Announced HQ Operations: IARU 2003

The 2003 IARU HF World Championship will take place July 12-13. 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. 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.

Albania: ZA1A QSL: OH2BH Ops: ZA Team + DL6LAU DL8OBQ OH2BH OH2NB OH3BHL Notes:
Austria: OExXHQ QSL: OE1XHQ Buro Ops: Notes: Multiple stations active as OExXHQ, e.g. OE1XHQ, OE5XHQ; details TBD
China: B4HQ QSL: BA4RD (Ken Wang, P.O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, PR China) Ops: JiangSu DX Club Notes:
Croatia: 9A0HQ QSL: 9A1A (automatically via Buro for all contacts) Ops: Multi-op team Notes: From QTHs of 9A1A 9A7A 9A3B 9A4D 9A5D 9A7D
Czech Republic: OL3HQ QSL: Ops: See below Notes:
- 160 CW: OL5T (Podebrady)
- 160 SSB: OL5K (Lysa nad Labem)
- 80 CW: OL7R (Stribro)
- 80 SSB: OL5T (Holice)
- 40 CW: OK1KSO (Vysluni)
- 40 SSB: OL7W (Mlada Boleslav)
- 20 CW: OL7W (Mlada Boleslav)
- 20 SSB: OK1RI/OK1RF (Brezina)
- 15 CW: OK1AVY (Chotebor)
- 15 SSB: OK2RZ/OK2BNG,OL5Q (HHRR Jistebnik)
- 10 CW: OL7N (Dzbanov)
- 10 SSB: OL7R (Stribro)
- Backup: OK6A (Ostrava)
Denmark: OZ1HQ QSL: OZ1ACB Ops: OZ0J OZ1CWP OZ1ETA Notes: From Ballerup, Esbjerg, and Køge (stations of OZ5BAL, OZ5ESB, and OZ7HAM)
Estonia: ES9A QSL: ES5RY Ops: Multi op team Notes:
Finland: OH2HQ QSL: OH6LI (All QSOs will be auto-confirmed via Buro) Ops: Multi op team Notes: OH2HQ Awards Programme
France: TM0HQ QSL: REF Buro Ops: Multi op team Notes: All bands, CW/SSB
Germany: DA0HQ QSL: DL5AXX Ops: 55 op DARC team Notes:
Great Britain: GB5HQ QSL: G3TXF Ops: Multi op team Notes: Special awards available
Indonesia: YE0HQ QSL: Ops: Notes:
Italy: IUxHQ QSL: ARI Ops: I4UFH IK2NCJ IV3TAN IK2QEI I2WIJ IK0YVV IK0XBX I0SNY IT9EQO IK2JUB IK4MGP IV3TMV IV3OWC IK2PFL IK0AZG IK4ZHHNotes: 12 stations; all bands, both modes, 24 hours
- IU0HQ: 40PH, 15PH, 10CW
- IU2HQ: 160CW, 20CW, 40CW, 15CW
- IU3HQ: 160PH, 80PH
- IU4HQ: 80CW, 20PH
- IU9HQ: 10PH
Japan: 8NxJHQ QSL: Automatic via Buro Ops: See below Notes: QSLs will be sent to various QSL bureau within 30 days and NO return QSLs are required; direct QSLs available from JH1CMI (include SASE)
- 8N2JHQ 3.5-cw 7-ssb 14-cw 21-ssb 28-cw by JA1KSO JA7KAC JR7ISY JQ1BVI JH2CMI JK2XXK JM2FCJ JR9FFO JN2QCV JJ1BMB JP1OGL
- 8N3JHQ 1.9-cw 3.5-ssb 7-cw 14-ssb 21-cw 28-ssb by JA3HXJ JA3HBF JA3KLI JA3NDM JH3ERW JH3GXF JR3EOI JF3CCN JF3EIG JF3PLF JJ3WPF JL3JRY JS3CTQ JH3AGV JR4ISF JH5JKH
Jordan: JY6ZZ QSL: Automatic via Buro Ops: JY4NE, JY9QJ, JY9NX Notes: Do not send QSL; All QSOs will automatically be confirmed via Buro; first ever HQ entry from Jordan
Mongolia: JT1T QSL: JT1KAA Ops: Notes:
Netherlands Antilles: PJ2HQ QSL: N9AG Ops: W0CG K9SG K4LT PJ2BR Notes: From Coral Cliff, Santa Marta Bay, Curaçao
Poland: SN0HQ QSL: SP2PI (Buro or direct) Ops: Multi op team Notes: All bands, CW/SSB; special award to be available
Romania: YR0HW QSL: Automatic via Buro Ops: 50 op Team Notes: Callsign in memory of team leader YO4HW who died in 2002
Russia: R7HQ QSL: Automatic via Buro Ops: Multi op Team Notes: Operated from RU1A RW2F UA6AF RU6LWZ UA9AYA (80PH,15PH) UA9AT (160PH)
Serbia & Montenegro: YT0HQ QSL: Automatic via Buro Ops: See below Notes: QSLs are printed in full color, featuring 18 beautiful landscapes from Serbia
- 1.8 CW: YU7AR, YU7CM, YU7KC, 4N7ZZ; GP, Beverage N-W, Beverage N-E
- 1.8 SSB: YZ7AA, YU7AC, YU7YG, YU7HI; Sloping dipoles N-E & N-W, 25 m tower
- 3.5 CW: YU1EA, YU1KR: 3 el. Wire beam N-W, dipole
- 3.5 SSB: YU1RA, YU1YV, YT1WA, YT1HA; 3 el. Wire beam N-W, dipole
- 7 CW: YU7GO, YU7GW, 4N7DW, YT7A; 3 el. Quad at 30 m, 3 el. Beam at 30 m
- 7 SSB: YT1NT, 4N1FG, YU1KX, YU1CF; 2 el. wire Delta N-W, GP
- 14 CW: YU1AU, YU1NW; 4 el. Quad, 9 m boom, at 20 m
- 14 SSB: YT1RU, YT1RA, YU1IG, YU1JW, YU7CB, YU1ZZ; 4 el. Quad, 9m boom, at 15 m
- 21 CW: YZ1AU; 4 el. Quad, 6 m boom, at 15 m
- 21 SSB: YU1DX, YU1KK, YZ1SG, YU1NR; 4 el. Quad, 9m boom, at 18 m
- 28 CW: YU7AV, YU7JX; 5 el. Beam at 15 m
- 28 SSB: YT7TY; 6 el. Beam at 20 m
Sweden: SK9HQ QSL: SSA Buro Ops: Multi op Team Notes: All bands; CW SSB
Switzerland: HB9A QSL: Buro Ops: HB9CVN HB9DOS HB9DQP HB9FAE HB9FBL HB9FBM HB9DOM HB9YC HB9ALM HB9BZM Notes: All bands and modes
Ukraine: EM5HQ QSL: UT5UIA Ops: UT1IA UU4JXM UX6FXX UX0FF UX3FW UR4ZZA UY2IYY UT7IZD UT5UIA UT2UB US4IXQ UR4YWW UR5KFT UR6QA UR0DXX UT7QF UT7EC UR5EDU Notes:
USA: W1AW/3 QSL: Ops: K3UA N3RA N9RV K8MR W9ZRX W2RQ LZ4AX K8AZ K8NZ W9RE W3GH N3GJ Notes: Operated from K3LR (West Middlesex, PA; nine band modes), K3CR (University Park, PA; two band modes), W3GH (Apollo, PA; one band mode)
IARU Headquarters: NU1AW QSL: W1AW (ARRL HQ, Newington) Ops: Regional contest club ops Notes: From KT1V and K1RX