S DX@WW $425WW395A 425 DX News #395 [1/5] 28 November 1998 No 395 BID: $425WW395A =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail i1jqj@amsat.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Massimo Balsamo, IK1GPG: QSL Managers/QSL Routes ! ! (e-mail ik1gpg@amsat.org - BBS IK1GPG@IW1BIM.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@amsat.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ <<< 425 DX NEWS WEB SITE >>> ==================== The site has been entirely restyled and now it can be found at the new URL ******** http://www.425dxn.org ******** There are two separate mailing lists for automatic subscribtion to the bulletin in its two versions (English and Italian). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B8 - Gerard, F6BBH plans to be active as 3B8/F6BBH from Mauritius Island (AF-049) during the first two weeks of December. [TNX The Daily DX] 5X - Mats, 5X1Z (SM7PKK) will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest on either 10 or 15 metres. QSL via SM6CAS. [TNX 5X1Z] 6Y - K7CO will be active (10-160 metres, WARC bands included, SSB only) as K7CO/6Y5 from Jamaica (NA-097) until 1 December. Online logs are available at http://www.vcr.com/6y5 [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9M6 - Roland, DK3GI will be signing 9M6AAC during the CQ WW CW DX Contest. QSL via N2OO (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA) [TNX N2OO] 9M8 - Hans, DF5UG/9M8QQ was forced to cancel his operation from Pulau Satang (OC-165) [425DXN 394] due to bad weather. He hopes to return in March/April 1999. [TNX HS0/G3NOM] 9M8 - JH3GAH, JR3WXA and JE5FLM (who have already operated as V85TG from Brunei) are currently active as 9M8TG from East Malaysia. They will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as 9M8YY (15 metres). QSL via JH3GAH. [TNX W3UR] A6 - Ali (A61AJ), Bernie (W3UR) and others will participate in the CQ WW CW Contest as A61AJ (Multi-Multi) from Dubai. QSL via W3UR. [TNX W3UR] CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW will participate in both the CQ WW CW DX and ARRL 160 Meters CW Contests. QSL via either W3HNK (Joe Arcure, P.O. Box 73, Edgemont, PA 19028, USA) or CO8TW (Juan Carlos Veranes Ferrer, P.O. Box 8, Santiago de Cuba, CP 90100, Cuba). His logs are available http://db-sales.com/nfdxa/logs/logs.html [TNX CO8TW] CO - Victor, CO8HF (on SSB) and Juan Carlos, CO8TW (on CW) plan to participate in the ARRL 10 Meters Contest as CO8HF. QSL via CT1ESO or direct to CO8HF (Victor Mustelier, P.O. Box 12, Santiago de Cuba, CP 90100, Cuba). [TNX CO8HF and CO8TW] D4 - Falk, DK7YY and Hein, DL2OBF will be visiting Cape Verde (AF-005) between 25 November and 1 December. They plaan to be active during the CQ WW CW DX Contest as D44BC (Multi-Single), while outside the contest they plan to concentrate on 30 metres. QSL direct to D44BC. [TNX DL2OBF] FK - Franck, FK8HC will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as TX8A (single operator on 10 metres). QSL via either VK4FW. (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 929, Gympie, 4570 QLD, Australia) or FK8HC (Franck Petitjean, BP 7636, 98801 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia). [TNX FK8HC] FT5Z - Eric (F5SIH) and Mehdi (F5PFP) became active as FT5ZH from Amsterdam [425DXN 389] on 26 November. It will not be possible to have the logs before their return in January. This weekend they will be on CW some of the time during the contest (please note that they will NOT be participating in the CQWW themselves, but they will answer calls and thus give desirable multipliers for zone 39). The pilot stations are Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL for North America (jpawlan@pawlan.com) and Gil Gautier, F5NOD (f5nod@easynet.fr). QSL via F6KDF either direct (Radio Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex, France) or through the bureau. See FT5Z SCHEDULE below. [TNX WA6KBL] /EX S DX@WW $425WW395B 425 DX News #395 [2/5] 28 November 1998 No 395 BID: $425WW395B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== FY - Dave, DJ0PJ will be active as FY/DJ0PJ from French Guiana in December (except during the Christmas holidays) and again in January 1999. Look for him on 14060, 21060 and 28060 kHz QRP. QSL via DJ0PJ. [TNX DX News Sheet] HS - Amateurs from Thailand have been granted permission to operate on 80 (3534-3536 KHz) and 160 metres (1840-1850 KHz) during the CQ WW CW DX Contest. HS - A new team of operators (mainly Thai nationals) will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest from club station HS0AC, which is being re-vitalised under new management. The official QSL manager appointed by RAST (Radio Amateur Society of Thailand) is G3NOM, currently HS0/G3NOM, who has the logs for HS0AC from 1991 onwards. I - Alfeo, I1HJT plans to participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as II1H on 80 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX I1HJT] LU - LR0H is the contest call of Javier, LU9HS (ex-LU9HZS). Look for him to be active during the main SSB and RTTY contests. QSL via LU9HS (Javier Omar Santillan, Av. 52 Casa 40 B Aeronautico, 5022 Cordoba, Argentina). [TNX LU9HS] P4 - Ed, KR3I will be active as P40I from ARuba (SA-036) between 1 and 8 December. Look for him on 10-40 metres (possibly 80 metres) mainly on CW. QSL via KR3I. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] PJ9 - Joeke, PA0VDV will be active possibly as PJ9/PA0VDV from Curacao (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles between 29 November and 28 December. [TNX The Daily DX] SV - A group of Greek operators will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as J41Y (Multi-Single) from a mountain location at 1685 asl. QSL direct only to SV1DKL. [TNX SV1DKL] T3 - Latest news from Kiribati report that Karl, DL1VU is going to Tarawa, West Kiribati (T30CT) and then to Banaba (T33VU); the voyage from Christmas to Tarawa has already taken him to Tabuaeran/Fanning (OC-084, where Karl was able to operate from the beach) and Teraina/Washington (OC-084). His return trip will take him back to Tarawa, Canton (Central Kiribati, T31AF), Christmas (T32VU) and finally Hawaii. In the meanwhile Gert, DJ5IW/T32IW has remained at Christmas, from where he will be active until early December. [TNX W4FOA and WD8MGQ] TL - Alex, TL5A will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as TL0R on either 20 or 15 metres. QSL via PA3DMH. [TNX PA3DMH] UA - Russian operators RW9CF, UA9CR, UA9DD and UA9CGA will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as RY9C (Multi-Single, Zone 17). QSL via RK9CWA (Radioclub, Malyshev St. 33-A, Ekaterinburg, 620014 Russia). [TNX UA9CR] VE - Amateurs from Canada are authorized to use the following special prefixes between 1 and 31 December to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first two-way transatlantic exchange between amateur radio operators (normal prefix/special prefix): VE1/CG1, VE2/CG2, VA2/CF2, VE3/CG3, VA3/CF3, VE4/CG4, VE5/CG5, VE6/CG6, VE7/CG7, VE8/CG8, VE9/CG9, VO1/CJ1, VO2/CJ2, VY1/CK1 and VY2/CK2. [TNX DX News Sheet] VR - Frank, DL3MFN will be active for the next two years as VR2FD or VR98FD from Hong Kong. QSL via bureu to DL3MFN. [TNX The Daily DX] VU - VU2WAP, VU2NTA and guest operator W1NN will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as VU2WAP on 10-160 metres. [TNX VU2NTA] XU - Hiro, JA2EZD/XU2A was active as XUX0 from Koh Poah (AS-133). QSL via 7L1MFS (Hiroshi Yoh Yoshida, Shinko, 4-4-1 Arakawa, 116-0002 Tokyo, Japan). XZ - XZ1N [425DXN 394] has logged a little over 7,000 QSOs so far. Other seven operators are exptected to arrive on 27 November and have the fourth station up and running. QSL via W1XT (Robert M Myers, 37875 N 10th St, Phoenix, AZ 85027, USA). The web page for the DXpedition is at http://ng7m.qrq.com/~xz1n/ ZB - Martyn, G3RFX will be active (10-80 metres CW and SSB) again as ZB2FX from Gibraltar between 29 November and 8 December. QSL via G3RFX. [TNX DX News Sheet] /EX S DX@WW $425WW395C 425 DX News #395 [3/5] 28 November 1998 No 395 BID: $425WW395C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH BQ9P LOGS ---> The logs (some 37,600 QSOs) are not yet available on line. "Most of the logs are on paper, and need to be entered, and verified, before posting to the Internet", Steve, KU9C reports. "I'm doing this as fast as I can, [...] they will not be released until I've had the chance to enter and check all entries, to minimize the issues of errors on the website". [TNX KU9C] CHILTERN DX CLUB ---> The aims of the Chiltern DX Club, the UK DX Foundation, are to promote HF operating, to encourage excellence, particularly in DXing and contest operating, through mutual assistance and by encouraging support of DXpeditions, the issue of achievement awards, or by whatever othere means is deemed to be appropriate. The CDXC web site can be found at http://www.cdxc.org.uk DIGITAL-DX ---> The Digital DX mailing list on the current server will be closed on 30 November. Current subscribers will *not* be moved to the new server, so they should re-subscribe by sending a command (subscribe digital-dx) to Majordomo@mla.nifty.ne.jp The mailing list is run by Yukio Hosokawa, JE2ERH (hosokawa@pis.bekkoame.or.jp) [TNX JH2PDS/1] DUTCH PREFIXES ---> Andre van den Bos, PA0JR reports that licenced amateurs from The Netherlands are now allowed to choose their own callsign. The prefix blocks allocated by the Dutch authorities are PA1-PA0 and PB1-PB0 (HF licences), PD1-PD0 (Novice linceces) and PE1-PE0 (VHF licences), with two or three letter suffixes. Prefixes with "6" are for special event stations. FR5ZU/G ---> QSL manager Zareh Amadouny, VE2NW reports that during his recent operation from Glorioso [425DXN 387], Jacques, FR5ZU/G had trouble with his power supply unit. He was unable to use his transceiver, portable computer and camcorder and enededup usign a battery from a tractor. The logs were taken on paper and will be forwarded to Zareh as soon as Jacques gets some free time. [TNX VE2NW] FT5Z SCHEDULE ---> Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL (pilot station for North America) has worked out a starting schedule. It has not been is effect so far as Jeffrey has not been able to fax it to the base at Amsterdam, hopefully their fax machine will be on line in a couple of days: TIME (UTC) STATION #1 TIME (UTC) STATION #2 ----------------------- ----------------------- 0100-0700 sleep, wash, eat 0100-0700 sleep, wash, eat 0700-0900 12m to JA & Asia 0700-0900 17m to JA, Asia & VK 0900-0930 eat, rest 0900-0930 eat, rest 0930-1230 20m to JA, Asia & VK 0930-1200 17m to JA, Asia & VK 1230-1430 20m to Europe & Baltic 1200-1300 17m to Europe & Baltic 1430-1500 20m LP to VE1 & VE2 1300-1430 40m to West Coast & XE 1500-1600 20m LP to XE & East Coast 1430-1530 80m to West Coast 1600-1800 20m West Coast 1530-1600 30m to USA 1800-1830 eat, rest 1600-1630 17m to mid USA & East Coast 1830-2100 20m mid USA & East Coast 1630-1700 15m to West Coast, mid USA 2100-2200 40m mid USA & East Coast 1700-1730 15m to East Coast, VE1-VE5 2200-0000 20m to XE (LP), KL7 & KH6 1730-1800 17m 0000-0030 20m LP to VE6 & VE7 1800-1830 eat, rest 0030-0100 15m to KL7 & JA 1830-2000 40m 2000-2300 80m to Europe & Baltic 2300-0100 30m to mid USA & East Coast Later, they will be on RTTY and 160 metres, and also set aside times for QRP contacts. On days when the flux is high and the A index is cooperative, they will try 12 and 10 metres. If you want to participate in the propagation experiment and possible revision of the operating schedule, please send Jeffrey, WA6KBL (jpawlan@pawlan.com) an e-mail giving your name, call, location, antenna information, and the frequencies, times, signal strengths, and bearings that you heard the signals from FT5ZH. [TNX WA6KBL] MORE ISLAND AWARDS ---> The Award Manager for "Islands of West Dvina River Award" is EW6BN (Yuri Kazakevich, P.O. Box 61, Novopolotsk-6, 211440 Belarus). The "Greek Islands Award" is sponsored by RAAG, the Greek national society; for further information please conatct RAAG, Award Manager, P.O. Box 3564, Athens GR-10210, Greece. [TNX I2LXA] PALESTINE ---> The following information comes from The Daily DX: "John Kanode, N4MM, reports that Palestine will be granted an international dialing code and a call sign prefix block per the recent ITU Plenipotentiary Conference that was held in Minnesota. Kanode went on to say 'When Palestine gets its permanent ITU call sign block it will be eligible for addition to the ARRL DXCC List.' No mention of when Palestine would be added to the official ITU list." /EX S DX@WW $425WW395D 425 DX News #395 [4/5] 28 November 1998 No 395 BID: $425WW395D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== QSL EU-155 ---> QSL manager IK2XDE (Andrea Bernardo, P.O.Box 3, 22072 Cermenate - CO, Italy) reports that direct cards for I2OGV/P, I2RFJ/P, IK2JYT/P, IK2XDE/P, IK2XDF/P and IK2XNW/P August 1998 operations from IIA RO-004, FE-001 (IOTA EU-155), FE-003 (IOTA EU-155) and FE-005 have all been sent out. Remaining QSOs will be confirmed through the bureau in December. Logs for the Project DX Team's activities are available at http://space.tin.it/associazioni/qjber/arilom/project.htm QSL JY9NE ---> Pete, N3FNE has been operating from Jordan as JY9NE for about one year and using the Jordanian bureau to exchange QSL cards. "Beginning in November", he reports, "I would like QSL cards to be sent to my home call in the United States, N3FNE". Pete expects to be active (on 40-2 metres) from Jordan until the summer of 2000. [TNX JY9NE] QSL RM6A ---> The new QSL manager is W3HNK, who will be able to confirm contacts made from the 1998 CQWW CW Contest onwards. Cards for past contests should be addressed to Sam Dubovtsev, P.O. Box 600, Krasnodar, 350062, Russia. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] QSL T32NCC ---> Zoli, HA1AG is the *new* QSL manager for Chuck, T32NCC (OC-084) [425DXN 390]. The cards have been printed and Zoli has already received the first logs from Chuck. Donations of any kind would be gratefully appreciated and will be forwarded to Chuck (his primary need is equipment and Zoli can arrange shipping). QSL to Zoli Pitman, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor 9024, Hungary or through the bureau. QSL VIA G3NOM ---> Ray Gerrard, HS0/G3NOM is the QSL manager for 5B4/G3NOM, 9M2OM, 9M2/G3NOM, E20AT, E22DX, E28DX, G3NOM/ZC6, HS0AC, HS0/G3NOM, JT4/G3NOM, S21U, S21ZF, S2/G3NOM, XU1NOM, XY1HT. QSL either direct (P.O. Box 1300, Bangkok, 10112, Thailand) or through the Thai or British bureau. [TNX HS0/G3NOM] QSL VIA W0RTT ---> Please note that Peter Grillo, W0RTT (ex-AH3C, KN0E/KH3, W6RTT, W9LVT, W5LZG, K9PDH) can confirm contacts made with C4A in the 1995 CQWW CW only (the QSL manager for all other operations is 9A3A) and with PT0F in the 1992 CQWW CW only (the QSL manager for all other operations is N5FA). QSL direct only to Peter Grillo, 501 County Road 41, Bellvue, Colorado 80512, USA. [TNX W0RTT] VK9XL ---> The ARRL DXCC Desk reports that operations by UA0ZDA as VK9XL from Christams Island and VK9XL/LH from Lord Howe in February-March 1996 took place on board a ship where he was a radio operator. QSL cards are not acceptable for either DXCC or IOTA. [TNX DX News Sheet] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH LOGS: The logs for PA3AXU's recent operation as A35XU are available at http://www.qsl.net/pa3ebt/pa3axu.htm; those for 5W0GD are available at http://home.wxs.nl/~pa3ebt/pa3axu.htm [TNX PA3AXU] LOGS: The complete E30GA logs (35,412 QSOs) are now available at http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/e30ga.htm [TNX WD4NGB] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received via direct: 3B7RF, 3DA0CA, 3V8BB, 4S7CF, 5A1A, 5B4ADA, 5R8FL, 5W1TBR, 6W1QV, 6Y5/K2KW, 8Q7US, 9G5VJ, 9H1AL, 9H0VRZ, 9M2MT, 9M6AAC, A35FT, AK1L (NA-055), BV5BG, C56/DL6AMI, CO2OR, CX3HF, D2BB, D3X, DS5USH, E21EJC, E22AAA, EP2MKO, ET3AA, EX8CW, EY8MM, FO0SUC (OC-152), FS5PL, GJ0WFH/M, GU3MBS, H44NC (OC-149), HC4/HC1MD, KC0ARG/HH2, HS1NGR, IA5/I1BUP (IIA LI-018, 035), IA5/IK1JJB (IIA LI-027), IB0/IZ0BFK (IIA LT-013), IB0/IZ0CKJ (IIA LT-006, 008, 012, 016, 022), ID9/I2IAU (IIA ME-001, 009, 010, 021, 023, 035), IJ8/IK8WEJ (IIA CZ-001, 002), IJ8/IZ8BXR (IIA KR-002), IJ8/IZ8CCW (IIA CZ-001), IL3/I2OGV (IIA FE-FE-003), IL3/IK2XDE (IIA FE-001, 003, 005; RO-004), IL3/IK2XDF (IIA FE-005), IL3/IK3ABY (IIA VE-009, 068), IM0/I2CMA (IIA SS-013, 017), IM0/IK2DUW (IIA SS-053, 117), IM0/IS0JMA (SS-028, 053), IT9GAI/9 (IIA AG-006), IT9YRE/9 (IIA AG-006), JW9THA, JX7DFA, KH2JU, K9PPY/KH6, KH9/N2OO, KH9/N6MZ, KP2/AG8L, LU1ZC, LU6KK, LX1NO, LY62ZZ, N6VV/p (NA-184), OY3QN, RX1OX/FJL, SV2ASP/A, T31BB, T32BI, TA2BK, TF7/DL3KUD, TL5A, TZ6DX, TZ6JA, U5WF, UA0MF, UK8IZ, UK8OM, UK9AA, UN3F, V31VI (NA-180), V63KA, V73GT, K9PPY/VE3 (C.IS.A. ON-242), VP5/WA2VYA, VU2JBK, W4T (NA-079), WH4/K6SHJ, YB0JIV, YB1XUR, YC8VIP, YL2GP, ZF2DR, ZK1XXP, ZK2FT. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS WWW PAGE ---> http://www.425dxn.org ***************************************************************************** <<< 425 DX NEWS REFLECTOR SUBSCRIPTIONS >>> If you want to SUBSCRIBE, please send a message to 425server@425dxn.org with either subscribe 425eng (for the English version) OR subscribe 425ita (for the Italian version) in the SUBJECT (leave the body of the message blank) If you want to UNSUBSCRIBE, follow the same procedure and replace subscribe 425eng or subscribe 425ita with unsubscribe 425eng or unsubscribe 425ita respectively ***************************************************************************** /EX S DX@WW $425WW395E 425 DX News #395 [5/5] 28 November 1998 No 395 BID: $425WW395E =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF till 01/12 3A/N9NC: Monaco * by HA/N9NC 394 till December 4S7BRG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by HB9BRM 385 till mid Dec 5N3CPR: Nigeria * by SP5CPR 391 till 07/12 5R: Madagascar islands (AF-057) * by F6AOI,F6BFH,F9IE 391 till 29/11 5V7A: Togo * by Voodoo Contest Group 383 till 01/12 6Y2A & 6Y5/home call: Jamaica * by US operators 393 till 01/12 K7CO/6Y5: Jamaica (NA-097) 395 till 01/12 8P9HT and 8P9Z: Barbados (NA-021) * by K4BAI 393 till 04/12 8Q7DV: Maldives (AS-013) * by UA9s 394 till 29/11 AH2R: Guam (OC-026) * by Guam Contest Club 393 till 31/12 AT: special prefixes from India 394 till 02/12 C6AKP: Bimini (NA-048) * by N4RP 394 till 02/12 CU2/DL3KDV,DL4XS and CU2V: Azores (EU-003) 394 till 01/12 D44BC: Cape Verde (AF-005) * by DK7YY and DL2OBF 395 till 05/12 D68WU: Comoro Islands (AF-007) * by F6HWU 391 till 31/12 EU200A, EV200M & EW200M: special event stations 378 till ?? EZ0AB: Turkmenistan 394 till Jan 99 FO5QE: Tahiti (OC-046) * by F5GSK 369 till 23/12 FT5ZH: Amsterdam Isl (AF-002) * by F5PFP & F5SIH 395 till 04/12 GD4UOL: Isle of Man (EU-116) * by G4UOL 392 till 01/12 HC8: Galapagos (SA-004) * by HC5K and others 394 till 04/12 HI3K and HI3JH: Dominican Republic (NA-096) * by AD4Z 391 till 06/12 DL1HCM/HI8: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 392 till 31/12 HS98AG: special event call 389 till 06/12 J6: St. Lucia (NA-108) * by Southwest Ohio DXA 394 till 01/12 JT1A: Mongolia * by SCSDXT 393 till 20/12 KP2: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by OK1TN 394 till 01/12 P40E: Aruba (SA-036) * by CT1BOH 394 till 15/01 SM1TDE/7S1BL: Gotland Island (EU-020) 393 till 06/12 TE45: special event stations from Costa Rica 394 till December TL5A: Central African Republic * by PA3DZN 373 till 07/12 TM5CW * special call (France) by F5SJB 393 till 06/12 TM8UN * special event station (France) 393 till 02/12 V63HO, V63HC, V63YP, V63X: Kosrae (OC-059) * by Ws 394 till 01/12 VP5/K5GN and VP5GN: Caicos Is (NA-002) 394 till 01/12 VP5/N4TO and VP5M: Turks and Caicos 393 till Apr 99 ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 388 till 30/11 ZS75SIG: special event station 389 till 09/12 VK: OC-139 and OC-005 * by I2VGW 393 till 14/12 XZ1N: Myanmar * by Central Arizona DX Association 393 28/11-29/11 CQWW DX CW Contest *** 29/11-28/12 PJ9/PA0VDV: Curacao (SA-006) 395 29/11-08/12 ZB2FX: Gibraltar * by G3RFX 395 01/12-15/12 3B8/F6BBH: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 395 01/12-06/12 9G5ZM, 9G5VJ, 9G5SW: Ghana * by G3ZEM, G4ZVJ, G3VMW 393 01/12-31/12 CG#, CF#, CJ#, CK#: special prefixes from Canada 395 01/12-08/12 P40I: Aruba (SA-036) * by KR3I 395 02/12-06/12 V63HO, V63HC, V63YP: Pohnpei (OC-010) * by Ws 394 04/12-06/12 ARRL 160 Meters CW Contest *** 05/12-06/12 EA DX CW Contest *** 05/12-06/12 TARA RTTY Contest *** 05/12-06/12 TOPS Activity Contest 80 mt CW *** 06/12-13/12 V63HO, V63HC, V63YP: Truk (OC-011) * by Ws 394 08/12-17/12 T88II: Palau (OC-009), Belau * by KJ9I, NF9V and NZ9Z 387 12/12-13/12 ARRL 10 Meters Contest *** 12/12-13/12 Italian Contest (40 & 80 meters) *** 12/12 OK DX RTTY Contest *** 18/12-20/12 TO150: Reunion Island (AF-016) * by FRs 391 19/12-20/12 Croatian CW Contest *** 19/12-20/12 Naval CW Contest *** 26/12-02/01 VK9CL: Cocos-Keeling * by JM1LJS 391 26/12-16/01 VP8CRB: Falkland Is (SA-002) * by K4QD 381 27/12 Canada Winter Contest *** Dec-Jan FY/DJ0PJ: French Guiana 395 December N1V: Navassa (NA-098) * by K8RF and others ??? 365 December T30CT: West Kiribati * by DL1VU 395 December T33VU: Banaba * by DL1VU 395 01/01 Happy New Year Contest *** 01/01 SARTG New Year RTTY Contest *** 02/01-03/01 ARRL RTTY Roundup *** 06/01-25/01 ZL9CI: Campbell Island (OC-037) * by KDXA 393 08/01-10/01 Japan DX CW Low Bands (40, 80, 160) Contest *** 09/01-11/01 YB8: Obi Is (OC-222) * by YC8TXW and YC8YZ 391 17/01 HA DX CW Contest *** 29/01-31/01 CQ WWDX 160 Meter CW Contest *** 29/01-31/01 REF - French CW Contest *** 29/01-31/01 UBA Contest - SSB *** 06/02-13/02 VK9XX: Christmas Island (OC-002) * by W8UVZ and W0YG 391 13/02-20/02 VK9YY: Cocos Island (OC-003) * by by W8UVZ and W0YG 391 28/02-08/03 FW: Uvea (OC-054), Wallis & Futuna * by HB9HFN 387 25/03-?? 3B9: Rodriguez Island (AF-017) * by MKDXF 393 March ZY0SP & ZY0SZ: St.Peter & St.Paul Rocks (SA-014) 393 21/09-25/09 VK9: Rowley Shoals (OC-???) * by VK6LC and others 388 /EX