22 January 2000
No 455
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3B6 - Preparations for the DXpedition to
Agalega (AF-001) [425DXN 453] continue. The multi-national team
includes HB9BXE (team leader), 3B8CF, 4X4DK, DJ9ZB, F5II, G3KHZ,
HB9AFI, HB9AHL, HB9AJW, HB9BQI, HB9BQW (YL), HB9CRV, HB9FMU,
HB9JAI, HB9JAX, HB9JBI, NF6S and on operator from Japan to be
announced. They will reach Agalega on 5 October; all-band
all-mode operations are expected to start on the 7th and close
down on the 23rd. The operating licence and landing permit have
been assured by the relevant local authorities and will be issued
in the next few months. The budget for the DXpedition is 160,000
CHF. Contributions can be sent to UBS, P.O. Box 757, CH-6301 Zug,
Switzerland (account number 273-246454.01X for Swiss Francs or
273-246454.60F for US$, remark: "Agalega Expedition"),
while donors from Switzerland can use the Post Cheque Konto
60-77949-1 (remark: "Agalega Expedition"). Sponsors and
donors can contact Joe Meier, HB9AJW (100450.540@compuserve.com)
for further information. [TNX HB9FMU]
5Z - Jim/G3RTE, David/G3UNA, Phil/G3SWH,
Rob/5Z4RL, Ian/5Z4IC and Graham/5Z4GS will be active as 5Z4WI
from Wasini Island (AF-067) on 8-15 March. They plan to be active
with two stations, one on CW and the other on SSB on a 24 hours a
day basis. Propagation permitting, they expect to operate on all
bands from 160 to 10 metres, with the exception of 30 metres,
which is not presently permitted in Kenya. All contributions
thnkfully received. QSL via G3SWH, either direct (Phil
Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ,
United Kingdom) or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX G3SWH]
8P - Glenn, VA3DX will be active (on all
bands CW, SSB and RTTY) as 8P9DX from Barbados (NA-021) between
23 January and 6 February. He will participate in the CQ WW 160
Meter DX CW Contest (28-30 January). QSL via either VE3ICR or
VA3DX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
8Q - Bert, PA0LPE is expected to sign 8Q7PA
(CW and SSB) from the Maldives (AS-013) between 19 January and 3
February. QSL via PA0LPE. [TNX PA0LPE]
9G - Andy, G4ZVJ (see ET and XW_XU below)
will be active (CW only) as 9G5VJ from Ghana on 7-20 March. He
will participate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (11-12 March).
QSL via G4ZVJ (Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon HG4 1UA, UK).
Andy's web site is at http://www.g4zvj.demon.co.uk. [TNX G4ZVJ]
DU - Thomas, DU1/DL4OCM is active (on 10-160
metres CW, RTTY, SSB and RS13) from the Philippines (OC-042)
until 1 February. On 22 and 23 January he and 4F1RWW will operate
from Cebu Island (OC-129) mostly on 20 metres CW (QRP). QSL via
DL4OCM either direct (Thomas Steinmann, P. O. Box 1117, D-37162
Uslar, Germany) or through the bureau (bureau cards can be
requested by e-mail at dl4ocm@qsl.net).
Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/dl4ocm. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
CE0_jf - DL2OAP, DL3DXX, DL7UFN, DK1BT and
DK7YY will be active from Isla Robinson Crusoe, Juan Fernandez
(SA-005) between 17 and 29 February. They will operate as CE0ZX
or CE0ZY with two stations on 10-160 metres (with an emphasis on
the low bands) CW, RTTY plus some SSB and PSK31. QSL via DK7YY
either direct (P.O. Box 700343, 10323 Berlin, Germany) or through
the bureau. [TNX DF3CB]
EA8 - Weather permitting, the Gran Canaria DX
Group will be active (mainly on 20 metres SSB and CW) as ED8GCR
from Roque Ceniciento (AF-004, DIE S-309) between 8 UTC and 14
UTC on 13 February. QSL via EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN]
ET - Andy, G4ZVJ will be in Ethiopia between
24 February and 7 March. He plans to be active (CW only) as a
guest operator with a call to be announced. QSL via G4ZVJ (see 9G
above). [TNX G4ZVJ]
FG - Lars, SM0CCM will be touring the
Caribbean [see FM and J7 below] until 17 February. Look for him
to be active as FG/SM0CCM from Guadeloupe (NA-102) between 14 and
17 February. He plans to operate at least 4 hours a day on 10-80
metres (mostly CW). QSL via bureau to SM0CCM. [TNX SM0CCM]
FH - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will be
active (on 10-80 metres CW only) as FH/G3SXW and FH/G3TXF from
Mayotte (AF-027) between 22 and 31 January. QSL via home calls.
[TNX The Daily DX]
FM - Lars, SM0CCM will be active [see FG
above] as FM/SM0CCM from Martinique (NA-107) between 19 and 23
January. QSL via bureau to SM0CCM. [TNX SM0CCM]
HC8 - Look for N5KO, K6AW, W6OTC and HC1OT to
operate as HC8N (Multi/Two) from the Galapagos (SA-004) during
the CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest (12-13 February). QSL via AA5BT.
[TNX The Daily DX]
HL - 6K2K is the special Millennium callsign
being used by KARL (Korean Amateur Radio League) through 31
December. QSL via HL0HQ (KARL, CPO 162, Seoul, Korea). [TNX HL0C]
I - I5BQN, I5KKW, IK5YKY and IK5ZWU have been
active as II5ONU since 12 December 1999. They will use this
special UNICEF call until 31 January. QSL via I5KKW either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX I5KKW]
I - ARI Cosenza members will operate special
event station II8CS between 10 and 20 February during a radio
exibition. Look for them on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and possibly
SSTV. QSL via IZ8CCW either direct (P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza -
CS, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
I - Members from A.R.I. Reggio Emilia will be
airing special call IO4ARI on 19-20 February. QSL via bureau or
direct to P.O. Box 178, 42100 Reggio Emilia - RE, Italy. [TNX
IK4MSV]
I - IU1W is the contest call Joe, I1WXY will
be using during this year's major events, including ARRL CW/SSB
and CQWW CW/SSB. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX I1WXY]
J3 & P4 - After his operation from
Anguilla (see VP2 below) Bill, W5SJ will be active as P4/W5SJ
from Aruba (SA-036) and J3/W5SJ from Grenada (NA-024) between 2
and 10 February. [TNX The Daily DX]
J7 - Lars, SM0CCM will be active [see FG
above] as J73CCM from Dominica (NA-101) between 24 January and 13
February. He plans to give 6 and 160 metres a try from J7. QSL
via bureau to SM0CCM. [TNX SM0CCM]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active as
JI3DST/6 from Tanega-Shima, Osumi Archipelago (AS-032) between 7
UTC on 26 February and 1 UTC on the 28th and from Koshiki Islands
(AS-037) between 17 and 20 March. Look for him on 10, 12, 15, 17
and 40 metres. QSL via JI3DST either direct with 1 IRC (Takeshi
Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021,
Japan) or preferably through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JW - LA5UF, LA6YEA, LA9VDA and LA9IAA will be
active as JW5UF, JW6YEA, JW9VDA and JW9IAA from Svalbard (EU-026)
between 12 and 21 February. They plan to operate 24 hours a day
with two stations on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY on request. They
will participate in the ARRL International DX Contest (CW) on
19-20 February. QSL for all via LA9VDA. [TNX LA9VDA]
KP2 - Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV (k7bv@aol.com), the new trustee for
the WP2Z station, will be on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
(NA-106) doing antenna hurricane damage repair work between 24
January and 1 February. He will operate as NP2/K7BV when the work
schedule allows. He will also be signing WP2Z during the CQ WW
160 Meter DX Contest (CW). All QSLs via KU9C. [TNX K7BV]
P2 - Elmer Ribeyro, who operated as 7Q7DX
from Malawi until October 1998, is now active from Papua New
Guinea as P29DX (the call has been reissued, as it was used by
Stephen Telenius-Lowe, G4JVG several years ago). QSL for both
7Q7DX and P29DX can be sent direct only to Dr. Elmer Ribeyro,
Esparza Sopas Hospital, P.O. Box 112, Wabagenga Province, Papua
New Guinea or to QSL manager EA4CEN either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX EA4CEN]
P4 - Miika, OH2BAD will be active as P40MH
from Aruba (SA-036) between 30 January and 6 February. He will
concentrate on the WARC bands CW and SSB. QSL via OH2BAD. [TNX
OH2BAD]
PJ - Ernest, ON4CFD will be active (with an
emphasis on 40 and 80 metres) during the UBA Contest (SSB) on
29-30 January as PJ2I or PJ9/ON4CFD from Curacao (SA-006),
Netherland Antilles. QSL via ON4CFD either direct (Ernest
Lichtert, Wolvenstraat 101, 1070 Brussels, Belgium) or through
the bureau. [TNX ON4CFD]
PY - Look for PS8FN/PR8 to be active (on 10,
15, 20 and 40 metres SSB) from Sao Luis Island (SA-016, DIB 07)
between 1 UTC on 21 January and 17 UTC on the 23rd. He is
expected to be on the Brazil Dx Net (Saturday and Sunday, 28.430
kHz, 12-14 UTC). QSL via PS8FN. [TNX PP5SZ]
S7 - Look for Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF
to be active (CW only) as S79SXW and S79TXF from the Seychelles
on 3 February after their operation from Mayotte (see FH above).
They already stopped here for a couple of days on their way to
FH. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Otto, UA4WAE and Dima, RW4WM will
participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (CW) as UA4WAE. QSL
via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 1646, Izhevsk, 426075, Russia.
[TNX UA4WAE]
V7 - Tom, N4XP and Mike, N6MZ will be active
from the Marshall Islands starting on or around 22 January.
Callsigns and length of stay not known so far. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK - Bernie, VK4EJ reports he will be active
as AX4EJ on 26 January to celebrate Australia Day. Look for him
from midnight to midnight local time (from 14 UTC on the 25th to
14 UTC on the 26th). Special card via VK4EJ.
VK0_mac - Alan, VK0MM (QSL route TBA) has
announced there will be "no Europe scheds until April".
His next operating schedule as follows:
23 January 0200-0300z CW 21.003/08 JA/HL/UA0/UA9
23 January 0300-0400z CW 21.003/08 South America, Caribbean
24 January 0930-1130z CW 10.103/08 USA/VE/XE
25 January 0930-1130z CW 10.103/08 JA/HL/UA0/UA9
VP2E - Bill, W5SJ will be active as VP2EJ
from Anguilla (NA-022) between 22 January and 2 February. He plan
to operate on all bands CW and SSB with a serious effort in the
CQ WW 160 Meter DX CW Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP6 - Jukka, OH2BR [425DXN 449] left New
Zealand on 17 January and is expected to reach Pitcairn Island
(OC-044) on the 24th. Jukka will be operating (on 6-160 metres
CW, SSB and RTTY) as VP6BR until early May. Jukka will consider
side trips to rare IOTA Henderson (OC-056) and Ducie (OC-182)
islands if transportation is available at reasonable cost. QSL
via OH2BR (Jukka Heikinheimo, P.O. Box 37, FI-01361 Vantaa,
Finland). Check http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/ for latest
information.
XW_XU - Andy, G4ZVJ will be travelling (with
G3WAQ) to Laos and Cambodia between 24 January and 24 February.
Andy hopes to obtain permission to operate from Laos and will be
active (CW only) as XU7AAV (with an emphasis on 80 metres to
Europe and North America) from Cambodia the first week of
February. QSL via G4ZVJ (see 9G above). [TNX G4ZVJ]
YS - Miika, OH2BAD will be active as
YS1/OH2BAD from El Salvador between 7 and 13 February. QSL via
OH2BAD. He will concentrate on the WARC bands CW and SSB. [TNX
OH2BAD]
ZK1_nc - Adriano, IK2GNW/ZK1GNW has been in
the North Cook Islands since 14 January but was not able to
operate due to problems with his radio. His QSL manager (I2YSB)
sent him a new rig via DHL, which was expected to arrive on 16
January. Latest information is that the radio is still in
Auckland (New Zealand). Adriano will leave for the South Cooks on
27 January and will then decide whether to continue his tour
[425DXN 454] or to return home. [TNX I2YSB]
ZK1 - Peter, HB9BMY will be active (CW only)
as ZK1XXC from Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cook between 27 February
and 11 March. He might also operate from Penrhyn (OC-082), North
Cook depending on availability of local flights. Look for him on
+/- 14.040, 21.040 and 28.040 kHz (there will be no low band and
no WARC activities). QSL via buro to HB9BMY. [TNX HB9BMY]
ZK2 - Al/K7CA and Bill/W7TVF plan to be
active (mostly on CW) from Niue (OC-040) on 7-20 February. They
will concentrate on the low bands, especially on 160 metres. Look
for them on Topband (probably on a frequency above 1830 kHz)
everyday between their sunset (6 UTC) and sunrise (17 UTC).
Antennas are a homebrew top loaded vertical with lots of radials
and beverages for RX. [TNX NW7O and SM7AED]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
2000 SWODXA DX DINNER ---> The
Southwest Ohio DX Association announces the Fifteenth
Annual DX Dinner to be held on Friday, 19 May at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton OH. Tickets must be purchased
in advance and seats will be assigned on 12 March. For
further information please visit http://members.aol.com/SteveB4622/
or contact Steve Bolia, N8BJQ at n8bjq@erinet.com. [TNX
N8BJQ]
IVORY COAST ---> Pat, F6BLQ reports
the prefix plan for TU amateur radio licences is going to
change. The new prefixes will go from TU0 to TU9
according to the various provinces (Abidjan TU2, Bouake
TU4, Yamoussoukro TU0, San Pedro TU9, etc).
LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND ---> During last
year's event 218 amateur radio stations were established
at lighthouses and lightships in 39 countries. This year
the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will take
place from 00.01 UTC on 19 August until 23.59 UTC on the
20th. This is not a contest, each station decides how
they will operate their station regards modes and bands.
For further information please contact Mike Dalrymple,
GM4SUC at gm4suc@compuserve.com.
PIRATE ---> Maurice, ON4BAM/M0CIL
reports he is receiving cards for CW contacts on 40
metres made with M0CIL/C6A on 29-30 July. These contacts
were made with someone pirating his call, as Maurice did
not operate CW. His logs are available at http://www.qsl.net/on4bam.
QSL 4U1UN ---> Cards should be sent
to P.O.Box 3873, NY, NY 10017, USA. If you are still
waiting for your card, Gerald Smith, W6TER suggests to
contact Mohamed Jendoubi (jendoubi@un.org email),
the person at the UN responsible for QSLing directly with
your request/complaint.
QSL GJ4GG ---> The Daily DX reports
that GU4GG will close the logs for GJ4GG (1990-1999) on
31 July 2000. QSL direct to Derek Wintle, 4 Hautville,
Alderney, GY93UA, Channel Islands, U.K.
QSL IY4FGM ---> Anton Mario, IK4UPU
has been the new QSL manager for IY4FGM (the station
operating from the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation at
Pontecchio) since 25 November 1999. He has the logs back
to 1992 included. Bureau cards (preferred method) can be
requested at ik4upu@amsat.org.
[TNX IK4UPU]
QSL PS8HF/p ---> Pedro, PP5SZ is not
the QSL manager for PS8HF/p (1999 operation from SA-025).
Cards should be sent to QAP Piauiense, P.O. Box 110,
Teresina - PI, 64001-970 Brazil. [TNX PP5SZ]
QSL ZL8RS ---> If you are still
waiting for your Kermadec (November 1998) card from Bob,
ZL1RS, please be patient. "I have been away working
for a humanitarian organisation in Sri Lanka for all of
1999", he says, "and have not been able to
reply to QSL cards. I have processed about 1/2 the
outstanding cards and hope to do the rest of the QSL's
very soon. Thanks for your understanding." [TNX
IK1HSR]
QSL VIA DL6ZFG ---> DL6ZFG (Rolf
Rahne, P.O. Box 15, D-39241 Gommern, Germany) provides
the list of the stations he is the current manager for:
4K2BY 1 Jan 93-31 Dec 93
4K4BEU 1 Jan 90-31 Oct 93
4K2CC 1 Jan 92-31 Mar 92
4K4BEU/A only May 93
4K2OKV 1 Jan 91-31 May 93
4K4BEU/p only July 93
4K2/4K4BAT 1 Jan 92-31 Jul 93
4K4BG 1 Jan 91-31 Oct 93
4K2/UV3CC 1 Dec 90-30 Apr 91
R100R only May 95 (EU-133)
4K4BAT 1 Jan 92-31 Jul 93
RA9LI/9 only Jul-Sep 95 (AS-089)
4K4BAT/A only Mar/Apr 93
RA9LI/9 since 2 Jan 1999 (AS-083)
4K4BEM 1 Jan 91-31 Aug 93
UV3CC/UA1P 1 Jan 89-31 Mar 89
The following logs were closed on 31 December 1999 as
previously announced [425DXN 443]:
RM8MW (1 Jan 91-31 Dec 93)
UL0A (1 Jan 91-30 Sep 93)
UL0ACI (Aug 90)
UL7ACI (1 Jan 90-30 Sep 93)
UM8MY (1 Jan 91-31 May 93)
UN0AA (Oct-Dec 93)
QSL CARDS (PRINTED/SENT) ----> Thanks
to SM7AED, Eolian DX Team and SP2BIK for the following
information:
Jean-Paul, F5QT reports that the cards for his
5R8GJ activity are expected from the printer in
late January or early February.
Cards for contacts made with ID9/IT9FCC &
ID9/IT9NGN (EU-017, 1999 IOTA Contest) and
IT9FCC/9, IT9HLN/9 & IT9NGN/9 (EU-166, 17
August 1999) must be printed again due to some
mistakes in the first print.
Jurek, reports that all of the cards for SN2KM
(Krynica Morska lighthouse) have been sent. If
you have not received yours, please contact Jurek
at sp2bik@pro.onet.pl
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
IOTA 2000: Alan Jubb, G3PMR has created an
Excel spreadsheet that automates the tracking of your progress
towards the IOTA 2000 award. It may be downloaded from Alan's web
site at http://www.shacklog.co.uk.
[TNX G3PMR]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) ***
till 31/01 3Z8IMA: special station (Poland) 453
till 31/12 3Z: special prefix (Poland) 454
till 31/12 6K2K: Millennium call (Korea) 455
till 23/01 9A4DU,9A4NC,9A5ANY,9A6DX/p: Korcula & Proizd Is 454
till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451
till 10/04 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 450
till 16/02 CF#, CG#, CH# CI#: special prefixes (Canada) 453
till 01/02 DU1/DL4OCM: Philippines (OC-042) 455
till 31/12 HB2: special Y2K prefix (Switzerland) 453
till 31/12 HF70PZK: special event station (Poland) 453
till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451
till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452
till 31/01 II5ONU: special call 455
till 31/03 IU0PAW: special event station 451
till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 441
till ?? KC4AAD: Siple Dome Station, Antarctica 453
till 29/02 LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by LZ2UU 447
till 29/02 M2000A: special call (England) * by Cray Valley RS 451
till 29/02 OG: specal prefix (Finland) 452
till January P2OOOK: New Britain (OC-008) * by P29PB 441
till January PZ5DX: Suriname * by K3BYV 433
till March R1ANA: "Molodezhnaya" Antarctic base 454
till March R1ANJ: "Druzhnaya-4" Antarctic base 454
till 31/03 R1ANP: Progress base, Antarctica 453
till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
till 25/01 T32DA: East Kiribati * by W4ZYV 453
till 01/02 T92OOO * by T97M 453
till 23/01 TE8CH: Chira Island (NA-116) * by TI5KD 453
till 01/04 TZ6VV and TZ6YL: Mali 451
till ?? TZ6YV: Mali * by K7YV 446
till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 443
till Dec VK0MM: Macquarie Island 455
till 31/01 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
till January VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos * by AA5DX 439
till 06/02 XZ0A: Mergui Archipelago (AS-???) * by CADXA 454
till 31/01 WY2OOO * by Carolina DX Association 453
till 27/02 XQ5BIB and CE5VKI: Wellington Island (SA-032) 454
till 24/01 XT2DR: Burkina Faso 453
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443
till March ZM: special Millennium prefix (New Zealand) 438
till 30/04 ZV4D: special event call * by PY4AUN 454
till 31/01 ZW2V: special event station 452
19/01-03/02 8Q7PA: Maldives (AS-013) * by PA0LPE 455
19/01-23/01 FM/SM0CCM: Martinique (NA-107) 455
21/01-23/01 PS8FN/PR8: Sao Luis Island (SA-016) 455
21/01-22/01 6th International Contest/DX Meeting (Helsinki) 445
22/01-26/01 KH2K/AH0: Saipan (OC-086) * by JA1RJU 454
22/01-23/01 DU1/DL4OCM and 4F1RWW: Cebu Island (OC-129) 455
22/01-31/01 FH/G3SXW and FH/G3TXF: Mayotte (AF-027) 455
from 22/01 V7: Marshall Islands * by N4XP and N6MZ 455
22/01-02/02 VP2EJ: Anguilla (NA-022) * by W5SJ 455
23/01-06/02 8P9DX: Barbados (NA-021) * by VA3DX 455
24/01-13/02 J73CCM: Dominica (NA-101) * by SM0CCM 455
24/01-01/02 NP2/K7BV & WP2Z: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 455
24/01-24/02 XW & XU7AAV: Laos & Cambodia * by G4ZVJ 455
26/01 AX4EJ (Canada Day) * by VK4EJ 455
27/01-02/02 CE5SPR/CE0: Easter Island (SA-001) 455
28/01-07/02 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 453
28/01-30/01 CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (CW) ***
29/01-30/01 PJ2I or PJ9/ON4CFD: Curacao (SA-006) 455
29/01-05/02 TM5CRO: Porquerolles (EU-070) * by F5RMY and others 451
30/01-06/02 P40MH: Aruba (SA-036) 455
31/01-03/03 ZM7ZB: Chatham Islands (OC-038) * by DJ4ZB 447
24/01-May VP6BR: Pitcairn (OC-044) * by OH2BR 455
Jan-31/05 FH/TU5AX: Mayotte (AF-027) * by 6W1QV 452
January XU7AKM: Cambodia * by ES1AKM and ES1AX 453
Jan-Feb ZK1GNW, FO0PRE, A35NW, FW/IK2GNW, KH6/IK2GNW 455
January /2K: Millennium suffix (British stations) 449
02/02-10/02 P4/W5SJ & J3/W5SJ: Aruba (SA-036) & Grenada (NA-024) 455
03/02 S79SXW & S79TXF: Seychelles * by G3SXW & G3TXF 455
07/02-13/02 YS1/OH2BAD: El Salvador 455
07/02-20/02 ZK2: Niue (OC-040) * by K7CA and W7TVF 455
10/02-20/02 II8CS: special event station 455
10/02-14/02 LU: Pinguino Island (SA-???) 429
12/02-13/02 HC8N: Galapagos (SA-004) RTTY WPX Contest 455
12/02-21/02 JW5UF, JW6YEA, JW9VDA, JW9IAA: Svalbard (EU-026) 455
12/02-13/02 CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest ***
13/02 ED8GCR: Roque Ceniciento (AF-004, DIE S-309) 455
14/02-17/02 FG/SM0CCM: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 455
14/02-06/03 V6: Truk (OC-011) * by G0VJK and G4VGO 429
17/02-29/02 CE0ZX or CE0ZY: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) * by DLs 455
19/02-20/02 IO4ARI: special call 455
19/02-20/02 ARRL International DX Contest (CW) ***
24/02-07/03 ET: Ethiopia * by G4ZVJ 455
25/02-27/02 CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (SSB) ***
26/02-28/02 JI3DST/6: Osumi Archipelago (AS-032) 455
27/02-11/03 ZK1XXC: South (OC-083) & North (OC-082) Cook*by HB9BMY 455
01/03-08/03 FO0: Clipperton Island 454
01-03/31-03 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
04/03-05/03 ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) ***
07/03-20/03 9G5VJ: Ghana * by G4ZVJ 455
08/03-15/03 5Z4WI: Wasini Island (AF-067) * by Gs and 5Z4s 455
from 15/03 FK: Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) - DXCC NEW? 451
17/03-20/03 JI3DST/6: Koshiki Islands (AS-037) 455
19/03-29/03 V31GI: NA-180 (Belize) * by PA3GIO 449
26/03-31/03 V31JZ: Turneffe Is (NA-123), Belize * by NN7A 449
March HS: Malay Peninsula South East IOTA group (AS-???) 441
March VU7: Laccadives 433
14/04-16/04 International DX Convention (Visalia) 447
April 9G: Abokwa Island (NO-REF) * by F5VCR and others 449
01/05-31/07 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
May-Jun SU9DX: Giftun Island (AF-???) * by Is 447
May UA: Ushakova (AS-???) and Uedineniya (AS-057) islands 450
22/06-24/06 HAMFEST (Friedrichshafen, Germany) ***
28/07-30/07 Pacific Northwest DX Convention (DX2000), Vancouver 450
July-August FR/T: Tromelin Island (AF-031) * by Lyon DX Gang 453
July ZK2GD: Niue (OC-040) * by PA3AXU 453
19/08-20/08 International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 455
07/10-23/10 3B6: Agalega (AF-001) * by HB9BXE and others 455
17/11-19/11 SEANET Convention Pattaya, Thailand ***
01/12-03/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest ***
09/12-10/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest ***
2000 HF0POL: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by SP3GVX 441
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