Operating Month(s) | W e b |
Call Sign |
Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | |||||
8J190Y | The 90th Anniversary of the JARL | June 12 - Dec. 7, 2015 | 1 | |||||||||||||
8J290Y | Nov. 9, 2015 - Mar. 31, 2016 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J390Y | Jan. 1 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J490Y | June 12, 2015 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J590Y | June 12 - July 31, 2015; Sept. 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016 |
1 | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J690Y | June 12, 2015 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | H | 8J790Y | June 12, 2015 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J890Y | Oct. 10, 2015 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J90Y | June 12, 2015 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J090Y | June 12, 2015 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3SP | The 1400th Anniversary of Sayama-ike Pond | June 20, 2015 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | H | 8N1KCJ | The 40th Anniversary of the Keymen's Club of Japan | Sept. 20, 2015 - Sept. 19, 2016 | 2 | ||||||
8N2KCJ | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8N3KCJ | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8N5KCJ | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8N8KCJ | 2 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N120ICT | The 120th Anniversary of Radio Communication | Dec. 1, 2015 - Nov. 30, 2016 | N | |||||
A | M | H | 8J2SMT | Ise Shima Summit | Dec. 25, 2015 - May 27, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J100MAB | The 100th Anniversary of Nagareyama-line
(between Mabashi-station in Matsudo-city and Nagareyama-station in Nagareyama-city, operated by Ryutetsu Co., Ltd.) (8J100MAB ... in Matsudo-city, 8N100NAG ... in Nagareyama-city) |
Jan. 1 - June 30, 2016 | N | ||||||||||
8N100NAG | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1JAG | The 40th National General Meeting of Japan Award Hunters Group | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J4CAF | The Centennial Anniversary of Fukuyama-city | Jan. 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | 2 | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N3KTYSN | The 10th Anniversary of Yosano-town's Merger(, in Kyoto-prefecture) | Jan. 3 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N0A | The 40th Anniversary of the Designation of "Ayakomai Dance" as a National Significant Intangible Folk Cultural Asset | Jan. 5 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | ||||
A | M | J | 8J1TMC | The 10th Anniversary of Tsukubamirai-city | Feb. 1 - June 30, 2016 | N | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8N3KT | The 60th Kyoto Contest | Feb. 6 - Aug. 31, 2016 | N | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J1MITO | Festivals in Mito(-city): (1) Mito(-city) Plum Festival, (2) Mito Komon Festival and (3)
Chrysanthemum Flower Exhibition of Mito(-city)
(Mito Komon: Komon Mito (or Mitsukuni Tokugawa), 1628-1701, the Second Daimyo (or Feudal Lord) of the Mito Domain) |
Feb. 20 - Nov. 30, 2016 | N | |||||
A | 8N1MOMO | The 40th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 10, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J5TOBE | The 33rd Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 17, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | 8N3WRT | Wings for Life World Run (in Takashima-city) | Mar. 1 - May 8, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8N370H | Hirano Junior High School ARISS School Contact (in Kobe-city) | Mar. 10 - Sept. 9, 2016 | A | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8N3DNP | Osaka Wireless Proper Use Promotion Conference
(DNP: Denpa/Dempa, or Radiowave) |
Mar. 20 - [Oct. 23 - Nov. 4], 2016 | N | ||||||
A | M | 8J4FF | 2016 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival | Apr. 1 - May 5, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J4ROSE | Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival 2016 | Apr. 1 - May 15, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J0GR | The 67th National Tree-Planting Ceremony 2016 in Nagano(-prefecture)
(GR: Green) |
Apr. 1 - June 5, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J2HAM | The 48th Tokai(-district) Ham Festival | Apr. 1 - July 10, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J3A | The 21st Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2016"
(8J3A: Fixed, 8J3XXI: Mobile) |
Apr. 1 - July 17, 2016 | 1 | 8J3XXI | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8J1ITAKO | The 65th Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J2FUJI | The 50th Anniversary of Fuji-city | Apr. 1 - Nov. 30, 2016 | N | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1SMM | The 20th Anniversary of Sammu-city | Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J1I20A | The 20th Anniversary of Inzai-city | Apr. 1, 2016 - Jan. 5, 2017 | N | |||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J120Y | The 20th Anniversary of Yoshikawa-city | Apr. 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | 2 | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N2EJT | The 110th Anniversary of Toyohashi-city
("Eejanaika Toyohashi": A city promotion of Toyohashi "Eejanaika": Meaning "who cares?," "why not?" or "what the hell?," a madly dancing social phenomenon 1867-1868, having its origin in Toyohashi) |
Apr. 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N2K10Y | The 10th Anniversary of Kitanagoya-city | Apr. 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | 2 | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3AMA | The 100th Anniversary of Amagasaki-city | Apr. 3 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | ||||
A | M | J | 8J2VLP | The World QRP Day (June 17)
(VLP: Very Low Power) |
Apr. 26 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J4VLP | Apr. |
2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J6VLP | Apr. 26 - July 31, 2016 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J8VLP | Apr. 26 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J9VLP | Apr. 26 - June 30, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | 8J1ITU | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | May 1 - 31, 2016 | N | ||||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1IRM | The 50th Anniversary of Iruma-city | May 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | |||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J2OKZ | The 100th Anniversary of Okazaki-city | May 1, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2017 | N | ||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J4ISHIN | Yamaguchi(-prefecture) Bakumatsu Ishinsai (or End-of-Edo-Period Imperial-Restoration Festival)
(Five years tourism campaign marking the 150th anniversary of "Meiji Restoration (of Imperial power)" in 1868) |
May 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | 2 | ||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N3B | Boze Junior Highschool / Boze Elementary School ARISS School Contest (in Himeji-city) | May 24 - Nov. 23, 2016 | A | ||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J25JARD | The 25th Anniversary of The Japan Amateur Radio Development Association (JARD) (, a general incorporated foundation) | May 24 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | |||||
M | J | J | 8J2UMI | Umi (or Sea) Festa Higashimikawa
(Higashimikawa: Most eastern part of Aichi-prefecture, around Toyohashi-city) |
May 28 - July 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | 8N655HAM | 2016 Okinawa Amateur Radio Day (June 22; The 55th Anniversary of Amateur Radio in Okinawa) | June 1 - July 31, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | J | A | 8J2MSSB | The 50th All Japan 2m SSB Devotees Meeting in Aichi and Gifu-prefecture | June 1 - Aug. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J3SK60Y | The 60th Anniversary of Sakurai-city | June 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | N | |||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7I | The 50th Anniversary of Iwaki-city
(8J7I: Mobile, 8N7I: Fixed) |
June 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | 2 | |||
8N7I | ||||||||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | 8N1UN | The 60th Anniversary of Japan's Membership in the United Nations | June 4 - Oct. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||
J | J | A | 8N0YAMA | National Meeting of Commemorating the 1st "Mountain Day" Holiday (Aug. 11) | June 6 - Aug. 31, 2016 | 1 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J4AMA | Renewal of Ama-town's Rental Shack | July 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | |||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1TODA | The 50th Anniversary of Toda-city | July 23 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | |||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1ME | The 50th Anniversary of Mitsubishi Electric Amateur Radio Club | June 11 - Dec. 24, 2016 | 2 | ||||||
A | S | O | N | D | 8J3ME | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | 8J3SC | The 20th All Shiga(-prefecture) Contest | June 17 - July 18, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | J | 8J6DIAJA | Omuta(-city) Daijayama (or Big Snake Mountain) Festival | June 19 - July 31, 2016 | N | |||||||||||
J | J | A | 8J4DISS | Daisen Elementary School ARISS School Contest (in Daisen-town, Saihaku-gun) | June 21 - Aug. 31, 2016 | A | ||||||||||
J | A | 8J1HAM | Ham Fair 2016 | July 1 - Aug. 21, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
J | A | S | 8J7SEA | The 36th All Japan Making-Rich-Sea Conference in Yamagata-prefecture | July 1 - Sept. 11, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N0ARDF | 2016 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet | July 1 - Oct. 2, 2016 | 1 | |||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N5CLEAN | Clean Reception Environment Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||
S | O | 8J8CLN |
Sept. |
2 | ||||||||||||
O | 8N9C | Oct. 1 - 31, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||||
S | O | 8N0CLE | Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8J8KH | The 20th Anniversary of Kitahiroshima-city | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2016 | N | |||||||||
J | 8N1HQ | 2016 IARU HF Championship
(1) Minato ... JA1HGY: "FEDXP Volunteers Group" ... 10m-CW (2) Chofu ... JA1ZGP: "The University of Electro-Communications Club" ... 10m-Ph (3) Sosa ... JF1NPC: "Bellkey Amateur Radio Club" ... 15m-Ph (4) Mimasaka ... JN4MMO: "Team Mimachan" ... 160m-CW, 40m-CW (5) Okayama ... "JH4WBY Group" ... 80m-CW (6) Onomichi ... JA4OK: "EM10 Onomichi" ... 40m-Ph (7) Aomori ... JA7MSQ: "Aomori Contest Club Volunteers" ... 15m-CW (8) Sapporo ... "JR8YLW" ... 80m-Ph, 20m-Ph (9) Iwamizawa ... JH8ZMM: "JA8CDT Group" ... 20m-CW |
July 2 - 17, 2016 | 1 | ||||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N4HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N7HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J2KB31A | The 31st National Cultural Festival (or Kokumin Bunka Sai) in Aichi-prefecture | July 11 - Dec. 3, 2016 | 2 | |||||||
J | A | 8J7START | Tohoku-district and Sendai-city Tourism Promotion: Disaster Prevention, Reconstruction Start and Sendai Tanabata (or Star) Festival | July 16 - Aug. 31, 2016 | N | |||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N360KSG | Pilgrimage to Kasuga-taisha Shrine(, in the Anniversary Year of the 60th Shrine Rebuilding Once in Twenty Years) | July 25, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | N | ||||
A | 8J6SOLAR | Suigo (or Water District) Yanagawa(-city) Water Festival
(including 2016 Yanagawa(-city) SolarBoat Festival) |
Aug. 1 - 7, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J5JAZZ | 2016 Imabari(-city) Jazz Town | Aug. 1 - 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | 8J1CHIBA | The 890th Anniversary of Chiba
(Transmigration of Tsuneshige Chiba and his Samurai group in 1126) |
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | 8J130IZM | The 30th Anniversary of Izumi-ward, Yokohama-city | Aug. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | ||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | 8J7OSAKI | The 10th Anniversary of Osaki-city | Aug. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||
A | S | O | 8N4RSK | The 12th 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. 17 - Oct. 2, 2016 | N | ||||||||||
A | 8J1BOSAI | 2016 Tochigi-pref. and Sakura-city Joint Emergency Drill
(Bosai: disaster prevention) |
Aug. 20 - 28, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||||
S | 8J8RLY | "Rally Hokkaido" :
FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship 2016 4th Stage JAF All Japan Rally Championship 2016 7th Stage |
2 | |||||||||||||
S | O | N | 8J4OM | Okayama Marathon 2016 | Sept. 1 |
N | ||||||||||
S | O | N | 8J7KINKA | The 140th Anniversary of Kinkazan Lighthouse | Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J6TANTO | The 100th Anniversary of Omuta-city
