Operating Month(s) | W e b |
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A | 8J4S | Smoke signal (or Noroshi) to Connect Hearts among Friends Not Met Yet
(8J4N ... Fixed, 8J4S ... Mobile) |
June 21, 2019 - | N | ||||||||||||
? | 8J4N? | N | ||||||||||||||
A | 8J5TOSA | Trying a Communication with Antarctica / Communication Experience with Domestic Amateur Stations | June 25, 2023 - Apr. 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J1ECL | The 70th Anniversary of The Electrical Communication Laboratory | July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 | N | ||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J150CB | The 150th Anniversary of Chiba-prerecture | Aug. 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8N1ITF | The 50th Anniversary of Tsukuba University
(ITF: IMAGINE THE FUTURE.) |
Dec. 6, 2023 - Sept. 30, 2024 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J2GERO | The 20th Anniversary of Gero-city | Jan. 1 - Dec. 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | H | 8J1AOBA | The 30th Anniversary of Aoba-ward, Yokohama-city | Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2024 | N | |||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | 8J7KFC | The 100th Anniversary of Koriyama-city
(SDGs Future City) |
Jan. 9 - Dec. 31, 2024 | 2 | ||||
A | M | J | 8N1CS70Y | The 70th Anniversary of Chosei-village | Jan. 14 - June 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | 8J5TOBE | The 39th Tobe-yaki Porcelain Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | M | 8J0GOSEN | Festivals in Gosen-city | Mar. 1 - May 31, 2024 | N | |||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J2HHH | The 20th Anniversary of Lake Hamanako Hana (or Flower) Haku (or Expo) "Lake Hamanako Hana (or Flower) Haku (or Expo) 2024" |
Mar. 1 - June 16, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | 8J7KJ4O | The 40th Anniversary of Sanriku Railway
(between Kuji-city and Ofunato-city) |
Mar. 7 - Sept. 29, 2024 | N | |||||||
A | M | J | 8J4SNP | The 00th Anniversary of Setonaikai National Park | Mar. 16 - June 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | 8N3XXV3I | The 28th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival "KANHAM 2024"
(8N3XXV3I ... Fixed, 8J328A ... Mobile) |
Mar. 30 - July 14, 2024 | 1 | |||||||||
8J328A | 1 | |||||||||||||||
A | M | J | 8J1SUIGO | The 73rd Suigo Itako Ayame Matsuri (or Water District Itako(-city) Iris Festival) | Apr. 1 - June 30, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | 8J2TKI | The 56th Tokai(-district) Ham Festival | Apr. 1 - Sept. 29, 2024 | 1 | ||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J20NICT | The 20th Anniversary of NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) | Apr. 1 - Nov. 30, 2024 | N | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8J2TCM | The Opening of Toyota City Museum | Apr. 1 - Nov. 30, 2024 | N | |||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | H | 8J100UYE | The 100th Anniversary of Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi | Apr. 1, 2024 - Mar. 31, 2025 | N |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J4Y70A | The 70th Anniversari of Newly-Consolidated Yakage-town | Apr. 1, 2024 - Mar. 31, 2025 | 2 | |
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | F | M | 8J4WRC | The 20th World Rose Conference 2025 | Apr. 1, 2024 - May 24, 2025 | 1 | |
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. 14 - 21, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | 5 | 6 | H | 8J4VLP | QRP Day | Apr. 20 - June 30, 2024 | 1 | |||||||||
A | M | J | J | H | 8J6VLP | Apr. 26 - July 31, 2024 | 1 | |||||||||
A | M | J | H | 8J8VLP | Apr. 20 - June 30, 2024 | 1 | ||||||||||
A | 8N7YUA | The 100th Anniversary of Yagi-Uda Antenna | Apr. 12, 2024 - | N | ||||||||||||
A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | J | 8J1Z | The 70th Anniversary of Zushi-city | Apr. 21, 2024 - Jan. 31, 2025 | N | |||
A | M | Hakata Dontaku Port Festival
(Dontaku: a Dutch word Zontag, meaning a holiday) |
Apr. 29 - May 5, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||||
? | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | |||||||||||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | 8J2KONAN | The 70th Anniversary of Konan-city | May 1 - Oct. 31, 2024 | 2 | |||||||
M | J | J | A | S | O | N | 8N4HKR | The 20th Anniversary of Hikari-city since the Municipal Merger | May 1 - Nov. 30, 2024 | N | ||||||
? | ? | 8J4FF? | 2024 Hiroshima Flower Festival | |||||||||||||
? | ? | 8J9IC? | Information Comunication Month | N | ||||||||||||
? | H | 2024 IARU HF World Championship | July 1-9?, 2024 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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8J1HAM? | 2024 Amateur Radio Festival | 1 | ||||||||||||||
? | ? | ? | ? | 8N5CLEAN? | Radio Recepcion Clean Month | July 1 - Oct. 31, 2024 | 2 | |||||||||
? | ? | 8J8CLN? | 2 | |||||||||||||
? | 8N9C? | 2 | ||||||||||||||
? | ? | 8N0CC? | 2 | |||||||||||||
? | 8J5JAZZ? | Imabari Jazz Town | 2 | |||||||||||||
? | 8J1MITO | Komon Festival | Aug., 2024 | N | ||||||||||||
A | S | O | The 32nd All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet | Aug. 1 - Oct. 31, 2024 | 1 | |||||||||||
? | ? | 8J6BAL? | 2024 Saga International Baloon Festa | 2 | ||||||||||||
J | F | M | The 22nd West Japan Ham Fair | Jan. 1 - Mar. 10, 2025 | 1 | |||||||||||
Operating Month(s) | W e b |
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Event | Accurate Operating Period |
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2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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A | 8J1YAD | Utsunomiya(-city) Boy Scout Troop 12 Experience Station | Apr. 8, 2023 - Apr. 7, 2024 | E | ||||||||||||
A | 8N1MOMO | The 48th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival | Mar. 1 - Apr. 7, 2024 | 2 | ||||||||||||
A | 8J24G | Dosan Festival
(Dosan: Saito Dosan, 1494–1556, a feudal lord) |
Apr. 4 - 7, 2024 | 2 |
Special-event stations celebrate spfic expositions, anniversaries and so on.
ARISS school contact stations can be guest-operated by non licensed elementary and junior high schoolers, only in the case of contacting International Space Station.
Both are eligible for a temporary 2×1-2×5 call sign with a prefix 8J or 8N (Exception: 8[J|N]#OLYMPIC・JA1TOKYO).
Experience temporary stations, sequentially assigned from 8J#YAA — the system was launched in 2020 — can be guest-operated by non licensed persons without an age limit.
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: