S DX@WW $425WW415A 425 DX News #415 [1/6] 17 April 1999 No 415 $425WW415A =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3B9 - Thanks to the help provided by the 3B9R Rodrigues Island DXpedition, Robert Felicite, 3B9FR is back on the air. He has been off the air for over five years for a number of serious reasons, including the loss of nearly everything he owned due to a cyclone. [TNX AH0W/OH2LVG] 3D2 - Yamato ARC members JA1JQY, JA1KJW, JA3MCA/1 and JA8VE/1 will be active respectively as 3D2SH, 3D2HI, 3D2TK and 3D2KZ from Fiji between 30 April and 1 May. Look for them on CW (CW 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897, 28007, 50107 kHz) and SSB (3798, 7080, 14197, 21270, 24937, 28470, 50107 kHz). QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY] 3W - Steve, K2WE will be active from Saigon, Vietnam between 23 and 27 April. He plans to operate as XV300S (he may also use his personal call, 3W6WE). QSL via K2WE. [TNX The Daily DX] 4S - Sigi, DJ4IJ is active again as 4S7IJG from Sri Lanka (AS-003) for two weeks. QSL via bureau to DK8ZD. [TNX DX News Letter] 9A - 9A2DM, 9A3LM, 9A3QE, 9A5SM and 9A6JNP will be active as 9A1CZZ/P from Brioni Islands (EU-110) between 15 and 18 April. QSL via 9A2DM. [TNX DX News Sheet] 9N - Kazu, JA8MWU (ex 9N1WU) will be active as 9N7WU from nepal between 3 and 12 May. Look for him on 14180, 21280 and 28480 kHz +/-QRM. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ELY] A2 - John, G3HCT will be active on CW as A25/G3HCT from Botswana between 1 and 10 May. QSL via G3HCT. [TNX DX News Sheet] A9 - Ed, WH6CXQ will be active as A92GJ from Bahrain (AS-002) for the next couple of years. QSL to Ed Tenhulzen, Admin. Support Unit, PSC-451, Box 215, FPO AE 09834-2800 [TNX The Daily DX] BY - Look for BY1DX to be active on the ususal DX frequencies (RTTY is promised) with two stations during the weekend to celebrate the official opening of the Radio Club at the Beijing Chayong Activity Center [425DXN 412]. QSL via OH2BH (Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo, Finland). [TNX The Daily DX] DU - Bernhard, DL2GAC was active as DU1/DL2GAC from the Calamian Group (OC-090) as his first attempts to get to Batan Island (OC-093) [425DXN 414] were unsuccessful. His plans were to remain at Calamian until 14 April, but earlier this week he did not know his movements after that, except that he must be back in Singapore by 21 April to catch his flight back to Germany. If he operates from Batan it will be as DU2/DL2GAC. [TNX 9V1RH] EA9 - Yuki, JI6KVR will be active as EA9/JI6KVR from Ceuta between 17 and 22 April. QSL via EA5KB (JA stations via JJ6LXX). [TNX JI6KVR] FG - Tada, JA1WPX will be active (on 10-40 metres, SSB and CW) as FG/JA1WPX/P from Guadeloupe (NA-102) between 25 April and 2 May. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ELY] FR/T - Jacques, FR5ZU will be active (on 10-40 metres, SSB only) as FR5ZU/T in his spare time from Tromelin Island (AF-031) between 16 April and 4 May. North America stations are suggested to look for him around 2 UTC on 14.256 MHz with Zareh, VE2NW. QSL via VE2NW (except JAs). [TNX VE2NW] GM - GM5VG/P will be active from Islay (EU-008) during the Scottish Activity Weekend [425DXN 412] on 17-18 April. [TNX DL8AAM and GM0ALS] GM - With the coming of the New Scottish Parliament, amateurs from Scotland will be allowed to use special prefixes