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3B9    - The  Midway-Kure  DX  Foundation  expedition  to  Rodrigues   Island
         (AF-017) [425DXN 405] will take place  between 1 and 10 April.  Nine
         operators will be active on all from 160 through 6 meters. Plans are
         for up to nine fully equipped  HF stations to operate from a  number
         of locations throughout the island. One station will be dedicated to
         RTTY only.  The DXpeditioners  are  Frank Smith  (AH0W/OH2LVG,  team
         leader), Bruce  Butler  (W6OSP),  Kimo  Chun  (KH7U),  Jari  Jussila
         (OH2BU),  Victor  Keller  (XE1VIC),  Jacky  Mandary  (3B8CF),  Garry
         Shapiro (NI6T), Yuuji Yoshitani (JA3IG/K1NT) and Ned Stearns  (AA7A)
         Chief  pilot  stations  will  be  Andy  Chesnokov,  UA3AB  and  Gary
         McClellan, K7ZD. QSL via N7LVD. Callsign to be announced later.  For
         inquiries, send e-mail to mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu [TNX AH0W]
5T     - Tada, JA1CPS and other five operators from the International Amateur
         Radio Volunteers (IARV)  will be active  from Mauritania between  11
         and 17 March. They will operate in their spare time on 80-10 metres,
         WARC bands  included, on  CW,  SSB and  RTTY.  QSL via  JA1UT.  [TNX
         JA8RUZ]
9N     - Sergio Curina, IZ6BRN is currently active  as AP2WAP from  Pakistan.
         From time  to time  he will  go to  Mirmi,  near Pakhara  (omee  100
         kilometres west of  Kathmandu), Nepal and  has already received  his
         licence. His next  trip to Nepal  is scheduled  on late  March-early
         April and he should be active  as 9N7RN for a  couple of weeks.  QSL
         via IK4ZGY. [TNX IZ6BRN/AP2WAP]
BY     - BA4AA and other operators from Shanghai will be active (on all bands
         SSB, CW  and some  SSTV) as  BI4CM  from Chongming  Island  (AS-136)
         between 19 and 22 February. QSL via BY4HAM. [TNX BD4DW]
CE0_eas- The Radio Club of Chile will be active (on all bands CW and SSB)  as
         CE0AA from Easter Island (SA-001) between 27 February and 20  March.
         [TNX CE6NES]
CO     - CO2WF, CM5KL and others will participate in the ARRL DX SSB  Contest
         (6-7 March) as  CO9BCC from Boca  Ciega beach, Cuba.  QSL via  VE2EH
         (http://www.qsl.net/ve2eh/co9bcc.htm). [TNX VE2EH]
E4     - Sami, ZC6B and  Ali, JY4NE/ZC6A have  been active as  E44B and  E44A
         since 13 February. QSL E44A  via JY4NE (P.O.  Box 9392, Amman  1191,
         Jordan), QSL E44B to P.O. Box 1008, Gaza, Palestine.
E4     - Martti (OH2BH), Pekka (OH1RY), Pekka (OH2TA) and Bernie (W3UR)  have
         been active as E44DX from Gaza, Palestine since around 12 UTC on  16
         February and will go QRT on  the 23rd. A web site  and a log  search
         are expected to be available after the operation. QSL via OH2BN.
         They have been concentrating on 21295, 14195, 7005 and 3795 kHz, but
         once the pileups show  signs of thinning  out on these  frequencies,
         they will begin to operate more on other bands/modes. E44DX will NOT
         participate in the ARRL DX CW  Contest. Instead, during openings  to
         North America,  they will  focus on  SSB  on the  traditional  bands
         (particularly on 14 and 21 MHz) and CW on 10, 18 and 24 MHz.
         Plans were to hit the bands on the 15th [425DXN 406], the delay  was
         due to the need of working out some logistical issues. The call sign
         has been assigned to the newly  formed Palestinian Amateur  Wireless
         Society by the Palestinian Ministry of Posts and  Telecommunications
         (MPT) and the DXpedition  is being carried  out in cooperation  with
         Ali, E44A and  Sami, E44B.  There are  two stations  running at  the
         Palestine Hotel, power  has been limited  to 400 W  or less, due  to
         interference with  the hotel's  telephone system.  Arrangements  are
         being made  to leave  behind equipment  for the  new society's  club
         station, assuring continued amateur  radio activity from  Palestine.
         [TNX N4GN]
E4     - Seven members of IARV (International  Amateur Radio Volunteers)  led
         by JA1UT are returning  to Palestine to  complete their aid  project
         for a  hospital telecommunications  facility. In  their spare  time,
         mainly in  the local  evenings, they  plan to  be active  as  E44MPT
         (Ministry of  Post and  Telecommunications)  on 80-10  metres  (WARC
         included) using CW and SSB, but Toshi, JA8RUZ and Hiro, JP1TRJ  will
         try to operate  for longer periods.  They expect to  be QRV by  this
         weekend (20-21  February) and  to be  active until  the end  of  the
         month. QSL via JA1UT. [TNX JA8RUZ]
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EA     - The following DIE/DIEI (the Spanish  Islands awards) operations  are
         planned for 21 Febraury: ED7CIW from  Islotes del Salon (DIE  S-268;
         the call is  in memory of  Rafa, EA7CIW); EA4ENK/P  from Charco  del
         Ciervo (DIEI  BA-045); EA5AEN/P  from Mata  d'Entorre (DIEI  V-032).
         [TNX IK1GPG]
GJ     - Chris, G3SVL plans  to participate in  the CQ  WW 160  Meter SSB  DX
         Contest (26-28 February)  from Jersey, possibly  with a special  GJ8
         one letter suffix call. [TNX The Daily DX]
HP     - Joel, F5PAC [425DXN  403] was active  as HP3/F5PAC  from NA-071  and
         expects to be on NA-088 until  20 February. After  that he plans  to
         move to NA-202 and operate from there for a couple of days  starting
         on the 23rd. QSL via F5PAC. [TNX ON5NT and Islands On The Net]
HS     - Don Craft, HS0ZBG/KB8MVS and his wife are returning to Thailand  for
         four years. Don says that it may take him 4 to 6 months to get  back
         on the air  due to finding  a new house  and getting his  missionary
         work set up again. He will  be better equipped  this time and  plans
         are to work CW as well as SSB. QSL via K8GT. [TNX Jerry Treas]
I      - Special station II2V will be active on several occasions during  the
         year to celebrate Alessandro Volta. Operations will take place  from
         various  locations,  mainly  in  Como.  The  first  activities   are
         scheduled on 18 February, 20-21  and 26 March.  QSL via I2ARN.  [TNX
         I2ARN]
J8     - Tony, G0REP will be active (SSB with some CW) as J8OC from  Mustique
         Island (NA-025) between 1 and 14 March. QSL via G0REP. [TNX G0WAZ]
JW     - Ivar (LC3SAT),  Per  (LB4OE) and  Carlos  (LA9PJA)  will  be  active
         respectively as JW/LC3SAT (on RS-12/13 and  6 metres), JW/LB4OE  and
         JW9PJA from Svalbard (EU-026) between 15  UTC on 25 February and  10
         UTC on the 28th. Carlos plans  to concentrate on SSTV and RTTY,  but
         will operate CW (mainly on 160  metres, propagation permitting)  and
         SSB   as    well.    Further    information    is    available    at
         http://www.qsl.net/la9pja/ (or e-mail Carlos at la9pja@qsl.net). QSL
         JW/LC3SAT via LC3SAT bureau/direct (Ivar Haanes, Oppsals Vei 6, 1380
         Heggedal,  Norway);  QSL  JW/LB4OE  via  LB4OE  bureau/direct   (Per
         Nielsen, Ridde  110,  1370 Asker,  Norway);  QSL JW9PJA  via  LA9PJA
         bureau/direct (Carlos Ferreira, Johan Bjerknes Vei 5B, 3039 Drammen,
         Norway). [TNX LA9PJA and ON4VT]
JW     - Juergen, DJ3KR will be active (mainly  on LF and  WARC bands CW)  as
         JW/DJ3KR from Svalbard (EU-026) between 26 February and 5 March. QSL
         via DH3MG. [TNX DX News Sheet]
KG4    - Doug, W4OX will be active as KG4OX from Guantanamo (NA-015)  between
         3 and  10 March.  He will  participate in  the ARRL  DX SSB  Contest
         (SOAB). Before and after the contest  he be active on all bands  and
         modes, including RS-12 and  perhaps some RTTY.  QSL via W4OX  either
        direct (Douglas A. McDuff, 10380 S.W. 112th Street, Miami, FL 33176,
         USA) or through the bureau. Any comments, requests or questions  may
         be sent to w4ox@qsl.net [TNX W4OX]
KH6    - Rick, NE8Z will  be active as  NE8Z/NH7 from  Maui, Hawaii  (OC-019)
         between 27 February  and 6 March.  He will concentrate  on the  WARC
         bands CW. QSL via K8LJG or NE8Z. [TNX NE8Z]
PJ8    - ND5S, KF5LK (YL),  W8EB and  W8DVC (YL)  will be  active (on  10-160
         metres, with  special attention  to 80  and 160  metres) between  21
         February and 14  March. They  will participate  in the  ARRL DX  SSB
         Contest as PJ8A (QSL via W9NIP). [TNX DX News Sheet]
TR     - Derek, F5VCR and  Ken, G3OCA  have arranged  to go  to Banie  Island
         (AF-043) [425DXN 403] on 13 March and to leave on either the 15th or
         the 16th. They plan to operate two stations, mainly on 15, 20 and 10
         metres with 100 watts a vertical and a beam. [TNX F5VCR and  Islands
         On The Web]
UA     - Mike, UA3SDK/0 will be active in his spare time from Sredniy  Island
         (AS-042) between  20 February  and 20  May. QSL  via RU3SD  (Vasiliy
         Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan, 390000 Russia). [TNX Andrei Blinushov]
VE     - VE6 amateurs  in Calgary,  Alberta can  use the  special prefix  XO6
         until 28 February to celebrate the Provincial Special Olimpics which
         will be held in Calgary on 26-28 February. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK     - VK6LC, VK6DLB and  VK6BHY plan to  be active (15  and 20 metres)  as
         VK6ISL from Malus Island (OC-199) between approximately 6 UTC on  19
         February and 2 UTC on the 20th (exact dates/times may depend on  the
         weather). [TNX VK6LC]
VK9_lh - Ed, K8VIR will  be active again  from Lord Howe  (OC-004) as  VK9EHH
         between 6 and 18 March. QSL via W8WC. [TNX The Daily DX]
XF4    - Marcos (XE1MX), Fabian (XE1FRF) and Daniel  (XE1FSK) will be  active
         as XF4MX from Socorro Island (NA-030), Revilla Gigedo between 1  and
         16 March. They plan to operate CW,  SSB and RTTY on all bands,  WARC
         included, and to  participate in the  ARRL DX SSB  Contest. QSL  via
         XE1MX. [TNX XE1FSK]
ZS     - The Boland  Amateur  Radio Club  will  be running  a  special  event
         station between  27 February  and 1  March  to celebrate  the  150th
         birthday of the L'Agulhas Lighthouse, the second  oldest  lighthouse
         and the  southernmost lighthouse  in  Africa. The  special  callsign
         ZS150LL will be used on all  the popular HF  bands and all  contacts
         will be confirmed with a very special QSL card. [TNX ZS4BS]
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                 >>> DXCC STATUS OF 9U BURUNDI CONTACTS <<<

The following DXCC News Release,  dated 18 February,  comes from Bill  Moore,
NC1L (bmoore@arrl.org):
"Over the years  since 1994, the  DXCC Desk  has received  several pieces  of
documentation  for  operations  from  9U,  Burundi.  This  documentation  was
accompanied by license copies, complete with stamps and signatures.  However,
the DXCC Desk had heard rumors  that these documents were in fact  forgeries,
and not authentic documents. Due to  the fact that  the operators were  still
inside the  country, and  that we  did not  want to  take action  that  could
possibly cause them  physical harm, and  we knew we  would be  able to  purge
these contacts from DXCC  records if this  was found to  be true, cards  were
accepted until we had the opportunity to investigate after the operators left
the country.
This situation came to a head earlier than we expected. The Director  General
of ONATEL, the  communications authorities in  Burundi, contacted  us by  fax
inquiring as to  whether we  had seen  licenses from  Burundi. After  several
faxes back and forth, they informed us that the licenses were forgeries.  The
signature on the documents was that of an  official who had not been in  that
position for some  time. The operators  were saved from  any real  punishment
other than being expelled from the country, and the entire incident is  under
investigation by their employer.
Since that time, the DXCC Desk has been rejecting cards for those  operations
concerned. As soon as it is possible for the DXCC computer program to do  so,
all contacts from those operations will be purged from the DXCC database.  We
expect that will happen before March, 1999. This affects all operations since
1994 using a 9U prefix.
The submission of forged documentation is  a clear violation of DXCC  Section
1, Basic Rule 7, and also Rule 12 (a)."

MOST WANTED ---> According to the  Most Wanted List compiled by the  Northern
Portugal DX Group, the top ten  DXCC entities most  sought for by  Portuguese
DXers are North  Korea, Bouvet  Island, Central  Kiribati, MacQuarie  Island,
Buthan, Johnston  Island,  Kingman  Reef,  Andaman  &  Nicobar,  Tokelau  and
Annobon.   The    full   list    can   be    provided   by    Jose,    CT1EEB
(ct1eeb@mail.telepac.pt).

QSL E30GA ---> The cards have just  arrived from the printer and QSL  manager
K4JDJ will start sending them out  by this weekend. "The  printer did make  a
mistake on the cards and printed  them backwards", Bruce (WD4NGB, E30GA  team
leader) says, "but due to the time  already spent, decided to go with these."

QSL EJ7NET --->  All the  contacts made  by the  WestNet and  Saltee Dogs  DX
Groups during their 1998 trip to  EU-103 have been  confirmed by Tony,  EI2GX
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX EI6FR]

QSL TU5IJ  ---> Marco,  IK2CHZ and  Aldo, I2AOX  logged 4662  QSOs on  10-160
metres SS, CW  and RTTY during  their 12-23  January activity  as TU5IJ  from
Ivory Coast. They operated from the QTH of Father Martino Bonazzetti (TU5IJ).
QSL direct only to I2AOX. [TNX IK2CHZ]

QSL ZS6IR ---> "I apologize to everybody who sent a direct QSL request to  my
manager DL4EBA between 1 July 1998 and 28 August 1998", Uli, ZS6IR says.  "To
give my manager some relief I wanted to  answer the direct QSLs myself. So  I
asked him to  send the  QSLs to  my homeaddress.  Unfortunately this  package
disappeared on  the postal  way, to  everybody's  distress. I  would  happily
respond to all  QSL requests if  I could get  hold of another  QSL card  from
these stations which  are still waiting.  Please accept my  regrets and  send
your cards." [TNX K1XN and The Golist]

QSL VIA IK2DUW ---> Antonello, IK2DUW  reports he has  received the logs  for
6K0ZS (Pohang CW Club) and  Jang, DS5WKW. QSL  to Antonello Passarella,  P.O.
Box 22, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy (http://www.qsl.net/ik2duw)

QSL VIA PA3AXU ---> Direct cards  for A35XU and 5W0GD should  be sent to  the
following  address:  G.A.M.C.  Dijkers,  Dokter  P.A.  Cornethof  3,   6669AZ
Dodewaard, The Netherlands. [TNX PA3AXU]

+ SILENT  KEY +  Adrian Sinitaru,  YO3APJ reports  the sudden  passing, on  7
February at 58 years of age, of Andrei George "Andy" Giurgea, YO3AC. Andy was
and active DXer  on both SSB  and CW  and a  member of  the board  of the  YO
national society.
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LOGS:         Paulo, CT1ETE reports that logs for CS6S (CQ WW 1997) and  CT7O
              (CQ WPX  1998)  will  be  available  soon  on  his  webpage  at
              http://www.qsl.net/ct1ete/logs.htm  (QSL  via  CT1ERK;   bureau
              cards may be requested at ct1ete@qsl.net).
OKDXF:        The web page for the  OK DX Foundation  1999 DXpedition to  the
              Pacific [425DXN 403] is at http://www.okdxc.cz/pacific99
W3HC:         Mac, W3HC has updated his web page, where around 200 photos  of
              DX stations and photos of all  of the QSLs  he handles are  now
              available. Give a look to http://www.qsl.net/w3hc
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QSL received  via  direct:   3B8FQ,  3D2DX,  3DA0CA,  3V8BB,  3W6DXI,  3XY0A,
3XY0A/p (AF-051), 4U1ITU,  5N3CPR, 5X1Z,  8Q7IO, 8Q7IQ,  9J2A, 9J2AM,  9K2MU,
9K2ZZ,  9M2AX,  9V1ZB,  A61AJ,  AP2JZB,  AP2NK,  BD4DW,  BD4ED,  BD6BF,  BI4C
(AS-136), BI4Q (AS-135),  BI5P (AS-138), BI5Z  (AS-137), BO0K, BV2KI,  BV7FC,
CE1LDS/2 (SA-086),  D44BC,  D68WU,  EI8EM,  EX9A,  FG5BG,  FK8GM,  K4ERO/HC1,
HF0POL, HH2LQ, HK0ER, IK5YZV/IA5 (EU-028), II7A (IIA LE-004), IL7/IK7JWX (IIA
BA-003, BR-010),  KH2D,  JD1BIA, J69AZ,  LY63BA,  OY1CT, PZ5JR,  RA0FA,  S21K
(AS-140), S92YN,  SV2ASP/A, T32KV,  T77C, TU2KC,  TX8A, TY8A,  VK9CR,  VK9LX,
VP2V/K9JF, VP5/WA2YVN,  VP8CRB,  WH0V, XX9TR,  XX9X,  YB0ECT,  YB5QZ,  YE1ZI,
YK1AO, ZP5MAL, 

QSL received via WF5E DX QSL Service:  3B8CF, 3W5RS, 4J80ADR, 5B4ADA,  5R8EY,
7X2RO, 9K2ZZ, 9V1ZB,  9V8WW, 9V8ZB,  A2/ZS5UZ, A35RK,  BA1DU, BI3H  (AS-134),
BI4C (AS-136), BI5P  (AS-138), BI5Z  (AS-137), BO0K,  BV7FC, BV88ARL,  BV9AYA
(AS-103), C6AFV, CT3FT, CT98BOH,  EI4VVF/P, EK6CC,  EK6GC, FH/DJ1RL,  FP/N9PD,
FR5DX,  GT6YB,  HB0/HB9LEY, HF0POL,  HH2PK,  HZ1HZ, J49IL,  N2OO/KH9,  LY98ZZ,
OJ0VR, R1ANF, R1ANZ, R9KM (AS-083), RA0FF,  RL0P, RW9QA, T95A,  TF3IRA,  TL5A,
TT8JE, UP0F, UP6F, VE8C (NA-173), XM3PBX, YI9SK, YW5LB.
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PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF

till  20/02      3B8/DJ7MI: Mauritius (AF-049)                          405
till  31/03      4N800, YT800, YU800, YZ800: special event stations     397
till  08/02      5H: Tanzania * by IK2GZU                               403
till  26/02      5H3SK: Tanzania * by DL1DA                             406
till  24/02      5Z4LI: Lamu Isl (AF-040) * by G3RTE,G3SWH,G3WGV,5Z4RL  401
till  22/02      8P9JA & 8P9JB: Barbados (NA-021) * by K4MA & AA4NC     406
till  ??         9G1AA: Ghana * by 9G1OO, PA3ERA and PA3FUE             405
till  May        9G5HK: Ghana * by DL1IAL                               404
till  24/02      C6AKP: Bimini (NA-048) * by N4RP                       406
till  23/02      K3TEJ/C6A, WA3WSJ/C6A, C6AKW: Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas  403
till  20/02      CT3/F5LMJ: Madeira (AF-014)                            405
till  24/02      DU3/G4ZVJ                                              403
till  23/02      E44DX: Palestine * by OH2BH, OH1RY, OH2TA, W3UR        407
till  24/02      ED4MRF: Molino de Bajo (CC-003)                        403
till  August     FK8VHU: New Caledonia                                  401
till  03/03      FR5ZQ/T: Tromelin (AF-031)                             403
till  December   FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL                      401
till  December   FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island                                399
till  Apr        H40MS: Pigeon Island (OC-065), Temotu * by DL2GAC      404
till  25/02      AH6YL/HI8, AH6OM/HI8: Dominican Rep. (NA-096) * by DLs 406
till  25/02      HPx/F5PAC: NA-071, NA-088, NA-202, NA-203              403
till  20/02      HP/F5PAC: NA-088                                       407
till  26/02      K7DBV/HR3: Honduras                                    403
till  21/02      J47XCF: special station * by Radio DX Group of Thrace  403
till  22/02      J79VA, WW, UGF, GMV, EKH: Dominica (NA-101) * by Ws    405
till  28/02      JW0LGS: Svalbard (EU-026) * by JW5NM and JW6MY         406
till  11/04      K2ZR/4: Key West (NA-062)                              406
till  22/02      KG4ZK, KG4SD, KG4NW, KG4DZ: Guantanamo (NA-015)*by Ws  406
till  27/02      KH6: Hawaii (OC-019) * by K5NA                         406
till  Feb        LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by LZ2UU              397
till  31/12      LZ100PV: special station                               401
till  20/04      P49M: Aruba (SA-036) * by VE3MR                        397
till  27/02      S79MX: Seychelles (AF-024) * by HB9MX                  404
till  ??         TL5A: Central African Republic * by PA3ZDN             405
till  22/02      V26MM, V26RA, V26O (ARRL CW): Antigua (NA-100) * by Ws 406
till  09/03      V31JP: Belize * by K8JP                                405
till  20/02      VK9YY: Cocos Island (OC-003) * by by W8UVZ and W0YG    405
till  08/03      VP2V: British Virgin Islands (NA-023) * by K1DW        406
till  23/02      VP5/N4TO and VP5M: Caicos Islands (NA-002)             405
till  May        VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by AA5DX                403
till  March      VQ9QM: Diego Garcia Island (AF-006)                    401
till  27/11      XJ1: special prefix (Nova Scotia, Canada)              401
till  28/02      XO6: special prefix (Calgary)                          407
till  01/03      XT2DM and XT2OW: Burkina Faso * by F5RLE and F5AOW     405
till  Apr        ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT                388
15/02-25/02      ZA/YO2LDE (Albania) and T9/YO2LDE (Bosnia)             405
16/02-20/02      KH6/IV3NVN: Hawaii (OC-019)                            403
18/02-02/03      3A/K8PYD and 3A/N9NC: Monaco                           405
18/02-21/02      KE3Q/KP4 and WP3R (ARRL CW): Puerto Rico (NA-099)      406
19/02-22/02      BI4CM: Chongming Island (AS-136) * by BYs              407
19/02-20/02      VK6ISL: Malus Island (OC-199) * by VK6LC and others    407
19/02-21/02      KB5GL/P: Grand Isle (NA-168)                           406
20/02-28/02      E44MPT: Palestine * by JA1UT and IARV                  407
20/02-26/02      F5SGI/P: Noirmoutier Island (EU-064)                   405
20/02-21/02      HC8N (ARRL CW): Galapgos (SA-004) * by N5KO,K6AW,W4ZV  405
20/02-20/05      UA3SDK/0: Sredniy Island (AS-042)                      407
20/02-21/02      ARRL International DX CW Contest                       ***
21/02            EA4ENK/P: Charco del Ciervo (DIEI BA-045)              407
21/02            EA5AEN/P: Mata d'Entorre (DIEI V-032)                  407
21/02            ED7CIW: Islotes del Salon (DIE S-268)                  407
21/02-03/03      KH4/IV3NVN: Midway Island (OC-030)                     403
21/02-14/03      PJ8/ND5S, KF5LK, W8EB, W8DVC; PJ8A (ARRL SSB)          407
23/02-25/02      HP/F5PAC: NA-202                                       407
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25/02-28/02      3D2TN: Fiji * by OK1RD, OK1RI, OK1TN                   403
25/02-28/02      JW/LC3SAT, JW/LB4OE, JW9PJA: Svalbard (EU-026)         407
26/02-28/02      GJ8x (CQWW 160 SSB): Jersey * by G3SVL                 407
26/02-05/03      JW/DJ3KR: Svalbard (EU-026)                            407
26/02-27/02      UBA - CW Contest                                       ***
26/02-28/02      CQ WWDX 160 Meter SSB Contest                          ***
26/02-27/02      REF - French SSB Contest                               ***
27/02-07/03      C21ZM and C21SX: Nauru (OC-031) * by G3ZEM and G3SXW   403
27/02-20/03      CE0AA: Easter Island (SA-001) * by Radio Club of Chile 407
27/02-06/03      NE8Z/NH7: Maui, Hawaii (OC-019)                        407
27/02-08/03      N4XP/V7: Marshall Islands                              405
27/02-01/03      ZS150LL: special event station * by Boland ARC         407
27/02-28/02      RSGB 7 MHz CW Contest                                  ***
27/02-28/02      YL OM CW Contest                                       ***
28/02-08/03      FW5FN: Uvea (OC-054), Wallis & Futuna * by HB9HFN      401
February         FT5YG: Adelie Land, Antarctica                         399
February         KL1SLE: St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) * by KL7FH        402
Feb-Mar          T30, T32, T33 * by HA9RE and HA8IC                     400
Feb-May          ZL4IR/SI: Stewart Island (OC-203) * by K8VIR           406
01/03-14/03      J8OC: Mustique Island (NA-025) * by G0REP              407
01/03-09/03      T30RD: West Kiribati (OC-017) * by OK1RD, OK1RI, OK1TN 403
01/03-08/03      VP2E: Anguilla (NA-022) * by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL         405
01/03-16/03      XF4MX: Socorro Isl (NA-030), Revilla Gigedo * by XE1s  407
02/03-09/03      HK0: San Andres Island (NA-033) * by W4DC and others   401
03/03-10/03      KG4OX: Guantanamo (NA-015) * by W4OX                   407
04/03-18/03      C56/G3VMW or C56SW: Gambia                             405
06/03-07/03      CO9BCC (ARRL SSB) * by COs                             407
06/03-18/03      VK9EHH: Lord Howe (OC-004) * by K8VIR                  407
06/03-07/03      ARRL DX SSB Contest                                    ***
06/03-07/03      Ukraine RTTY Championship                              406
10/03-28/03      T31RD *or* T33RD * by OK1RD, OK1RI, OK1TN              403
11/03-12/03      5T: Mauritania * by JA1CPS and others                  407
13/03-15/03      TR: Banie Island (AF-043) * by F5VCR and G3OCA         407
14/03            UBA Spring SSB Contest                                 ***
15/03-22/03      PY0: St.Peter & St.Paul's Arch. (SA-014) * by ABRA-DX  405
20/03-21/03      II2V * special A. Volta station                        407
20/03-21/03      JA3CMY, JE4CIL and JI3DST: Oki Archipelago (AS-041)    405
20/03-22/03      BART Spring RTTY Contest                               ***
20/03-21/03      Russian DX Contest                                     ***
26/03            II2V * special A. Volta station                        407
26/03-31/03      WP4U: Mona Island (NA-099)                             406
27/03-28/03      CQWW WPX SSB Contest                                   ***
Mar-Apr          9N7RN: Nepal * by IZ6BRN                               407
from March       FT5XN: Kerguelen * by F6IHY                            399
01/04-10/04      3B9: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) * by MKDXF              407
03/04-04/04      Italian YLRC Marconi                                   ***
03/04-04/04      SP DX SSB Contest                                      ***
03/04-04/04      EA RTTY Contest                                        ***
06/04-21/04      JT1Y: Mongolia * by I0SNY                              406
09/04-11/04      Japan DX CW High Bands Contest                         ***
10/04-11/04      King of Spain Contest                                  ***
11/04            RSGB Low Power CW Contest                              ***
11/04            UBA - CW Spring Contest                                ***
17/04-18/04      EU Sprint Spring SSB Contest                           ***
22/04-25/04      II2V * special A. Volta station                        407
24/04-25/04      Helvetia Contest                                       ***
24/04-25/04      SP DX RTTY Contest                                     ***
01/05            AGCW DL CW QRP Contest                                 ***
01/05-02/05      ARI Contest                                            ***
08/05-09/05      II2V * special A. Volta station                        407
08/05-09/05      CQ M Contest                                           ***
08/05-09/05      Volta RTTY Contest                                     ***
15/05            EU Sprint Spring CW Contest                            ***
22/05-23/05      Baltic Contest                                         ***
22/05-23/05      ITU Contest                                            ***
29/05-30/05      CQ WPX CW Contest                                      ***
04/06-07/06      KL7AK: Nunivak Island (NA-074)                         405
05/06-06/06      Fielday IARU Region 1 CW                               ***
12/06-13/06      II2V * special A. Volta station                        407
12/06-13/06      ANARTS RTTY Contest                                    ***
12/06            Portugal Day SSB                                       ***
12/06-13/06      WW South America CW Contest                            ***
13/06            V DIE Contest                                          ***
19/06-20/06      All Asian CW Contest                                   ***
19/06-20/06      RSGB 1.8 MHz CW Contest                                ***
26/06-27/06      ARRL Fielday                                           ***
26/06-27/06      Marconi Memorial CW Contest                            ***
26/06-27/06      SP CW QRP Contest                                      ***
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