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3W     - Steve, WB2KHO plans to operate (on 10, 15, 20 and possibly 40 metres
         SSB) from Vietnam on  5-16 November. His  possible callsign will  be
         3W2SF. QSL via WB2KHO. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M6    - JA1BRK, JA1HGY, JA1RJU, JK1OPL,  JA2ADH and JA8GQZ  are going to  be
         active (on 10-160 and 6 metres, SSB,CW and RTTY, with an emphasis on
         RTTY and 6 metres) from East Malaysia. Look for 9M6/JA1HGY (QSL  via
         JA1HGY), 9M6/JK1OPL (QSL via JK1OPL),  9M6/JA8GQZ (QSL via  JA8GQZ),
         9M6TDC guest operated by  JA1BRK (QSL via  JA1BRK) and 9M6LSC  guest
         operated by JA2ADH (QSL via JA2ADH)  on 8-11 November, while  JA1RJU
         will be signing  9M6JU (QSL via  Home call) on  8-15 November.  [TNX
         JA1HGY]
HK0    - Gerd, DL7VOG  will operate  (mainly CW  and  RTTY) from  San  Andres
         Island (NA-033) on 8-29 November. [TNX VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
HL     - Special call DT2001PAF will be used  until 4 November by KARL  Pyong
         Taek branch operators to celebrate the 4th Agriculture Festival. QSL
         via DS2AXU either  direct (Sang Yong  Yun, P.O.Box  80, Pyong  Taek,
         450-600, South Korea) or through the bureau. [TNX DS2AXU]
I      - Tony, IK8VRH will be active as IB0/IK8VRH in his free time from  the
         islands of Ventotene  (EU-045, IIA  LT-011) and  Ponza (EU-045,  IIA
         LT-001) between 1 November and 15 December. [TNX IK8VRH]
I      - Look for  IK7JWX/p, IZ7AUH/p  and IZ7CRW/p  to  be active  from  the
         lighthouse at  Capo  San Vito  (WAIL  PU-011, ARLHS  ITA-041)  on  4
         November. [TNX IK7JWX]
KH2    - Hiro, JA5XAE will be active as KH2/JA5XAE from Guam on 3-4 November.
         Look for him on 7007, 10107,  14007, 18077, 21007, 24907, 28007  and
         50117 kHz CW; 7077, 14177, 18137, 21277, 24937, 28477 and 50117  kHz
         SSB. QSL via  JA5XAE (Hirokazu Yano,  1-3-7 Minami-machi,  Matsuyama
         City, Ehime 790-0856, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR]
ON     - Belgian amateurs are allowed to replace their ON or OT prefixes with
         OQ until 31 December. This special  prefix was issued on 26  October
         to honour the birth of princess Elizabeth. [TNX ON4UN]
OZ     - Jakob, OZ7AEI has cancelled his 2 November operation from Als  Islan
         [425DXN 547] due to business commitments. [TNX OZ7AEI]
R1_ant - Alex, RA1PC  [425DXN  547]  is working  for  the  AARI  (Arctic  and
         Antarctic Research  Institute) and  will be  QRV as  R1ANC from  the
         Russian Antarctic  Base "Vostok"  (IOTA  AN-016, WABA  UA-010)  from
         early November until late January 2002. He will then be replaced  by
         Alan, UA1PAC, who will stay there and operate as R1ANC until January
         2003. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE]
T2     - "Tuvalu Team" (JH7OHF, JJ1LIB, JN1HOW, JQ1KNH) [425DXN 546] has been
         delayed and now plans are to operate  as T2T (HF) and T2SIX (6m)  on
         3-11 November. [TNX The Daily DX]
TJ     - Eduardo, EA2TV and Javier, EA2COL will be in Cameroon between 11 and