between 6 May and 31 July. GM prefixes will be replaced by 2S, MM by 2A and 2M by 2T. [TNX GM4FDM] GW - Welsh stations are allowed to replace their current prefixes (GW, MW and 2W) with special prefixes (respectively 2C, 2X and 2W) between 6 May and 31 July to celebrate the opening of the new Welsh Parliament. [TNX DX News Sheet] HR - The Radio Club de Honduras will be active as HQ6RCH on 17-18 April from Little Cay Island (NO-REF) in the Islas de la Bahia Department - if the island meets the qualification criteria, it is likely to qualify for NA-057. [TNX DX News Sheet] HR - Rene, HR1RMG is reported to be planning an operation as HR1RMG/HR6 from Santanilla/Swan Islands (NA-035) in June or July. [TNX G0APV and Islands On The Web] I - Ugo, I0CUT and others will be active as IU0AIR on 23-25 April on 7-10.30 UTC and 13-17 UTC. The special call is to celebrate the XVII A.I.R. (Associazione Italiana Radioascolto) DX Meeting at Monterotondo (Rome) and will be aired with the co-operation of ARI Rome. QSL via I0CUT (Ugo Cartia, Sezione ARI di Roma, P.O. Box 361, 00100 Roma Centro - RM, Italy) [TNX IV3-15698] /EX S DX@WW $425WW415B 425 DX News #415 [2/6] 17 April 1999 No 415 $425WW415B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== I - ARI Carpi members I4IOR (Claudio), IK4GLV (Franco), IK4JPR (Sergio), IK4RUX (Vanni), IK4THF (Glauco) and IZ4CCO (Giuseppe) will be IA5/ from Capraia Island (EU-028, IIA LI-020) between 19 and 23 May. Look for them on CW and SSB. They also plan to operate from a couple of other IIA islands in the same IOTA group. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK4RUX] I - IQ3X is the contest call of Mauro, IV3HAX (http://www.qsl.net/iq3x, e-mail iq3x@qsl.net). He will participate in this year's main CW and SSB events. QSL either via bureau to IV3SKB or direct to IV3HAX (Mauro Lizzi, P.O.Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy). [TNX IV3HAX] JA - Weather permitting, JH6QCQ, JM6NWR and JL6UBM will be active /6 (on 6-80 metres SSB and CW) from Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) between 2 and 4 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Eiji, JQ1SUO will be active (on 10-160 metres CW, with some SSB) as JQ1SUO/1 from Mikurajima (AS-008) between 3 and 5 May. QSL via home call (Eiji Shinoda, 3-3-17 Tomisato, Kashiwa, 277-0081 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY] LU - Fred, LU6KK (ex LU6KBX) is active again on 160 metres, usually on or around 1832 kHz CW. QSL via LU6KK (Fred Sehringer, Box 16, 4107 Yerba Buena, Tucuman, Argentina). [TNX LU6KK] PY - Rony, PS7AB reports that PR5B (SSB) and PT5L (CW) will be active from Mel Island (SA-047, DIB 34) between 21 and 28 April. QSL via PP5LL. Fox, PY5BF also reports an activity is being planned from this island by the 59 DX Group (PY5ZT, PP5AVM, PP5AP, PY5BF, PP5LL, PY5HSD and PY5AG): the call should be PR59B and the dates 21-25 April. QSL via PP5LL (Jayme Lira, P.O. Box 08, 88010-970 Florianopolis - SC, Brazil). [TNX PS7AB and PY5BF] S7 - Gavin, GM0GAV will be active (on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres CW) as S79GT from the Seychelles (AF-024) between 22 April and 5 May while on honeymoon. QSL via home call. [TNX DX News Sheet] T8 - JH3FJG and JI3DLI will be active (on 6-80 metres SSB, CW and FM) as T88JR and T88DX respectively from Palau (OC-009), Belau between 20 and 25 July. QSL T8JRG via JH3FJG (Hiroshi Hayakoshi, 118-4 Angoduka, Yawata-city, 6148057 Japan). QSL T88DX via JI3DLI (Kenji Fujihara, 17-2 Higashiichikawa, Arashiyama, Nishikyo, Kyoto-city, 6160002 Japan). [TNX JI3DLI] T2 - Yamato ARC members JA1JQY, JA1KJW, JA3MCA/1 and JA8VE/1 will be active respectively as T22JY, T22KJ, T22TK and T22VE from Tuvalu (OC-015) between 2 and 9 May. Look for them on CW (CW 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897, 28007, 50107 kHz) and SSB (3798, 7080, 14197, 21270, 24937, 28470, 50107 kHz). QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY] T30 - Eight German amateurs from the Berlin DX Group - namely DJ6TF (Tom), DL2NWK (Wolf), DL2RUM (Tom), DL7BO (Tom), DL7DF (Sigi), DL7UFR (Frank), DL7VFR (Rudi) and DD6UYL (Marianne) - will be leaving Germany on 15 October for West Kiribati, where they expect to arrive on the 19th (morning T30 time). The callsigns have not been issued so far, but they have applied for a call to be used on SSB and another on CW and RTTY. They will have four complete stations (with amplifers, beams, etc.) and plans are to run three stations around the clock on all bands until the T33 group leaves for Banaba (see below). The group will depart Kiribati on 11 November. For further information please visit http://www.qsl.net/DL2RUM [TNX DL2RUM] T33 - Four operators from the German team (see T30 above) will go and be active from Banaba (OC-018) between 28 October and 2 November with three stations. [TNX DL2RUM] UA - The International North Pole Expedition (Moscow-Murmansk-Franz Joseph Land (EU-019)-Sredniy Island (AS-42)-North Pole) started on 9 April and will end on the 25th. Amateur radio activity takes place with two calls: RV3MA/0 (operator Roman) and the special Russian Robinson Club call R3RRC/0 (operated by RV3MA). QSL RV3MA/0 via RV3ACA (Elen Boychenko, P.O. Box 13 Moscow 127521 Russia). QSL R3RRC/0 via RW3GW (Valery Sushkov, P.O.Box 3, Lipetsk 398000, Russia). The web site of the Russian Robinson Club is at http://www.stinol.lipetsk.ru/~rrc [TNX RW3GW] UA - Yuri, UA0KCL plans to be active as UA0KCL/0 from Rautan Island (AS-038) for a couple of days "after 15 April". QSL via RA3DEJ. [TNX F5NZO] W - Joe, K2OLG expected to be active from NA-138 on 15 April and NA-058 on 16 April. QSL via K2OLG either direct or through the bureau. [TNX K2OLG and Islands On The Web] W - The West Jackson County Amateur Radio Club will be active as N5D between 22 UTC on 23 April and 22 UTC on the 25th to celebrate the 300th anniversary of "D'Ibervill's landing in Ocean Springs, MS". QSL to West Jackson County ARC, P.O. Box 1822, Ocean Springs, MS 59564, USA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] XX9 - VR2SS is expected to be active as XX9TSS from Taipa Island (AS-075), Macau until 9 May. Main activity will be on 6 metres (50.090 CW, 50.140 and 50.100 Mhz FM), but some activity on HF bands is planned as well. QSL to Motoi Kawattsu, 205 Mezon 3-17-15, Nishisugamo, Toshima-ku, 170-0001 Japan. [TNX JI6KVR] YI - Alex, PA3DZN [425DXN 414] is now in Baghdad, Iraq and could not take any radio equipment with him: he will contact the locals in order to obtain permission to operate, but he anticipates it may take some time to get a licence. [TNX The Daily DX] ZB - Martyn, G3RFX will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as ZB2FX from Gibraltar until 5 May. QSL via G3RFX. [TNX DX