2 March 2002
No 565
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DUCIE ISLAND - The Pitcairn Island Amateur
Radio Association's second attempt to activate Ducie Island
(OC-182, WAZ 32, ITU 63) [425DXN 555] is confirmed to take place
within a few days. The operators will be VP6TC, VP6DB, VP6AZ,
VP6MW, VP6BK/JA1BK, JF1IST, K9AJ, K5VT and N9TK. The group will
leave Mangareva (French Polynesia) on 12 March; they will stop at
Pitcairn and then go on to Ducie for a week's operation with a
VP6 callsign to be announced at the beginning of the activity.
Two stations will operate on 15 metres CW (21020 kHz) and SSB
(21295 kHz) 24 hours a day; two other stations will activate
other bands, with 28495, 14195 and 14020 kHz as other prime
frequencies. An additional station will be active on 6 metres.
Low band and WARC operations are more likely to take place in the
last days of the operation, as the initial emphasis will be to
allow as many operators as possible to work this new DXCC Entity.
Some activity is expected on RTTY as well. WA2MOE and JE2EHP will
be the pilot stations for the DXpedition. QSL via VE3HO (HF QSOs:
Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, Canada)
and JA1BK (6m QSOs: Kan Mizoguchi, 5-3 Sakuragaoka 4 Chome,
Tama-City, Tokyo 206-0013, Japan). Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm;
donations can be sent to JA1BK.
9A - Fredy/DE0MST, Sven/DF9MV and
Chris/DL9CHR will be active as 9A/homecall/p from Kanula
Lighthouse (CRO-064, LH-1430, CLH-047,) on Susac Island (EU-016,
IOCA CI-109) on 23-30 March. QSL via DE0MST either direct
(Manfred Stippschild, P.O.Box 1406, D-83657 Lenggries, Germany)
or through the bureau. [TNX DE0MST]
9M9 - Look for 9M9/JA1OEM to operate on HF
and 6 metres from East Malaysia on 4-18 March. QSL via home call.
[TNX OZ6OM]
CE - Mark, CE6TBN (http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn)
will be active as CE6TBN/7 from Chiloe Island (SA-018, ICE-701)
on 7-10 March and from Ascension Island (SA-043, ICE-704) on
11-14 March. He plans to operate on 20, 12, 15, 17 and 10 metres
SSB. He might be active also from CE7AOY's QTH on Las Huichas
(SA-064). QSL via N1IBM (Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St.,
Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA). [TNX CE6TBN]
CT3 - Hardy, DL3KWF and his wife Rosel,
DL3KWR will be active as CT3/DL3KWF and CT3/DL3KWR from the
Madeira Islands on 7-21 March. They will operate only CW mostly
on the WARC bands. QSL via home calls preferably through the DARC
bureau (bureau cards can be requested at dl3kwf@darc.de or dl3kwr@darc.de). [TNX DL3KWF]
D4 - OE1VBL, OE3GEA, OE5MKM, OE5MRP and
OE5RHO are active as D44TA from Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde
until 13 March. Further details on the operation can be found at http://www.qsl.net/d44ta.
QSL via OE5XVL either direct (Radio Club Voest, Lunzerstr 42,
A-4020 Linz, Austria) or through the bureau. [TNX OE5OHO]
DL - The DL0FTL crew (namely DF3UFW, DL8DZL,
DK5NOA, DL2DSL, DL2DRO, DL2LCE, DM4WL and DL1DWR) will be active
from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-13 for the German Islands Award) on
12-20 April. On 14 April part of the team (DF3UFW, DL8DZL and
DK5NOA) will take a side trip to Grosse Wotig (not IOTA, GIA
O-35), while the others (DL2DSL, DL2DRO, DL2LCE, DM4WL and
DL1DWR) will operate from Wolgaster Schlossinsel (not IOTA, GIA
O-031). QSL via bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
FG - La Gazette du DX reports that TO4T will
be active from Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 1-7 March. QSL via F6HMQ.
FM - Pordenone Gangsters group members
Luke/IV3JVJ, Max/IV3FHH, Andy/IV3BTY and Claudio/IV3OWC will
operate (CW, SSB and RTTY) as FM/homecall from FM5GU's station on
from Martinique (NA-107) on 24-29 March. QSL via IV3TDM. The
group will team up with Dennis/FM5GU and Lucien/FM5WD and will
participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as FM5GU (Multi-Single).
QSL FM5GU via KU9C. Further details on the operation at http://www.qsl.net/fm5gu.
[TNX FM5GU]
FY - Look for FY5KE (operated by FY5FY,
FY5FU, F1HAR, F5HRY, F5MZN and F6FVY) to participate in the ARRL
DX SSB Contest as multi-single from French Guiana. [TNX F6FVY]
G - The unique callsign GB50 (Golf Bravo
Fifty) has been issued by the UK Radiocommunications Agency for a
special event station to be established at Windsor Castle to
celebrate the Queen's Jubilee (50th Anniversary of her succession
to the throne) from 29 May to 9 June. The station will be run by
Cray Valley Radio Society (CVRS), in association with Burnham
Beeches Radio Society (BBRC), and with the support of the Radio
Society of Great Britain (RSGB). The station will be operational
from 0700-2200 UTC daily; Activity will be on 80-6 metres CW,
SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. A station will also be active on 2 metres
CW, SSB and FM. QSL via G4DFI either direct Owen Cross, 28 Garden
Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4LF, England, UK) or through the
RSGB bureau. The web site for this event is at http://www.gb50.com.
[TNX G3XTT]
GJ - Pete/K8PT and Craig/K3PLV will make
their third annual trip to the Channel Islands and activate
Jersey (EU-013) on 13-19 March. They will operate as MJ/K8PT and
MJ/K3PLV with an emphasis on CW and RTTY, however Craig will try
RS-12/13 for evening (USA time) passes. Concentration will be on
WARC bands during daylight and 30/40/80 meters during the
evenings. QSL via home calls. [TNX K8PT]
HZ - Thomas, SM0CXU and Manfred, DF1IK will
operate from HZ1AB on 7-8 March and plan some 80 and 160m
activity. Thomas will be QRV on 160 metres at 02.40-03.00 UTC on
8 March, if the band is closed he will be on 80m (as close to
3.500 kHz as QRM permits). During daytime hours they will run two
stations on the higher bands. Thomas welcomes skeds at either sm0cxu@hotmail.com or thomas.carlsson@ericsson.com
(please note that sunset is at 14.44 UTC and sunrise is at 02.57
UTC). QSL via K8PYD. [TNX K8PYD]
I - Tony, IK8VRH reports he will be working
on the islands of Ventotene (EU-045, IIA LT-011) and Ponza
(EU-045, IIA LT-001) on 4-21 March and 3-19 April respectively.
He plans to operate as IB0/IK8VRH in his free time. QSL via home
call.
I - Look for IZ7AUH and IK7MCJ to be active
(on 40, 10, 15 and 10 metres) from Isola Grande di Porto Cesareo
(EU-091, IIA LE-002) on 9-10 March. QSL via IZ7AUH either direct
(Francesco Giacoia, P.O. Box 2224/TA5, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy)
or through the bureau. Web page at http://www.iz7auh.com.
[TNX IZ7AUH]
JT - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ will be
active as JT1Y from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for a couple of weeks
starting on 21 May. QSL via I0SNY.
KH1 - The KH1 (Baker & Howland)
DXpedition [425DXN 558] team now includes be YT1AD, KZ1LZ, K3NA,
K6NDV, KW4DA, N6TQS, RA3AUU, RZ3AA, YU1AU, YZ7AA, Z31FU, Z32AU,
Z32ZM and an officer of the USFW service. They will leave Los
Angeles on 20 April and head for Nadi, Fiji Islands; on 22 April
8 operators will embark for Tuvalu, while the other six operators
will fly to Funafuti and operate with a T2 call until 25 April.
The whole team will then depart from Funafuti and arrive on Baker
Island on the 29th. They expect to operate from the island until
8 May, when they will head back to Fiji (a 6-day voyage), then to
Los Angeles and finally to the Dayton Hamvention (17-18 May). The
team will have six stations with amplifiers and a variety of
beams, verticals and dipoles; plans are to operate on all bands
and all modes with a callsign to be announced when the operation
starts. Donations can be sent to Will, K6NDV (k6ndv@contesting.com).
[TNX YT1AD]
P2 - Bernard, DL2GAC/P29VMS [425DXN 562] is
currently in Kavieng, New Ireland (OC-008) and plans to operate
from Emirau Island (OC-103) for about one week starting on 3
March. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2 - Look for PJ2/DL7DF (CW), PJ2/DL7UFR
(SSB), PJ2/DL7UFN (RTTY & PSK31) and PJ2/DL4WK (6m) to be
active from Curacao (SA-006) on 15-30 March. They will have four
transceivers, two amplifiers and several antennas and plan to put
an emphasis on the low and WARC bands. QSL via DL7DF. The web
page for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df. [TNX DF3CB]
T8 - Look for N6NBB to be active (CW and SSB)
as T88RM from Belau on 1-10 March. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
T8 - Bill, T88BA provides a few details of
his voyage to the South Palau group (OC-248/Pr) [425DXN 564]:
Depart From ETD Destination ETA
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Koror 0900 Mon 04/03 Sonsorol 0600 Tue 05/03
Sonsorol 0001 Wed 06/03 Pulo Anna 0600 Wed 06/03
Pulo Anna 1000 Wed 06/03 Merir 1300 Wed 06/03
Merir 1800 Thu 07/03 Tobi 0600 Fri 08/03
Tobi 1700 Fri 08/03 Merir 0600 Sat 09/03
Merir 0800 Sat 09/03 Pulo Anna 1000 Sat 09/03
Pulo Anna 1100 Sat 09/03 Sonsorol 1600 Sat 09/03
Sonsorol 1800 Sat 09/03 Koror 1500 Sun 10/03
All times are local, which is 9 hours ahead of UTC. "Time
will be tight", Bill says, "but I will see what can be
fitted in as best I can". He plans to operate barefoot with
a dipole, CW only on +/- 21045 kHz. QSL should go direct to his
QSL manager, G4OHX. STOP PRESS - The latest information from Bill
is that a typhoon is forecast to hit his area on Monday 4 March
and so his trip may not happen on the scheduled date. A final
decision will be taken on March at 0700 hours. [TNX IZ1CRR]
VK9_lh - Jack, VK6CTL will be active (mostly
on SSB) as VK9LT from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) on 11-22 April.
QSL via HB9QR (Erwin Fink, Toedistr. 7, CH-8572 Berg,
Switzerland) or VK6CTL (VK-ZL only). [TNX VK6CTL and VK3WAC]
VP2V - W0AW and N9COQ will be active (SSB and
CW) as VP2V/homecalls from Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
(NA-023) on 9-15 March. Between 3 and 8 March they might operate
also from Tortola (NA-023), Jost Van Dyke (NA-023) and as
KP2/homecalls from St. John (US Virgin Islands, NA-106). QSLs via
W0AW. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - Rodger, GM3JOB and Willie, GM4ZNC will
be active from North Caicos (NA-002) on 10-19 April. They will
operate as VP5/GM3JOB and VP5/GM4ZNC on 160-10 metres SSB and CW.
QSL via home calls either direct or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX
GM4ZNC]
W - Florida DXPedition Group member Jan
Heise, K4QD will be will be active from Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
(NA-079, ARLHS USA 316) for a few days starting about 2 March.
Jan is sailing to the island with John, AF4WM and Greg, N0LIR and
start date and duration will depend upon weather conditions. QSL
via K4QD either direct or through the bureau. [TNX K4QD]
ZK2 - After being active for a few days as
A35TL from Tonga, Tom, DL2RUM will be going to Niue Island
(OC-040) and operate (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with 100
watts) as ZK2CW for ten days starting on 2 March. QSLs via home
call. [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC NEWS ---> ZK1TUG (North Cook
Islands in 2001) and ZK1ETW (North and South Cook Islands
in 2001) have been on hold awaiting supporting
documentation. This has been received and upon review it
is now being accepted for DXCC credit. Anyone who had
these rejected during a recent submission can contact
DXCC at: dxcc@arrl.org
for an update to their record. Or, they can be sent with
the next submission for credit. [TNX Bill Moore, NC1L,
DXCC Manager]
MACAU (IRC) ---> XX9AU reports that
old style IRCs will not be accepted in Macau after June
2002.
NEW QSL ROUTES ---> Cards for OP0GS
now go via ON5GK (formerly via ON4ON): Roland
Schoutteten, Goedendaglaan 168, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
Cards for LX/ON6CK, LX/ON6CK/P, ON50KTK and OQ6CK now go
via ON4ADN (formerly via ON4ON): Geert Decru, St.
Laurentiusstraat 18, B-8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium. [TNX
ON6HH]
PIRATE ---> Martin Westerhof, PA1MW
reports that his callsign has been pirated on the
PacketCluster for a couple of months now. "I have
not been active with packet radio for years now and do
not plan to return to it in the very near future",
the genuine PA1MW says.
QSL GM4YXI ---> Steve, N3SL and his
daughter Kimberly are the new QSL managers for all of
Keith's (GM4YXI) past and future operations. All HF logs
for GM4YXI and 9M2/GM4YXI - AS-097 (April 1998, May 1999,
9-10 June 2000), AS-072 (May 1998) and AS-074 (17-18 June
2000) - are on line at http://qsl.net/n3sl. QSL to N3SL
either direct (Steve Larson, 22 N. Hidden Acres Drive,
Sioux City, Iowa 51108, USA) or through the ARRL bureau.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL K2OLG ---> Those who still need a
card for some of the late Joe Gumino's IOTA operations
can send a SASE to KA2SST (Mike Gumino, P.O. Box 742,
Newtown, PA 18940, USA). [TNX WD8MGQ]
QSL KG4DX ---> Please note that cards
should be routed via Bill, W4WX [425DXN 563], not via
Dave, K0IEA (he actually was the QSL manager for KG4DX
back in 1993-94, but has nothing to share with the
current KG4DX).
QSL TR8CX ---> Xavier, TR8CX/F5PBQ
has moved to France and his current address is: Xavier
Cholat, quartier Lasalle, BP 1143, 73011 Chambery,
France. [TNX F5PBQ]
QSL VIA DF6PB ---> Alexander is the
QSL manager for UN1F, UN2E, UN6T, UN9FD. He also has the
logs for UL7FEC (1984-93) and UN5F (1993-97). His address
is Alexander Schwindt, Theodor-Heuss Str. 54, 76726
Germersheim, Germany. [TNX DF6PB]
W.A.R.D. ---> The WARD Award is
issued to either licensed amateurs and SWLs by PZK (the
Polish Amateur Radio Union) and the Editor of MK QTC for
contacts made between 00:00 and 24:00 UTC on 18 April
(the annaul World Amateur Radio Day). For further
information please visit http://qtc.radio.org.pl or
e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP (qtc@post.pl).