         23 November, working on the installation of some VHF and HF stations
         in hospitals and  missions in a  project from "Radioaficionados  Sin
         Fronteras". During their spare time they plan to operate (mainly SSB
         with possibly some  RTTY and  CW) as  TJ2RSF. QSL  via EA4AHK.  [TNX
         EA5RM]
VE     - Linda, VE9GLF and Len,  VE9MY plan to  be active (on  15, 20 and  40
         metres) from Graves Island (not IOTA,  CISA NS-041) after 20.30  UTC
         on 5  November. QSL  via home  calls either  direct or  through  the
         bureau. [TNX VE9MY and Islands On The Web]
W      - Look for Silvano, KB5GL/5  to be active  (on 20, 17,  15, 12 and  10
         metres SSB) from Grand Isle (NA-168) on 2-4 November. QSL via  KB5GL
         (Silvano Amenta,  5028 Hearst  St, Metairie,  LA 70001,  USA).  [TNX
         KB5GL]
XE     - XE1VIC, XE1ME, XE1JG,  XE1YJY, XE1ZOI  and XE1KK  are the  operators
         currently signing XF2RCS  from from Isla  de Lobos  in the  Veracruz
         State North group (NA-221) until 4 November. QSL via KA9WON  (Lonnie
         Miller, 12618 Thistle Ridge  Close, Roscoe, IL  61073, USA) or,  for
         Mexican stations only, via XE1KK. The web page for the operation  is
         at http://www.xe1rcs.org.mx/islalobos.html [TNX XE1YJS]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Tommy, VK2IR reports he has changed his plans and will  not
be active  from Midway  Island any  longer [425DXN  545]. He  now expects  to
operate from Tonga (A3) and Niue (ZK2) between 22 November and 3 December.
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DXCC NEWS ---> ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L reports that OJ0VR  (Market
Reef) and HK5QGX/0M (Malpelo Island) have been approved for DXCC credit.  The
documentation has been reviewed and they are now OK. Anyone who has submitted
them and had  them rejected, can  contact DXCC to  have their record  updated
without having to re-submit the card(s). Otherwise, they can be included with
the next submission. 

EU-182 ---> UX0FF/P, UX3FW/P, UR5FEO/P, UR5FJF/P and UT4FA/P made around 2500
QSOs from Ochakovskiy Island (EU-182) on  19-21 October. QSL via home  calls.
[TNX UX0FF]

QSL TM9R ---> Jean-Pierre, F9RM reports he was the QSL manager for TM9R  only
for the contest activities back in 1992.

QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> Cezar, VE3LYC is now able to confirm [425DXN 539] that  he
is the  QSL manager  for Jack,  VY0/W2NTJ for  his last  operation from  Long
Island (NA-173). Cezar  has the paper  log covering the  period 13  August-15
October 2001; Jack will send the ramaining part of his NA-173 log after he is
back home. The QSL cards will  be printed shortly. QSL  direct only to  Cezar
Trifu, 410  College  St., Kingston,  Ontario  K7L 4M7,  Canada.  "Please,  no
requests at this  time for previous  operations carried out  by Jack",  Cezar
says.

QSL   VIA    W3HC    --->   The    following    comes    from    Mac,    W3HC
(http://macswitch.tripod.com/macsindexpage/): "I  will  not accept  any  mail
that does not have a return address on the envelope. Today (31 October) there
were 12  envelopes, both  domestic  and foreign,  that  did not  have  return
addresses on."
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EWWA:         Steve, G0OYQ  has  redesigned the  web  site for  the  European
              WorldWide Award, which is available at http://www.ewwa.net [TNX
              F6FQK]
QSL ROUTES:   A collection of QSL routes for stations active during the  last
              week's   CQ    WW   DX    SSB   Contest    is   available    at
              http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/cqssb01.htm [TNX EA5EYJ]
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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2WR       JH7OHF      HC8N        AA5BT       T88XE       K6VNX
3GOY        DK7YY       HC8Z        NE8Z        T88ZY       K6VNX
4E9RG       DU9RG       HD8Z        NE8Z        TI2/SM4DHF  SM4DHF
4L1DA       DL7BY       HJ0QGL      N0JT        TI3M        EA5KB
4L6VV       UA6EZ       HR3J        JA6VU       TI5X        N0KE
4S7RO/6Y5   G0IAS       HS0/OZ1HET  OZ1ACB      TM0H        F5SJH
4W/CU3FT    CT1EEB      HS4BPQ      E21EIC      TM5SIA      F2WS
4W/N7RO     pirate      HS9EQY      E21EIC      TM9W        F8BGV
4W1RO       pirate      HZ1AB       K8PYD       TR0A        OM3LZ
5N0NHD      JH8BKL      IG9A        I2MQP       TT8DX       F5OGL
5U7JK       I2YSB       IH9P        KR7X        UN3G        DL4BBU
5V7BR       F5RUQ       IO4C        IZ4DPV      V26A        WB3DNA
5W0MO       OM2SA       IO4T        IK4XCL      V26AA       NA2AA
6W1/F5JJW   F5JJW       IQ3X        IV3HAX      V26B        WT3Q
6Y5/N6HR    N6HR        IQ5UON      I5KKW       V26E        AB2E
6Y6L        WA8LOW      IY1SP       I1FNX       V26EW       N2ED
7O1DX       pirate      J28VS       F4DBF       V26O        N5NJ
7Q7RV       ZS6DX       J3A         WA1S        V26OC       N3OC
7X5JF       DJ8QP       J6R         K3LP        V26TZ       W3HNK
8P5A        W2SC        J75J        KR4DA       V26U        W2UDT
8Q7KT       HB9KT       J75WX       W4WX        V26YR       W2YR
8Q7LM       DL7ULM      J79AA       W9AAZ       V29K        N2TK
9G5AN       W7XU        J79DA       KR4DA       V31BD       N6FF
9G5KW       W7XU        J79LR       W1LR        V31MX       K0BCN
9G5XU       W7XU        J79RL       DL9DRA      V63HJ       JE1LES
9K9X        9K2HN       J79WB       N2OO        V63SC       JM1LBO
9L1BTB      SP7CDG      JA6WFM/HR3  JA6VU       V85RH       JH7FQK
9M6A        N2OO        JD1BKZ      JE2DWZ      V8A         JH7FQK
9M6TBT      KD3TB       JT1FCY/7    I1QOD       VB2V        NB1B [a]
9M6US       N2OO        JT1FCZ/7    I1QOD       VB2V        VE3BY [b]
9M8R        W7EJ        JW5NM       LA5NM       VE2/N1NK    N1NK
9N7DK       OE4MDA      JW7FD       LA5NM       VK0KMT      VK4KMT
9N7MH       DL7VMH      JY9NX       JH7FQK      VK2JBQ      SP9EVP
A25/DK5KK   DK5KK       K4FK        WA4WTG      VK2JBR      SP9PT
A52DA       KW4DA       KC4/N3SIG   AI3D        VK4AWX      KC6AWX
A52PC       N0ADQ       KC4AAA      K1IED       VK7ACK      KI6T
A52ST       W0HT        KC4USV      K1IED       VK9KND      SP9EVP
A92DX       pirate      KH0A        JF1MIA      VK9KNE      SP9PT
AH2R        JH7QXJ      KP4/KH2RU   KP4FRD      VP2E        N2AU
AP2JZB      K2EWB       L21I        W3HNK       VP2EAC      NH7CC
C6AKO       W5OXA       L80AA       LU4AA       VP2EJS      K5MR
C6ARB       W5UE        L82D        LU8DR       VP2EMH      K5NZ
CE1WBY      CE3WDH      L99D        LU7DW       VP2ERC      N5QQ
CO2TK       F6FNU       LP1F        LU5FC       VP2ERD      N0AT
CO8TW       IZ8CCW      LQ0F        LU5FF       VP2EWC      W5WW
CQ1CV       CT1ETE      LT1F        LU1FKR      VP5/K2WB    K2WB
CQ7O        CT1ALF      LX5A        LX1RQ       VP5DX       NU4Y
CT7B        OH2BH       MJ0C        G3XTT       VP5T        N2VW
CT9L        DJ6QT       NH7A        M0FCR       VQ9PO       W3PO
CU3P        CU3CY       OH0MM       OH2MM       VQ9SS       N6SS
CX2AQ       EA5KB       OH0Z        OH1EH       VU2HFI2001  VU2APR
D2EYE       OZ1ACB      OT1C        ON4ACA      VY0/7K1WLE  JN1HOW
D44TC       IV3TAN      OT1H        ON5YR       W5OXA/C6A   W5OXA
D68JC       WB4MBU      OX2K        OZ1ACB      WH6ASW/KH2  WH6ASW
E20HHK      E21EIC      OX3IPA      OZ5AAH      WP2Z        KU9C
E30NA       DL5NAM      OX3LG       OZ1ACB      XP1AB       OZ1ACB
E44/OZ6ACD  OZ1ACB      OY3QN       OZ1ACB      XQ1ZW       CE3WDH
EA8AH       OH1RY       OZ7D        OZ1ACB      XU7ABW      F6BFH
EP2AA       pirate      P29JA       JG7AMD      XW0X        XW2A
ER3BAH      pirate      P40A        WD9DZV      YN2EJ       G3UML [c]
EX/K4ANA    W2PS        P40W        N2MM        YN2EJ       K5LBU  [b]
EX8QB       IK2QPR      P49I        K4PI        YP2A        YO2KAB
EZ8CQ       I2JSB       PJ2Z        N9AG        YT6A        YU1FW
F8KFA/P     F5SZX       PJ7/K7ZUM   K7ZUM       YV4A        W4SO
FO/HG9B     HA8IB       PY0FM       JA1VOK      ZD7VC       ON4CAT
FO/SP9FIH   SP9FIH      RM9A        UA9ACJ      ZF2MU       K4BI
FP/AC8W     AC8W        SV9CVY      DL6FBL      ZK1AKX      VE7XF
FP/K8DD     K8DD        T2DX        W4WET       ZK1APM      VE7XF
FY5FU       F5PAC       T2SIX       JH7OHF      ZK1ASQ      VE7XF
GH4BJC/P    G0DBX       T2T         JN1HOW      ZK1KDN      JR2KDN
GZ7V        ZS5BBO      T77GO       T70A        ZK1NCP      JR2KDN
H44MA       VK2GR       T88CC       K6VNX       ZK1USA      ZK1CG
HB0/HG50RT/p HA6NL      T88JF       K6VNX       ZK1VVV      VE7XF
HC1HC       NE8Z        T88PG       K6VNX       ZL#/PA0MIR  PA0MIR
HC8A        KU9C        T88PW       K6VNX       ZM8CW       ZL3CW
HC8GR       N5KO        T88TW       K6VNX       ZP2W        ZP5CGL
HC8L        N2AU        T88WX       K6VNX       ZX0F        W3HC

[a]  US stations
[b]  others
[c]  Europe and Africa
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A50A    Bhutan Amateur Radio Club (BARC), P.O. Box 88, Thimphu, Bhutan
A92GM   Rev. Mike Mikstay, COMUSNAVCENT, Fleet Chaplain Office, FPO AE
        09501-6008, USA
CE3WDH  Sergio Del Gaudio, P.O. Box 240-3, Santiago, Chile
CE6TBN  Marco Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile
CT1ALF  Francisco Felizardo, P.O. Box 45, 2501 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
CT1EEB  Jose Emanuel Ribeiro de Sa, P.O. Box 79, 3860 Estarreja, Portugal
CT1ETE  Paulo Pinto, P.O.Box 1026, 4811-908 Guimaraes, Portugal
DL6FBL  Bernd Och, Chr.-Wirth-Str. 18, D-36043 Fulda, Germany
HA8IB   Karoly Szabo, Fuzesgyarmat, Aradi U. 42, 5525, Hungary
I1FNX   c/o Sezione A.R.I. La Spezia, P. O. Box 45, 19100 La Spezia - SP,
        Italy
I1QOD   Alberto Frattini, Via S. Domenico 69, 17027 Pietra Ligure - SV, Italy
IK4XCL  Roberto Bellotti, Via G.Graziosi 6, 41100 Modena - MO, Italy
IK8PGM  Roberto Duca, Viale Europa 184, 80053 Castellammare di Stabia - NA,
        Italy
IS0A    P.O.Box 76, I-09000 Cagliari, Italy
IZ1DLV  Gilberto Bonasegale, P.O. Box 7039, 16148 Genova - GE, Italy
IZ8CCW  P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JA6VU   Masaaki Kano, 712 Kagami-machi, Yatsushiro-gun, Kumamoto 869-4203,
        Japan
JG7AMD  Yoshi-hiro Shoji, 168-5 Yokaichi, Odaki, Esashi, 023-1131 Japan
JH7OHF  Katsushi Ono, 15-10 Gamokotobuki, Koshigaya, 343-0836 Japan
JN1HOW  Toshihiko Niwa, 1081-8 Sakae, Kitakawabe, 349-1213 Japan
K2PF    Ralph G. Fariello, 23 Old Village Rd, Hillsborough, NJ 08844-4008,
        USA
KA9WON  Lonnie Miller, 12618 Thistle Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA
KC7V    Michael C. Fulcher, 6545 E Montgomery Rd., Cave Creek, AZ 85331, USA
KU9C    Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
KW4DA   Dave Anderson, 712 Baneberry Court, Asheville, NC 28803, USA
LU5FC   Jesus Rubio, San Juan 2694, Rosario 2000, S.F., Argentina
LU8DR   CRMMA, P.O. Box 47, 1722 Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
NE8Z    Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA
OZ1ACB  Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
OZ5AAH  Ben Jakobsen, 9 Knoldager, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark
PA0MIR  Nico van der Bijl, Lepelblad 129, NL 1441 VH Purmerend, The
        Netherlands
PA3AXU  Gerard Dijkers, NAPO 550, 3509VP Utrecht, The Netherlands
RA0JJ   Serge Smirnoff, P.O. Box 1, Blagoveschensk, 675000, Russia
SP9FIH  Janusz Wegrzyn, P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
ST2BSS  Khartoum Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport, Khartoum,
        Sudan
UA9ACJ  Henry Litvinov, P.O.Box 737 Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk obl, 456775,
        Russia
UR5QBB  Roman P. Guzenko, Moskovska 42, Melitopol, Zaporizka obl, 72304,
        Ukraine
US7QQ   Anatoliy I. Karachanov, Dzerzhynskogo 412/42, Melitopol, Zaporizka
        obl, 72316, Ukraine
UX7QJ   Nikolaj S. Goenko, P.O. BOX 30, Melitopol, 72311, Ukraine
UY5YY   Pavlo P. Guzenko, Moskovska 42, Melitopol, Zaporizka obl, 72304,
        Ukraine
VE1JS   John Scott, General Delivery, Sandy Cove, NS Canada B0V 1E0
VE7XF   Ralph Parker, 5330 Wallace Ave, Delta, BC, V4M 1A1, Canada  or
        P.O. Box 22, Point Roberts, WA 98281, USA
W3VPR   Arundel Radio Club Inc., P.O. Box 308 , Davidsonville, MD 21035, USA
W7K     Radio Club of Tacoma, Box 11188, Tacoma, WA 98411, USA
WH6ASW  Ramon E. Fabree, P.O. Box 1693, Aiea, Hawaii 96701, USA
XW0X    Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659 Vientiane, Laos
YC9WZJ  Joni Salim, P.O. Box. 127, Sorong 98401, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
YO2KAB  P.O. Box 100, 1900 Timisoara, Romania
ZK1CG   Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, via New Zealand
ZL3CW   Jacky Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe 1800, New Zealand
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