Operating Month(s) | W e b |
Call Sign |
Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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2018 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1GEO | Acknowledgment of the Tukuba-san Area Geopark as one of Japanese Geoparks | Dec. 27, 2016 - |
N | ||||
A | M | 8J1ZIU | The 40th Anniversary of the Tokyowan (or Tokyo Bay) Ham Club, JF1ZIU | June 1, 2017 - May 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J765TBC | The 65th Anniversary of Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. | July 22, 2017 - May 1, 2018 | N | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8N3MIWA | Enactment of a Sakurai City Ordinance Promoting Miwa Somen
(Miwa Somen: Japanese fine noodles, produced in Miwa area, including Sakurai-city) |
Aug. 2, 2017 - |
N | |||||||||
A | M | J | 8J3B | The 100th Anniversary of Biwako Shuko no Uta (or "Lake Biwa Rowing Song") | Nov. 10, 2017 - June 27, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||
H | 8J3N2S | The 40th Anniversary of Nara(-prefecure) Two-meter SSB Lovers (Association) | Dec. 1, 2017 - |
2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J3N | Apr. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | |||
A | M | 8J7HCB | The 100th Anniversary of Hirosaki(-city) Cherry Blossom Viewing Party | Jan. 1 - May 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J1SUIGO | The 67th Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Jan. 1 - June 30, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N0400N | The 400th Anniversary of the Origin of Nagaoka(-city) | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J7AID | The 30th Anniversary of Akita International Dahlia Garden | Jan. 20, 2018 - Jan. 19, 2019 | N | |||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J75RS | The 75th Anniversary of Tohoku Radiotelegraphy School | Jan. 22, 2018 - Jan. 21, 2019 | N | |||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J1MITO | Festivals in Mito(-city) | Feb. |
N | |||||||
A | 8N1MOMO | The 42nd Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 8, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J5TOBE | The 35th Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 22, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J7MMF | Establishment of Miyako, Muroran Ferry Route | Mar. 1 - Sept. 30, 2018 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J8MMF | Mar. 1 - Sept. 30, 2018 | N | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J4B | The 30th Anniversary of The Seto Ohashi Bridge | Mar. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 | 2 | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | 8N1UEC | The 100th Anniversary of The University of Electro-Communications
[8N1UEC: Students, 8J100UEC: Alumni] |
Mar. 1, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2019 | N | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | 8J100UEC | July 15, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2019 | N |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J3NARA | The 120th Anniversary of Nara-city | Mar. 23, 2018 - Jan. 31, 2019 | N | |||
A | M | J | J | 8N3UV | The 23rd Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2018"
[8N3UV: Fixed, 8J3XXIII: Mobile] (UV: "··‐ ···‐," corresponding figures "23," in the simplified form of Morse code signals in Japan) |
Mar. 31 - July 15, 2018 | 1 | |||||||||
8J3XXIII | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | 8J4FF | 2018 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival | Apr. 1 - May 5, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J4ROSE | Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival 2018 | Apr. 1 - May 20, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8N0SK | The 50th Anniversary of the Adoption of "Shinano no kuni" as an Official Prefecture Song of Nagano
(Shinano no Kuni: A song "The Province of Shinano;" Shinano: An old name of Nagano-prefecture) |
Apr. 1 - May 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J7G | The 69th National Tree-Planting Ceremony 2018 in Fukushima(-prefecture)
(G: Green) |
Apr. 1 - June 10, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J2VX | The 50th Tokai(-district) Ham Festival | Apr. 1 - July 29, 2018 | 1 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8J3KKI | Opening of "Karako-Kagi Iseki (or Ruins) Historical Park" and a Roadside Station "Resti Karako-Kagi"
(Karako-Kagi Iseki: Moat colonies in the Yayoi Era, designated as a National Historic Site; Resti: Ruins in Italian) |
Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N1FBK | 2018 Fukaya-city Comprehensive Emergency Drill (or Bosai Kuknren)
(The 50th Anniversary of Fukaya-city Amateur Radio Club) (Bosai: Disaster prevention, Kunren: Drill) |
Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | H | 8J1KZ | The 70th Anniversary of Kanazawa-ward, Yokohama-city | Apr. 1, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2019 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | 8J2OGAKI | The 100th Anniversary of Ogaki-city | Apr. 1, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2019 | 2 | ||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8J1IRW | The 30th Anniversary of Isumi Railway | Apr. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | 2 |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J6ONSEN | The 33rd National Cultural Festival in Oita-prefecture
(where famous for its hot springs (or Onsen) |
Apr. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1ECL | The 70th Anniversary of The Electrical Communication Laboratory | Apr. 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N3EXPO | Universal Exposition Bid Campaign as the 2025 Japan World Exposition | Apr. 11 - Nov. 30, 2018 | 2 | |||||
A | M | J | 8N1080S | The 1080th Anniversary of the Naritasn Shinshoji Temple | Apr. 16 - June 30, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J4VLP | The World QRP Day (June 17)
(VLP: Very Low Power) |
Apr. 26 - June 30, 2018 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J6VLP | Apr. 26 - July 31, 2018 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J8VLP | Apr. 26 - June 30, 2018 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J9VLP | Apr. 26 - June 30, 2018 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. |
2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J5KA7O | The 70th Anniversary of JARL Kagawa(-prefecture) Club | Apr. 29 - July 7, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N3DNP | Events by Promotion Member Committee for Appropriate Utilization of Radiowave in Osaka-pref. | Apr. 29, 2018 - [someday Nov. 17 - Dec. 7] | N | |||||
M | 8J1ITU | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | May 1 - 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||||
M | J | J | 8J8H150Y | The 150th Year of Hokkaido
(Named in 1869) |
May 1 - July 31, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N4HANA | The 35th Japan Parks and Urban Green Fair in Yamaguchi(-pref)
(Hana: Flower) |
May 1 - Nov. 4, 2018 | 2 | ||||||
J | J | A | H | 8J7SPA | Reconstruction Assistance: Tourism Promotion of Spas in Miyagi(-prefecture) | June 1 - Aug. 31, 2018 | N | |||||||||
J | J | A | 8J729FM | The 37th 29MHz FM National Convention in Aomori(-pref) | June 1 - Aug. 31, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | 8N0JM | The Opening of the Joetsu-city Aquarium and Museum | June 1 - Sept. 30, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J0150NP | The 150th Anniversary of Port of Niigata | June 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | 2 | |||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1KOFU | The 500th Anniversary of the Establishment of Kofu(-city) | June 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2019 | 2 | |||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7B | The 150th Anniversary of Boshin War
(a Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces, 1868-1869) |
June 5, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | N | |||
J | J | A | 8J4N | Smoke signal (or Noroshi) to Connect Hearts among Friends Not Met Yet | June 14 - Aug. 31, 2018 |
N | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J9K | The 70th Anniversary of JARL Kanazawa Club | June 17 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||
J | J | A | 8N6D | Omuta(-city) Daijayama (or Big Snake Mountain) Festival | June 19 - Aug. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | JD1YAB | The 50th Anniversary of Return of Ogasawara-islands
[Not a special-event but a normal club station] |
June 20, 2018 - Jan. 6, 2019 | ||||||
J | J | 8N1HQ | 2018 IARU HF Championship
(1) Minato ... JA1HGY: "FEDXP Volunteers Group" ... 160m-CW (2) Chita-gun ... JA2ZJW?: "Aichi Conetst Club" ... 80m-CW, 20m-Ph, 10m-CW (3) Miki ... JH3AIU: "Kansai Crazy Contesters" ... 20m-CW (4) Aso-gun ... JA6BXA: "Team Six" ... 15m-CW (5) Aomori ... JA7MSQ: "Aomori Contest Club Volunteers" ... 40m-CW (6) Sapporo ... "JR8YLW" ... 40m-Ph |
June 23 - July 15, 2018 | 1 | |||||||||||
8N2HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N6HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N7HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
J | J | A | 8J1HAM | Hamfair 2018 | June 29 - Aug. 26, 2018 | 1 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | 8J8ARDF | 2018 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet | July 1 - Sept. 30, 2018 | 1 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N5CLEAN | Clean Reception Environment Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||
O | 8J8CLN | Oct. 1 - 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||||
O | 8N9C | Oct. 1 - 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||||
S | O | 8N0CLA | Sept 1 - Oct. 31, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | 8N7TENDO | The 60th Anniversary of Tendo-city | July 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 | N | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N5DAIQ | The 100th Anniversary of Beethoven's "Ninth" premiere performance in Asia
(Ninth: Daiku or Daikyu in Japanese ...so... Dai-Q) |
July 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J6N | Municipalisation of Nakagawa-city | July 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||
J | A | S | O | N | A | J | 8N3SD | Shinoda Elementary School ARISS Scool Contact | July 6, 2018 - Jan. 5, 2019 | A | ||||||
J | A | S | 8J3TL | 2018 Takashima(-city) Long Ride 100(km) | July 15 - Sept. 30, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8J50IARU | The 50th Anniversary of IARU Region 3 | July 17 - Oct. 31, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||
J | A | S | 8N4RSK | The 14th 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.)) |
N | |||||||||||
A | 8N6S | Suigo (or Water District) Yanagawa(-city) Water Festival | Aug. 1 - 6, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J5JAZZ | 2018 Imabari(-city) Jazz Town | Aug. 1 - 31, 2018 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | N | 8J9N | The 31st All Japan Health and Welfare Festival in Toyama | Aug. 1 - Nov. 6, 2018 | N | |||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | 8N3MKK | The 150th Anniversary of the Change to the Meiji Era:
Miracle of Kyoto(-city) (or Kyoto no Kiseki) [Miracle: Successive development of Kyoto, despite the transfer of the capital to Tokyo] |
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J3YYR | The 50th Anniversary of Kohoku Club, JA3YYR | Aug. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | 2 | |||||
A | 8N9SJ | 17th Nippon Scout Jamboree
[ARISS School Contact Cancelled] |
Aug. 5 - 9, 2018 | N A |
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A | S | 8J8RLY | FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship JAF All Japan Rally Championship "Rally Hokkaido" |
Aug. 18 - Sept. 16, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
S | O | 8J9FK | The 73rd National Sports Festival
The 18th National Sports Festival for People with Disabilities |
Sept. 1 - Oct. 15, 2018 | 1 | |||||||||||
S | O | N | 8J4OM | Okayama Marathon 2018 | N | |||||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J60UTO | The 60th Anniversary of Uto-city | Sept. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||||
S | O | N | D | 8N1T | Tachikawa(-city) Rakuichi (or Free-for-all Market) 2018 | Sept. 10 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | |||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N3OH | Ohtori Elementary School ARISS Scool Contact | Sept. 11, 2018 - Mar. 10, 2019 | A | ||||||
S | O | N | D | J | 8N4KLO | Obie Elementary School ARISS Scool Contact
(L: 50, because of one of the memorial events for the 50th anniversary of Kurashiki-city) |
Sept. 18, 2018 - Jan. 17, 2019 | A | ||||||||
O | N | D | 8N1JPHC | National Meeting of the Japan Police Ham Communication (Club) in Siatama(-pref.) | Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
O | N | D | 8N6M110Y | The 100th Anniversary of the Port of Miike | Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
O | N | D | 8J760H | The 60th Anniversary of Higashine-city | Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
O | N | 8J6BAL | 2018 Saga International Balloon Festa | Oct. 6 - Nov. 5, 2018 | 2 | |||||||||||
O | N | D | 8J80JDOX | The 80th Anniversary of the Launch of Soya, the First Antarctica Observation Ship
(JDOX: Call sign of Soya) |
Oct. 13 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8J1YM50C | The 50th Anniversary of Midori-ward in Yokohama-city | Oct. 21, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||||
N | D | H | 8J7XMAS | 2018 Sendai Pageant of Starlight and Tourism Promotion | Nov. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018 | N | ||||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8N30ICT | The 30th Anniversary of Advanced ICT Research Institute | Dec. 1, 2018 - Mar. |
N | |||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J7RR | Entire Opening of the Sanriku Railway Riasu Line
(RR: Rias Rail) |
Dec. 7, 2018 - |
N | |||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 18th West Japan Hamfair | Dec. 19, 2018 - Mar. 3, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J4HORAI | Horan-enya Festival 2019
(Sometimes called as not "Horan" but "Horai") |
Dec. 27, 2018 - May 26, 2019 | N | |||||||||
J | F | 8N8SSF | The 70th Sapporo Snow Festival | Jan. 4 - Feb. 11, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J7OK | Registration of Osaki Koudo (or Tilled Soil in Osaki-area) as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System | Jan. 19 - May 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
F | M | H | 8J2M | The 30th General Assembly of Japan Medical Congress 2019 Chubu | Feb. 1 - Apr . 30, 2019 | N | ||||||||||
8J9M | ||||||||||||||||
8J0M | ||||||||||||||||
F | M | 8J1MITO | Festivals in Mito(-city) | Feb. 23 - |
N | |||||||||||
M | 8J4HAM | Hamfesta Kasaoka
(Rescheduled: Oct. 20 → Mar. 21 → Mar. 17) |
Mar. 1 - 30, 2019 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8N1MOMO | The 43rd Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 7, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J5TOBE | The 36th Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 21, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J2TKI | The 51st Tokai(-district) Ham Festival | Mar. 1 - |
1 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J1IBKOK | The 74th National Sports Festival
The 19th National Sports Festival for People with Disabilities |
Mar. 7 - Oct. 31, 2019 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8J40ACC | The 40th Anniversary of The International Award Chasers Club | Mar. 21 - Sept. 14, 2019 | N | ||||||||||||
M | 8N324A | The 24th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2019"
[8N324A: Fixed, 8J3XXIV: Mobile] |
Mar. 30 - July 21, 2019 | 1 | ||||||||||||
8J3XXIV | ||||||||||||||||
M | 8N3G2O | G20 OSAKA SUMMIT 2019 | Mar. 31 - June 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Operating Month(s) | W e b |
Call Sign |
Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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2018 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M |
Special-event stations celebrate spfic 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: