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6W     - Jacques, 6W2/F6BUM is active from  Karabane Island (NO-REF)  [425DXN
         307] during the weekend.
CT     - Jorge, CT1FMX/p will be active  on 13 April  from the following  DIB
         islands (they do not count for IOTA):  Mouchao  da Valada (RI-010p),
         Mouchao do Martelo (RI-011p), Mouchao da Cheia (RI-012p), Mouchao da
         Lebre (RI-013p). QSL via home-call.
D2     - Pete, OH3MEP has been active (CW) from Angola as D2M since 4  April.
         QSL via OH3LQK.
EL     - Rob, ND3A/EL2 [425DXN 308] is active whenever he can, usually 27 kHz
         up from the bottom of each band on 15,  17, 20 and 40 metres CW.  He
         will stay in Liberia until 25 April. QSL via ND3A.
F      - Weather permitting,  Derek,  F5VCR  plans  to  be  active  from  the
         following DIFM islands: Illiec/MA-064, Baelanec/MA-062 and  possibly
         St Gildas/  MA-014 (on  12 April);  Lapins/MA-128, Seigle/MA-129  or
         Tangy/MA-130 (on 13 April).
FR/J   - FR5DJ/J and FR5KH/J will be active (all bands, CW and SSB) from Juan
         de Nova Island (AF-012) until 15 May. QSL via F6FNU.
GU     - Bob, G3VXJ will be active (CW) from Guernsey (EU-114) as GU3VXJ from
         12 to 14 April. QSL to home call.
HP     - Gerard, F2JD/HP1XBI was active from HP1XVH's QTH on Contadora Island
         (NA-072). They made more than 3200 QSOs in the CQWW WPX SSB  Contest
         as 3E1DX (QSL via N0JT). Outside the contest Gerard made 478 QSOs as
         HP1XBI/1 (QSL F6AJA)
I      - Weather permitting, IK8VRH  will be IC8/  from Scoglio della  Lingua
         (IIA NA-033) on 16 April.
I      - During this and  next weekend Virgilio  (IC8OZM), Raul (IK8VRS)  and
         Gerry (IZ8ANA) will  be /IC8 from  IIA Neapolitan  islands. QSL  via
         IC8QEF.
KH2    - Jeff, N4UQM is /KH2 from  Guam (OC-026) for  two years. He  operates
         SSB and RTTY on 10-80 metres. QSL via WB4UBS.
KH6    - Art, N2NB (ex WA2UJH) will be /KH6 from Hawaii (OC-019) from 5 to 23
         May.  QSL via NW8F.
KH7K   - Pat, KE2LJ reports that Art, N2NB expects to be operating from  Kure
         Island (OC-020) from 17 to 23  May with an amplifier and a  vertical
         antenna for 160-10  meters which he  will try to  set at the  waters
         edge if possible. The expected callsign will be close to  KH7K/N2NB.
         QSL via NW8F.
PY     - The station ZY2IB will be active (10-80 metres, SSB and CW) from Sao
         Sebastiao Island (SA-028, DIB 016) from 18 to 21 April. QSL via  the
         bureau to PY2AE.
T9     - Members of ARABiH will be active  as T97POPE to celebrate Pope  John
         Paul II's visit to  Bosnia and Herzegovina.  All HF band  operations
         will take place from 10 to 15 April. Special QSL card either through
         the bureau or direct to T97POPE, P.O. Box 61, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia
         and Herzegovina.
V8     - Hiro, JA1WTR (ex TA2ZY, VU2WTR and  XW8HK) is now active (mainly  on
         CW from 15 to 160 metres) from Brunei (OC-088) as V85HY.
ZB     - G3RFX will be active (160 metres  included) again from Gibraltar  as
         ZB2FX from 14 April to 6 May. QSL via home call.
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CALL       MANAGER       CALL       MANAGER       CALL       MANAGER       
===========================================================================
3A/DF8XC   DL6UAA        EY1ZA      W3HNK         RC4/UC2WO  IK2QPR        
3A7G       3A2LF         EY8AM      DF3OL         RF6FU      IK2QPR        
3D2PN      OH5UQ         FG5HR      F6BUM         RL0O       IK2QPR        
3D2RW      ZL1AMO        FJ/K1YJK   K1YJK         RL2O       IK2QPR        
3DA0NX     ZS6CAX        FK8GM      WB2RAJ        RM3T       RW3TJ         
3DA5A      JH7FQK        FK8HC      VK4FW         RM9RX      UA9QCO        
3E1DX      N0JT (KF0UI)  FK8KAB     F6AJA         RN3QO      N2UCK         
3V8BB      DJ0IF         FM5CD      F5VU          RW2F       DK4VW         
3XY3A      F5EV          FM5DN      KU9C          S02R       EA2JG         
3Z0APA     SP5ZDH        FM5GU      WA4JTK        S0A        EA2JG         
3Z0PEA     SP1NQF        FO5FI      F5OTZ         S21YS      IK1FLF        
3Z0RY      SP4TKK        FR5KH/J    F6FNU         S52A       S56MM         
4B1AC      XE1BEF        FS9X       N0JT (KF0UI)  S53M       S59DBC        
4F3GDX     DU3GDX        GJ/DK1RP/P DK1RP         S79MFM     DL3MFM        
4F4IX      DU4IX         GM7V       GM4DMZ        SO7TN      OK1TN         
4K8F       UA9AB         GM7X       GM4FDM        SX2T       SV2TSL        
4K9W       DL6KVA        GU/W7MAE   W7MAE         T00YF      DL1YFF        
4L0DX      IK2QPR        HA3O       HA3UU         T22MS      DL2GAC        
4L1BR      SP7MTL        HB0/G4MFW  ZS1FJ         T40RFC     CO2KG         
4L1DX      OZ1HPS        HB5CC      HB9BCK        T88X       JE6DND        
4L1UN      RW6HS         HC1OT      K8ZZ (KG8CY)  T98BBF     OH2IC         
4L5A       IK3HHX        HC8/HC4MZ  HC4MZ         TA2IJ      DJ9ZB         
4L8A       OZ1HPS        HD2RG      HC2RG         TA2LM      TA2IR         
4M1X       W4SO (WS4E)   HF1GD      SP2BIK        TA4/DL6NBR DL6NBR        
4N0AV      YU7AV         HG1S       HA1KSA        TI0C       W3HNK         
4N1Z       YU1AVQ        HP1XPI/1   F6AJA         TM0PX      F5BZB         
4N9BW      YU7BW         HR6/HR1RMG HR1RMG        TM1C       F6CTT         
4O4D       YU4FDE        HS0AC      LA7JO         TM2V       F6KRC         
4S7RPG     G3REP         HS2CRU     DL2FDK        TM5DX      F5EJC         
4S7WS      ON6TZ         HV4NAC     IK0FVC        TM5FER     F6KQK         
4U1WB      KK4HD         HZ1AB      K8PYD         TM5SOM     F5KOU         
4V2A       9A2AJ         IA5/IK0MHR IK0MHR        TM7XX      F5MUX         
5N3/SP5XAR SP5CPR        IC8/IK2GPQ IK2GPQ        TM9A       F5CCO         
5V7MD      AB7BB         IC8/IZ8BFY IC8QEF        TM9FFP     F6KUC         
5W0AN      DF8AN         IC8OZM     IC8QEF        TP9CE      F6FQK         
5W0JB      AA8HZ         IC8SDA     IK8CQH        TS40A      YT1AD         
5W1FR      K5TR (WB5VZL) II0FR      IK0RNR        TS8A       YT1AD         
5X1T       ON5NT         II0S       IK0AZG        TT8FC      EA4AHK        
6D2X       K5TSQ         II2K       I2KHM         TT8FX      EA4AHK        
6K97WFK    HL1IWD        II2R       IK2QPR        TU2XZ      W3HC          
6O0A       VK6ZX         IO4A       IK4PVR        TU4CC      IK2NNI        
6O0SC      VK6ZX         IQ1A       I1JQJ         TU5GD      N5FTR         
6O0W       VK6ZX         IQ1Z       IK1NLZ        TZ6VV      AA0GL         
6O0X       VK6ZX         IQ4A       IK4QJH        UA0AP      AA2SZ         
6O0YL      VK6ZX         IQ4T       IK4HVR        UA3TJW/1   UA3TX         
6O5DX      F5PYI         IQ7A       IK7XIV        UA9XFY     ES4RO         
6W1QV      F6FNU         IQ8X       IK8UND        UC1WWO     IK2QPR        
6Y0A       K3DI          IR0MFP     IK0AZG        UC2WO      IK2QPR        
6Y4A       WA4WTG        IR1A       IK1GPG        UF6FFL     IK2QPR        
6Y5/WH6X   JE3MAS        IR4R       IK4ALM        UI8IZ      IK2QPR        
7J6CCU     JR6HI         IR4T       IK4IEE        UK7PBH     IK2QPR        
7M1MCT     JA6URO        IR7S       IK7RWE        UK8IZ      IK2QPR        
7Q7EH      AA9HD         IS0/DK7ZB  DK7ZB         UL0OB      IK2QPR        
7X2RO      F6FNU         IU2M       IK2SGC        UL7OB      IK2QPR        
7Z1AB      KN4F          IU2P       I2PJA         UL7PJQ     IK2QPR        
8P6DA      KU9C          IY4FGM     IK4QJH        UM7MA      IK2QPR        
9A0C       9A2KL         IY4M       IK4OLP        UM8DX      IK2QPR        
9A50D      9A1BHI        IZ3AHY     IK3OYS        UM8MFO     IK2QPR        
9G1YR      G4XTA         IZ3ALL     IK3OYS        UM8MU      IK2QPR        
9H0A       LA2TO         IZ3BAE     I3PLJ         UM8QB      IK2QPR        
9H1PF      K5YG          IZ9Z       IT9EQO        UN2O       IK2QPR        
9H3UD      DL8OBC        J3K        WB8GEX        UN8LA      KF2AH         
9H3UK      PA3DES        J41W       SV1CIB        UN9PJQ     IK2QPR        
9H3XF      IK3OYS        J45T       SV5TS         UN9PQ      IK2QPR        
9H3ZZ      G4RTO         J52AK      IV3TIQ        UT6Q       UR6QA         
9J2BO      W6ORD         J52IM      KB9XN         UU5J       LY1DS         
9J2FR      I2ZZU         J77FT      DL7FT         UX7I       N8TV          
9K2/YO9HP  YO9HP         JW7VK      LA7VK         V2/KX9X    KX9X          
9K2MU      WA4JTK        JW9JPA     LA9JPA        V2/NM9H    NM9H          
9L1KA      W0HSC         JW9THA     LA9THA        V21CW      KA2DIV        
9L1MA      W0HSC         JY5HF      JY5AR         V26CW      NM9H          
9M2IY      JA1INP        JY8CR      DL4VCR        V26NA      KX9X          
9M2TO      JA0DMV        JY8FO      KA1FFO        V31DX      AA6BB         
9M6TL      G0OPB         KC6BP      AA8HZ         V31MD      K2MDM         
9M6TPR     KQ1F          KC6JF      KD6DTP        V47KP      K2SB (K2DQX)  
9U5T       F2VX          KG4AU      N5FTR         V47XC      G0IXC         
9V1ZB      JL3WSL        KH2/K9AW   WF5T          V63KU      JA6NL         
9X/RW3AH   RW3AH         KH3/KA3HMS KA3HMS        V7/WA1EAC  K1ZUT         
9Y4SF      WA4JTK        KH8/N5OLS  N5JA          V73K       W6TKF         
9Y4VU      W3EVW         KP2/KF8UM  KF8UM         V85NM      DF8AN         
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A35PN      OH5OQ         KP3EE      WP4U          VE1/PA0JLS PA0JLS        
A61AF      F6EJI         KP4/AA2OX  AA2OX         VK5ISL     I1HYW         
A61AS      YO3FRI        L40H       LU4HH         VK6FOC     DJ8FW         
A92FZ      W3HCW         L5V        LU5VC         VK8AN      VK4FW         
A92GF      EA7FR         L70FM      LU4FM         VK8NGE     VK4FW         
AH1A       K1ER          LA2Q       LA7RW         VP5/W0GLG  W0GLG         
AH7G       N2AU          LP5H       LU1HOO        VP5A       W3HNK         
AH8A       AC7DX         LQ0N       LU2NI         VP5E       VE1JX         
AY9H       LU3HL         LR3Y       LU1YY         VQ9IE      WY8Q          
BO0KS      BV2KI         LS9F       LU5FCI        VQ9QM      W4QM          
BV4FH      KA6SPQ        LT1F       LU1FKR        VQ9VK      AA1OJ         
BV4NU      KA6SPQ        LT5V       LU8VCC        VR2RX      JA1KGY        
BV5CN      AA6BB         LU2/OH0XX  OH0XX         VS97BG     VS6BG         
BV9AYA     BV2KI         LX1PS      IK3OYS        VS97WO     K9EC          
BW4MU      KA6SPQ        LX2BN      IK3OYS        WP3X       W3FG          
C40M       5B4AFM        LX9DIG     DL3JTN        WQ4RP      K4HQ          
C56/DK3FW  DK3FW         LX9EG      LX1NO         XT2AW      DF2WO         
C6/DL3ABL  DL3ABL        LX9LX      OK3OYS        XU2FB      N4JR          
C6/DL6MHW  DL3ABL        LY5A       LY2ZZ         XV7TH      SK7AX         
C6AJQ      DL3ABL        LY5W       LY1DR         YB2BRW     N2UE          
C6AJR      DL3ABL        LY7A       LY2ZO         YB2CPO     DL5MEL        
CK7U       VE7UBC        LZ0/SV9DJO LZ1KBB        YC8FI      IK0ZKK        
CO3ZD      CT1ESO        LZ0L       LZ1KCP        YC8TZR     YB5NOF        
CO6RQ      W3HCW         LZ7N       LZ1NG         YI1AK      AC5KM (KC5HWR)
CQ1DIZ     CT1DIZ        LZ8A       LZ1KDP        YI1FLY     KK3S          
CS6AHU     CT1AHU        LZ9A       LZ2HM         YL0A       YL2GM         
CT3BX      HB9CRV        M7A        G4ZFE         YL8M       YL2KL         
CU7R       CU7AA         M7D        G3LZQ         YM2KC      TA2FE         
CV1T       CX8CP         M7G        G1AHM         YM2ZW      OK1TN         
CW6V       W3HNK         M7P        G3GAF         YM3DL      DL4VBP        
CX5BBI     KA5TUF        M7T        G3XTT         YN1KDM/9   KD4ZNB        
CX8DX      F1NGP         MU/W7MAE   W7MAE         YN4/WK6O   KB5IPQ        
D2/UR5TY   UR5TY         MU0ASP     F5SHQ         YN6WFM     JA6WFM        
D2EV       DL3KBQ        NH7A       N2AU          YO/G3VUN/P G3VUN         
D2M        OH3LQK        NP3D       K3CN          YP4A       YO4KCA        
E21EWC     F5SHQ         OD5/A61AM  KA5TQF        YQ2R       YO2DFA        
EA8AH      OH1RY         OD5NJ      EA5BYP        YT0A       YU1EXY        
EA9AM      OH2BH         OD5PN      LX9EG         YT0X       YU7AL         
ED1WPX     EA1US         OE3S       OE2GEN        YT4I       YU4WU         
ED2BFM     EA2BFM        OH0AM      OH2BAD        YT4TD      YU4WU         
ED4MVM     EA4SS         OK5W       OK1AEZ        YU4AU      YU4WU         
ED7VG      EA7EDY        OK8AUY     LX1NO         YU4WU      YU4WU         
EF1AA      EC1ACJ        OL5T       OK1MUJ        YV5GRV     KP3P          
EF3KK      EC3CTS        OM5M       OM3KFF        YY4GLD     YV4YC         
EK6OCM     K6EID         OM8A       OM3RM         YZ4BYZ     YU4WU         
EK8WB      IK2QPR        OM9A       OM3EI         Z30M       Z37GBC        
EM2I       UT2IA         OT7A       ON7LR         Z39M       Z37DRS        
EO2CWO     IK2QPR        OT7E       ON4ARC        ZD7HI      N2AU          
ER0F       OE5EIN        OT7P       ON6AH         ZD7WRG     WA2JUN        
ER5GB      W3HNK         OT7T       ON4UN         ZD8DEZ     G0DEZ         
ES5Q       ES5RY         OY4TN      OY6FRA        ZF8/ZF2JC  NC8V          
ET9BT      ET3BT         P29VR      W7LFA         ZP2EHA     DH1PAL        
EU6MM      IK2QPR        P4/KB5DZP  N5FTR         ZS45TWR    ZS4Y          
EW35WB     EW1WB         P43A       P43ARC        ZS6IR      DL4JZ         
EW6WW      IK2QPR        PA6WPX     PA3CAL        ZS8IR      ZS6EZ         
EX/OH8OR   OH8OR         PJ8N       K1NA          ZS9F       KK3S          
EX0V       KL7H/W6       PJ9G       K2NG          ZV8C       PY5AMS        
EX2A       DF8OL         PR5L       PP5LL         ZW1B       PY1OB         
EX2U       IK2QPR        PW2N       PY2NY         ZW2L       PU2RUX        
EX5T       IK2QPR        PZ5DX      K3BYV         ZW2SA      PY2EUY        
EX7MA      IK2QPR        PZ5JR      K3BYV         ZX0F       PY5EG         
EX8DX      IK2QPR        R1ANT      UA1GO         ZX5J       PP5JR         
EX8MD      I0WDX         R1FJR      F5PYI         ZX9A       JA1VOK        
EX8MF      IK2QPR        R420A      RV6LFE        ZY2IB      PY2AE         
EX8QB      IK2QPR        RA0FU      W3HNK         ZY2Y       PU2YZP        
EX8W       DL8FCU        RA1PM      RK1PWA        ZZ1K       PY1KB         
EX9A       DF8WS         RA2FBC     DJ1OJ         ZZ2Z       PY2YP         
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4N1A      PPS RC Novi Beograd, P.O.Box 35, 11070 Novi Beograd, Yugoslavia
4S7EA     Ernest Amarasinghe, 275/6 Colombo Rd, Divulpitiya, Boralesgamuwa,
          Sri Lanka
4S7EF     Ekendra F.Edrisinghe, P.O.Box 70, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
4S7TP     Thilosewa Pelpola, 111 Lady MCallum Drive, Kandy, Sri Lanka
5Z4PL     Peter Lutz, P.O.Box 1095, Limaru, Kenya
9A2KL     Leon Kanzler, S.Kolara 11 c, 10410 Velika Gorica, Croatia
9H1PF     Peter Ferrando "Leando", Triql  Ghansar, B'Bugia BBG 05, Malta
9M2TO     Tex Izumo, Bukit Dumbar APR 9-4, 97 Jalan Thomas, 11700,
          Gelugor Penang, Malaysia
9Y4NZ     Chris, P.O.Box 168, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago
A41LZ     Tada, P.O.Box 2837, Ruwi 70112, Oman
A45ZN     Tony Selmes, P.O.Box 981, Muscat 113, Oman
DJ4ZB     Lothar Grotehusmann, Quaekerstr.35, D-13403 Berlin, Germany
BG4FS     Ed, P.O.Box 085299, Shanghai, China
ET3IV     Viezzer Vittorino, P.O.Box 939, Awassa, Ethiopia
F5RQQ     Jean Marc Vigier, 4 impasse des Lys, F-63800 Goumon d'Auvergne,
          France
HL2AMF    Lee DongKu, P.O.Box 19, Bupyeong, Incheon 16070, Korea
IK1FLF    Fernanda Barbero, Via Rocchette 9, 14057 Isola d'Asti-AT, Italy
K3SW      James D.Kulp, Signal Hill Farm 88 Signal Hill Ln, Middletown,
          VA-22645, U.S.A.
KP3L      Luis R.Rosario Padro, Terr Guaynabo Aleli N 30, Guaynabo,
          PR-00969, U.S.A.
KP3P      Moises Vargas Hernandez SR, P.O.Box 1275, Gurabo PR-00778, U.S.A.
JH7FQK    Ichio Ujiie, 162 Shionosawa, Kohata, Towa, Adachi-Gun,
          Fukushima 964-02, Japan
NM9H      Matt Kolb, 1301 S. Second Street, Gillespie, IL-62033, U.S.A.
OH6DO     Marko Myllymaki, Mehtokuja 10 B 3, SF-63700 Ahtari, Finland
OY3JE     Jan Egholm, P.O.Box 3033, FR110 Torshavn, Faroe Island
RA1QQ     Nick A.Smerdov, P.O.Box 24, Cherepovets 162627, Russia
RR4DX/P   P.O.Box 1102, Penza 440031, Russia
RV6LFE    Tim V.Konovalov, P.O.Box 3, Novocherkassk 346427, Russia
SV9/DJ4TR Helmut Muschalle, P.O.Box 9, 70014 Hersonissou, Crete, Greece
TR8IG     Jean Luc Perony, P.O.Box 740, Libreville, Gabon
TR8XX     Jean Claude Jupin, Boite Postale 4069, Libreville, Gabon
TZ6HY     Yatt, Boite Postale 8044, Bamako, Mali
TZ6YL     Trish Erwin, Boite Postale 395, Segou, Mali
UR8LV     Vlad Shvedovsky, P.O.Box 9909, Kharkov 310070, Ukraine
VY1JA     Jay Allen, RR 2 Site 15 Comp 117, Whitehorse YT Y1A 5W9, Canada
W0HSC     North Dakota State Univ AR Soc., D.Rogers, 1502 9th Streer N.,
          Fargo, ND-58102, U.S.A.
W8UV      (ex K8UNV) Philip M.Roberts, 96 Dundee Rd, Patriot, OH-45658, USA
WP4LNY    Julio C Medina, GPO Box 19715 Fernandez Junces STA, San Juan,
          PR-00910, U.S.A.
WP4U      Carlos M.Colon, B35 2ND ST Jardines Caparra, Bayamon, PR-00959,
          U.S.A.
YU4WU     Robert Babec, P.O.Box 224, 78001 Banja Luka, R.S. via Yugoslavia
Z21KD     Toni A.Latz, P.O.Box 2081, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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                                ARRL TOP 100  

ARRL TOP 100 ---> The DX  Daily reports: "The following list  is the top  100
countries needed by DXers who are active in the ARRL's DXCC program.  Some of
these countries such  as Z3, T9,  OK, OM  and S5  have been  worked by  many,
however DXer's are  still waiting for  the QSLs to  make it  through the  QSL
bureau pipeline.    VK0H will  fall  right off  the  list after  the  January
Dxpedition.  Out of the top 20 BS7H is expected by the beginning of May. 5A1A
is active most days on 15 meters SSB.  SV2ASP/A comes up about once every  10
days or so.  ZL9/K8VIR probably  knocked out a couple  thousand QSOs.   ZS8IR
can be found  almost daily on  20 meters and  usually one other  band.   Many
DX'ers are eagerly waiting for VU2JPS and or VK9NS to show up from Andamans &
Nicobar. There are 3 hams currently on Macquarie, however they have not  been
on the air yet".

 # Pre  Country                    # Pre  Country
-- ---- -------                   -- ---- -------
 1 P5   North Korea               51 S0   Western Sahara
 2 BS7H Scarborough Reef          52 3B9  Rodriguez I.
 3 BV9P Pratas I.                 53 XU   Cambodia
 4 VK0H Heard I.                  54 YI   Iraq
 5 7O   Yemen                     55 CE0X San Felix I.
 6 E3   Eritrea                   56 JX   Jan Mayen
 7 A5   Bhutan                    57 3D2C Conway Reef
 8 VU4  Andaman & Nicobar I.      58 1S   Spratly Is.
 9 FR/T Tromelin I.               59 9A   Croatia
10 Z3   Macedonia                 60 A6   United Arab Emirates
11 5A   Libya                     61 9N   Nepal
12 VK0M Macquarie I.              62 T5   Somalia
13 T9   Bosnia-Herzegovina        63 YK   Syria
14 SV/A Mount Athos               64 S5   Slovenia
15 FR/G Glorioso Island           65 TI9  Cocos Island
16 VU7  Laccadive Is.             66 VK9X Christmas I.
17 OK   Czech Republic            67 ZK2  Tokelau Is.
18 ZL9  Auckland & Campbell I.    68 1A0  Sov. Mil. Order of Malta
19 ZS8  Pr. Edward & Marion Is.   69 ET   Ethiopia
20 3Y   Bouvet Island             70 8Q   Maldive Is.
21 3B7  Agalega & St Brandon Is.  71 KH5  Palmyra, Jarvis Is.
22 FR/J Juan de Nova, Europa      72 ST   Sudan
23 FT5W Crozet I.                 73 3D2R Rotuma
24 ZL8  Kermadec I.               74 KH4  Midway I.
25 FT5Z Amsterdam & St Paul I.    75 TY   Benin
26 OM   Slovak Republic           76 5X   Uganda
27 3C0  Annobon                   77 VK9C Cocos-Keeling I.
28 TT8  Chad                      78 JD1M Minami Torishima
29 TN   Congo                     79 ZD9  Tristan da Cunha & Gough I.
30 VP8G South Georgia I.          80 TJ   Cameroon
31 FT5X Kerguelen I.              81 EK   Armenia
32 PY0S St Peter & Paul Rocks     82 ZC4  UK bases on Cyprus
33 HK0M Malpelo I.                83 D6   Comoros
34 XW   Laos                      84 CE0Z Juan Fernandez I.
35 ST0  Southern Sudan            85 ZK1N North Cook Is.
36 3V   Tunisia                   86 XV   Vietnam
37 KH5K Kingman Reef              87 XT   Burkina Faso
38 PY0T Trindade & Martin Vaz Is. 88 3X   Guinea
39 9U   Burundi                   89 5V   Togo
40 T31  Central Kiribati          90 CY0  Sable I.
41 VP8O South Orkney Is.          91 R1M  M-V I.
42 VP8S South Sandwich Is.        92 FO/C Clipperton I.
43 S2   Bangladesh                93 S9   Sao Tome and Principe
44 XZ   Myanmar                   94 3A   Monaco
45 EP   Iran                      95 T8   Palau
46 5R8  Madagascar                96 KH9  Wake I.
47 VK9W Willis I.                 97 KH7  Kure I.
48 YA   Afghanistan               98 JD1O Ogasawara
49 T33  Banaba                    99 9X   Rwanda
50 3C   Equatorial Guinea        100 T2   Tuvalu
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 12 April 1997                     No 310                    BID: $425WW310F
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*****************************    GOOD TO KNOW ... ***************************
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3V8BB ---> QSLs for contacts made with operator Adam, DJ0IF (active until  10
April) are via home call.

HS9AL --->  Franco, I4LCK  reports that  HF  operations from  Terutao  Island
(AS-126) met with extremely poor  propagation. At all  events, he and  Nerio,
HS0/IK4MRH logged 3530 QSOs (2243 SSB, 1287 CW). Contacts with USA and Canada
were 148 and 21 respectively. QSL direct only to I4LCK: Franco Armenghi,  Via
Jussi 9, 40068 San Lazzaro di Savena - BO, Italy.

LDXG CONVENTION ---> The Lynx DX  Group Convention will take place in  Oporto
(Portugal) from 1 to 4 May. Guest  speakers will be EA8AK, ON5NT (VK0IR)  and
DF6FK (T31BB). For further information please contact Antonio, CT1BH or Tony,
EA5BY (agaliana@alc.es).

QSL VIA  IK0ZKK  --->  Paolo, IK0ZKK  is  the  *current* QSL manager (direct) 
for CM8DC, CN8SH and 4X6RE.  He is *no more* the manager for CO8LF, YS4IS and
YN1RFV because they never sent their logs & cards  to him.  Paolo is also the
*new* QSL manager  (direct) for YC8FI, J39JQ, HC1DAZ, CN8SN and CN8VK (but he
is still  waiting for these stations to confirm the  appointment formally and
to  mail logs & cards  to  him).   The address is  Paolo  Papio Orillac,  Via
Flaminia  Vecchia  701,  00191 Roma-RM, Italy.

QSL YU4 ---> YU4WU (Robert Babec, P.O. Box 224, YU-78001 Banja Luka, R.S. via
Yugoslavia) is the QSL  manager for the  following stations: YU4AAH,  YZ4DAM,
YZ4I, YU4VBA, YU4WE, YU4WWW, YU4AB, YU4DI, 4N4I, YU4VD, YU4WEA, YU4XF, 4N4AE,
YU4EBC, YU4KC, YU4VF, YU4WEU, YU4YJ, YT4AM,  YU4EBL, YU4KSM, YU4VFC,  YU4WMM,
4O4YL, YU4AU, YZ4EBL,  YU4RC, YU4VSZ,  YU4WRR, YU8YL,  YT4AY, 4O4EBL,  YU4RM,
YU4VY, YU4WRT, YU4ZO,  YU4BA, YU4EKD,  YU4SO, YU4WA,  YU4WSL, YU4ZX,  4O4BYZ,
YU4EMA, 4O0SRBH,  YU4WAD, YU4WST,  YZ4EE,  YU4BYZ, 4O4FM,  4O4SRBIH,  YU4WAV,
YU4WT, YU4VCA, YT4BYZ, YU4GD, YT4TD, YU4WCA,  YU4WTB, YU4VFB, YZ4BYZ,  YZ4GD,
YU4TX, YU4WCW, YU4WU,  YU4VFF, YU4CF,  4N4GD, YU4TZ,  4O4WCY, YU4WVD,  4O4ZX,
YU4CU, YT4I, YU4UN,  YU4WDD, YU4WWA.   Even  if some  of them  have not  been
active for more than 15 years  or do not exist any more,  all logs are  still
open. QSL is all right either direct  or via the bureau. E-mail requests  are
welcome at yu4wu@etf-bl.rstel.net 

QSL VIA  UA9AB  --->  UA9AB  (Gene  Shumat,  P.O.  Box  17,  Troitsk,  457100
Chelyabinskaya Obl., Russia) is the QSL  manager for 4K6DFT, RZ9AZA,  UD6DFF,
UL7VV,4K6FT, UA9AJ, UD6DFT, UN2L, 4K8F, KP4DQ, UA9AN/UI, UD6F, UN7VV, RK9AWT,
UA9BA, UG/UV3ZZ, UP50V,  RW9USA, UA9BA/50, UK7R,  UT7QF, EN6Q, RZ9A,  UA9UST,
UK8AX, UW8V/UA0UBG, EY4AA, RZ9ATZ, UA0UBG/UA0V, UJ8RA, UW9AR. He also handles
the cards of F5PYI, I2JSB, A41LK and EA8BYR for U/R stations only. QSL is all
right either direct or through the bureau.
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              For the news issued in this number, thanks to:
              
I1HYW, I1SLY, IK1FLF,  IK1HSR, IK1QFM, I4LCK,  I5FLN, I5JHW, IK7AFM,  IK7TAJ,
IK8CJP, IK8VRH, IK8VRS, IK0ZKK, Brescia DX Group,Delta Mike, Diamond DX Club,
Roman DX Group, CT1EEB, CT1ENQ, DL4VBP, DL7VOA, DL9GOA, EA5KB, EA5EYJ, F6AJA,
F6AXP, F9RM, G4BUE, JI6KVR, KE2LJ, N3XOF,  NL7TB, PS7AB, PS7KM, PY2QW,  T93Y,
VE7CC, VK6LC, W3UR, WD8MGQ, YU4WU, ARRL-DX,  DX-NL, DXNS, LNDX, NPDXG,  OPDX,
PY-DX, QRZ-DX,  The 59(9)  DX Report,  The Daily  DX, URE-EA-DX,  VK2SG  RTTY
Notes.
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