Special Event Stations (2×4)

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8J6AIRA The Birth of Aira-city Aira-city Mar. 23 - Aug. 31, 2010 Hamnet Gamo, JF6ZKL
8N1ARDF 2009 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet   Aug. 1 - Oct. 31, 2009 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J2ARDF All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet   Aug. 6 - Oct. 15, 2006 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J3ARDF All Japan ARDF Athetic Meet   Aug. 1 - Oct. 21, 2007 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J4ARDF 2004 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet Okayama-pref. July 17 - Oct. 24, 2004 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J6ARDF All Japan ARDF Athetic Meet   July 1 - Oct. 26, 2008 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J9ARDF 2005 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet Ishikawa-pref. Aug. 1 - Oct. 9, 2005 JARL Specially Commemorative
8N0ARDF 2010 All Japan ARDF Athletic Meet Kashiwazaki-city Sept. 1 - Oct. 24, 2010 JARL Specially Commemorative

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8J4BARA Fukuyama Rose (or Bara) Festival Fukuyama-city May 10 - 22, 2005 JARL Special
Fukuyama Rose (or Bara) Festival Fukuyama-city May 1 - 31, 2006 JARL Special
Fukuyama Rose (or Bara) Festival Fukuyama-city May 6 - 20, 2007 JARL Special
Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival Fukuyama-city May 6 - 18, 2008 JARL Special
Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival Fukuyama-city May 6 - 17, 2009 JARL Special
Fukuyama(-city) Bara (or Rose) Festival Fukuyama-city May 6 - 16, 2010 JARL Special

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8N1C50A The 50th Anniversary of Chofu-city Chofu-city Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2005 JARL Special

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8N1E40A The 40th Anniversary of Engai Amateur Radio Club,
Opening of National Radio Astronomical Observatory		 June 1 - Aug. 10, 2008 JARL Special

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8J1FJYD The 55th Anniversary of Fujiyoshida-city Fujiyoshida-city July 1 - Aug. 31, 2005 JARL Special

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8J2GIFU The 120th Anniversary of Gifu-city Gifu-city June 1 - Oct. 31, 2009 JARL Special
8J3GOSE The 50th Anniversary of Gose-city Gose-city Jan. 27 - Aug. 31, 2008 Katsuragi Ham Club, JA3ZNJ

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8N6HIGO The 48th JARL Annual General Meeting in Kumamoto (having the old prefecture name Higo)   Apr. 1 - May 28, 2006 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J1HOYA Hoya Elementary School ARISS School Contest   (Sept. 26, 2009) ARISS School Contact

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8N3IAAF The 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Osaka 2007
(IAAF: International Association of Athletics Federations)		   Apr. 1 - Sept. 9, 2007 JARL Specially Commemorative
8N7IOTA Sendai(-city) & Miyagi(-pref.) Elegant Travel Campaign Sendai-city Aug. 9 - Sept. 30, 2009 Sendai Tuning DX Club, JH7YES
8N3I70A The 70th Anniversary of Ikeda-city (Fixed) Ikeda-city Jan. 1, 2009 - Mar. 31, 2010 Ikeda Citizens Amateur Radio Club, JH3YKV

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8N7JARL The 47th JARL Annual General Meeting Sendai-city Mar. 12 - May 31, 2005 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J7JAZZ The 16th Johzenji Streetjazz Festival in Sendai   Aug. 10 - Sept. 10, 2006 Sendai Tuning CX Club, JH7YES
8N7JPHC The 50th Anniversary of the Miyagi Prefectural Police
The 30th JPHC(Japan Police Ham Communication) All Japan General Meeting in Miyagi		 Sendai-city June 1 - July 31, 2005 JARL Special

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8J5KA6O The 60th Anniversary of JARL Kagawa Club Kagawa-pref. Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2008 JARL Special
8N3KHXV The 15th Kansai Amateur Radio Festival 2010 "KANHAM 2010" (Fixed)
(8N3KHXV: Fixed, 8N3XV: Mobile)		 Ikeda-city Apr. 1 - July 18, 2010 JARL Specially Commemorative

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8J8LOVE Volunteer Island Hokkaido in Haboro-town on "Ororon (or Common Murre) Line" Haboro-town July 1 - Aug. 2, 2009 JARL Special

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8N1MOMO Koga-city Momo (or Peach) Festival Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 4, 2005 JARL Special
Koga-city Momo (or Peach) Festival Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2006 JARL Special
Koga-city Momo (or Peach) Festival Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2007 JARL Special
Koga-city Momo (or Peach) Festival Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2008 JARL Special
The 33rd Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival &
The 16th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest		 Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2009 JARL Special
The 34th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival &
The 17th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest		 Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 5, 2010 JARL Special
The 35th Koga(-city) Momo (or Peach) Festival
The 18th Koga(-city) Fire Balloon Contest		 Koga-city Mar. 1 - Apr. 4, 2011
Mar. 1 - 16, 2011		 JARL Special

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8J5NAKA Regional ICT Futurity Fiesta 2008 in Tokushima(-pref.)-Naka(-town)
(ICT: Information and Communications Technology)		   Oct. 16 - Nov. 9, 2008 Tokushima University Local Disaster Preparedness Radio Research Society, JR5YAU
8J4NCFK The 25th National Cultual Festival in Okayama 2010 Kibichuo-town Kibichuo-town July 11 - Nov. 7, 2010 Kaga-gun Ham Club, JE4YKD
8J4NDPD National Disaster Prevention Day
Sept. 1, when the Great Kanto Earthquake struck in 1923		   July 18 - Sept. 1, 2010 West Japan Amateur Radio Volunteers, JE4YJW
8J5NVIS Skywave Project NVIS: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave   May 21 - July 31, 2008 Tokushima University Local Disaster Preparedness Radio Research Society, JR5YAU

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8N6RARC 2008 Okinawa Amateur Radio Day
(RARC: Ryukyu Amateur Radio Club)		   June 1 - July 30, 2008 Ryukyu Amateur Radio Club, JR6YAA

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8N5SAIT Shikoku Information Telecommunication Month
(Where, S: Sanuki, A: Awa, I: Iyo, T: Tosa,
old prefecture names of Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime and Kochi respectively.)		   May 1 - July 31, 2005 JARL Specially Commemorative
Shikoku Information Telecommunication Month   May 1 - July 31, 2007 JARL Specially Commemorative
8N0SNOW The 63rd Winter National Athletic Meet Nagano-pref. Dec. 25, 2007 - Feb. 22, 2008 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J1SOKA The 50th Anniversary of Soka-city   Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2008 JARL Special
8J2SSTV The 15th All Japan SSTV Conference in Shizuoka   May 1 - June 19, 2005 JARL Special
8J7STAR Sendai Tanabata (or Star) Festival
(Legendary once-a-year rendezvous of two stars in the Milky Way.
See the full story at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/8J7STAR.)		 Sendai-city July 7 - Aug. 20, 2005 Sendai Tuning DX Club, JH7YES
Sendai Tanabata (or Star) Festival Sendai-city July 14 - Aug. 9, 2006 Sendai Tuning DX Club, JH7YES

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8N0TOKI The 64th National Sports Festival in Niigata(-pref.)
Niigata-prefecture is famous for the Crested Ibis (or Toki).		 Niigata-pref. Apr. 1 - Oct. 12, 2009 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J5TOSA Tosa 240,000-koku Expo

(Tosa is an old name of Kochi-prefecture.

A koku is a unit for measuring rice that's about 180 liters, 150 kilograms or 5 bushels, which is enough to feed one person for one year.
In the Edo period (1603-1867), the wealth of a clan was measured by the number of koku its land produced.)		   June 1 - Aug. 31, 2006 JARL Special
8J1T20A The 20th Anniversary of Tsukuba-city,
by Tsukunan Amateur Radio Club		 Tsukuba-city June 1 - Nov. 30, 2007 Tsukunan Amateur Radio Club, JQ1YRB
8J1T40A The 40th Anniversary of Toride-city Toride-city June 1 - Oct. 31, 2010 ML Wave Club, JQ1YZD

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8J1WALK The 30th Japan 3-day March   Oct. 28 - Nov. 4, 2007 JARL Special

— Y —

8J3YAGI Dr. YAGI memorial station
(The 120th anniversary of the birth and the 30th anniverasy of the death, of Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi)		   Sept. 28, 2006 - Mar. 31, 2007 Osaka University Amateur Radio Club, JA3YKC
8J7YAGI Dr. YAGI memorial station
(The 120th anniversary of the birth and the 30th anniverasy of the death, of Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi)		   Oct. 2 - Dec. 31, 2006 Tohoku University Amateur Radio Club, JA7YAA
8J1YDXC The 150th Anniversary of Port of Yokohama
The 40th Anniversary of Yokohama DX Club		 Yokohama-city Dec. 3,2009 - Sept. 30, 2010 Yokohama DX Club
8J8YOSA The 16th Yosakoi Soran Festival Sapporo-city June 1 - 10, 2007 JARL Special
8J1YUME The 65th National Athletic Meet in Chiba(-pref.) "Yume Hanto (or Dream Peninsula) Chiba Kokutai (or National Athletic Meet)" Chiba-pref. Apr. 1 - Oct, 25, 2010 JARL Specially Commemorative
8J1YUZU Koshu Masuho Matsuri (or Yamanashi-pref. Masuho-town Festival)
Masuho-town is famous for Yuzu (or Japanese citron aka Chinese lemon)		   Oct. 24 - Dec. 27, 2009 JARL Special

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8J8150H The 150th Anniversary of Port of Hakodate Hakodate-city June 20 - July 5, 2009 JARL Special
8J7100F The 100th Anniversary of Fukushima-city Fukushima-city Mar. 1 - May 31, 2007 JARL Special

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8N1420T The 20th Anniversary of Tsukuba-city — JCC#1420 —,
by JARL		   Nov. 17 - Dec. 16, 2007 JARL Special

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8N150IH The 50th Itabashi(-city) Hanabi (or Fireworks) Festival July 1 - Aug. 3, 2008 JARL Special

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8J4626H Yuhara Rotenburo no Hi
(or Yuhara-town Outdoor Hot Spring Bath's Day)		   June 26 - July 17, 2006 JARL Special
Yuhara Rotenburo no Hi
(or Yuhara-town Outdoor Hot Spring Bath's Day)		   June 1 - 30, 2007 JARL Special
The 22nd Yuhara Rotenburo no Hi
(or Yuhara-town Outdoor Hot Spring Bath's Day)		   June 1 - 30, 2008 JARL Special
The 23rd Yuhara Rotemburo no Hi
(or Yuhara-town Outdoor Hot Spring Bath's Day)		   June 1 - 30, 2009 Yuhara 626HC, JR4ZQW
The 24th Yuhara Rotemburo no Hi
(or Yuhara-town Outdoor Hot Spring Bath's Day)

(A play on words:
 First, in Japanese, "2 = ni," "2 things = futatsu," "6 = roku," "6 things = muttsu" and "· = ten."
 So —
 "June 26th" → "6·26" → "roku-ten-futatsu-roku" → "ro(ku)-ten-fu(tatsu)-ro(ku)" → "ro-ten-fu-ro" → "rotemburo."
 The last letter "H" comes from "Hi" or "Day."
 "4" is the call area number to which Yuhara-town belongs.)		   June 1 - 26, 2010 JARL Special

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8J90XPO The International Garden and Greenery Expo
(as a Horticulutural International Exhibition)		 Osaka-city Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 1990 JARL Specially Commemorative, in not Area 9 but Area 3
8J10YRP The 10th Anniversary of Yokosuka Research Park Yokosuka-city Mar. 7 - Dec. 31, 2007 Yokosuka Research Park Amateur Radio Club, JN1YRP
8J400MK The 400th Anniversary of Matsue Kaifu (or Construction of Matsue Castle and Castle Town)   Mar. 1 - Dec. 4, 2011 Shimane Kinshai Club, JE4YKE
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