Important Cultural Property | Dec. 10, 2011 - Feb. 29, 2012 | 2 | ||||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 11th West Japan Ham Fair | Dec. 10, 2011 - Mar. 4, 2012 | 1 | |||||||||
J | F | M | 8N1JARL | New Formation JARL
(JARL's Transition from an "Incorporated Association" to a "General Incorporated Association," to comply with Japan's Reform of Public Service Corporations) |
Jan. 1 - Mar. 31, 2012 | 1 | ||||||||||
8N5JARL | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8JARL | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N9JARL | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N0JARL | 1 | |||||||||||||||
M | 8N6JARL | Mar. 5 - 31, 2012 | 1 | |||||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J6SMT |
Somuta Elementary School ARISS School Contact (in Kagoshima-city) | Jan. 22 - Mar. |
A | ||||||||||
F | M | 8N5KOCHI | Kochi Gakuen Kochi Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Jan. 23 - Mar. 22, 2012 | A | |||||||||||
F | 8J9LITE | Campaign for Amateur Radio License Electronic Application, by Hokuriku Bureau of Telecommunications (Utilizing the application system "Denshi Shinsei·Todokede System Lite" (or "Electronic Application and Notification System Lite")) |
Feb. 1 - 29, 2012 | N | ||||||||||||
F | M | H | 8J1YMS | The Opening of a New Station Yoshikawa Minami | Feb. 1 - Mar. 31, 2012 | 2 | ||||||||||
M | 8N1MOMO | The 36th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival
The 19th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest |
Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2012 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | H | 8J6O | The 70th Anniversary of Omura-city | Mar. 15 - Dec. 31, 2012 | N | |||||||||||
M | 8J7EQ | The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial | Mar. 20 - Sept. 30, 2012 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8J7FUKKO | Assistance toward the Restoration of Kesennuma-city
(Fukko: Restoration/Recovery/Reconstruction/...) |
Mar. 21, 2012 - Mar. 11, 2013 | 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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8N3B 8N3U 8N3N 8N3K 8N3A | No | |
8J400MK | No | |
8J2OIDEN | No | |
8N2H | No | |
8J1EQ | No | |
8J1INZAI | ||
8J140DX | No | |
8J1ITU | ||
8N3DNP | No | |
8J7HOPE | No | |
8N1SKY | ||
8N650HAM·8N6KR8AA | ||
8J1MORSE | ||
8N1WHALE | No | |
8N1TW | No | |
8J7JODO | ||
8J4KHAM | ||
8J100TYK | No | |
8J10SAI | No | |
8J5SSS | ||
8J4EQ | No | |
8N2IWA | ||
8J9LITE | ||
8J6O | No | |
8J7EQ | ||
8J7FUKKO |