– Andrey RN1CW, Kostya RA1L and Sergey RQ1AP will active on the 20^th from Petropavlovskaya Fortress, WCA: UA-00015, COTA-RU: C-115, RDA: SP-16. They plan to work from 8 to 10:30 UTC on 20 and 40 meters CW, SSB and digital as RF1A (cruiser “Aurora”). Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via RQ1AP.  Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via Buro or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info RN1CW].

– Laszlo YO6LB will active as YO6LB/p on the 19^th and morninig 20^thof January from Máriaffi Castle, From Marosszentgyörgy – Sangeorgiu de Mures, WCA: YO-00122, RFA: MS-C11. Please spot him in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via Buro or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info YO6LB].

– Ralf DL3JJ is going to be active on the 19^th of January from 8 UTC from Schloss Voigtsberg, WCA: DL-01270, COTA-DL: SAX-164 and Rittergut Untermarxgruen, WCA: DL-04917, COTA-DL: SAX-297. He plans to work mostly on 40 meters CW. Power is 100 Watts, antenna is GP. Please spot him in the DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DL3JJ].

– Laszlo YO6LB will active as YO6LB/p on the 18^th and morninig 19^thof January from Toldalagi Castle, From Koronka, WCA: YO-00127, RFA: MS-C16. Please spot him in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via Buro or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info YO6LB].

– Toon PD0RWL will active as PD0RWL/p on the 18^th of January from Castle Strijdhoef, WCA: PA-00069. Please spot him in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau. 73 & 11! [tnx info PD0RWL].

– Jean-Marie F5NLX will active as F5NLX/p on the 15^th of January from Chateau de Poussan le Haut, WCA: F-06672, DFCF: 34-116 located in Collines Nord de Lespignan, WWFF: FFF-1045. He plans to start at 12:30. QSL via bureau, e-QSL and direct for SWL. Please spot him in DX cluster if you hear. 73 & 44 & 11! [tnx info F5NLX].

– Stefano IQ5QO/p will active on the 15^th of January from several castles of provinces Lucca and Pisa:
– Castel Passerino di Montuolo a Lucca, WCA: I-13597, DCI: DCI-LU097;
– Torri di Ripafratta a San Giuliano Terme, WCA: I-07337, DCI: DCI-PI023;
– Castello Rosaiolo di Avane a Vecchiano, WCA: I-13184, DCI: DCI-PI140;
and possibly from Torre di Altopascio, WCA: I-05676, DCI: DCI-LU043.
Please spot him in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info IZ5GST].

• New coordinators of WCA program – update:
  
  Bulgaria: LZ2AF Rumen Kozhuharov;
  
  Estonia: ES1ACS Sergei Klimenko.

– On January, 12^th will ten years exactly since the date of World Castles Award Program foundation.
In connection with this event, traditionally, on the full second weekend of January, in 2019 – on January 12 and 13, will take place activity radiohams from castles and fortresses of the world – WCA Happy BirthDay (WCA HBD).
We invite you to participate. Hope to contact you on the air!

13/01/2019 LZ2AF/p and LZ4AN/p will activate WCA LZ-00705, BHS RS-12 (Leventa). Estimated time of activity 0900-1100 UTC

GEORGE LZ2OQ/p, will participate in the jubilee 10th WCA HBD on
the 12th of January from:
WCA LZ-00019 / BHS SF-01
WCA LZ-00025 / BHS SF-02
WCA LZ-00193 / BHS SF-04
WCA LZ-00431 / BHS SF-12
GEORGE will QRV from 11:30 to 12:30 UTC,
Equipment: trcvr SW2016 – 10watt’s to dipole.
73 & 11! ( TNX info LZ2OQ)

The members of “Z3 Portable Group” will participate in the jubilee 10^th WCA HBD and be active from Marco’s Towers, near Skopje, WCA: Z3-00009. 73 & 11! [tnx info Z35M]

– Tom DL1ASA will participate in the jubilee 10^th WCA HBD and be active on the 13^th of January from Schloss Heiligenberg, WCA: DL-00088, COTA-DL: HBN-013 and Burgruine Tannenberg, WCA: DL-00091, COTA-DL: HBN-016. He plans to work as DL1ASA/P on 60 and 40 meters CW and on 40 meters SSB beginning from 10 UTC. QSL via bureau. 73 & 11! [tnx info DL1ASA].

The Bulgarian radioamateurs will take part in jubilee 10th WCA Happy BirthDay (WCA HBD)
activity devoted to the 10th anniversary of the World Castles Award Program.
Special callsign LZ10WCA will be used from different references 11 to 15 January.
Announces in advance will be given in the DX cluster and wcagroup.org cluster! 73 & 11 !

LZ2AF/p, Rumen, will take part of jubilee 10th WCA Happy BirthDay (WCA HBD) activating WCA LZ-00679/BHS RS-11 Krepost Sin Grad on 12 January from about 8-10 UTC 7Mhz and above, CW & SSB,
at LZFF-0565 Lomya(both the references and new and have not been activated so far) and from about 11:30 -13:30 UTC at LZFF-0034 Beli Lom (Natural Reserve). The activity will take place nr village Krivnya.

73 & 11 & 44 !/ TNX info LZ2AF/

SRG SP9YFF Team and Friends in the jubilee 10th WCA HBD from a few castles of Poland as SP10WCA:
– WCA: SP-00593 ZWP / TiFP: JOX01 Olecko;
– WCA: SP-01501 ZWP / TiFP: MKM09 Krakow IX;
– WCA: SP-00783 ZWP / TiFP: MKR05 Pieskowa Skala;
– WCA: SP-00606 + 01421 ZWP / TiFP: KJA01 + KJA09 Jaroslaw I + III Jaroslaw;
– WCA: SP-01420 ZWP / TiFP: KJA08 Jarosław II … and other. Info see the DX cluster. Work SSB, CW and DATA mode. QSL only via LOtW. For QSO with SP10WCA will be issued commemorative certificate. Info HERE. Details info + SES Certificate at www.sp9yff.pl
73/11

Jaka S55X and Lovro S50LD will participate in the jubilee 10^th WCA HBD on the 13^th of January from Castle Velenje, WCA: S5-00126 by special call S510WCA/p. They plan to work from 8 to 11 UTC on 40, 20 and maybe 80 meters SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL via S50LD. 73 & 11! [tnx info S50LD].

– special station EM10UCF will participate in the jubilee 10^th WCA HBD on the 12^th and 13^th of January from Zmiyevi Valy, Kyiv oblast, WCA: UR-00196, UCFA: KO-007, located in Shcherbanivskyy Landkape Reserve, WWFF: URFF-0184, Zmievi Valy, UFF: UTFF-2464, URDA: KO-22, QTH Loc: KO50IC,  River Red (Krasnaia), URA-008/26. Work is planned on all bands CW and SSB. For one QSO with EM10UCF made these days will be issued Award “Zmievy Valy, Kyiv region”. QSL via UR7UT. 73 & 44 & 11! [tnx info UR7UT].