8J's in 2011

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JA's Special Event / ARISS School Contact Stations in FY2011

1: JARL Specially Commemorative Station, 2: JARL Special Station, N: Non-JARL Special-Event Station, A: ARISS School Contact
Operating Month(s)												W e b	Call Sign	Event	Accurate Operating Period	As
2011									2012
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N					H	8N3B	National Cultural Festival (or Kokumin Bunka Sai) in Kyoto 2011	Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2011	N
													8N3U		Jan. 9 - Nov. 30, 2011
													8N3N		Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2011
													8N3K		Jan. 9 - Nov. 30, 2011
													8N3A		Nov. 13, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2011
A	M												8N3L	Matsubara High School Organizing ARISS School Contact	Feb. 9 - May 8, 2011	A
A	M	J											8N3NR	Nishibori Eizaburo Memorial Explorer Museum Radio Club ARISS School Contact	Feb. 15 - June 5, 2011	A
A													8N1MOMO	[Event Itself Cancelled] The 35th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival The 18th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest	~~Mar. 1 - Apr. 4, 2011~~Mar. 1 - 16, 2011	2
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D					8J400MK	The 400th Anniversary of Matsue Kaifu (or Construction of Matsue Castle and Castle Town)	Mar. 1 - Dec. 4, 2011	N
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M		8J2OIDEN	The 60th Anniversary of Toyota-city ("Oiden" comes from "Toyota Oiden Matsuri (or Festival)," and originally means "Come on!")	Mar. 5, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012	N
A	M												8J4FF	2011 Hiroshima(-city) Flower Festival	Apr. 1 - May 5, 2011	2
A	M												8J4BARA	The 44th Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival	Apr. 1 - May 15, 2011	2
A	M												8N3START	The 53rd JARL Annual General Meeting (The start to conform JARL to the new public benefit corporation laws)	Apr. 1 - May 29, 2011	1
A	M												8J5YXB	The 35th Anniversary of Ehime(-pref.) YL Ham Club, JA5YXB	Apr. 1 - May 31, 2011	2
A	M	J	J										8J3A	The 16th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2011" (8J3A: Fixed, 8J3XVI: Mobile)	Apr. 1 - July 17, 2011	1
A	M	J	J										8J3XVI		Apr. 1 - July 17, 2011	1
A	M	J	J	A									8N2H	The 100th Anniversary of Hamamatsu-city, by Hamamatsu Central Radio Club	Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2011	N
			J	A	S	O							8J2YMK	The 100th Anniversary of Hamamatsu-city, by JARL (YMK: Yaramaika, or "Let's give it a try," implying a pioneering spirit)	July 1 - Oct. 31, 2011	2
A	M	J	J	A									8J7400H	The 400th Anniversary of Hirosaki Castle	Apr. 1 - Aug. 31, 2011	2
A	M	J	J	A	S								8J1EQ	Great Earthquake Disasters Memorial	Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2011	N
A	M	J	J	A	S	O							8J4OIDE	The 66th National Athletic Meet "Oidemase! Yamaguchi Kokutai" The 11th National Disabled People's Sports Meet "Oidemase! Yamaguchi Taikai" (Oidemase: please come on!)	Apr. 1 - Oct. 24, 2011	1
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D					8J3SIMAI	Go and Azai Sisters Expo (S(h)imai: sisters; An exposition about three daughters of Feudal Load Nagamasa Azai — Chacha, Hatsu and Go (1573-1626) — who lived in a time of social upheaval	Apr. 1 - Dec. 4, 2011	2
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D					8J1YKD	The 30th Anniversary of Yotsukaido-city	Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2011	2
A	M												8N2T	Toyota Children's Scientific Expedition ARISS School Contact	Apr. 8 - May 31, 2011	A
A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D					8J1INZAI	The 1st Anniversary of Newly-Consolidated Inzai-city	Apr. 10 - Dec. 31, 2011	N
A	M	J											8N5TOSA	Shikoku(-district) Kochi(-pref.) Ryoma Furusato Expo (Tosa: an old name of Kochi-prefecture; Ryoma Sakamoto: 1836-1867, a leader of the pro-imperial movement to Meiji Restoration; Furusato: birth place)	Apr. 15 - June 30, 2011	2
A	M	J	J	A	S								8J140DX	The 10th Anniversary of Chichibu Yamanami Kaido (or Chichibu Mountain Range Road), aka Route 140 Minano-Yorii Tollway	Apr. 20 - Sept. 30, 2011	N
A	M	J											8J1VLP	QRP Day (VLP: Very Low Power)	Apr. 28 - June 30, 2011	1
													8J2VLP			1
													8J4VLP			1
													8J6VLP			1
A	M												8J6DON	Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival (Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday)	Apr. 29 - May 5, 2011	2
A	M	J	J										8N0UN	The 23rd United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Matsumoto	Apr. 29 - July 31, 2011	1
	M												8J1ITU	World Telecommunication and Information Society Day	May 1 - 31, 2011	N
	M	J											8J1ITAKO	The 60th Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival)	May 1 - June 26, 2011	2
	M	J	J	A	S								8N3DNP	Promotion Member Committee for Appropriate Utilization of Radiowave in Osaka-pref. (DNP: Denpa/Dempa, or Radiowave)	May 1 - Sept., 2011	N
	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M	H	8J7HOPE	The Disaster Reconstruction Aid	May 10, 2011 - Mar. 11, 2012	N
	M	J	J	A	S	O							8N6RL	The 50th Anniversary of Amateur Radio for Japanese Nationals in Okinawa (8N6RL by JARL; 8N650HAM and 8N6KR8AA by Ryukyu Amateur Radio Club, Moblie and Fixed respectively — KR8AA: the 1st call sign for Japanese Nationals)	May 15 - Oct. 31, 2011	2
		J	J									H	8N650HAM		June 1 - July 3031, 2011	N
		J	J									H	8N6KR8AA		June 1 - July 3031, 2011	N
	M	J										H	8N1SKY	"Tokyo Sky Tree" Tower Constructing / Transition to Digital TV (634m height world's tallest tower for a complete transition to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting — Japan's analog TVs will QRT by July 24, 2011.)	May 16 - June 15, 2011	N
	M	J	J										8J9DST	"Digital Support Toyama," Viewer Support Activities for the Digital Television Conversion in Toyama-prefecture	May 26 - July 24, 2011	2
		J	J	A	S	O	N					H	8J1MORSE	The 220th Anniversary of the Birth of Samuel Morse The 110th Anniversary of the First Successful Morse Code Communication across the Atlantic Ocean	June 1 - Nov. 30, 2011	N
		J	J										8N6N4E	Nankan 4th Elementary School ARISS School Contact	June 3 - July 31, 2011	A
			J	A	S								8N0MM	Matsumoto Mogakko (or Matsumoto School for the Visually Impaired) ARISS School Contact	June 17 - ~~Sept. 30~~Aug. 10, 2011	A
			J										8N1HQ	2011 IARU HF World Championship Contest - 8N1HQ — JG1ZUY, Kimitsu-city — 15m CW - 8N1HQ — JA1HGY, Minato-city — 160m CW·10m CW - 8N2HQ — JA2ZJW, Chita-gun — 80m CW - 8N3HQ — JH3PRR, Kobe-city — 40m CW·10m Ph - 8N3HQ — JH3AIU, Miki-city — 20m CW - 8N4HQ — JH4WBY, Okayama-city — 80m Ph·40m Ph·15m Ph - 8N8HQ — JH8ZMM, Iwamizawa-city — 20m Ph	July 1 - 10, 2011	1
													8N1HQ
													8N2HQ
													8N3HQ
													8N3HQ
													8N4HQ
													8N8HQ
			J	A	S								8J7PTA	The 43rd Tohoko-block Study Conveniton of Japan National PTA Conference, in Akita	July 1 - Sept. 18, 2011	2
			J	A	S	O							8N5CLEAN	Clean Reception Environment Month	July 1 - Oct. 31, 2011	2
			J	A	S	O							8N0CLEAN	Clean Reception Environment Month	July 1 - Oct. 31, 2011	2
			J	A	S							H	8N1WHALE	The 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of a Whale Fossil "Akishima Kujira" (Akishima: Name of the city, Kujira: Whale)	July 2 - Sept. 11, 2011	N
			J	A	S	O	N						8N1YK	Yokohama Kurata Elementary School ARISS School Contact	July 8 - Nov. 1, 2011	A
			J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M		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
			J	A	S	O	N	D	J	F	M		8J7JODO	World Heritage Registration of Hiraizumi (Jodo: A pure land in Buddhism)	July 25, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012	N
			J	A	S	O							8J4KHAM	(1) Hamfesta Kasaoka, (2) The 20th Anniversary of Kasaoka Airstation and (3) The opening of a Michinoeki (or Roadside Station) "Kasaoka Bayfarm"	July 30 - Oct. 23, 2011	N
				A									8J1A	2011 Amateur Radio Festival	Aug. 1 - 28, 2011	1
				A	S	O	N						8J3KSM	Kobe Science Museum ARISS School Contact	Aug. 31 - Nov. 30, 2011	A
					S	O							8J5ARDF	2011 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet	Sept. 1 - Oct. 30, 2011	1
					S	O							8N3R	The 10th Anniversary of Ritto-city	Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2011	2
					S	O							8J4TOTO	The 31st All Japan Making Rich Sea Conference in Tottori-pref. (Toto: a baby word of Fish; or in connection with "Totorin," the name of a mascot of this event, a complex word from "toto" and "marine," implying the place name "Tottori")	Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2011	2
					S	O	N	D	J	F	M		8J100TYK	The 100th Year from Invention of World First Practical Radiotelephone (Invented by Uichi Torigata, Eitaro Yokoyama and Seijiro Kitamura)	Sept. 2, 2011 - July 29, 2012	N
					S	O	N	D	J	F	M	H	8J10SAI	The 10th Anniversary of Saitama-city	Sept. 3, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012	N
					S	O	N						8J7A	Amateur Radio Morioka Club ARISS School Contact	Sept. 22 - Nov. 30, 2011	A
						O							8J2SUN	The 40th Anniversary of Susono-city [Postponed]	~~July 1 - 31, 2011~~ Oct. 1 - 31, 2011	2
						O	N						8J6BAL	2011 Saga International Balloon Festa	Oct. 1 - Nov. 6, 2011	1
						O	N	D	J	F	M		8J1ING	The 40th Anniverasry of Inagi-city	Oct. 1, 2011 - Mar. 31, 2012	2
						O	N	D	J	F	M		8J2NDP	The 60th Anniversary of Incorporated School Denpa Gakuen (in Nagoya) (ex Nagoya Kogakuin Senmon Gakko (or Nagoya Kogakuin College); 8J2NDP: Mobile, 8J2NKC: Fixed)	Oct. 1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2012	2
						O	N	D	J	F	M		8J2NKC		Oct. 1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2012	2
						O	N						8N2SETO	(Seto City-run) Seiryo Elementary School ARISS School Contact	Oct. 13 - Nov. 13, 2011	A
							N						8J1SIT5O	The 47th Shoryosai, the Annual School Festival of Shonan Institute of Technology (The 50th anniversary of the incorporated school)	Nov. 1 - 20, 2011	2
							N						8J5SSS	The 54th Saijo Sangyo Sai (or Saijo(-city) Industry Festival)	Nov. 1 - 30, 2011	N
							N	D	J				8J4EQ	Enlightening about Earthquake Disaster and the Disaster Prevention Day	Nov. 1, 2011 - Jan. 31, 2012	N
							N	D					8N2IWA	The 40th Anniversary of Iwakura-city	Nov. 3 - Dec. 11, 2011	N
								D	J	F	M		8J3H	Hirano Branch of Kobe Youth Nurturing Council ARISS School Contact	Dec. 8, 2011 - Mar. 7, 2012	A
								D	J	F			8J1R	The Designation of "Repsold Transit Telescope" as a National Important Cultural Property	Dec. 10, 2011 - Feb. 29, 2012	2
								D	J	F	M		8J6HAM	The 11th West Japan Ham Fair	Dec. 10, 2011 - Mar. 4, 2012	1
									J	F	M		8N1JARL	New Formation JARL (JARL's Transition from an "Incorporated Association" to a "General Incorporated Association," to comply with Japan's Reform of Public Service Corporations)	Jan. 1 - Mar. 31, 2012	1
													8N5JARL			1
													8N8JARL			1
													8N9JARL			1
													8N0JARL			1
											M		8N6JARL		Mar. 5 - 31, 2012	1
									J	F	M		8J6SMT ~~8J6ARISS~~	Somuta Elementary School ARISS School Contact (in Kagoshima-city)	Jan. 22 - Mar. 3120, 2012	A
										F	M		8N5KOCHI	Kochi Gakuen Kochi Junior High School ARISS School Contact	Jan. 23 - Mar. 22, 2012	A
										F			8J9LITE	Campaign for Amateur Radio License Electronic Application, by Hokuriku Bureau of Telecommunications (Utilizing the application system "Denshi Shinsei·Todokede System Lite" (or "Electronic Application and Notification System Lite"))	Feb. 1 - 29, 2012	N
										F	M	H	8J1YMS	The Opening of a New Station Yoshikawa Minami	Feb. 1 - Mar. 31, 2012	2
											M		8N1MOMO	The 36th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival The 19th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest	Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2012	2
											M	H	8J6O	The 70th Anniversary of Omura-city	Mar. 15 - Dec. 31, 2012	N
											M		8J7EQ	The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial	Mar. 20 - Sept. 30, 2012	N
											M		8J7FUKKO	Assistance toward the Restoration of Kesennuma-city (Fukko: Restoration/Recovery/Reconstruction/...)	Mar. 21, 2012 - Mar. 11, 2013	N

Special-event stations celebrate specific expositions, anniversaries and so on.
Moreover, ARISS school contact stations are 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:

Antarctica
- 8J1RL .... Syowa Base
- 8J1RF .... Dome Fuji Base
Satellite
- 8J1JCS .... FO-29

QSL Card General Policy — Unilateral via the Bureau

Do not send your QSL to me (JJ1WTL), I am not a QSL manager for any of these stations!
Actually, I was thrown 3 QSLs to date.

Commemorative Stations (= Special Event Stations)

JARL's
1. Specially Commemorative ("1") — For National Events
  - Their QSL .... They unilaterally/automatically issue their QSL to you via the bureau.
  - Your QSL .... You don't need to send your QSL to them.
    Even more, you would be better to refrain it, in restraint of the bureaus' load.
2. Special ("2") — For Local Events
  Ditto.

Other Organizations' ("N")

Their QSL .... They issue their QSL to you via the bureau.
Your QSL .... Case by case:

Station	Your QSL mandatory?	Manager, in the case of SASE
8N3B 8N3U 8N3N 8N3K 8N3A	No
8J400MK	No
8J2OIDEN	No
8N2H	No
8J1EQ	No
8J1INZAI
8J140DX	No
8J1ITU
8N3DNP	No
8J7HOPE	No
8N1SKY
8N650HAM·8N6KR8AA
8J1MORSE
8N1WHALE	No
8N1TW	No
8J7JODO
8J4KHAM
8J100TYK	No
8J10SAI	No
8J5SSS
8J4EQ	No
8N2IWA
8J9LITE
8J6O	No
8J7EQ
8J7FUKKO

ARISS school contact stations ("A"), under their publicity campaign before/after their ISS contact
- Their QSL .... They issue their QSL to you via the bureau.
- Your QSL .... They expect — in some cases — your QSL via the bureau, for educational purpose.
  i.e. Your QSL will become one of the commemorations of their great achievement.
  Please go by their announcement.

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