(Tanto: city of sekitan (or coal)) |
Sept. 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 | N | ||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J3KRK | The 60th Anniversary of the Merger of Tawaramoto-town
(PR of "Karako-Kagi Ruins Historical Park") (Karako-Kagi Ruins: Moat colonies in the Yayoi Era, designated as a national historic site) |
Sept. 14, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | N | ||||||
S | O | 8J71NSF | The 71st National Sports Festival
The 16th National Sports Festival for People with Disabilities (in Iwate-prefecture) |
Sept. 15 - Oct. 25, 2016 | 2 | |||||||||||
S | O | N | 8N7T | The Birth of Tomiya-city | Sept. 17 - Nov. 6, 2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
S | O | 8J1YGJH | Yamanashi Gakuin Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Sept. 21 - Oct. 1, 2016 | A | |||||||||||
O | N | 8J6BAL | FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Saga(-prefecture) | Oct. 5 - Nov. 7 (6?), 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||
O | N | 8J4HAM | Ham Festa Kasaoka 2016 | N | ||||||||||||
O | N | D | J | 8N17FUKU | The 20th Anniversary of Shichifukujin (or Seven Lucky Gods / Seven Gods of Fortune) Award | Oct .16, 2016 - Jan. 15, 2017 | N | |||||||||
N | D | H | 8J7XMAS | Sendai(-city) and Miyaghi(-pref.) Tourism Promotion
(Sendai Pageant of Starlight in December) |
Nov. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016 | N | ||||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8J1TGU | The 50th Anniversary of the change from the "Faculty of Liberal Arts" to "Faculty of Education," of Tokyo Gakugei University
(Gakugei: Liberal arts) |
Nov. 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2017 | N | ||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8J1TOKAI | The 75th Anniversary of Tokai University | Nov. 1, 2016 - Nov. 3, 2017 | N | ||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 16th West Japan Ham Fair | 1 | ||||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J1KA | The 50th Anniversary of Kunitachi-city | Dec. |
N | |||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J1GEO | Acknowledgment of the Tukuba-san Area Geopark as one of Japanese Geoparks | Dec. 27, 2016 - |
N | |||||||||
J | F | 8N0GK | The 72nd Winter National Athletic Meet (in Nagano-prefecture) "Nagano Ginrei Kokutai"
(Ginrei: silvery, snow-capped mountain, Kokutai: National Athletic Meet) |
Jan. 1 - Feb. 17, 2017 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J2A | Tsutsuji Matsuri (or Azalea Festival)
celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Asano-park |
Jan. 1 - Apr. 30, 2017 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J60JARE | The 60th Anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition | Jan. 1, 2017 - around Jan. 20, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J1SUIGO | Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Jan. 4 - June 30, 2017 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | F | 8N8SSF | Sapporo Snow Festival | Jan. 7 - Feb. 12, 2017 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J125ETL | The 125th Anniversary of the Former "Electrotechnical Laboratory, Ministry of Communications" | Jan. 15 - Nov. 30, 2017 | N | ||||||||||
F | M | 8J2IKH | 27th National Confectionary Exposition in Mie(-prefecture)
"Oise-san Kashi (or Confectionary) Haku (or Exposition)" ("Oise-san: an affectionate appellation for Ise Jingu, or The Ise Grand Shrine) |
Feb.1 - May 14, 2017 | 2 | |||||||||||
F | M | 8J3HC50Y | The 50th Anniversary of Higashiosaka-city | Feb. 5, 2017 - Jan. 31, 2018 | N | |||||||||||
F | M | 8J1MITO | Festivals in Mito(-city) | Feb. 18 - Nov. 30, 2017 | N | |||||||||||
M | 8N1MOMO | The 41st Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 9, 2017 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J5TOBE | The 34th Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 16, 2017 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J1FB | The 70th Anniversary of Bukyo-city
("Fumi-no-machi" , or "Town with Literature": Bunkyo-city) |
Mar. 1 - May 20, 2017 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J9G | The 68th National Tree-Planting Ceremony 2017 in Toyama(-prefecture) | Mar. 1 - May 28, 2017 | 2 |
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: