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9A      - Special event  station  9A10CRO  will  be  active  during  2000  to
          celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Democratic State of  Croatia.
          QSL via 9A7K. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT      - Look for CS2MIL to be active (10 and 20 metres) on 31 December  and
          1 January to celebrate the Millennium. QSL via CT1END. [TNX CT1END]
FH      - Christian, 6W1QV  (ex-TR8SA) will  be active  (on 40-6  metres)  as
          FH/TU5AX from  Mayotte  (AF-027) for  five  months  starting  on  5
          January. QSL via F5OGL (Didier Senmartin, DASC, BP 19, 35998 Rennes
          Armees, France). [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
HB9     - 4U0G is located at the Headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva
          (UNOG), Switzerland. The call has been issued to mark the emergency
          preparedness measures  set  up at  HQ  by the  UN  Office  for  the
          Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for  the Y2K rollover  period.
          QSL via IK2BHX (bureau only). [TNX The Daily DX]
HL      - The KARL  Branch Office  of Pohang  (HL0FDU)  has been  issued  the
          special call  D90TKY  (T=Two,  K=Kilo,  Y=Year)  to  celebrate  the
          Millennium. It will be aired on  31 December-1 January. QSL  direct
          to DS5UCP or via HL0FDU (bureau).
HS      - The  Minister  of  the  Interior  has  asked  the  Post   Telegraph
          Department (PTD) to set up a Y2K support network using the services
          of amateur radio operators and other  volunteers in Thailand.  This
          is an emergency back-up measure in the event of  telecommunications
          or other failures. The  special call sign  HS2000 (QSL via  HS1CKC)
          has been  assigned to  HS0AC RAST  Club Station  for  international
          working regarding the Y2K exercise, while HS2000/1 (QSL via HS1CKC)
          has been assigned to the special  control station installed at  the
          Telephone Organisation of Thailand's "Y2K Centre". The  frequencies
          to be  used  for both  stations  will be  28.450,  21.289,  14.189,
          7.060/65 MHz, 145.800 MHz. Look for  the two stations to be  active
          until 4 January. [TNX HS0/G3NOM aand E21EIC]
I       - Amateurs living in  Rome have  been granted  permission to  replace
          their prefix (I0,  IK0, IZ0, IW0)  with the special  II0 prefix  to
          celebrate the jubilee year between 24 December 1999 and 24 December
          2000. [TNX IW0BET]
OH      - Members of  the  OH3AB club  station  will  operate  special  event
          station OH2OOO in 2000 to celebrate the Millennium. [TNX The  Daily
          DX]
OH      - Amateurs from  Finland  have been  allowed  to use  the  prefix  OG
          between 1 January and 29 February to celebrate the Millennium. [TNX
          OH2HSJ]
PY      - Ari, PT2BW will be active  as ZW2OOO until  3 January to  celebrate
          the Millennium. Look for him on PSK31, Feld-Hell, MT63, SSTV, RTTY,
          CW and  SSB. QSL  via PT2BW  either  direct (Ariosto  Rodrigues  de
          Souza, P.O. Box 03821, 70084-970 Brasilia - DF, Brazil) or  through
          the bureau. [TNX PT2BW]
PY      - Special  event  station  ZW2V  is  active  until  31  January  from
          Valinhos, Brazil. QSL  via PY2AE either  direct (Marcelo Pera,  Rua
          Ver. Fernando  Spadaccia  366, 13273-062  Valinhos-SP,  Brazil)  or
          through the bureau. [TNX PY2AE]
VK0_mac - It is confirmed that VK0LD will  be permanently QRT from  Macquarie
          as of 12 UTC  on 31 December  [425DXN 451]. In  fact, Alan will  be
          active as VK0MM (Y2K/Millennium suffix) over  the year 2000.  VK0MM
          will initially concentrate on 20 metres CW (30 wpm QSK) to give the
          maximum number of stations a new country. However he will be active
          on all HF bands CW/SSB over the year 2000 and will attempt to  work
          all major amateur population areas as  fairly as possible.  VK0MM's
          operating  schedule   will   be   available   on   his   web   site
          (http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html).   E-mail   requests    for
          confirmation that a  station is  "in the  log" will  result in  the
          station being  removed from  the log.  Duplicate QSOs  on the  same
          band/mode will result in all QSOs being automatically removed  from
          the log by the logging software. QSL information will be  announced
          in due  course. For  further information  please refer  to the  URL
          above.
VP9     - Bob, KE0UI will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as VP9/KE0UI
          from rare  Hamilton  Parish, Bermuda  (NA-005)  between  8  and  15
          January. QSL via home call. [TNX KE0UI]
ZL      - ZMY2K Hastings  Branch Station  will be  operating all  bands  with
          different operators until 14 January. QSL via bureau. [TNX ZL2AAA]
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IOTA ACTIVITY MONTH (JANUARY) ---> The following IOTA island groups fall into
the current activity  month and contacts  made with them  score three  points
towards the RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000): 
AN-005  AS-070  OC-011  OC-035  OC-059  OC-084  OC-115  OC-149  OC-189
AN-011  AS-071  OC-015  OC-036  OC-060  OC-087  OC-116  OC-156  OC-191
AS-022  AS-091  OC-016  OC-037  OC-061  OC-095  OC-117  OC-158  OC-192
AS-027  AS-092  OC-017  OC-038  OC-064  OC-099  OC-118  OC-162  OC-194
AS-038  AS-095  OC-018  OC-039  OC-065  OC-100  OC-121  OC-163  OC-201
AS-039  AS-142  OC-024  OC-043  OC-068  OC-101  OC-123  OC-167  OC-203
AS-048  OC-004  OC-028  OC-047  OC-069  OC-102  OC-127  OC-168  OC-205
AS-059  OC-005  OC-029  OC-049  OC-072  OC-104  OC-134  OC-169  OC-212
AS-061  OC-007  OC-031  OC-053  OC-073  OC-110  OC-135  OC-176  OC-218
AS-064  OC-008  OC-032  OC-054  OC-074  OC-111  OC-137  OC-178  OC-223
AS-065  OC-010  OC-033  OC-058  OC-079  OC-112  OC-142  OC-179  OC-226
For full details please visit http://www.425dxn.org/iota/iota2000

2YK JUBILEE AWARD ---> The Holy Year 2000 Award, sponsored by A.R.I. Rome, is
available to licenced  amateurs (and SWLs)  for contacts made  with ARI  Rome
members between 24 December 1999 and  24 December 2000. For full  information
please visit http://web.tiscalinet.it/ariroma or  e-mail Giovanni, IW0BET  at
iw0bet@amsat.org [TNX IW0BET]

QSL 3DA0WPX ---> The QSL manager  is ZS 6 WPX (not  ZS5WPX). Full details  at
http://www.infozone.co.za/hradio1 (click the "Latest DX Pedition news"). [TNX
N2JTX]

QSL 3W7CW & XU7AAS ---> Tom,  SP5AUC (ex-YI9CW) is currently active as  3W7CW
from Vietnam  and XU7AAS  from Cambodia.  He will  be going  to Poland  on  9
January and will be back to Vietnam in February. Cards are expected from  the
printer soon, but Tom will  start processing the  requests during his  longer
summer holidays. [TNX SP5EWY]

QSL 9H1PF ---> The QSL manager has  been K5YG since February 1997. Cards  for
contacts prior to  19 February 1997  should be  sent direct  to 9H1PF  (Peter
Ferrando, Leando, Triq L-Ghansar, Birzebbuga BBG 05, Malta). [TNX QRZ-DX]

QSL 9Y4VU ---> "I am no  loger the QSL manager for  9Y4VU", W3EVW states,  as
"he has not sent me logs for over two years". [TNX KB2NMV]

QSL FO5BI ---> The Daily DX reports  that starting 1 January 2000 F6HSI  will
not be the QSL manager for Bob any longer  and FO5BI will handle his own  QSL
chores.

QSL UA0QBA  --->  Nikolay,  EU6TV  reports the  new  address  for  UA0QBA  is
Aleksandr Sinyakov, Box 51, Vitebsk 210001, Belarus (QSL direct only).

QSL V26  ---> Several  Team Antigua  members were  active with  V26 calls  in
October and November. Please note the following QSL managers, as according to
KA2AEV "several of the QSL directories have messed up our QSL routings":
V26A  via WB3DNA     V26DX via KU9C     V26R  via KA2AEV     V26YR via W2YR
V26AK via N2TK       V26J  via WX0B     V26SW via K3SW
V26AU via DL6LAU     V26OC via N3OC     V26SZ via KM5SZ
V26B  via WT3Q       V26OX via K3OX     V26U  via W2UDT

QSL VK9RS --->  QSL manager I1HYW  reports he has  received the cards  (three
different designs: four-side,  two-side and  plain bureau  cards) for  OC-230
from the printer. He is  still waiting for  the last logs  to arrive, but  he
will start processing the requests he  can confirm during these days. QSL  to
Gianni Varetto, P. O. Box 1, 10060 Pancalieri - TO, Italy.

TAIWAN ---> The Daily DX gives  information about the new callsign  structure
in Taiwan: BX#?? = all bands, max 800 watts; BV#?? and BM#?? = all bands, max 
600 watts; BX#??? = 15 and 10 metres only; BM#??? and BV#??? = VHF/UHF only.
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HUNTING LIONS:   The 29th annual Huntting Lions in the Air Contest will  take
                 place on 15-16  January. The contest  is to commemorate  the
                 birthday of Melvin Jonesa, the founder  of Lionism, born  on
                 13  January  1879.   The  rules  can   be  downloaded   from
                 http://www.sarl.org.za/contests/lionita.htm [TNX VU2JHM]

IOTA JAPAN:      Do you have a card from a JA station you cannot identify the
                 IOTA Ref.No. of? The IOTA-JA team  maintains a help list  at
                 http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ba2/jim/iota_e.html    [TNX
                 JQ1HBT]
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CALL          MANAGER      CALL          MANAGER      CALL          MANAGER
=============================================================================
3B8/I5JHW     I5JHW        D2/EA1BF      EA8EE        T32BE         WC5P
3D2AA         VE6VK        D2BF          EA8EE        T32PO         N5PO
3D2AG/R       3D2AG        DF2OOO        bureau       T88JA         JA6BSM
3D2RW/R       ZL1AMO       DH2OOO        bureau       T88LJ         JH8DEH
3DA0WPX       ZS6WPX       DL1SCQ/C6A    DL6DK        T92D          T91AVW
3F1XVH        N0JT         DL2SCQ/C6A    DL6DK        T97M          K2PF
3F2CTM        HP2CTM       EA9AU         EA9IB        TA3DD         KB2MS
3F99PCR       HP1PCR       ED1NNN        EA1FFE       TF8SM         N5FTR
3W6AP         HL2AQN       ED7VCF        EA7EMB       TI4CF         N6TR
3W6DK         N0ODK        EJ7NET        HB9ASZ       TJ1GD         SP9CLQ
3W6KM         ES1WN        EP3HR         I2MQP        TK5XN         F2YT
3XY2D         VE2DPS       ER0N          UT7ND        TM5G          F5LMJ
4F2DX         PA3GKI       ER2000A       ER1DA        TO2OOO        ON4LCE
4L1UN         IK7JTF       ER2000B       ER1BF        TR8CA         F6CBC
4S7DA         W3HNK        ER2000C       ER5AA        TT8FC         EA4AHK
4S7FEG        DL7FER       ER2000D       ER4DX        TU5IJ         I2AOX
4S7YSG        JA2BDR       ER2000F       ER1FF        TU5JL         W3HNK
4X6HI         KG2FH        ER2000L       ER1LW        TZ6VV         KB0VV
5H3MG         IN3YYQ       ER2000O       ER1OO        UE1QNY/3      RN3OA
5H4IR         ZS6EZ        ER2000U       ER1AU        UE4HNT        RW4HT
5H9IR         ZS6EZ        EX2M          W3HNK        UE4HNY        UA4HUR
5N9CEN        IV3VBM       EY8XX         GW3CDP       UN7QF         W8JY
5R8FL         F5TBA        FK8VHY        F6CXJ        UN7VX         IK2XYU
5T5U          JA1UT        FM5GU         KU9C         V31JP         KA9WON
5X1Z          SM6CAS       FO0DEL        ON5AX        V51GP         W8RXR
6W1/F6BUM     F6BUM        FO0EEN        LA1EE        V63LJ         JH8DEH
6W4RK         F5NPS        HB0/DL1RWB    DL1RWB       V73CW         AC4G
7Q7BO         ZS5BBO       HI8/K8WK      K8WK         VC2K          VE2PJ
8P9EM         G3VBL        HR5/F2JD      F6AJA        VQ9NL         W4NML
8Q7BX         I4ALU        HS0ZCW        K4VUD        VQ9PH         W2JDK
8Q7JL         JL6MSN       HV0A          IK0FVC       VQ9QM         W4QM
9A99F         9A1EZA       II5ONU        IK5KKW       VU2BMS        DL2GAC
9AY2K         9A1A         IJ0WTD        I0WTD        VY1JA         KB5IPQ
9G1MR         IK3HHX       IJ0ZKZ        I0ZKZ        W2FXA/VP9     W2FXA
9G5ZW         OM3LZ        J59OFM        IZ3BIY       WY2OOO        K4MQG
9H3EH         G0GSD        JD1BIC/JD1    JD1BIC       XE1NVX        EA5XX
9J2BO         W6ORD        JW5NM         LA5NM        XM1YX         VE1YX
9M2TO         JA0DMV       JY5SK         W9XY         XU7AAV        G4ZVJ
9N1AA         N4AA         JY9NE         N3FNE        XU7AAY        IN3ZNR
9N1HA         N5VL         KC4AAA        K1IED        XU7AAZ        IN3ZNR
9N7UD         K4VUD        KG4RF         K8RF         XW1UD         K4VUD
A35RK         W7TSQ        KH0AC         K7ZA         XX9SAR        7M1STT
A6/YI1HK      KK3S         KH4/W4ZYV     W4ZYV        XX9TND        JO3TND
A61AO         N1DG         LX9PC         LX2RH        XX9TUH        7N2KUH
A61AP         IK7JTF       LZ0A          LZ1KDP       XX9TVI        7K1OUO
A61AS         YO3FRI       M2000A        G4DFI        XX9TXX        7K3XEI
AA1AC/VP9     AA1AC        M2H           G0REP        YE2K          YB2PBX
BT20OO        BA4EG        MJ/PA3GIO/P   PA3GIO       YI1SEA        WA3HUP
BX2000        BV4YB        N5T           N5VT         YM21TA        TA3YJ
BX4AF         BV4ME        NZ7Q/KH4      N6ZVA        YN9HAU        HR1RMG
BX7AA         BV7WB        OD5/F5SQM     F6FYA        YQ0TM         YO2BP
BY1DX         OH2BH        OH9SCL        OH9HNP       YR2000        YO4KCA
C91RF         DL6DQW       P29VHX        DJ9HX        YZ75AJH       YU7AJH
CE8/R3CA      UA9OBA       P40AV         K4AVQ        YZ75EBC       YU1EBC
CE9/R3CA      UA9OBA       PA/SV0SS      pirate       ZC4FL         5B4FL
CG2DX         VE2STN       PY0FT         JA1ELY       ZD9BV         W4FRU
CG9HF         VE9HF        PZ5JR         K3BYV        ZK1AXA        ON5AX
CN8KD         EA5XX        RO3A          UA3DX        ZK1DLL        LA9DL
CO2OR         F6FNU        RP3APC        UA3DX        ZK1VMM        LA6VM
CO8ZZ         DK1WI        RS3A          UA3DX        ZK1XKK        LA7XK
CP6XE         IK6SNR       SU3/DL4HRH    DL4HRH       ZS8D          ZS6EZ
CQ0ODX        CT2GZE       SU9ZZ         OM3TZZ       ZV2000        PR7AA
CT1A arrl 10m CT1GFK       SV0SS         pirate       ZY35COM       PY7COM
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5N0WFU  Ludwig, P.O. Box 453, Abuja, Nigeria
5R8ET   Solofo Randrenjason, B.P. 404, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
5R8FT   Eddy Rahamefy, B.P. 404, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
5R8GL   Michel Bon, B.P. 342, 201 Antsiranana, Madagascar
9A1A    P. O. Box 108, HR-10001 Zagreb, Croatia
BA4EG   P. O. Box 122-001, Shanghai 200122, China
CT1GFK  Toze, P.O. Box 468, 8700 914 Olhao, Portugal
CT2GZE  Jose Marta, P.O. Box 128, 2530-909, Lourinha, Portugal
DJ9HX   Uwe Jaeger, Eschenstrasse 16, D-74196 Neuenstadt-Stein, Germany
DL1RWB  Reiner Graf, Rudolf-Breitscheid-Str. 7, D-19348 Perleberg, Germany
DL2GAC  Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18, D-88677 Markdorf, Germany
DL6DQW  Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstrasse 34, D-01468 Boxdorf, Germany
ER1AU   Valentin, P.O. Box 270, MD-2043 Chisinau, Moldova
ER1BF   Valery, P.O. Box 3250, MD-2044 Chisinau, Moldova
ER1DA   Valery, P.O. Box 3000, MD-2071 Chisinau, Moldova
ER1FF   Alex, P.O. Box 270, MD-2043 Chisinau, Moldova
ER1LW   Viacheslav, P.O. Box 112, MD-2012 Chisinau, Moldova
ER1OO   Vlad, P.O. Box 328, MD-2002 Chisinau, Moldova
ER4DX   Vasily, P.O. Box 3351, MD-2044 Chisinau, Moldova
ER5AA   Vasily, P.O. Box 10, MD-3903 Cahul-3, Moldova
F5LMJ   Alain Tuduri, 25 rue de Jussieu, 44300 Nantes, France
F5TBA   Joel Champeaux, 372 rue Robert  Le Coq, 80000  Amiens, France 
FK8VHN  Didier Lavisse, Caserne Normandie, B. P. 12, 98842 Noumea Cedex, New
        Caledonia
G4ZVJ   Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, HG4 1UA, U.K. 
HL0C    Hanyang University Wave Research Club, CPO Box 4397, 100-643 Seoul,
        Korea
IN3ZNR  Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
IZ3BIY  Lodovico Gottardi, Via Colonne 13, 30022 Ceggia - VE, Italy
JD1BIC  Shiro Hazama, 3-7 Taura, Yokoskua, 237-0075, Japan
JI3DST  Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka
        545-0021, Japan
JH8DEH  Akira Miyata, 4-28-5, Minami Nishi 23 Jyou, Obihiro 080-2473, Japan
K1IED   Larry F.Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT 06074, USA
K8RF    Dan Flaig, 2101 Ronaldson Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45230-1510, USA
K8WK    Steve Litwins, 2398  Woodbine Dr., Crestview, FL  32536, USA
KU9C    Steven M. Wheatley, P. O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054, USA
LA8G    Radioamatorklubben P35, Postboks 941, Sentrum, N-7409 Trondheim,
        Norway
N5PO    Lee Ward, 203 Meandering Way, Weatherford, Texas 76086-2731, USA
N6KI    Dennis Vernacchia, 8993 Covina St, San Diego, CA 92126, USA
ON5AX   Willy Dellaert, Leemstraat 95, B 2910 Essen, Belgium
RA0FN   Viacheslav Davidenko, ul. Yuzhno-Zelenaya 80-22, Uglegorsk, Sakhalin
        694900, Russia
RW4HT   Igor A. Likhobabin, P.O. Box 1220, Togliatti, 445032, Russia
SV2ASP  Monk Apollo, Monastery Dochiariou, GR-63087 Mt. Athos, Greece
TA3YJ   Nilay Mine  Aydogmus, P.O. Box  876, 35214 Izmir,  Turkey
TY8G    Radioamatorklubben P35, Postboks 941, Sentrum, N-7409 Trondheim,
        Norway
UA3DX   Nick Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Odintsovo-10, 143000, Russia
UT7ND   Gene Chumakov, P. O. Box 5235, Vinnitsa, 21018, Ukraine 
UT7QF   Igor Serikov, P.O. Box 4597, Zaporozhye 69006, Ukraine 
UX2VZ   Vladimir B. Fomichenko, P.O. Box 123, Kirovograd 25009, Ukraine
VE6VK   Russ A. Wilson, 1235 Richland Road N.E., Calgary, AB T2E 5M5, Canada
YB2PBX  P. O. Box 337, Surakarta 57103, Indonesia
Z31CN   Jane Atanasov, P.O. Box 73, Kocani, 92300, Macedonia
Z31FK   Dimitar Jordanov, Toso Arsov 40, Kocani, 92300, Macedonia
ZS6EZ   Chris R. Burger, Box 4485, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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