S DX@WW $425WW547A 425 DX News #547 [1/4] 27 October 2001 No 547 $425WW547A =========================== *** 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@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@IK1MJJ.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3W - The IOTA DXpedition to Cham Island (AS-???) [425DXN 545] is now scheduled to take place on 17-22 April 2002. Shu/JA6IEF, Yuki/JI6KVR and Hau/3W6LI plan to operate with two stations on SSB and CW. QSL via EA5KB. For further information please visit http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage25.htm [TNX JI6KVR] 4X - Dov, 4Z4DX and Paul, 4X6UU will operate from Stela Maris Lighthouse (ISR-004) starting around 13 UTC on 17 November. On their way to the lighthouse they will be active from a few Holyland Award squares starting around 3 UTC. [TNX 4Z4DX] 5W - Bill, W7TVF will be active from Samoa (OC-097) between 20 November and 10 December. The call is not known yet. Operation will be on all bands from 160 to 6 metres and the mode will be mostly CW. Special attention will be given to Europe and Africa on the low bands during favorable grayline. Further information, including on-line log serach, will be available at http://www.air-internet.com/~w7tvf [TNX NW7O] 9M6 - Jani, YB0US will be operating as 9M6US from the Hillview Gardens ARC in Sabah from 26 October until 6 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as 9M6A (SOAB HP). All QSL via N2OO. [TNX N2OO] 9N - Micha, DL7VMH will be active as 9N7MH from Nepal between 28 October and 5 November. He will operate mainly CW on 17 metres and a second band to be decided upon arrival. [TNX The Daily DX] CE0_est- Andy, HB9JOE and Fred, HB9AAQ will be visiting Easter Island (SA-001) between 4 and 8 November and plan to be active in their free time as CE9Y/home call on 10-40 metres CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX HB9AAQ] E3 - The E30NA [425DXN 543] team is transmitting from near Asmara and there will be no operation from AF-038 due to power and other local problems. Damaged notebooks prevent them from operating digital modes; for the same reason on-line logs will not be available during the activity. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (Multi-Single) and will go QRT on 2 November. QSL via DL5NAM. More details are available at http://www.qsl.net/e30na [TNX DF4RD] E4 - Due to local conditions, Gunter, E4/OE1GZA had to cancel his planned activity during the CQ WW SSB Contest [425DXN 539]. Updates on his future operations will be posted on http://sites.netscape.net/vr2gz/amateurradioe4 FG - Robert, N4CD will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) as FG/N4CD from Guadeloupe on 15-30 November. QSL via N4CD. [TNX N4CD] HI - Julio, AD4Z/HI3K reports he will be back home at HI3K and HI3J (his father's station) between 21 November and 9 December. He will operate on all bands mostly CW with an emphasis on 160 metres and the WARC bands. Any arrangements for QSO will be welcome via e-mail to USA002@hotmail.com. Julio will also participate in the CQ WW DX CW and ARRL 160m Contests. QSL via AD4Z. I - Operators from ARI La Spezia will operate special event station IY1SP until 31 December to commemorate Guglielmo Marconi's experiments in 1901 and 1931. IY1SP will be active during the CQ WW SSB, CQ WW CW, Memorial Marconi VHF and Italian 40/80m Contests. Special QSL card via I1FNX either direct (c/o Sezione A.R.I. La Spezia, P. O. Box 45, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IW1PDP] JA - Masafumi, JA6GXK will be active again from the lighthouse on Mejima, Danjo Islands (AS-056) on 6-15 November, 27 November-6 December and 27 December-7 January. These are likely to be his last operations from this island. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Take, JI3DST will be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079) between 7.00 UTC on 29 December and 00.00 UTC on 5 January. QSL to JI3DST either direct (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan) or preferably through the bureau. [TNX JI3DST] KC4_ant- Chris, N3SIG is active (mainly on 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB) as KC4/N3SIG from the McMurdo Station (WABA K-09) on Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica until March 2002. QSL via AI3D. Special QSOs can be arranged by sending an e-mail to n3sig@arrl.net [TNX OPDX Bulletin] LU - The CRMMA Radio Club from Merlo, Buenos Aires will operate (on 10, 15 and 20 metres CW, RTTY and PSK31) L82D on 29 October to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Marambio Antarctic Base. QSL via LU8DR (CRMMA, P.O. Box 47, 1722 Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina). [TNX WC6DX] OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/p to be active on 40 and 20 metres SSB from Als Island (not IOTA, DIA JY-001) on 2 November starting around 16 UTC. QSL via bureau or direct to Jakob Pedersen, Hvamvej 47, DK-7500 Holstebro, Denmark. [TNX OZ7AEI] PJ4 - Peter, PA3CNX will be active as PJ4/PA3CNX from Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles on 5-30 November. Look for him on or around 3790, 7070, 14340, 28440, 29580 (FM) and 50110 kHz. QSL via PA3CNX either direct or through the bureau. His web site is at http://home.wxs.nl/~cnx [TNX PA3CNX] R1_ant - Alex, RA1PC (and possibly Alan, UA1PAC as well) will be a member of the next wintering expedition to Russian Antarctic Base "Vostok" (R1ANC, IOTA AN-016, WABA UA-010). The QSL route will be via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE] SM - SM7DAY and SM7NGH will be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres CW and SSB) from Ven Island (EU-137) on 9-11 November. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM7NGH] YV - Gilberto, IZ1DLV will be active from Los Roques (SA-035) between 30 October and 11 November. Gilberto's licence is being issued and will operate on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres SSB. QSL direct only to IZ1DLV (Gilberto Bonasegale, P.O. Box 7039, 16148 Genova - GE, Italy). XT - The Voodoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (24-25 November) as XT2DX (Multi-Multi) from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Operators will include G3PJT, G3SXW, G3XTT, G4BWP, G4IFB, G4PIQ, KC7V. QSL via G3SXW. [TNX G3SXW] ZL - Andy, GM0NWI will be active (mainly on 20 and 40 metres CW QRP) as ZL/GM0NWI from New Zealand between 30 October and 24 January. QSL via home call. [TNX GM0VRP] /EX S DX@WW $425WW547B 425 DX News #547 [2/4] 27 October 2001 No 547 $425WW547B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== AFRICAN TOUR ---> Mike, DF8AN reports he plans to visit and operate from Kenya (5Z) on 2-5 and 15-17 November, Tanzania (5H) on 5-7 November and the Seychelles (S7) 8-15 November. QSL direct to DF8AN either direct (Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, D-37154 Northeim, Germany) or through the DARC bureau. THE EUROPEAN TRIANGLE (CQWW SSB) ---> It is often thought that working Europe and working *from* Europe means one and the same thing. A group of serious contesters decided to run a single-op all-band CQ WW SSB effort from three different corners of Europe. They expect huge differences in their final tally which will be published and analyzed. This will also provide those who plan to be around during the contest weekend with an opportunity for making some interesting observations. The stations involved in this experiment are: 1: CT7B, Northern Portugal (40.20N - 08.42W) by Martti Laine, OH2BH 2: OH0MM, Aland Islands (60.40N - 20.00E) by Ville Hiilesmaa, OH2MM 3: SV9CVY, Crete Island (35.33N - 25.13E) by Bernd "Ben" Och, DL6FBL Web sites are at http://www.dl6fbl.de/sv9cvy and http://www.qsl.net/ct1eeb/ [TNX N4GN] CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> Other operators who have announced their partecipation in this year's event include: - Hamad, 9K2HN as 9K9X (SOAB). QSL via bureau. [TNX 9K2HN] - Juan Carlos, CO8TW as SOSB (10 metres). QSL via IZ8CCW and on-line logs at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/ [TNX CO8TW] - E21EIC, E20RRW and HS0XNO as E21EIC (Multi-Single). QSL via home call. Other participants from Thailand include HS5AYO (SOAB LP, QSL via CBA), HS1CKC (SOAB HP, QSL via CBA), HS4BPQ (SOSB 15m LP, QSL via E21EIC), HS9EQY (SOAB LP, QSL via E21EIC), E20HHK (SOSB 20m LP, QSL via E21EIC). [TNX E21EIC] - Pekka, OH1RY as EA8AH from the Canary Islands. QSL via OH1RY. [TNX The Daily DX] - Don, G3XTT as MJ0C (SOSB on 15 or 10 metres, depending on conditions) from Jersey. QSL via G3XTT. - The Mid Lanark ARS contest group as GM0B (Multi-Multi) from Dunnet Head, most northerly point of the United Kingdom. Further information at http://www.qsl.net/mm0bhx/gm0b/new-page-1index.htm [TNX GM0EGI] - A group of German and Swiss operators as HB0/HB9AON from Liechtenstein. QSL via DJ2YE. [TNX DX Newsletter] - Pedro, HC1OT as HC8Z from Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004). QSL via NE8Z (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z] - JA6WFM/HR3, JM6EBU/HR3 and JM6UAA/HR3 as HR3J (Multi-Single). QSL via JA6VU (Masaaki Kano, 712 Kagami-machi, Yatsushiro-gun, Kumamoto 869-4203, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR] - I3BQC/p, IK3ABY/p, IK3BPN/p and IK3BSM/p with individual entries from Ottagono degli Alberoni (EU-131, IIA VE-041). QSL via home calls. [TNX I3BQC] - A group of operators from the Northern Italy DX and Contest Team as IO4T. QSL direct only to IK4XCL (Roberto Bellotti, Via G.Graziosi 6, 41100 Modena - MO, Italy). [TNX IK4RQJ] - Fabrizio, IN3ZNR as IR3Z. QSL via IN3XUG. [TNX IN3XUG] - IK0NFV, IK0LNN and other operators from Rome as IQ0N (Multi-Single). [TNX IK0LNN] - Andrea, IV3SKB as IQ3X (SOSB 10 metres). QSL via IV3HAX. [TNX IV3SKB] - Bob, LU2FA and Seba, LU4FPZ as LT5F (Multi-Single) with an emphasis on 80 metres. [TNX LU4FPZ] - Sergio, LU7YS as SOSB (20 metres) High Power from San Martin de los Andes in Patagonia. [TNX LU7YS] - Olli, OH0XX as OA4BA (SOAB). QSL for this operation only to Olli Rissanen, #599, 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA. - Jef, ON4ACA and others as OT1C. QSL via ON4ACA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX ON4ACA] - KK9A from Aruba (SA-036) as P40A (SOSB on 20 metres). QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX The Daily DX] - Serge, RA0JJ as SOSB (80 metres) from Zone 19. Look for him on 3785-3800 kHz. QSL to Serge Smirnoff, P.O. Box 1, Blagoveschensk, 675000, Russia. [TNX RA0JJ] - Marco, TI3TLS as TI3M. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX EA5KB] - N0KE from Costa Rica as TI5X (SOAB QRP) from TI5KD's station. QSL for TI5X and TI/N0KE via N0KE. [TNX The Daily DX] - F5PAL, F8BGV, F8CFO, F8DFP and F8NAN as TM9W from France. QSL via F8BGV. This special call will be used until 9 November. [TNX F8BGV] - Bogdan, YO2LIF as YP2A. QSL via YO2KAB (P.O. Box 100, 1900 Timisoara, Romania). [TNX YO2LIF] - Luis, ZP5WBM as ZP2W. QSL via ZP5CGL. - Jim Neiger, N6TJ from the ZW5B station as SOAB. [TNX The Daily DX] Give also a look to the listing of announced operations maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2001.html /EX S DX@WW $425WW547c 425 DX News #547 [3/4] 27 October 2001 No 547 $425WW547c =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH CQ CONTEST LOGS ---> Due to security concerns, CQ Communications asks all participants in CQ-sponsored amateur radio contests to submit their logs electronically [425DXN 546]. In order not to damage contesters who still use paper logs, the CQ WW Committee has appointed a few individuals who will collect paper logs and mail them to CQ. One of them is CQ WW Committee member Paolo Cortese, I2UIY (P.O. Box 14, 27043 Broni - PV, Italy). [TNX I2UIY, i2uiy@cqww.com] NCDXF ---> At its Board of Directors meeting on 23 October 2001 in San Francisco, CA, the Northern California DX Foundation (http://www.ncdxf.org/) re-elected the following officers and directors: President Len Geraldi K6ANP Vice President Al Burnham K6RIM Secretary Tom McShane NW6P Treasurer Bruce Butler W6OSP Director Rusty Epps W6OAT Director Dave Pugatch KI6WF Director Chuck Ternes N6OJ Director Steve Thomas N6ST Director Glenn Vinson W6OTC Newly elected directors are Steve Merchant, K6AW and Ken Anderson, K6TA. QSL 3B6RF ---> All direct requests have been processed and cards have been mailed by HB9AGH and N3SL. The team is still $ 25,000 short due to the additional costs for the last minute change in their planned transportation ("without this last minute expenses, the expedition would not have been possible", Fred, HB9AAQ says). Donations are therefore still gratefully welcome and anyone contributing with $ 15 ore more will receive a CD with a slide show of the trip. QSL GB0HI ---> The QSLs for the Hilbre Island (EU-120) GB0HI May 2001 operation have finally arrived from the printers. and Paul, G0WRE will begin answering direct requests next week. Bureau requests will be processed after all direct request currently held have been answered. The web site for the operation is at http://qsl.net/g0wre [TNX G0WRE] QSL HC8A ---> Steve, KU9C is the new QSL manager for HC8A. Current QSL routes for other stations active from Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (SA-004) are: HC8GR via N5KO, HC8L via N2AU, HC8N via AA5BT, HC8Z/HD8Z via NE8Z. [TNX N5KO] QSL KL7AK/P ---> As of 17 October, 2001 QSL cards for the KL7AK/P (NA-053) expedition were printed and N6AWD is currently answering direct requests. QSL WH6ASW/KH2 ---> Ray, WH6ASW/KH2 is leaving Guam in a few days, returning to Hawaii. His new address for QSLing is Ramon E. Fabree, P.O. Box 1693, Aiea, Hawaii 96701, USA. Any mail sent to his previous Guam address will be forwarded. All future QSL request should go to the address above. [TNX N4NX] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH NIGER 2002: The web site for the January-February DXpedition to Niger [425DXN 542] is at http://www.qsl.net/niger-2002 and it includes a survey form for your band/mode needs. Further information will be added when the details are finalized. [TNX I2UIY] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct:3B6RF (AF-001), 3C5J, 3D2AG/P (OC-060), 3D2CI (OC-112), 3D2RW (OC-095), 3V8DJ, 3Y0C, 4U1VIC, 5R8HA (AF-090), 5V7TD, 6A1A, 7Q7DX, 9E1S, 9H0A, 9L1DX, 9Q0AR, A41LZ, CE0ZIS, E29DX (AS-145), EM1KCC, EM1KY, FG/DF4OR, FK8GM, FO/DL7FT, FP/K9WM, FP/NN9K, FR/F6KDF/T, H76C (NA-212), HK5QGX/0M, HO1A, HR6SI (NA-035), J48SAM (EU-174), J5X, J79CGA (NA-101), JM6CIP/6 (AS-037), JT1Y, JW7FJA, KL6/KD6WW (NA-087), KL7AK/P (NA-053), KP2/KG6OK, MU0FAL, OD5NH, OJ0/LA6YEA/P, OJ0/LA9VDA/P, OY9UR, PJ2/G0WKW, PJ2/G3RFX, PJ5/UA1ACX (NA-145), PT0T, RK2FWA, S21YT, T48Z, T5X, T88LL (OC-009), TA0/LZ3ND (EU-186), UK8LA, UN5J, UN7LZ, V73E (OC-087), V73GT (0C-028), VK4AWX (OC-137), VK9CXJ (OC-003), VK9NS, VP5/K5CM, XU7ABT, XU7ABV, YK1AO, YM0MA (EU-186), YS1CF, ZC4DW (AS-004), ZL7/G3SXW, ZL7/G3TXF, ZL75. ***************************************************************************** 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 $425WW547D 425 DX News #547 [4/4] 27 October 2001 No 547 $425WW547D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF till 06/12 3B8/ON4LAC: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 533 till 03/11 3D2MH: Fiji (OC-016, OC-121, OC-156) * by DL1MHM 543 till 30/10 5B4/hc, P3A: Cyprus (AS-004) * by UAs 546 till 30/10 AC8G,N6NR,N7YX,WA8LOW,W8ILC/6Y5, 6Y6L: Jamaica(NA-097) 546 till 29/10 9M6TBT: East Malaysia * by KD3TB and KD3RF 546 till 06/11 9M6US: Sabah, East Malaysia * by YB0US 547 till 01/11 A52DA, A52CB, A52PC, A51B, A52SL, A52ED, A52ST: Bhutan 541 till 29/10 hc/C6A & C6AKO: Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas * by Ws 545 till 31/10 CE6TBN/7: Chiloe Island (SA-018) 544 till 26/11 CT3: Madeira (AF-014) * by DJ6QT (CT9L) 546 till 02/11 E30NA: Eritrea * by DLs & OE 547 till 2002 EM1HO: Galindez Island (AN-006) 513 till December FO0DEH: OC-094, OC-062, (French Polynesia) * by ON4QM 545 till 30/10 FG/T97M: Guadeloupe 546 till 05/11 FO0ARE: Rurutu (OC-050), Australs * by HA9RE 545 till 10/11 FO/SP9FIH: Nuku Hiva (OC-027), Marquesas Islands 545 till 31/10 FP/AC8W and FP/K8DD: St. Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 546 till 30/11 H44MA: Malaita Island (OC-047), Solomons * by VK2GR 545 till 31/10 GH4BJC/p: Jersey Island (EU-013) * by G0WFH 544 till 29/10 GM3WOJ/p, GM4YXI/p, GZ7V: Shetland Islands (EU-012) 543 till 28/10 II1ARI: special event station from Torino 530 till 31/10 J6R: St. Lucia (NA-108) * by K3LP 546 till 30/10 J75WX, J79WB, J79DA, J79LR, J79AA: Dominica (NA-101) 545 till March KC4/N3SIG: McMurdo Station, Ross Island (AN-011) 547 till 17/11 MM0LEO; Scotalnd * by W3LEO 545 till 31/12 OE75: special prefix (Austria) 504 till 29/10 P29JA: Papua New Guinea * by JG7AMD 546 till 28/10 SV9/DL6FBL and SV9CVY: Crete 545 till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543 till 04/11 TI2/SM4DHF: Costa Rica 545 till 30/11 TM5SIA: special event call (France) 546 till 04/11 V2: Antigua (NA-100) * by Ws 546 till 28/10 V63HJ: Micronesia * by JE1LES 545 till 29/10 VB2V: Zone 2 545 till 31/12 VI30RC: special station (Australia) 535 till Jan VK0KMT: Davis Base (VK-03), Antarctica * by VK4KMT 537 till 04/11 VK9KNE & VK9KND: Norfolk (OC-005) * by SP9PT & SP9EVP 539 till 30/10 VP5/WA2VYA, K2WB, N2VW & VP5T: Providenciales (NA-002) 543 till 31/10 VY0/7K1WLE or AK2M/VY0: Cornwallis Island (NA-009) 545 till 10/11 XU: Cambodia * by F5TYY, F6BFH, F6EGG, F9IE 543 till Oct 2002 ZD9IR: Gough Island (IOTA AF-030) * by ZS6RI 544 till 28/10 ZF2MU: Cayman Islands (NA-016) * by K4BI 546 till 01/11 ZK1: Manihiki (OC-014), North Cooks 529 till 03/11 ZK1: Penrhyn (OC-082), North Cooks*by JR2KDN & JI1NJC 541 till 08/11 ZL#/PA0MIR: New Zealand & islands 543 26/11-02/12 FS/W2AZK and FS/KF2HC: Saint Martin (NA-105) 543 26/10-29/10 KH0A: Saipan (OC-086) * by JF1MIA 546 27/10-04/11 9G: Ghana * by W7XU, K5AND and W0SD 545 27/10-28/10 A50A: Bhutan 541 27/10-28/10 AH2R: Guam (OC-026) * by JAs 545 27/10-28/10 D44TC: Sal Isl (AF-086) * by Marconi Contest Club 541 27/10-28/10 FY5KE: French Guiana * by Fs and FYs 545 27/10-28/10 GD6IA: Isle of Man (EU-116) * by K1JB and K1EU 546 27/10-28/10 HR3J: Honduras 541 27/10-28/10 IG9A: Lampedusa (AF-019) * by Is and others 546 27/10-28/10 IH9P: Pantelleria (AF-018) * by Is and others 546 27/10-28/10 J3A: Grenada (NA-024) * by Ws 546 27/10-28/10 J49Z: Crete (EU-015) * by IK8HCG and IK8UND 541 27/10-06/11 JT1FCY and JT1FCZ: Mongolia * by I1QOD and I1ZB 544 27/10-05/11 OX3IPA: Greenland * by OZ5AAH/OZ5IPA 543 27/10-28/10 XP1AB: Greenland (CQ WW DX SSB) 537 27/10-28/10 YN2EJ: Nicaragua * by W5GCX, K5LBU, G3UML 543 27/10-28/10 CQ Worldwide DX Contest (SSB) *** 28/10-05/11 9N7MH: Nepal * by DL7VMH 547 29/10 L82D: special station (Argentina) 547 30/10-11/11 YV: Los Roques (SA-035) * by IZ1DLV 547 30/10-24/01 ZL/GM0NWI: New Zealand 547 31/10-12/11 8Q7QQ: Maldives (AS-013) * by HB9QQ 539 Oct-Dec IY1SP: special Marconi station 547 October YC9BU/3: OC-237 531 01/11-18/11 SN45KDU: special event station (Poland) 524 01/11-08/11 T2T & T2SIX: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by JAs 546 01/11-04/11 XE: Isla de Lobos (NA-???) * by XE1RCS 545 01/11-13/11 ZK1: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 529 01/11-26/11 ZM8CW or ZL8CW: Kermadec Islands (OC-039) * by ZL3CW 545 02/11-05/11 5Z: Kenya * by DF8AN 547 02/11-05/11 JI1PLF/1, 7N1GNK/1, 7N4PVR/1: Hachijo Island (AS-043) 545 02/11 OZ7AEI/p: Als Island (DIA JY-001) 547 03/11-04/11 Ukrainian DX Contest *** 04/11-08/11 CE9Y/HB9JOE and CE9Y/HB9AAQ: Easter Island (SA-001) 547 04/11 High Speed Club CW Contest *** 04/11 IPA Contest (SSB) *** 05/11-07/11 5H: Tanzania * by DF8AN 547 05/11-30/11 PJ4/PA3CNX: Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles 547 06/11 HV5PUL: Vatican City 546 06/11-15/11 JA6GXK: Danjo Islands (AS-056) 547 08/12-15/12 E29AL: Tarutao Island (AS-126) 545 08/11-15/11 S7: Seychelles * by DF8AN 547 09/11-11/11 SM7DAY and SM7NGH: Ven Island (EU-137) 547 09/11-10/11 Japan International DX Contest (SSB) *** 09/11-11/11 Seanet Convention (Kota Kinabalu) 523 10/11-11/11 OK/OM DX Contest (CW) *** 10/11-11/11 WAE DX Contest (RTTY) *** 15/11-17/11 5Z: Kenya * by DF8AN 547 15/11-30/11 FG/N4CD: Guadeloupe 547 from 16/11 VP6: Ducie Island (OC-182) 545 /EX