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BV - BV9AAA and BV9AYA are active until the 5th of April from the
P'eng-hu Is (AS-103). BV9AYA is QRV in CW/SBB all bands, BV9AAA
works mainly on FM on 29040 KHz.
EI - From 2 to 18 April, Gregor (DL1BFE), already portable U1O from
EU-066, will be QRV from Valentia Isl. (EU-121). Gregor will proba-
bly use the EI/DL1BFE/p call, to respect the CEPT license, but he
hopes to get the EJ/DL1BFE/m call from the Irish Telecommunication
Office. Gregor will also try to activate the Aran Is (EU-006).
FJ - N9SW is portable FJ from St. Barthelemy Isl. (NA-146).
FP - From 28 April to 7 May, Bruno (F5JYD) together with other members
of the Loos DX Gang, will be QRV from St. Pierre & Miquelon
(NA-032), all bands, WARC included, on SSB, CW, RTTY and RS12.
They will use the TX7I and/or FP/TM7I calls: QSL to F5JYD, via REF
bureau or direct to the following address: Bruno Filippi, 189 Rue
Barbusse, F-59120 Loos, France.
GU - Following what published in numbers 184 and 200, during the 50th
anniversary of Liberation celebrations, from 7 to 13 May the spe-
cial station GB50LIB from Guersney Island will be activated all
bands HF/VHF/UHF on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via bureau, or via GU3HFN
or to this address: P.O.Box 100, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel
Islands via UK.
HH - KB0QNS is portable HH2. Activity also on WARC bands.
ID8 - Following what published in no. 203, the expected expedition to
Le Castella Isl (IIA KR-01), by Raul (IK8VRS) and his team, has
been postponed to one of the next weekends due to organisation
problems. Raul reports that he want s to activate, Sunday 2 April,
th e Corica Rocks near Amantea (Cosenza), so far without IIA
Reference Number.
IE9 - From the evening of 21 to the morning of Tuesday 25 April Roberto/
IK8BIZ, Claudio/IK8FPI and Bruno/IK8HOX will be portable IE9 from
Ustica Isl (EU-051, IIA PA-01). All bands acivities, WARC included,
CW and SSB. QSL to home-calls.
IR2B - Until the 9th of April the special station IR2B is active during
celebrations of Busto Arsizio ARI Section foundation and "100 years
of Radio" exhibition in Busto Arsizio. All bands operations HF/VHF/
UHF on SSB, CW, RTTY and probably SSTV and RS10/11 satellite. QSL
via IK2HTY.
IT9 - From 28 to 30 April, IT9AXZ, IT9HLR and IT9WDY will be QRV, CW and
SSB, from Porri Isl.(EU-166, IIA RG-01). On CW they will use
the IJ9/IT9AXZ call, IJ9/IT9HLR on SSB and IJ9/IT9WDY on RTTY. The
island is uninhabited, completely inhospitable with strong winds.
Therefore operations will occur only weather permitting.
IY4W - The station IY4W (W for wireless) is active from Sasso Marconi (BO)
until the end of April, to celebrate the centenary of the radio.
The "Casalecchio Team" will activate the station mainly on CW, and
also on SSB and RTTY, all HF bands (WARC included). QSL via I4ALU.
J2 - Following what published in number 200, J28BQ, J28FD and J28GR will
be active from Sept Freres Isl. (AF-059), at about 120 Km north of
Djibouti, from 14 to 21 April. The J20SF call will be used; opera-
tions on CW and SSb. QSL via F5LBM.
OH - The special station OF1AA is active until 25 April, during the 40th
anniversary of Turke Radio Club (OH1AA) celebrations. QSL via:
OH1AA, P.O.Box 29, FIN-20101 Turku, Finland.
P4 - N7NG is portable P4 from Aruba.
S0 - The ARRL DXCC Desk will give no more credits to the QSLs from
stations /S0, accepting only those from stations with complete S0
calls issued by the Western Sahara Telecom Office in Spain.
V3 - Don, ZF2VW (ex DJ0IR), from 10 to 24 April will be active as V31VW
with CW and SSB activities on 10 to 20 mtrs bands, mainly on WARC
(12 and 17 mtrs). QSL via Vancouver Mountain Radio Club, P.O. Box
1622 Vancouver, WA 98668, USA.
V7 - Following what published in number 203, Ken, V73C, has now a
new QSL manager: N4GAK, Bruce Smith, 15 Henderson Dr.,Fayetteville,
TN 37334, USA.
V85 - Gerald, V85GA, reports new QSL info for active stations from Brunei
V85BG, Club Station, PO.Box 373, MPC 3703, Brunei (G3JKX is NOT his
QSL manager); V85NL (op. Kanzi) QSL via JA4ENL; V85CJ (Jacques) QSL
via G3ORC.
VQ9 - Following what published in number 193,from the 1st of April to the
25th of May Jim, K5TNP, will be in Diego Garcia as VQ9TN. During
this trip he hopes to activate the Egmont Is. (AF-041) as well.
3D2_cr - Following what published in number 203, the operations from Conway
Reef have started after many difficulties in approaching the
island. 3D2CU and 3D2CT will be active until 3 April.
4S7 - Mario, HB9BRM, from 2 to 27 April will be portable 4S7. Look for
him on 14222/21222 KHz at about 1700Z and on 3780/7050 KHz between
1900Z and 2100Z. QSL to his home call.
4U0ITU - During the month of May Tony (IK1QBT) and Mauro (IK1CJO) will be
active from ITU Geneve as 4U0ITU .
5R8 - From 28 April to 4 May, JE8BKW and JH8CLU will be active from Mada-
gascar (AF-018). JH8CLU has received the 5R8DL call, but JE8BKW is
still waiting for his call.
8Q - From 12 to 27 April Juergen, DL1IAI, will be QRV from Kuredu Isl.
(Maldive Is., AS-013) probably using the 8Q7AI call on 10 to 80
mtrs (160 mtrs also if possible), only on SSB. QSL via bureau
to DL1IAI.
8Q - From 21 April to 6 May HB9DIF will be QRV from Maldive (Thulagiri
Isl, AS-013) as 8Q7BV on 10 to 40 mtrs bands only on CW mode. QSL
via P.O.Box 130, CH-4206 Seewen (SO), Switzerland.
9M0 - Follwing what published in number 199, the 9M0A station is regular-
ly active from the Spratly Is, exactly from Layang-Layang Isl. It
may be useful to remember that sometimes the operators work in a
10 Khz range answering to DXers on their own same frequency. QSL
via JA9AG.
9N - JA8MWU will be active from Nepal as 9N1MWU from 26 April to 10 May
operating all bands CW/SSB. QSL via home-call.
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PERIOD CALL REF
till 2/4 BV9AAA & BV9AYA: Pescadores Is. (AS-103) * by BV team 204
till 2/4 BV9A/JI6KVR: Pescadores Is. (AS-103) 203
till April CE7LHG: San Pedro Isl. (SA-053) 198
till April D68QM * by ON4QM 197
till ? FJ/N9SW 204
till end April FR5HG/E: Europa Isl. (AF-009) 201
till December FT5XK: Kerguelen 190
till ? HH2/KB0QNS 204
till 9/4 IR2B: special station 204
till 30/4 IY4W: special station 204
till 25/4 OF1AA: Turku * special station 204
till ? P4/N7NG 204
till middle Apr PJ9JT * by W1BIH 194
till September ZD8WD * by G4RWD 197
till 3/4 3D2CT & 3D2CU: Conway reef 195
till 3/4 5X4D * by IK3DYG 203
till 7/4 9H1TZ & 9H1TY * by DL7VTZ & DL7VTM 201
till 3/4 9M0A: Spratly * by JA & 9M6 team 199
till 5/4 9N * by DF8AN 202
till April 9Q5FH 195
1/4-4/4 J6: St. Lucia (NA-108) * by DL1XAQ & DL9XAT 200
1/4-2/4 VE8YEV: Hendrickson Isl. (NA-192) 202
1/4-25/5 VQ9TN * by K5TNP 204
1/4 W1: Cousins Isl. (NA-137) * by WW1V e KA1GJ 203
1/4-20/4 5T0AS * by I2RLX, IT9AZS, IT9JNT, IT9PHY 202
2/4 EA2/EA1FCH: Isla Zadorra (DIEI VI-07) 203
2/4 EA3BT/3: Islote Galera Palamos (DIE E-256) 203
2/4 EA4ENK/p: Isla De Las Vinas (DIEI BA-53) 203
2/4 EA5URD: Faro de Mazarron (FEA E-120) 203
2/4 EA: Islote Els Pallers (DIE E-258) 203
2/4-18/4 EI/DL1FBE/P: Valentia Isl. (EU-121) 204
2/4 IK8VRS: Scogli Corica 204
2/4-27/4 4S7 * HB9BRM 204
4/4-8/4 FG: Guadaloupe (NA-102) * by DL1XAQ & DL9XAT 200
6/4-13/4 VR2 * by DF8AN 202
7/4-11/4 AH0Q * by JA team 202
8/4-12/4 JW6RHA, JW9THA, JW8KT * by LA6RHA, LA9THA, LA8KT 202
10/4-16/4 DU0K: North Danger Reef - Spratly Is.* by DU9RG 192
10/4-24/4 9H3SB, 9H3UF, 9H3UD * by DL5XAT, DH1OAH, DL8OBC 203
11/4-29/4 J6/DK1RP 200
12/4-21/4 J37P & J37Q * by G4RVH & G3NBB 201
12/4-27/4 8Q7AI: Kuredu Isl. * by DL1IAI 204
13/4-16/4 CU9: Corvo Isl. (EU-089) * by CTU7AA & CU7BC 201
13/4-24/4 HS/DF8AN/qrp: Koho Samui Isl. (AS-101) 202
14/4-21/4 J20SF: Sept Freres Isl. (AF-059) by J28BQ,J28FD,J28GR 204
14/4-16/4 W4: Beverly Beach (NA-138) by KM4WE 203
14/4-17/4 ZL/G4CVC: Stewart Isl. (OC-203) 201
15/4-16/4 CQ4I: Ilheu Alturas * by CT1ASU,CT1EEU,CT1ERY,CT1FDU 190
15/4-? HS * DF5UG 202
16/4 EA1AGZ: Isla Pollos (DIEI VA-25) 203
16/4-29/4 8Q7: Thulagiri Isl. * by HB9DIF 200
18/4-24/4 V31VW * by ZF2VW 204
20/4-23/4 TM0RAD: special call 195
21/4-23-4 IC8/IK8VRS: Procida Isl. (EU-041) (IIA NA-02) 203
21/4-25/4 IE9: Ustica Isl. (EU-051) * by IK8BIZ, IK8FPI, IK8HOX 204
21/4-6/5 8Q7BV: Thulagiri Isl. * by HB9DIF 204
23/4-? JA3IG/6: Senkaku Archipelago (AS-???) 202
25/4-14/5 HC8 * by DF1VU, DF8VK, DK5VP, DL4VCG 203
26/4-10/5 9N1MWU * by JA8MWU 204
28/4-7/5 FP: St. Pierre & Miquelon * by F5JYD's team 204
28/4/-30/4 IJ9: Porri Isl. (EU-166) * by IT9AXZ, IT9HLR, IT9WDY 204
28/4-4/5 5R8DL * by JE8BKW & JH8CLU 204
29/4-30/4 Helvetia Contest ***
April ID8/IK8VRS: La Castella Isl. (IIA KR-01) 204
April-May KP1 * by W5IJU, KB4VLO, K0IYF 195
April XV/3W * by SM0FLY ??? 197
April ZK3RW * by ZL1AMO ??? 201
April 5T0AS/p: Tidra Isl. (AF-050) * by I2RLX & IT9AZS team 202
6/5-7/5 CQ4I: Ilheus Gemidos * by CT1ASU,CT1EEU,CT1ERY,CT1FDU 190
6/5-7/5 >>> A.R.I. * INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST <<< ***
7/5-13/5 GB0LIB: special station from Gurnsey Is. 204
12/5-16/5 VK6ISL: Faure Isl. (NO-REF) * by VK6LC 202
13/5-19/5 EJ/G0OYQ: Inishmaan Isl. (EU-006) 199
13/5-20/5 OZ/DL1AZZ/p: Mandoe Isl. (EU-125) 203
13/5-14/5 Volta RTTY Contest ***
17/3-23/5 KH9 * by AL7EL 202
13/10-15/10 >>> Bologna: V IOTA CONVENTION <<< ***