This Week in DX - 10/24/2026
The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How’s DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com FW – Wallis and Futuna - Janusz, SP9FIH, is now QRT from Wallis Island as FW1P He logged over 41,000 QSOs. Wallis was number 97 on the most wanted list and I suspect it will drop 20 or 30 spots soon. 3DA0 – The Kingdom of Eswatini - LA9GY, Antonsen, has arrived in Eswatini, to begin his 3DA0GY DXpedition. His HF radio arrived safely, but Air France failed to transfer the suitcase containing his antenna and coaxial cable in Paris. He is now waiting to see whether the equipment reaches Eswatini or whether he must return to South Africa to collect it. 9N – Nepal - DL4XT, Jan, received confirmation for the 9N7XT license for the October 23–31 Nepal DXpedition, making the operation certain after a long wait. Special thanks were given to 9N2NK, Nabin, for securing the license. Jan plans to obtain the original paper license in Kathmandu. S9 – Sao Tome and Principe - S9R is QRV from Tamarindos until October 31st on the HF bands in multiple modes. They have three stations and using a Spiderbeam, a Hexbeam, a 40-meter vertical, an end-fed wire for 80–10 meters, and a five-element Yagi for 6 meters. The team will operate CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8, using multi-slot MSHV for digital contacts. 7P – Lesotho - The 7P8GE team reported severe weather and unreliable landline, antenna, and Wi-Fi service. These disruptions prevented the online log from being generated or uploaded. So, no online log for the time being and no log- related responses will be available until after the DXpedition. They will be active until October 29th. JD1/O – Ogasawara - JP1IHD, Ko is QRV as JD1BQP on Chichijima, until November 2. Ko is joined there by JR6HYO, Takashi, who will also do CW, SSB and FT8, 160-6M and the CQWW DX SSB Contest. GM – Scotland - From the Shetland Islands, G4AFF, Stewart, will be QRV as GM5E October 22-26. Outside the CQWW SSB weekend event he will use the GM4AFF/p callsign, on the WARC bands. This is IOTA EU-012. This is particularly important because it counts as Scotland for DXCC, but as its’ own entity for CQWW and CQ Marathon. KH2 – Guam - AH2R will be in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX SSB weekend, October 24-25, by JG3RPL (N1BJ) and friends, who have not yet locked in on which multi-op category they will use. V6 – Federated States of Micronesia As previously reported JM1LBO, Masaya, is QRV as V63SC from Pohnpei (OC-010) until October 26th. He now holds the call V640FSM and plans to use this in celebration of 40th Anniversary of the Independence of the Federated States of Micronesia which will be on November 3rd. T8 – Palau – Several ops are QRV from Koror until October 21-29, utilizing “several bands and modes.” The calls are T88CZ, T88DK, and T88ED. C5 – The Gambia – A DXpedition team is QRV as C5R from Tanji near Banjul, The Gambia, until November 4.
