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 | 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 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8N3DNP | Osaka Wireless Proper Use Promotion Conference
(DNP: Denpa/Dempa, or Radiowave) |
Apr. 22, 2012 - (somewhere between Sept. 29 - Oct. 12), 2013 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J110SIT | The 110th Anniversary of Saitama Institute of Technology | Oct. 1, 2012 - May 31, 2014 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J1Y | National Cultural Festival 2013 in Yamanashi | Nov. 1, 2012 - Nov. 10, 2013 | 1 | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N2MDR | The 50th Anniversary of Midori-ward in Nagoya-city | Jan. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | 8J6KKC | The 50th Anniversary of Kitakyushu-city | Jan. 10, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2014 | 2 | ||
A | M | 8J4CEH | 26th National Confectionary Exposition in Hiroshima | Feb. 1 - May 12, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | 8N1MOMO | The 37th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival
The 20th Koga(-city) Hot-Air Balloon Contest |
Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J6ISG | Opening of New Ishigaki Airport | Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | 8J4G | The 64th National Tree-Planting Ceremony (in Tottori-pref.)
(G: Green) |
Mar. 1 - May 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8N0W | PR about "Juvenile's Interest in Space and Science, Exploited by Amateur Radio (ARISS School Contact)"
(W: Wada Elementary School, held an ARISS School Contact last August) |
Mar. 9 - June 30, 2013 | N | ||||||||||
A | M | 8J1BOSAI |
The 62nd Tonegawa River System Association Flood Drill
( |
Mar. 10 - May 18, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J7EQ | The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial | Mar. 10 - Sept. 30, 2013 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J3A | The 18th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2013"
(8J3A: Fixed, 8J3XVIII: Mobile) |
Mar. 20 - July 14, 2013 | 1 | 8J3XVIII | ||||||||
A | M | 8J4FF | 2013 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival | Apr. 1 - May 5, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J4ROSE | The 46th Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival | Apr. 1 - May 19, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J1ITAKO | The 62nd Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Apr. 1 - June 30, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J7YAE | Yae and Aizu(-domein) Expo
(Yae: Yae Niijima (maiden name Yamamoto), 1845-1932, a female warrior skilled in gunnery) |
Apr. 1 - July 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J4M13OO | The 1300th Anniversary of Mimasaka-koku Nation-Building
(Mimasaka-koku: Now a part of Okayama-pref.) |
Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2013 | 2 | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | H | 8N1A | The 40th Year of ASEAN-JAPAN Friendship and Cooperation | Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1IC | The 50th Anniversary of Ichihara-city | Apr. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | 2 | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7JUMP | Sendai-Miyagi Destination Campaign,
Support for Leap and Development of the Disaster Victims and Areas (Jump: Leap) |
Apr. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J1TK | "Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013":
The 68th National Athletic Meet in Tokyo(-pref.) The 13th Special Athletes Sports Competition in Tokyo(-pref.) |
Apr. 6 - Oct. 14, 2013 | 1 | ||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3KASEN | The 5th Anniversary of Kamogawa River Ordinance of Kyoto Prefecture
( Kasen: River) |
Apr. 13 - Dec. 31, 2013 | N | ||||
A | M | 8J4SIP | The Opening of Okayama-pref. Lifelong Learning Center "Scipia," Museum of Human and Science's Future | Apr. 20 - May 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8J88RL | The 40th Anniversary of JARL's 8 Branches Structure in Hokkaido(-pref.) | Apr. 22 - Aug. 11, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N1ITF | The 40th Anniversary of Tsukuba University
(ITF: IMAGINE THE FUTURE, a Slogan of the University) |
Apr. 25, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |
A | M | J | 8J1VLP | QRP Day
(VLP: Very Low Power) |
Apr. 26 - June 30, 2013 | 1 | ||||||||||
8J4VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8J6VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8J8VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8J9VLP | 1 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1T | The 5th Anniversary of Tokyo City University Group
(But actually, not "5th Anniversary" but "5th Year" — their new university's name effective Apr. 1, 2009) |
Apr. 27, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |
A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | 8J1ITU | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | May 1 - 31, 2013 | N | ||||||||||||
M | J | 8J88Y | The 22nd Yosakoi Soran Festival
(A festival, which is mixed (1) a Naruko (or a clapper) of Yosakoi Matsuri (or Festival) in Kochi-prefecture and (2) a local folk song "Soran Bushi (or Song)" in Hokkaido-prefecture. Where, - Yosakoi: "Come on over tonight," and - Soran: A hoy when pulling in a fishnet to catch herring.) |
May 1 - June 9, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J2I | (Reconstruction of a shrine building once every 20 years at Ise Jingu) Pilgrimage to the Grand Shrine of Ise in 2013 |
May 1 - Oct. 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J2KSG7X | The 70th Anniversary of Kasugai-city | May 1 - Oct. 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||
M | J | 8J0BARA | 2013 Nakano(-city) Bara Matsuri (or Rose Festival) | May 21 - June 23, 2013 | N | |||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N6MMTTY | 2013 Okinawa Amateur Radio Day
(MMTTY: An RTTY software developed by Makoto Mori, JE3HHT) |
June 1 - Nov. 30, 2013 | 2 | |||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1MTD | The 70th Anniversary of Matsudo-city | June 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | 2 | |||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J170ICK | The 70th Anniversary of Ichikawa Kogyo Koko, "Ichiko" (or Ichikawa Industrial High School) | June 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |||
J | J | 8J8RD1OO | The 100th Anniversary of Hakodate City Tram (or Romen-Densha) | June 14 - July 15, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | J | 8J0ARDF | 2013 All Japan High School ARDF Athletic Meet | June 29 - July 29, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | A | S | 8J9OWR | Owara Kaze-no-Bon Festival (or Owara Bushi Song Bon Dance of the Wind) (in Yatsuo, Toyama-city) | July 1 - Sept. 3, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | H | 8N1SEA | 2013 SEANET Convention Yokohama | July 1 - Oct. 7, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N5CLEAN | Clean Reception Environment Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||
S | O | 8J8CLN |
Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
S | O | 8N0C | Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1IBH | The 38th All Japan High School Cultural Festival in Ibaraki | July 1, 2013 - July 31, 2014 | N | ||||
J | 8N1HQ | 2013 IARU HF World Championship Contest
- 8N1HQ — JA1HGY, Minato-city 160m-CW, 10m-CW - 8N1HQ — JG1ZUY, Kimitsu-city — 15m-Ph - 8N1HQ — 7J1YAJ, Naka-gun — 20m-Ph, 15m-CW - 8N4HQ — JH4WBY, Okayama-city — 80m-CW, 40m-Ph, 10m-Ph - 8N4HQ — JR4OZR, Katsuta-gun — 80m-Ph, 40m-CW - 8N8HQ — JH8ZMM, Iwamizawa-city — 20m-CW |
July 6 - 14, 2013 | 1 | ||||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
J | A | 8J1AKIBA | Akiba Daisuki! Festival (or We-Love-Akiba! Festival) 2013 Summer
(Akiba: A shortened name of Akihabara, famous for an electric town) |
July 7 - Aug. 31, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N9ARDF | 2013 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet | July 21 - Oct. 20, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N1FUJI | The Designation of Mt. Fuji as a World Heritage Site(, by JARL) | July 28, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | 2 | ||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8J23776M | The Designation of Mt. Fuji as a World Heritage Site(, by a Club "Fuji-no-kuni Shizoka" (or "Shizuoka, the land of Mt. Fuji")) (3776: The height of Mt. Fuji in meters (12,388 ft)) |
Nov. 14, 2013 - July 31, 2014 | N | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J4J | The 30th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree The 16th Nippon Jamboree The 23rd World Scout Jamboree |
July 31, 2013 - Aug., 2015 | N | ||||
A | 8J1A | "Hamfair 2013" 2013 Amateur Radio Festival | Aug. 1 - 25, 2013 | 1 | ||||||||||||
A | 8N5JAZZ | Imabari Jazz Town | Aug. 1 - 31, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | 8N4RSK | Wasshoi Wansaka Kibikogen Highlands Festa — RSK Radio Festival! All People to Gather!
(RSK: Sanyo Broadcasting Co., Ltd., former Radio Sanyo K.K. (K.K.: Kabushiki Kaisha or Co. Ltd.)) |
Aug. 1 - Oct. 6, 2013 | N | ||||||||||
A | S | O | 8N0CKM | The 10th Anniversary of Chikuma-city | Aug. 4 - Oct. 27, 2013 | N | ||||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N3RM | Ritsumeikan Moriyama Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Aug. 5 - Oct. 24, 2013;
Oct. 25, 2013 - Oct. 24, 2018 |
A | |||||
A | S | O | N | 8J4HAM | Ham Festa Kasaoka 2013 | Aug. 6 - Nov. 4, 2013 | N | |||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J270TK | The 70th Anniversary of Toyokawa-city | Aug. 10, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |||||
A | S | O | 8J1FARC | 2013 Fukaya-city Comprehensive Disaster-preparedness Drill, the 45th Anniversary of Fukaya Amateur Radio Club and the 10th Anniversary of Its Club Station JQ1YDL |
Aug. 24 - Oct. 30, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | S | O | N | 8J120TAM | The 120th Anniversary of Tama-area's Jurisdiction Transfer from Kanagawa-pref. to Tokyo-pref. | Aug. 24 - Nov. 3, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||
S | 8J8RALLY | FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Round 5 and JAF Japanese Rally Championship Round 7
"Rally Hokkaido" |
Sept. 1 - 29, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N3T | Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Sept. 20, 2013 - |
A | ||||||
O | 8J9ECZEN | The 10th Anniversary of Echizen Railway | Oct. 1 - 31, 2013 | 2 | ||||||||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J130MUT | The 30th Anniversary of Mutsuzawa-town, in Chosei-gun, Chiba-pref. | Oct. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | 2 | |||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7JE4OO | The 400th Anniversary of Keicho Embassy's Sailing to Europe (Keicho: A name of regnal year 1596-1615) |
Oct. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | 2 | |||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7SGP | Acknowledgment of Sanriku Geopark as one of Japanese Geoparks | Oct. 3, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | |||||||
O | N | 8J6BAL | 2013 Saga International Balloon Fiesta | Oct. 5 - Nov. 4, 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
O | 8J9OKB | Campaign for Amateur Radio License Electronic Application, at 2013 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet
(O: Otoku (or Money-saving), K: Kantan (or Easy), B: Benri (or Convenient)) |
Oct. 13 - 20, 2013 | N | ||||||||||||
N | 8J2B1GP | The 8th Local Gourmet B-1 Grand Prix in Toyokawa(-city)
(B: Local brand; formerly in connection with "B-class local gourmet," intending country dishes or delicious reasonable diets) |
Nov. 1 - 10, 2013 | N | ||||||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8J1TS50A | The 50th Anniversary of Tsukuba Science City
(Consented by the Cabinet as a National Project in 1963) |
Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2014 | N | ||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8J5SSS | The 56th Saijo-shi Sangyo Sai (or Saijo-city Industry Festival) | Nov. 1, 2013 - Apr. 30, 2014 | N | ||||||||
N | D | J | F | 8N3LR | Karahashi Elementary School ARISS School Contact, Conducted by Rakuyo Technical High School
(LR: Laboratory of Technology Rakuyo) |
Nov. 13, 2013 - |
A | |||||||||
D | 8N1ISS | Tochigi Science Lion Project ARISS School Contact | Dec. 1 - 31, 2013 | A | ||||||||||||
D | J | 8N1AB |
The 50th Anniversary of Ayumi-no-Hako
(Ayumi-no-Hako: "(Collection) Box for Walk," a Fundraising Campaign, Promoting the Welfare of Disabled Children/Persons and Elderly Persons Needing Nursing Care) |
Dec. 1, 2013 - Jan. 31, 2014 | 2 | |||||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 13th West Japan Ham Fair | Dec. 12, 2013 - Mar. 2, 2014 | 1 | |||||||||
J | F | 8J9OKB | Campaign for Amateur Radio License Electronic Application
(O: Otoku (or Money-saving), K: Kantan (or Easy), B: Benri (or Convenient)) |
Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2014 | N | |||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J7T | The Birth of Takizawa-city (JCC#0316) | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014 | N | ||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J1AOBA | The 20th Anniversary of Aoba-ward (in Yokohama-city) | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014 | N | ||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J3ZUKA | Takarazuka(-city)'s Triple Anniversay
((1) The 100th Anniversary of The Takarazuka Revue, (2) The 60th Anniversary of Takarazuka-city and (3) The 20th Anniversary of The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum) |
Jan. 1, 2014 - Mar. 31, 2015 | N | ||||||||||
J | F | M | 8N3HKC | Hirakata-city's Upgrade to a "Core City" (Defined by the Local Autonomy Act) | Jan. 15 - Sept. 30, 2014 | N | ||||||||||
J | F | 8N2TCES | Toyoake Chuuou Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Jan. 28 - Feb. 27, 2014 | A | |||||||||||
F | M | 8J1TZ20Y | The 20th Anniversary of Tsuzuki-ward (in Yokohama-city) | Feb. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014 | N | |||||||||||
F | M | 8N1MA | Musashino Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Feb. 10 - Apr. 10, 2014 | A | |||||||||||
F | M | 8N3AB | Himeji Aboshinishi Elementary School ARISS School Contact | Feb. 14 - May 13, 2014 | A | |||||||||||
M | 8N1MOMO | The 38th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival
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Mar. 1 - Apr. 6, 2014 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J4SNP | The 80th Anniversary of Setonaikai National Park | Mar. 1 - May 31, 2014 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8N2HHH | Hamanako Flower Expo (or Hana Haku) 2014 / The 31st Japan Parks and Urban Green Fair in Shizuoka | Mar. 1 - June 16, 2014 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J1AYAME | The 63rd Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Mar. 1 - Aug. 31, 2014 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J7EQ | The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial | Mar. 6 - Sept. 30, 2014 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8J10NICT | The 10th Anniversary of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
The 50th Anniversary of Its Kashima Space Technology Center The 25th Anniversary of Its Kansai Advanced Research Center |
Mar. 15 - Sept. 15, 2014 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8N3TA | The 60th Anniversary of Takasago-city | Mar. 15, 2014 - Mar. 31, 2015 | N | ||||||||||||
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Special-event stations celebrate specific expositions, anniversaries and so on.
Moreover, ARISS school contact stations can be 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: