Operating Month(s) | W e b |
Call Sign |
Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | |||||
A | M | J | 8J1ECL | The 70th Anniversary of The Electrical Communication Laboratory | Apr. 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 | N | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1KOFU | The 500th Anniversary of the Establishment of Kofu(-city) | June 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | H | 8J1YM50C | The 50th Anniversary of Midori-ward in Yokohama-city | Oct. 21, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2019 | 2 | |||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N30ICT | The 30th Anniversary of Advanced ICT Research Institute | Dec. 1, 2018 - Mar. |
N | |
A | M | 8J4HORAI | Horan-enya Festival 2019
(Sometimes called as not "Horan" but "Horai") |
Dec. 27, 2018 - May 26, 2019 | N | |||||||||||
A | 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 | |||||||||||
A | H | 8J2M | The 30th General Assembly of Japan Medical Congress 2019 Chubu | Feb. 1 - Apr . 30, 2019 | N | |||||||||||
8J9M | ||||||||||||||||
8J0M | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J1MITO | Festivals in Mito(-city) | Feb. 23 - Oct. 31, 2019 | N | ||||||
A | 8N1MOMO | The 43rd Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 7, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J5TOBE | The 36th Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 21, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J2TKI | The 51st Tokai(-district) Ham Festival | Mar. 1 - Oct. 13, 2019 | 1 | ||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J1IBKOK | The 74th National Sports Festival
The 19th National Sports Festival for People with Disabilities |
Mar. 7 - Oct. 31, 2019 | N | ||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J1SPIBA | Apr. 1 - Oct. 31, 2019 | 1 | |||||||
A | M | 8J4FF | 2019 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival | Mar. 21 - May 5, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J40ACC | The 40th Anniversary of The International Award Chasers Club | Mar. 21 - |
N | ||||
A | M | J | J | 8N324A | The 24th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2019"
[8N324A: Fixed, 8J3XXIV: Mobile] |
Mar. 30 - July 21, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||
8J3XXIV | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | J | 8N3G2O | G20 OSAKA SUMMIT 2019 | Mar. 31 - June 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | 8J4ROSE | Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival 2019 | Apr. 1 - May 19, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J2G | The 70th National Tree-Planting Ceremony 2019 in Aichi(-prefecture)
(G: Green) |
Apr. 1 - June 2, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8N0HANA | The 36th Japan Parks and Urban Green Fair in Nagano(-pref)
(Hana: Flower) |
Apr. 1 - June 16, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J1ITAKO | The 68th Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Apr. 1 - June 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J2TOKAI | The 50th Anniversary of Tokai-city | Apr. 1 - June 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J7MB | The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Miyako Bay | Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2019 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | H | 8J3AC | The 100th Anniversary of Akashi-city
The 400th Anniversary of Akashi Castle |
Apr. 1 - Nov. 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J3ICOM | ICOM KYOTO 2019
(ICOM: International Council of Museums) [8J3ICOM: Fixed, 8N3ICOM: Mobile] |
Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019 | N | ||||
8N3ICOM | ||||||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J460YAB | The 60th Anniversary of JARL Kurashiki Club | Apr. 1, 2019 - Mar. 31?, 2020 | N | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J0YMA | The 60th Anniversary of the JARL Joetsu Club Station, JA0YMA | Apr. |
N | |||||||
A | 8J6MATUE | "Tokakuji no Matsue," an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
(A Ritual of Shugendo) (Shugendo: Japanese mountain asceticism, incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts) |
Apr. 7 - 21, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J4VLP | The World QRP Day (June 17)
(VLP: Very Low Power) |
Apr. 26 - June 30, 2019 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8J6VLP | Apr. 26 - July 31, 2019 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J8VLP | Apr. 26 - June 30, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J9VLP | Apr. 26 - June 30, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8N3I80A | The 80th Anniversary of Ikeda-city | Apr. 28, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2020 | N |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N3DNP | Events by Promotion Member Committee for Appropriate Utilization of Radiowave in Osaka-pref. | Apr. 28 -, 2019 | N | |
A | M | 8J6DON | Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
M | 8J1ITU | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | May 1 - 31, 2019 | N | ||||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | 8J1HMC | Higashimatsuyama-city Disaster Prevention Fair | May 11 - Sept. 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||
M | J | J | A | 8N130S | The 130th Anniversary of Shisui-town | May 19 - Aug. 31, 2019 | N | |||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J7AIZU | The 120th Anniversary of Aizuwakamatsu-city | May 20 - Nov. 30, 2019 | N | ||||||
M | J | 8N2W | Gotemba Nishi Junior Highschool ARISS School Contact | May 24 - June 9, 2019 | N | |||||||||||
J | J | A | 8N5AO | The Awa Dance Festival (or Awa Odori)
(Awa: An old name of Tokushima-pref.) |
June 1 - Aug. 15, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J1YK | The 80th Anniversary of Kohoku-ward, in Yokohama-city | June 1 - Dec. 31, 2019 | N | ||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J110FFF | The 10th Anniversary of Fujikawa-town | June 1 - Dec. 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8N7JAPAN | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games & Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Rugby World Cup 2019 and FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 | June 1, 2019 - Oct. 31, 2020 | N | ||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8N1MRC | The 60th Anniversary of Matsudo Radio Club | June 14 - Dec. 31, 2019 | N | ||||||
J | J | A | S | 8J8HAM | The 6th Hokkaido Ham Fair | June 21 - Sept. 22, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J4S | Smoke signal (or Noroshi) to Connect Hearts among Friends Not Met Yet | N | ||||
J | J | 8N1HQ | 2019 IARU HF Championship
(1) Minato ... FEDXP Volunteers Group 160m-CW (2) Hachioji ... Mt. Hiyodori Contest Farm 80m-CW, 15m-Ph, 10m-Ph (3) Chita-gun…H&C Ham Club 40m-Ph,10m-CW (4) Miki ... Kansai Crazy Contesters 40m-CW (5) Aso-gun……Team Six 15m-CW (6) Sapporo ...JR8YLW 20m-Ph (7) Iwamizawa ... JA8CDT Group 20m-CW No QRV: |
June 22 - July 14, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||||
8N1HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N2HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N3HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N6HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8N8HQ | 1 | |||||||||||||||
J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N3HMK | The Opening of Himikko Park
(Himiko: a shamaness-queen of Yamataikoku, 170?–247?, kko: child(ren) of) |
June 29, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2020 | N | |||
J | A | S | 8J1HAM | Ham Fair 2019 | July 1 - Sept. 1, 2019 | 1 | ||||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8N5CLEAN | Clean Reception Environment Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||
O | 8J8CLN | Oct. 1 - 31, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||||
O | 8N9C | Oct. 1 - 31, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||||
S | O | 8N0CLA | Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | 8J7YONZW | The 130th Anniversary of Yonezawa-city | July 1 - Nov. 30, 2019 | N | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | 8J8ARDF | 2019 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet (The 30th) in Hokkaido(-pref.) | July 5 - Oct. 6, 2019 | 1 | |||||||||
J | 8N6D | The 58th Omuta(-city) Daijayama (or Big Snake Mountain) Festival | July 8 - 28, 2019 | N | ||||||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | 8J0FN | The 34th National Cultural Festival in Niigata-pref. | July 23 - Nov. 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8N3KT | Kyoto Tachibana High School / Junior High School ARISS School Contact | July 26, 2019 - Jan. 25, 2020 | A | ||||||
J | 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.)) |
July 27 - Oct. 6, 2019 | N | |||||||||
J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J7M | The 130th Anniversary of Morioka-city / The 70th Anniversary of Amateur Radio Morioka Club |
July 27, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2020 | N | ||||
J | A | 8N6S | Suigo (or Water District) Yanagawa(-city) Water Festival | July 28 - Aug. 4, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
A | 8N5JAZZ | 2019 Imabari Jazz Town | Aug. 1 - 31, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J7O60Y | The 60th Anniversary of Obanazawa-city | Aug. 1, 2019 - Jan. 31, 2020 | N | |||||||
A | S | O | 8J3TLR | 2019 Takashima(-city) Long Ride 100(km) | Aug. 15 - Oct. 20, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
S | 8J4RFLJH | Fight Cancer Month Charity Event "Relay for Life Japan Hiroshima" | Sept. 1 - 30, 2019 | N | ||||||||||||
S | O | N | 8N2ODA | Gifu(-city) Nobunaga Festival
(Nobunaga: Nobunaga Oda, 1534-1582, a daimyo (or a feudal lord)) |
Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2019 | 2 | ||||||||||
S | O | N | 8J1KF | Kokubunji(-city) Festival | Sept. 11 - Nov. 4, 2019 | N | ||||||||||
S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1TZ | The 25th Anniversary of Tsuzuki-ward in Yokohama-city | Sept. 17, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2020 | N | ||||||
S | O | N | 8N70FFJ | The 70th National Convention of the Future Farmers of Japan | Sept. 19 - Nov. 30, 2019 | N | ||||||||||
O | N | 8J4OM | Okayama Marathon 2019 | Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2019 | N | |||||||||||
O | N | D | 8J130IV | The 130th Anniversary of Inagi Village (now Inagi-city) | Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019 | N | ||||||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J1RION | Support for Kokubunji-city's "Host Town" for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
(by Rion Ham Club in Kokubunji-city) |
Oct. 1, 2019 - Sept. 30, 2020 | N | |||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J0JY | The 100th Anniversary of "Time Day" (June 10)
The 80th Anniversary of a Standard Time and Frequency Transmission Station JJY |
Oct. 2, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2021 | N | |||||||
O | N | 8N0YGP | Yuru-Chara Grand Prix 2019 in Nagano
(Yuru-Chara: a flappy character, or a cute design mascot character) |
Oct. 4 - Nov. 3, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
O | N | 8J6BAL | 2019 Saga International Baloon Festa | Oct. 5 - Nov. 4, 2019 | 2 | |||||||||||
N | D | J | F | 8J9SKI | The 75th Winter National Athletic Meet (Ski) in Toyama(-prefecture) | Nov. 1, 2019 - Feb. 19, 2020 | 2 | |||||||||
O | N | D | J | F | M | 8N3KOFUN | The Designation of the Mozu-Furuichi Tumulus Clusters as a World Heritage Site
(Kofun: Tumulus) |
N | ||||||||
N | D | J | F | M | 8J3EQ | The 25th Anniversary of Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake
The 60th Anniversary of JARL Kobe Club |
Nov. 5, 2019 - July 16, 2020 | N | ||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8J6HAM | The 19th West Japan Ham Fair [Event cancelled] |
Dec. 9, 2019 - Mar. 8, 2020 | 1 | |||||||||
D | J | F | M | 8N1CBHAM | Chiba(-prefecture) Hams Meeting 2020 | Dec. 15, 2019 - Mar. 15, 2020 | 2 | |||||||||
D | J | F | 8J1SS | Sayama(-city) Mizutomi Community Center ARISS School Contact
(execued in Sasai, Sayama-city) |
Dec. 25, 2019 - Feb. 29, 2020 | A | ||||||||||
J | F | M | 8N6SHURI | Support for Shuri Castle Reconstruction | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2020 | 2 | ||||||||||
J | F | 8J8SSF | The 71st Sapporo Snow Festival | Jan. 10 - Feb. 11, 2020 | 2 | |||||||||||
J | 8J9MO | Fukui(-city) Morita Junior High School ARISS School Contact | Jan. 16 - 31, 2020 | A | ||||||||||||
J | F | M | 8J3AKETI | Kameoka(-city), the Town of Kirin (or Kylin or Giraffe)
(A tourism promotion in connection with a historical drama television series "Kirin ga Kuru!" (or "Giraffe Comes!,") picturing the life of Aketchi Mitsuhide (1528-1582), a general, who based Kameoka-city for a period of time) |
Jan. 20 - Dec. 31, 2020 | N | ||||||||||
F | M | 8J4SANBE | The 71st National Tree-Planting Ceremony 2020 in Shimane(-prefecture)
(Venue: Mt. Sanbe) |
Feb. 1 - May 31, 2020 | N | |||||||||||
F | M | 8J0KKG | Designation of the former Kaichi School building as a National Treasure of Japan | Feb. |
2 | |||||||||||
F | M | 8J4HAM | Ham Festa Kasaoka 2020 [Event cancelled] |
Feb. 8 - Mar. 29, 2020 | N | |||||||||||
M | 8N1MOMO | The 44th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach (Blossom)) Festival
[Operation closed on Mar. 5: the coronavirus disease cancelled the festival.] |
Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2020 | 2 | ||||||||||||
F | M | 8J1MITO | Festivals in Mito(-city) | Feb. 23, 2020 - | N | |||||||||||
M | 8J5TOBE | The 37th Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 19, 2020 | 2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8J3L130S | The 130th Anniversary of (L: Frigate "Ertuğrul"?, distressed in 1890...actually not "El" but "Er;" S: Shunen or Anniversary?) |
Mar. 1 - June 30, 2020 |
2 | ||||||||||||
M | 8N3Q | The 25th Kansai(-region) Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2020"
(Fixed: , Mobile:  ) |
Mar. 28 - July 19, 2020 | 1 | ||||||||||||
8J3XXV | ||||||||||||||||
M | 8J3DENPA | The 70th Anniversary of the Radio Related Three Laws
((1) Radio Law, (2) The Broadcast Act and (3) Radio Regulatory Commission Establishment Law) |
Mar. 31 - Nov. 30, 2020 | N | ||||||||||||
N | ||||||||||||||||
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Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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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 unique stations also share a 8J prefix, but on a permanent basis: