Announced HQ Operations: IARU 2002

The 2002 IARU HF World Championship will take place July 13-14. The International Amateur Radio Union is an umbrella coordinating and governing organization for national-level amateur radio organizations such as the ARRL, RSGB, REF, etc. A unique feature of this contest is that contacts with IARU member society headquarter stations and those of IARU officials count as multipliers in calculating one's final score. See the contest rules for further details and remember to use ITU Zones and not the CQ Zones when giving your exchange. To add even more interest this year, the World Radio Team Championship is being conducted concurrently in Finland (here's propagation information for Finland). The following list provides IARU HF special multiplier operations that have been announced by their organizers.

If you'd like to announce your headquarters operation, please send the details to: Bill@ng3k.com.

Argentina: LU4AA QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Aruba: P40HQ QSL: I2MQP Ops: KE9I AJ9C N9LAH KB9NSC Notes: QRV Jul 4-14
Australia: VK3WI QSL: VK3WI Ops: VK3DBQ + others Notes: From VK3DBQ, located 20Km NE of Melbourne, Locator QF22hm; 10, 15 and 20m will be the main bands worked with 40, 80 and 160m being used if conditions are quiet enough

Austria: OExXHQ QSL: Buro Ops: See Notes Notes: From seven of Austria's nine states

 Call       Band Mode              Planned Ops
 OE5XHQ     160m CW ...............OE5KE
 OE4XHQ     160m SSB ..............OE1TKW, OE3EPW
 OE5XHQ     80m CW.................OE5OHO, OE5CWL, DH1TW
 OE6XHQ     80m SSB................OE6CLD
 OE4XHQ     40m CW.................OE1TKW, OE3EPW
 OE2XHQ     40m SSB................OE2GEN
 OE2XHQ     20m CW.................OE2WPO
 OE1XHQ     20m SSB................OE1EMS, OE1SZW
 OE5XHQ     15m CW.................OE5OHO,OE5CWL, DH1TW
 OE8XHQ     15m SSB................OE8SKQ, OE8KDK
 OE3XHQ     10m CW.................OE1JNB,OE1BKW,OE1DSA
 OE3XHQ     10m SSB................OE1WWA, OE3REC, OE3FKS, OE3MWS

Brazil: ZW2HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown Notes: 40-10m; SSB CW
Bulgaria: LZ0HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Czech Republic: OL2HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Democratic Republic of Congo: 9Q0AR QSL: F2YT Ops: 9Q1A
Denmark: OZ7EDR QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Estonia: ES9A QSL: ES5RY Ops: See Info Info: From 3 locations: South-Estonia, ES5Q site, ES2 (Harju) district (160m and 10m fm Harju)
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 160m: ES2DJ
 80m-15m: ES5RY, ES5QX, ES5RW, ES5RAH, ES5MG, ES5RN
 10m: ES2EZ, ES2RJ
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Finland: OI2HQ QSL: OH6LI Ops: W2GD G4VXE K1EA UX1UA G4JVG S56A K1CC OH6QU K9GX + others Notes: Frequencies, QTH, antennas; there's also propagation information for Finland.

 160 CW + SSB: 1837 QTH OH3ES: Three full size GP system
 80 SSB 3775 QTH OH5LF: 2 el yagi
 80 CW 3512 - 3514 QTH OH1F: GP + dipole
 40 SSB 7070 - 7075 QTH OH1F: stacked  full size yagis
 40 CW 7004 / 7034: QTH OH3WW: 3 el full size yagi + dipole
 20 SSB 14255 QTH OH4A: 4o4o4 + 4o4o4 + 2 el
 20 CW 14034 QTH OH6MMC: 5o5o5 + 5o5
 15 SSB: 21315 / 21255 QTH OH8VJ: 5o5 + 4 
 15 CW: 21034 QTH OH6AC: stacked yagis + 4 el
 10 SSB: 28485 / 28530 QTH OH6MMC: 6o6 + 6 el
 10 CW: 28034 QTH OH1F: stacked yagis

 1837, 3775, 3512-3514, 7070-7075, 7004/7034,
 14255, 14034, 21315/21255, 21034, 28485/28530, 28034

France: TM0HQ QSL: F6GIN (via REF Buro OK) Ops: F5LMJ F6GIN F6EKD + others Notes: From F5KEQ radio-club in Nantes (west of France)

Germany: DA0HQ QSL: Automatic via Buro Ops: Unknown

Band  Mode QTH      Frequencies
 160   CW   DL1AWI   1832
 160   SSB  DF0HQ    1842
 80    CW   DF0SAX   3511 
 80    SSB  DF0HQ    3640/3780
 40    CW   DF0HQ    7003/7032
 40    SSB  DL1AWI   7050/7080
 20    CW   DF3CB    14032
 20    SSB  DJ7AA    14220/14240
 15    CW   DL6RAI   21032
 15    SSB  DF0HQ    21250
 10    CW   DF0HQ    28032
 10    SSB  DL0MGB   28480

Great Britain: GB5HQ QSL: Linda Taylor M0CMK, 18 Folly Lane, North Crawley, England MK16 9LW Ops: GM3WOJ GM0GAV MM0CCC Notes: QRV on 160-10m fm nr Inverness; GB5HQ will attempt to work every WRTC Team within the first hour
India: VU2UR QSL: SM3DBU Ops: VU2UR
Ireland: EI0HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown Notes: All bands and modes
Israel: 4X4ARC QSL: Buro Ops: 4Z5MK Notes: From IARC headquarters in Tel Aviv
Italy: IU2HQ QSL: I2MQP Ops: IK2CIO IK2HKT IK2RZP I2IFT IK2ANI IK2SOB IK2AHB IK2SND IK2WZV IK2XSL IK2XRW and others

Japan: 8NxJHQ QSL: Buro Ops: See Notes Notes: 1 KW

8N2JHQ
   Callsign         8N2JHQ
   Band             80m SSB, 40m CW, 20m SSB, 15m CW, 10m SSB
   Location         Shizuoka-Prefecture 
   Operators        JA1KSO, JQ1BVI, JA7KAC, JK2XXK, JG2TSL, 
                    JH2DMI, JM2FCJ, JF1SQC, JR7ISY 

8N3JHQ
   Callsign         8N3JHQ
   Band             80m CW, 40m SSB, 20m CW, 15m SSB, 10m CW
   Location         Nara-Prefecture 
   Operators        JA3HBF, JA3HXJ, JA3NDM, JF3CCN, JF3EIG, 
                    JF3PLF, JH3AGV, JH3GXF, JL3JRY, JR3QHQ, 
                    JR3WXA, JS3CTQ, JR4ISF

Latvia: YL4HQ QSL: YL2UZ Ops: YL1ZF YL2AG YL2BJ YL2BR YL2CA YL2CI YL2CV YL2CZ YL2EM YL2FD YL2GC YL2GD YL2HA YL2KO YL2KF YL2LW YL2LY YL2NK YL2ON YL2PA YL2PJ YL2PP YL2GQG YL2RR YL2SM YL2GUI YL2UZ YL2VW YL3AD YL3FW YL-RS-27 RZ3BY

Lithuania: LY0HQ QSL: Buro/E-QSL/LY2MW (bureau or CBA) Ops: See Notes Notes:

 160m SSB - LY2HM
 160m CW - LY2BW
 80m SSB - LY1FW
 80m CW - LY3CW
 40m SSB - LY3MR (op. LY2BIL)
 40m CW - LY2MW
 20m SSB - LY2BM
 20m CW - LY2GV
 15m SSB - LY2IJ
 15m CW - LY2OX
 10m SSB - LY3BE
 10m CW - LY3AV (op. LY1CX)

Luxembourg: LX0HQ QSL: LX1KQ Ops: LX1TI LX1JH LX1ER LX1AQ LX1RQ LX1KQ + others Notes: Fm Roullingen (JN29XX)
Mexico: XE1LM QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Moldova: ER7HQ QSL: ER1FF (see www.qrz.com) Ops: ER1FF ER1BF ER1LW ER1AA ER1DA ER4DX ER3CW ER4DX ER5AA ER5AL ER5OK ER5DX UT7ND UR5NMM + others
Namibia: V51NAM QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown Notes: All bands; CW SSB
Netherlands: PA6HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Nigeria: 5N0ARN QSL: Unknown Ops: 5N0OBA 5N0JMA
Norway: LA2HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Peru: OA4O QSL: OA4O (see qrz.com) Ops: OA4EI OA4BHY OA4DJW OA4DKC OA4DIX OA4AHW (perhaps others) Notes: 2 radios; CW + SSB
Philippines: DX1HQ QSL: POB 2000 QCCPO, 1160 Quezon City, M.M. Ops: DU1SAN DU1MS DU1LHU 4F1LIX DU1UBW DU3YBL DU3JLX Notes: From Malabon City, Metro Manila, Philippines; DX1HQ operation is being hosted by the PDXF, Inc.
Poland: SN0HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Romania: YR0HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Russia: R3HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: RK3QWA RK6AWJ RZ1AWT RN6BY RW6AWT RU6LWZ RK4LWZ
Singapore: 9V9HQ QSL: AA5BT Ops: Unknown
Slovenia: S50HQ QSL: Buro; or direct to S57XX (w/ SASE) Ops: Unknown
South Africa: ZS6SRL QSL: ZS4BS Ops: ZS4BS ZS4MS Notes: From Bloemfontein (KG30BV)
Spain: EA4URE QSL: P.O. Box 220, 280080 Madrid, Spain Ops: EA4AMO EA4BT EA4EFJ EC4ABK EC4WZ Notes: From Madrid; SSB and CW
Sweden: SK2HQ QSL: SM0JSM Ops: SM2EZT SM2LIY SM2NOG Notes: From Sikeå
Switzerland: HB9A QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
Taiwan: BV0IARU QSL: BV5Y CBA Ops: BV4FH BV3FG UA3VCS Notes: From HQ of CTARL, central part of Taiwan
Thailand: HS0AC QSL: G3NOM Ops: HS0/G3NOM Notes: From near Bangkok; 80m frequencies only 3525 and 3535
Turkey: YM0KA/40 QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown Notes: From Bozcaada Is, (AS-099, KM39AT)
USA: W1AW/5 QSL: W1AW (ARRL HQ, Newington) Ops: See Bulletin 2 Notes: For station matrix, see Bulletin 2; worldwide propagation predictions to W1AW/5 are available
Yugoslavia: YT0HQ QSL: Unknown Ops: Unknown
IARU Headquarters: NU1AW/4 QSL: W1AW (ARRL HQ, Newington) Ops: Regional contest club ops Notes: From K4JA; CW
IARU Headquarters: NU1AW/4 QSL: W1AW (ARRL HQ, Newington) Ops: Regional contest club ops Notes: From W4MYA; SSB
IARU Region II: PT2ADM QSL: Unknown Ops: PT2ADM