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• Prefix Allocation – South Sudan – Z8
  As per the Table of International Call Sign Series, the prefix block Z8A-Z8Z has been allocated to South Sudan (Republic of)

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• 3C0E – Annobón Island
  [ February 22, 2012 to March 11, 2012. ] REMINDER

  Dates of entire expedition run from February 22 to March 11, 2012.

  [3C6A - Feb 22 to 26]
  [3C0E - Feb 28 to March 11]

  Elmo, EA5BYP and Javier, EA5KM have announced plans to be active as 3C0E (Annobon AF-039) and 3C6A (Bioko AF-010).

  They will arrive Malabo, Equatorial Guinea by the middle of February. Once in Malabo, they will [...]

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• E51BKV & FK/F4BKV – Pacific IOTA trip
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 27, 2012. ] UPDATE

  Vincent FK/F4BKV provides the latest news and images direct from Ouvea Island, OC-033

  Conditions from Ouvra OC-033 are very good towards Europe. The first night, I was in an unfriendly radio location not close to the sea and finally decided to move to a more expensive hotel (4 times more expensive!) to get a beach bungalow [...]

• XT2VWT, XT2IVU, XT2AEF & XT2VVO – Burkina Faso
  [ March 21, 2012 to March 28, 2012. ] The following Japanese operators will be active from Burkina Faso between March 21-28, 2012:

  XT2VWT via JA3VWT
  XT2IVU via JA3IVU
  XT2AEF via JH3AEF
  XT2VVO via JO3VVO

  QRV on 80-10m SSB and digi.

• 3DA0PW – Swaziland
  [ February 21, 2012 to February 29, 2012. ] REMINDER

  Phil, G3SWH and John, EA5ARC will be active as 3DA0PW from the Hawane Resort in western Swaziland between February 21-29,  2012.

  The Hawane Resort has a well equipped station with K3 transceivers, IC2KL amplifiers, an A4S at 24m and an A3WS at 20m, a wire 4 square for 40m and a vertical for 80m complete with [...]

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• C5AVT – The Gambia
  [ February 28, 2012 to March 20, 2012. ] Willy, ON4AVT will be active as C5AVT from near Banjul, The Gambia between February 28 to March 20, 2012.

  QRV on mostly 15m PSK, using an FT-817 and Buddipole.

  QSL via H/c.

• 6O3A – Somalia
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] February 19, 2012 – From BHCC

  Darko will be ending his trip on Monday, with the flight back to Djibouti at around 2:00 AM local. So Sunday night (early Monday morning – if good condx permit) is the last opportunity to work 6O3A, then he would need some time to disassemble the antenna on Monday morning.

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• ZD8XF – Ascension Island
  [ February 23, 2012 to February 25, 2012. ] Prior to Nigel’s G3TXF trip to St Helena, look for him to be active on CW from Ascension island as ZD8XF between February 23-25, 2012.

   

• KP2/AG1LE – US Virgin Island
  [ April 4, 2012 to April 11, 2012. ] Mauri AG1LE plans to be activate from the Radio Reef contest station, St Croix, US Virgin island between April 4 – 11, 2012.

  Keep an eye on the KP2/AG1LE blog for more info.

• T6 licensing
  Message from Rick Levandowski, WH0AI.
  Hello from T6 land. I, too, am trying to operate from Afghanistan. Would anyone happen to have Kurt’s T6KK e-mail address please? Licensing via ISAF (military) is difficult now due to recent changes in on-post ops, though I may have an “in” soon. Perhaps Kurt will sell his equipment rather than [...]
• KH6/VK2IR & KH6/VK2NN – Hawaii
  [ September 22, 2012 to October 6, 2012. ] Tommy, VK2IR and Peter, VK2NN will be in Hawaii on a holiday style DX’pedition with family from September 22 to October 6, 2012.

  They hope to operate 40-10m and look forward to meeting local hams.

  QSL via VK2IR

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• ZD7XF – St Helena
  [ February 29, 2012 to March 13, 2012. ] Nigel, G3TXF plans a second operation as ZD7XF from St Helena between [approx] February 29 to March 13, 2012. Activity will include the Commonwealth Contest (BERU). Other times, Nigel plans to operate CW on HF in addition to trying to put St Helena on air on both 80m and 160m.

  The first ZD7XF operation was in late [...]

• E51BKV & FK/F4BKV – Pacific IOTA trip
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 27, 2012. ] UPDATE – Vincent is now QRV as FK/F4BKV from Ouvea Island, OC-033 until February 25.

  February 13 – Many thanks to Vincent E51BKV for the following images direct from Mangaia OC-159.

  Vincent also has this news:

  QSOs until 20z on 13/02/2012 are already uploaded to LOTW and also on my online log at my web site. Antennas are 100m [...]

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• A65BT – Saadiyat Island, AS-021
  [ February 24, 2012 to February 25, 2012. ]

  A65BT, A65BX, and A61QQ will be active from Saadiyat Island AS-021 on February 24-25, 2012 as A65BT.

  QRV on HF, mostly CW.

  QSL via A65BT.

• VK9ML DXpedition Video – Mellish Reef
  [UPDATE] Informative short documentary on the 2002 VK9ML Mellish Reef Dxpedition.
  Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
  Final segment to follow.

   

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• E51MCW – South Cooks
  [ April 11, 2012 to April 14, 2012. ] After the E51M Dxpedition to Manihiki, North Cooks, the team will be active as E51MCW from the South Cooks between April 11-14, 2012.

  QRV on CW, SSB and Digi + 60m from both North and South.

  QSL via DJ8NK

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• Deletion of Malyj Vysotskij
  REMINDER: Malyj Vysotskij expected to be deleted February 17, 2012.

  By Jari OH2BU

  The day of deletion has now been confirmed: Finnish and Russian ambassadors met January 17th and exchanged the documents signed by the presidents of both countries. The new agreement of the lease of Saimaa Channel will be in force one month from today — [...]

• FO/AB1OC and FO/AB1QB – French Polynesia
  [ February 18, 2012 to February 24, 2012. ] Fred AB1OC and Anita AB1QB plan to be active from Bora Bora, French Polynesia between February 18-24, 2012.

  They will be operating “holiday style” using an IC-7000, few verticals and a 2el HF beam.

  Activity on 10-40m, PSK, RTTY, SSB and JT65HF.

  QSL via LoTW, eQSL or home calls.

   

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• EJ0PL – Saltee Island, EU-103
  [ April 14, 2012 to April 15, 2012. ]

  Members from the Papa Lima DX Group plan to be active from Saltee Island EU-103 during the second full weekend of April.

  QSL via EI5JQ

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• FW0NAR – Wallis & Futuna
  [ January 27, 2012 to February 25, 2012. ] UPDATE @ 19:00UTC – Info directly from Laci, FW0NAR/P on Futuna OC-118 via Pilot station, KH6CG

  Log update will appear shortly. Laci said 20 meters was great, but seems he could not use 40 which is extremely noisy during the day and night, maybe QRN from the nearby airport. So he is using 30 meters if 20 does [...]

• J7Y – Dominica
  [ February 25, 2012 to March 13, 2012. February 25, 2012 to March 13, 2012. ] Brian, K1LI will be active as J7Y from Dominica between February 25 to March 13, 2012, with primary focus on ARRL DX SSB Contest.

  QSL via H/c.

   

   

• 6O3A – Somalia
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] UPDATE – Suad DK6XZ mentions Darko updates daily on his progress to BHCC.

  6O3A now QRV. Activity also expected in ARRL CW Contest weekend.

  February 12, 2012 – Freddy J28RO reports that Darko met with Ministry of Telecoms yesterday, but was unable to get a license. He is to return tomorrow to give a live demonstration [...]

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• 9M0L – Spratly (Pulau Layang Layang)
  [ April 10, 2012 to April 24, 2012. ]

  The following operators will form a Dxpedition team to be active from Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly (AS-051) between April 10-24, 2012:

  7K4QOK, JK1FNL, G3TXF, JE1CKA, JP1TRJ, 9M2/JE1SCJ, 9M8YY, JQ2GYU, JA1LZR, 9M2PX, 9M2CLN and 9M2TO.

  Callsign: 9M0L

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• OA4/DL1NL – Lima, Peru
  [ February 1, 2012 to March 1, 2012. ] Daniel, DL5YWM informs that Fred, DL1NL is now active from Lima, Peru until early March 2012.

  Fred works CW and will be QRV on 10-160m from Radio Club Peruano when time permits.

  QSL via H/c.

• JW/LZ1UQ and JW/LZ2HM – Svalbard
  [ February 15, 2012 to February 21, 2012. ] Website now available.

  Mitko, LZ1UQ  and Andy, LZ2HM will be active from Svalbard between February 15-21, 2012.

  QRV on all HF bands with entry in ARRL DX CW contest.

  QSL via qrz.com.

• EG3INT/7 – Alborán Island, AF-042
  [ February 16, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] POSTPONED: The team has just received a message from the authorities informing the trip must be postponed due to the boat having to undertake other priority commitments.

  February 12, 2012 — After a full year of working on required permits from different authorities, the Invoker Team’s project finally has been given the green light to activate another [...]

• 4W0VB – Timor Leste
  UPADTE II — Vlad is currently active as JH1EYC 
  UPDATE — images credit UA4WHX.

  Vlad 4W0VB is now QRT and writes the following:
  If you worked 4W0VB – you worked OC-148. If 4W0VB/p has been logged — you got OC-232 for yourself.
  All the valid QSOs have been LoTW uploaded. If you need a paper QSL I would suggest you [...]

• FW0NAR – Wallis & Futuna
  [ January 27, 2012 to February 25, 2012. ] UPDATE – Info directly from Laci, FW0NAR/P on Futuna OC-118 via Pilot station, KH6CG

  Laci is now QRV from Futuna for three days.

  1600-1800 GMT period I will focus on upper bands as we have nice opening to whole NA on 10 or 12 meters (1 or 2 hours just after our sunrise). Our sunset is [...]

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• E51BKV & FK/F4BKV – Pacific IOTA trip
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 27, 2012. ] UPDATE: Many thanks to Vincent E51BKV for the following images direct from Mangaia OC-159.

  Vincent also has this news:

  QSOs until 20z on 13/02/2012 are already uploaded to LOTW and also on my online log at my web site. Antennas are 100m away from the operating position, so changing bands requires a walk into the wild tropical forest (trying [...]

• FW0NAR – Wallis & Futuna
  [ January 27, 2012 to February 25, 2012. ] UPDATE – Info directly from Laci, FW0NAR/P on Futuna OC-118 via Pilot station, KH6CG

  Laci will be QRV from Futuna on February 14 for three days.

  1600-1800 GMT period I will focus on upper bands as we have nice opening to whole NA on 10 or 12 meters (1 or 2 hours just after our sunrise). Our [...]

• 3B9/OE4AAC – Rodrigues Island
  [ February 14, 2012 to February 21, 2012. ] REMINDER

  Eric, OE4AAC plans to be active from Rodrigues (AF-017) between February 14-21, 2012.

  Look for 3B9/OE4AAC on CW, 40 to 10m.

  QSL to OE4AAC.

• 6O3A – Somalia
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] UPDATE: 6O3A now QRV. Activity also expected in ARRL CW Contest weekend.

  February 12, 2012 – Freddy J28RO reports that Darko met with Ministry of Telecoms yesterday, but was unable to get a license. He is to return tomorrow to give a live demonstration of operating (probably on 15 or 20 SSB) whereby his license [...]

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• DXpedition to St Paul Island, CY9
  [ July 25, 2012 to August 1, 2012. July 25, 2012 to August 1, 2012. July 25, 2012 to August 1, 2012. ] Press Release #1
  St Paul Island is called the ”Graveyard of the Gulf” and that is where an international, seasoned team of DXers will be heading to later this year.

  Plans are well under way for a 10-man team to activate this now wanted DXCC entity, which was last on air in 2005. When you consider most needed [...]

• EG3INT/7 – Alborán Island, AF-042
  [ February 16, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] After a full year of working on required permits from different authorities, the Invoker Team’s project finally has been given the green light to activate another island, half-way between Europe and Africa: Alborán island, AF-042.

  Why EG3INT/7 instead of EG3INT/9 ?

  Most IOTA chasers will have in their collection a QSL card from Alboran – under the [...]

• 6O – Somalia
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] February 12, 2012 – Freddy J28RO reports that Darko met with Ministry of Telecoms yesterday, but was unable to get a license. He is to return tomorrow to give a live demonstration of operating (probably on 15 or 20 SSB) whereby his license and call will be granted. Freddy mentions that Darko has high QRN [...]

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• AH0/AE6YW – Saipan
  [ February 29, 2012 to March 6, 2012. ] Masa JI1DSO will be active from the Saipan Rental Shack between February 29 to March 6, 2012 as AH0/AE6YW.

  Look for him on 80-6m.

  QSL via JA6GMC.

• 5V7V – Togo
  [ February 5, 2012 to February 17, 2012. ] UPDATE – Franco mentions he will be active on 160m this evening (UTC time) for anyone who needs Togo on Top Band. No specific times were noted.

  February 5 – Pino, IZ8BGY informs he has heard from Franco I1FQH / 5V7V. It appears some equipment was damaged on arrival due to severe turbulence affecting the aircraft. Franco [...]

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• Fab 4 Logs – Malpelo
  HK0NA QSL manager Bob N2OO informs:
  Just uploaded the separate Fab Four Malpelo logs to ClubLog for anyone who wants to search their QSO’s.
  They are listed as /HK0M. For example, HK1MW/HK0M
  HK1N, HK1T, HK1MW and HK6F were active from Malpelo prior to the main team arriving. (scroll to January 12)
   

   

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• A52JF – Bhutan
  [ February 11, 2012 to February 15, 2012. ] REMINDER

  Iain, G4SGX will be active from Bhutan between February 11-15, 2012.

  Signing A52JF, look for him on CW, SSB, PSK and JT65 on 40-10m.

  A52JF Blog

  QSL via Hc.

• FP/W6HGF – St Pierre & Miquelon
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] REMINDER

  Allan, W6HGF plans to be operating from St Pierre & Miquelon between approximately February 10-20, 2012, depending on transportation and weather.

  Activity focused on digital, mostly RTTY, including entry into the CQ WW WPX RTTY contest and ARRL CW Contest.

  QSL and further details here.

• H40FN & H40FK – Temotu Province
  [ February 11, 2012 to February 24, 2012. ] REMINDER

  Sigi DK9FN (H40FN) and Peter DG1FK (H40FK) will be active from Lata Motel, on Nendo island (OC-100) between February 11 – 24, 2012.

  H40FN QRV on CW (via HA8DD)
  H40FK QRV on PSK (via DG1FK)

• 6O – Somalia
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] February 10, 2012 – Darko arrived Somalia approx 08:30UTC. Today (Friday) is a holiday. Tomorrow he’ll meet with the Minister for COMM where his license & call will be issued. Possibly operational as 6O3A..

  January 30, 2012 – From February 11-20, 2012, Darko J28AA will operate from Hargeisa, Somaliland. License has been granted and call sign [...]

• FW0NAR – Wallis & Futuna
  [ January 27, 2012 to February 25, 2012. ] UPDATE – Info directly from Laci, FW0NAR/P on Futuna OC-118 via Pilot station, KH6CG

  Laci will be QRV from Futuna on either February 13 or 14 for three days.

  1600-1800 GMT period I will focus on upper bands as we have nice opening to whole NA on 10 or 12 meters (1 or 2 hours just after [...]

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• J52HF & J52EME Dxpedition 2012
  [ March 24, 2012 to April 6, 2012. ] UPDATE

  Expedition will be on air from March 24 to April 6, 2012.

  Focus on E.M.E with plans to be QRV on HF using RTTY, CW and digital modes. Participation in CQ WW WPX SSB contest.

  J52 website including HF plans here.

• E51BKV & FK/F4BKV – Pacific IOTA trip
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 27, 2012. ] REMINDER

  In addition to participating with the VP6T Pitcairn team, Vincent F4BKV informs DX World.net he will be active from the following:

  E51BKV from Mangaia island OC-159 - February 10 to 15, 2012.

  E51BKV from Rarotonga island OC-013 (short activity during transit to Mangaia) - February 9 and February 16, 2012.

  FK/F4BKV from Ouvea island OC-033 - February 18 to 25, 2012.

  FK/F4BKV from [...]

• 3C0E – Annobón Island
  [ February 22, 2012 to March 11, 2012. ]

  UPDATE. Dates of entire expedition run from February 22 to March 11, 2012.

  [3C6A - Feb 22 to 26]
  [3C0E - Feb 28 to March 11]

  Elmo, EA5BYP and Javier, EA5KM have announced plans to be active as 3C0E (Annobon AF-039) and 3C6A (Bioko AF-010).

  They will arrive Malabo, Equatorial Guinea by the middle of February. Once in Malabo, they [...]

• 6O – Somalia
  [ February 10, 2012 to February 20, 2012. ] February 9, 2012 – Callsign 6O3A pending.

  January 30, 2012 – From February 10-20, 2012, Darko J28AA will operate from Hargeisa, Somaliland. License has been granted and call sign to be issued upon arrival. He will use an FT-857d with multiband vertical antenna 40-10m.

  Note this is a vacation trip whereby Darko will also try to teach locals [...]

• 4W0VB – Timor Leste
  UPDATE — images credit UA4WHX.

  Vlad 4W0VB is now QRT and writes the following:
  If you worked 4W0VB – you worked OC-148. If 4W0VB/p has been logged — you got OC-232 for yourself.
  All the valid QSOs have been LoTW uploaded. If you need a paper QSL I would suggest you request it directly rather than via the buro. USD [...]

• VK0/H – A Message
  The following message from Daniel Kelton in Sydney, NSW is published in full. Upon reading, it’s hoped local VK hams or generally helpful operators can point Daniel in the right direction. This could, in theory, be a chance to see VK0/H hit the airwaves again, albeit small scale and new operator.
  In 2013 I will be [...]

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