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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]
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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]
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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."
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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
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