4X     - Celebrating Hanukkah, the Israel Association of Radio Communication will be running special event stations 4X8NER and 4Z8NER from 14 to 22 December. QSL via LoTW, or via 4Z5MU. A certificate will be available: https://tools.iarc.org/chanukah25/.

9Y     - Earl, WA3DX will be active as 9Y9DX from Arouca, Trinidad (SA-011) on 17-29 December. He will operate mainly FT8 and FT4 on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to home call. QSOs will be uploaded also to Club Log.

C5     - Andre, ON7YK is once again active as C5YK from The Gambia until 25 January 2026. He operates SSB, digital modes (FT8, FT4, RTTY, PSK) and some CW on 20-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct only to his home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

CN     - CN25JIM will be active between 8 and 21 December, and especially on 13 December, from the Middle Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The special callsign's suffix stands for Journee Internationale de la Montagne (International Mountain Day). QSL via operator's instructions.

JA     - Take, JI3DST will be active as JS6RRR from Miyako Island (AS-079) between 11 December and 17 April 2026. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6m. Other callsigns to be used are JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6, JI3DST/p and JJ5RBH/p. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW. [TNX JI3DST]

ON     - Commemorating the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, members of UBA Section Bruxelles-Est (ON5UB) will be active as OR81NUTS between 13 and 31 December. The suffix of the special callsign is General Anthony C. McAuliffe's famous singleword reply in response to a surrender ultimatum.

PA     - The Dutch Radio Group Christmas Event will run from 10 December to 2 January with six special callsigns: PD25HOLLY,  PD25HOHOHO, PD25REDNOSE, PD25SANTA, PD25XMAS and PD26HNWY. More information can be found on See https://www.qrz.com/db/PD25XMAS.

PZ     - Joe, OZ0J will be active as PZ5OZ from PZ5RA's rental shack at Lelydorp, Suriname from 21 December to 2 January 2026. He will operate CW, SSB, FT8 (F/H) and possibly RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, and eQSL. Do NOT mail direct cards to OZ0J, as PostNord (the Danish post operator) will discontinue its letter delivery service by the end of the year. The last letters will be delivered on 30 December. See https://pz5oz.oz0j.dk for more information.

SV     - On 1 December 1913, the island of Crete was officially integrated into the Greek state after centuries of Ottoman rule. SX1913C is a special callsign that will commemorate that event on 15-21 December. The operators will be SV1TAO, SV7JAX, SV8RSX and SV9TNA. Electronic QSL cards will be sent by email.

T8     - Koh, JA1ADT will be active as T88AC from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 10-17 December. He will participate in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest (13-14 December), outside the contest he will focus on the low bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call; QSOs will be uploaded also to Club Log.

VU7    - VU7RS is the callsign for the  10-22 January  DXpedition  to Agatti (AS-011), Lakshadweep Islands [425DXN 1798]. Operators mentioned so far include VU24DX, VU29AR, VU2RS, VU3DXA, VU3GDS, DJ5IW, DL6KVA, EY8MM, UU5WW, VE7KW and YT1AD. Plans are to operate CW, SSB and FT8 (F/H) on 160-6 metres with four stations, while a fifth station will be dedicated to QO-100. See https://www.vu2rs.com/vu7r/ for more information. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.

YB     - Celebrating the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Barat, special event callsigns 8C67NBA, 8C67NBB, 8C67NBC, 8C67NBD, 8C67NBE, 8C67NBF, 8C67NBJ and 8C67NBK will be in use on 13-14 December. Electronic QSLs on https://myqsl.id/.