News Sheet] /EX S DX@WW $425WW415C 425 DX News #415 [3/6] 17 April 1999 No 415 $425WW415C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH MACAU ---> There is no QSL bureau for Macau, however cards sent to the local Amateur Radio Association (Associacao dos Radioamadores de Macau, P.O. Box 6018, Macau) will be forwarded to the appropriate person. [TNX The Daily DX] QSL 8J3IKD ---> Please note that all of the contacts made with this special station celebrating the 60th anniversary of Ikeda City [425DXN 411] will be confirmed automatically through the JARL bureau. 8J3IKD will be active until 30 April. QSL ET3AA ---> Please note that the *only* ET3AA log Steve, G3VMW has is for his CW operation between 18 and 30 September 1998. He is NOT the QSL manager for normal ET3AA QSOs, which are usually SSB. The current QSL route is direct to E.A.R.S., P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [TNX G3VMW] QSL K4AU/WH1 ---> "I've been advised by K4AU that all QSLs sent direct have been answered. Bureau cards are going out in bundles... as soon as he gets a certain amount he sends them out all at once." [TNX KA4IST] QSL YI9CW ---> Tom SP5AUC (ex YI9CW) has left Poland for his new assignment in Vietnam. The backlog of direct QSLs for his YI9CW operation is handled by Mirek, SP5APT. Zygi, SP5ELA is a back-up manager and has access to the YI9CW logs. If help is needed, please send an e-mail to: zygi@sp5pbe.waw.pl [TNX SP5ELA] QSL YS1JR & YS1RAY ---> Franz, DJ9ZB is the new QSL manager for John, YS1JR (ex YS1JRG) and Ray jr. (YS1RAY). He will have the logs for all contacts made starting on 1 January 1999. These are the sons of Raymundo, YS1RR, whose family also includes his brother Salvador (YS1SRD), his sister Coralia (YS1CD) and his wife Titi (YS1TT). YS1JR was the call of Raymundo's father, Jose Rodriguez, who died in 1996 after being active for more than fifty years. [TNX YS1RR] QSL ZL9CI ---> QSL manager Ken Holdom, ZL2HU (Box 56099, Tawa, New Zealand) reports the cards were received from the printer on 10 April. A six-member team has started replying to the requests received through 31 March (9,200+ envelopes) and they hope these cards will be processed and mailed within 30 June. QSL cards received after 31 March will be processed immediately after the above 9,200 envelopes. QSL cards received via the bureau (or those which do not include the necessary postage, return envelopes etc) will be processed when time permits. "If you have sent cards both directly and thru the buro", Ken says, "I would appreciate your brief NEW message to this effect and I will endeavour to eliminate duplicate responses when we process the BURO cards." Ken's e-mail address is zl2hu@clear.net.nz [TNX ZL2HU] QSL VIA G3VMW ---> Steve, G3VMW reports he has despatched all direct QSLs received so far for his recent C56SW operation from The Gambia. Cards with no return postage have been sent via the RSGB bureau together with all bureau and e-mail requests. Steve also has the logs for his 1997 & 1998 operations as 5B4/G3VMW, 5V7SW and 9G5SW and would be happy to confirm any outstanding QSOs. /EX S DX@WW $425WW415D 425 DX News #415 [4/6] 17 April 1999 No 415 $425WW415D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== QSL VIA IK7JTF ---> IK7JTF (Salvatore Borace, III Trav. Corso Roma N.C., 70010 Cellamare - BA) is the QSL manager for 4L1UN, 4L4AJ, 4L0CR, 5N9EAM, 5N9RGP, 5N99EAM, 5N99RGP, 9K2AI, A61AP, A71/9K2AI, AP2KSD, AP2MAM, BV5BG, CN8SN, CN8VK, HZ1CCA, OD5PI and TT8AM. [TNX IK7JTF] + SILENT KEY + George Sweigert, N9LC died on 23 February at 79 years of age. First licensed as W8ZIS and a World War II veteran, he was the inventor of the cordless telephone back in 1969. [TNX W3HC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH IOTA: Listings, rules and more information on the RSGB IOTA Programme are available at http://www.logiciel.co.uk/iota/ LOGS: The logs for the recent 3D2TN, T30R and T33RD operations are now available at http://www.okdxc.cz/pacific99/ LOGS (C5): Logs for the recent C56EL operation are now available at http://user.online.be/~frankyb/log.htm LOGS (S79): Doug, N6RT reports the logs of S79FAG, S79YL and S79ZG are updated daily at http://dx.qsl.net/logs (it is worth checking this site regularly as new logs are added weekly - one of the latest is the S79AG log for Erik, SM0AGD's March 1999 operation - in addition to a list of links to other logs on the net) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ QSL received via direct: 3B8CF, 3D2DX, 3D2MA, 3D2QB, 3V8BB, 3W5FM, 3W6US, 4U1WB, 5A1A, 5H3RK, 5H3US, 5N0/OK1AUT, 5R8PR (AF-057), 5U7DG, 7X2RO, 8Q7DV, 8Q7IQ, 9A7A, 9J2BO, 9M6AAC, 9M8YY, 9X0A, 9Y4/DL4MCF, A41LZ, A45XR, A71CD, AP2TJ, BA1DU, BD4DW, BD7JG, BD7NQ, BI7W (AS-139), C21ZM, C56SW, DS4BHW, E30BA, E30GA, E31AA, E44A, EP3HR, ET3VSC, EU7SA, EY8MM, FO0KOL, FO0SIL, FW5XX, HC8N, HF0POL, IH9/OL5Y (AF-018), JT1BG, KC4AAA, KH6FHX, KL7J, KP2/IK1EDC, KP3/IK1EDC, KP4/IK1EDC, OA4SS, OH1XX, PT9/PY1QN, PZ1DG, R1ASP (EU-133), RU9VA, P29CC, S79KMB, SV2ASP/A, T22JJ, T30ED, T88II, T88X, TE45C, TI1C, TT8FC, UA0FF, UA9FQF/9, V63X, V73UX, VP2V/IK1EDC, VP8CRB, VR2LC, VS96BG, XT2OW, XX9TRR, XX9TZ, XZ1N, YS1RR, Z28D, ZA0B (EU-169), ZY6XC, ZY8M (DIB-023). QSL cards received via WF5E QSL Service: 5Z4RL, 9H0A, 9H3DN, AH4/WA6FGV, AH8LG, ET3AA, HC1MD/HC4, FH5CB, FK8HC, FO0GUI, FP5AA, FT5WG, FP/N9PD, KH6CC, TL8CK, V26K, VK9LX, VP8CRB, VP8CXV, VP8TTY, YS1X. ***************************************************************************** 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 $425WW415E 425 DX News #415 [5/5] 17 April 1999 No 415 $425WW415E =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF till Jun 3DA0CA: Swaziland 411 till 06/05 4F7/SM3SGP: Cebu Island (OC-129) 412 till end Apr 5N99: special prefix (Nigeria) 414 till 30/04 8J3IKD: celebrative call (Japan) 411 till 18/04 9A1CZZ/P: Brioni Is (EU-110) * by 9As 415 till May 9G5HK: Ghana * by DL1IAL 404 till 17/05 9N7UD: Nepal * by K4VUD 413 till 2001 A92GJ: Bahrain (AS-002) * by WH6CXQ 415 till 30/04 AT0DJQ: special contest prefix * by VU3DJQ 409 till 17/04 BV3/DJ3KR: Taiwan (AS-020) 410 till 23/04 CE9R: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by CE3HDI 412 till 01/05 EG: URE 50th anniversary stations (Spain) 414 till August FK8VHU: New Caledonia 401 till December FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL 401 till December FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island 399 till 30/04 HS0ZAR: Thailand * by K3ZO 413 till 30/04 J28BS: Djibouti * by F5PHW 413 till 18/04 JA9XBW/JD1: Ogasawara (AS-031) 413 till 19/04 KH0XX: Saipan (OC-086) * by JP1NWZ 414 till 20/04 P49M: Aruba (SA-036) * by VE3MR 397 till 25/04 RV3MA/0 and R3RRC/0: North Pole Expedition 415 till 02/05 S79YL, ZG, FAG: Seychelles * by DL7AFS, DJ7ZG, DL2FAG 413 till 20/04 TL8CG: Central Africa * by IZ1CQD 412 till 09/05 TM1CW: special station (France) 413 till 17/04 TM2A: Aix Island (EU-032) * by F5BJW 413 till end Apr UA3SDK/0: Sredniy Island (AS-042) 414 till 30/04 V47XC: Nevis Island (NA-104) * by G0IXC 414 till 18/04 VK8NSB/P: Groote Eylandt (OC-141) 409 till May VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by AA5DX 403 till Sep 2000 XE1/NP2AQ: Mexico 414 till 27/11 XJ1: special prefix (Nova Scotia, Canada) 401 till 25/04 XL3D: celebrative call (Canada) 411 till 05/05 ZB2FX: Gibraltar * by G3RFX 415 till Apr ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 388 16/04-25/04 4U1ITU: ITU Geneva * by W3DQ 414 16/04-04/05 FR5ZU/T: Tromelin Island (AF-031) 415 17/04-18/04 BY1DX: China 415 17/04-22/04 EA9/JI6KVR: Ceuta 415 17/04-18/04 GM5VG/P: Islay (EU-008) 415 17/04-18/04 HQ6RCH: Little Key Island (NO-REF) 415 17/04-18/04 SVA (AthinaiRadio) * by Greek Telegraphy Club 413 17/04-18/04 EU Sprint Spring SSB Contest *** 17/04-18/04 Scottish Activity Weekend 412 from mid-April ZS8D: Marion Island (AF-021) * by ZS6DE 412 21/04-25/04 PR59B: Mel Island (SA-047, DIB 34) 415 21/04-28/04 PR5B and PT5L: Mel Island (SA-047, DIB 34) 415 22/04 HV5PUL: Vatican City 411 22/04-25/04 II2V * special A. Volta station 407 22/04-05/05 S79GT: Seychelles (AF-024) * by GM0GAV 415 23/04-25/04 IU0AIR: special event station * by I0CUT and others 415 23/04-25/04 N5D: celebrative station * by West Jackson County ARC 415 23/04-27/04 XV300S (3W6WE): Vietnam * by K2WE 415 23/04-25/04 IOTA Convention - Alicante (Spain) *** 24/04 IY0TC: Marconian station 414 24/04-25/04 SVA (AthinaiRadio) * by Greek Telegraphy Club 413 24/04-25/04 Helvetia Contest *** 24/04-25/04 SP DX RTTY Contest *** 25/04-02/05 FG/JA1WPX/P: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 415 28/04-04/05 JI3DST/6 (7N3UXO/6): Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) 413 29/04-03/05 BI5D: Zhejiang Province Group (AS-???) * by BYs 413 30/04-01/05 3D2SH, 3D2HI, 3D2TK and 3D2KZ: Fiji * by JAs 415 April 4S7IJG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by DJ4IJ 415 April 9N7RN: Nepal * by IZ6BRN 407 April DU2/DL2GAC: Batan Island (OC-093) ??? 415 April UA0KCL/0: Rautan Island (AS-038) 415 April-09/05 XX9TSS: Taipa Island (AS-075) * by VR2SS 415 01/05-10/05 A25/G3HCT: Botswana 415 01/05 AGCW DL CW QRP Contest *** 01/05-02/05 ARI Contest *** 02/05-04/05 JH6QCQ/6, JM6NWR/6, JL6UBM/6: Tokara Arch. (AS-049) 415 02/05-09/05 T22JY, T22KJ, T22TK, T22VE: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by JAs 415 03/05-07/05 G0ANA/p: Isles of Scilly (EU-011) * by GW0ANA 409 03/05-05/05 JQ1SUO/1: Mikurajima (AS-008) 415 03/05-12/05 9N7WU: Nepal * by JA8MWU 415 06/05-31/07 2S, 2A and 2T: special prefixes from Scotland 415 06/05-31/07 2C, 2X and 2W: special prefixes from Wales 415 08/05-09/05 II2V * special A. Volta station 407 08/05-10/05 JM1PXG/6: Koshiki Islands (AS-037) 413 08/05-09/05 CQ M Contest *** 08/05-09/05 Volta RTTY Contest *** 12/05-15/05 PA/ON4BAM: Ameland Island (EU-038) 411 15/05 EU Sprint Spring CW Contest *** 18/05-02/06 HS0ZCW: Thailand * by K4VUD 410 19/05-23/05 IA5/I4IOR,IK4GLV,IK4JPR,IK4RUX,IK4THF,IZ4CCO: EU-028 415 22/05-23/05 Baltic Contest *** 22/05-23/05 ITU Contest *** 23/05-03/06 OJ0/K7BV, OH0/K7BV & OH0Z: Market Reef and Aland Is 409 29/05-30/05 CQ WPX CW Contest *** /EX