WESTERN SAHARA ---> Baldur, DJ6SI
(CW) and Karl, DK2WV (SSB) became unexpectedly active as
S07X and S07V from Western Sahara earlier this week. They
were supposed to remain there until 1/2 March, but they
went QRT in the early morning of 27 February. QSL via
home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The OT2H Contest Crew has a
website at http://www.on7sa.be
with pictures of the operators and the club station
(ON7SA) and a log search function for all contests they
entered. The page is also valid for OT0H and OT1H. QSL
OTxH (x = last digit of the year: OT0H in 2000, OT1H in
2001, etc) via ON5YR through the bureau. [TNX ON7SA]
LOGS: The logs for AS-161 (Sacrifice
Rock) are now available at http://www.vuiota.com/.
Cards are expected to arrive from the printer within a
few days. [TNX VU3DMP]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 09/04 3W2XK: Vietnam * by W9XK 553
till 15/03 3W9KCS: Vietnam * by DL1DA 564
till ??? 7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 563
till ?? 9L1BTB: Sierra Leone * by SP7BTB 553
till 02/03 C6AMM & C6AWW: Bahamas (NA-001) * by K1CN & N1EBL 562
till 02/03 CE0Y/DM5TI: Easter Island (SA-001) 563
till 13/03 D44TA: Sao Tiago (AF-005) * by OEs 565
till 10/04 EA8/I5WEA: Canary Islands (AF-004) 562
till August ET3PMW: Ethiopia * by W4PFM 564
till 02/03 FM/F5SGI: Martinique (NA-107) 559
till 02/03 H40T: Lata (OC-100), Temotu * by DL7AFS & DJ7ZG 562
till 08/03 H7DX: Nicaragua * by DL7CM, DL2OE, DL3DXX 563
till 30/05 HL17FWC: special event station (Korea) 556
till 03/03 HR3/KB0CY, KB9DPF, W3QA: Honduras 563
till ??? J37LR: Grenada (NA-024) * by VE3EBN 560
till 04/03 J73CCM: Dominica (NA-101) * by SM0CCM 559
till 03/03 KP2/AA4Z: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 564
till 07/03 N2TK/NP2 & WP2Z: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 564
till 31/12 OP1A: special event station 559
till 09/03 P40A: Aruba (SA-036) * by KK9A 564
till June P5/4L4FN: North Korea 562
till 05/03 PJ2/W6UL & PJ2K: Curacao (SA-006) * by W6UL & K6RO 561
till 05/03 PJ4/ & PJ4G: Bonaire (SA-006) * by NO2R, K2TW and K2NG 564
till 17/03 PJ7/W8EB, PJ7/W8DVC, PJ7B: St. Maarten 561
till 02/03 PW0T: Trindade (SA-010) * by PYs and Ws 564
till ?? RW1AI/ANT & R1ANC: Vostok Base 564
till 03/03 SM: Ven Island (EU-137) * by SM7DAY, SM7NGH et al 564
till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543
till 02/03 TI9M: Cocos Island (NA-012) 564
till 02/03 TF8/SM1TDE/P: Iceland (EU-021) 563
till 07/03 TO4T: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 565
till 08/03 V51/SP6IXF and V51/DL2SL: Namibia 553
till 15/03 VI3GP: special event station (Australia) 564
till 16/03 VP8CSA: Falkland Islands (SA-002) * by DL1SDN 564
till 07/03 VQ9MR and/or VQ9X: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by W3MR 564
till Oct 2002 ZD9IR: Gough Island (IOTA AF-030) * by ZS6RI 544
till 12/03 ZY0SAT: St. Peter & St. Paul Arch (SA-014) * by PS7JN 561
01/03-06/03 KG4VL: Guantanamo Bay * by N5VL 564
01/03-10/03 T88RM: Belau * by N6NBB 565
02/03-03/03 IR3B (ARRL DX SSB) 559
from 02/03 K4QD: Dry Tortugas (NA-079) 565
02/03-09/03 PJ7/KD2DL: St. Maarten (NA-105) 563
02/03-12/03 ZK2CW: Niue Island (OC-040) * by DL2RUM 565
02/03-03/03 ARRL DX SSB Contest ***
from 03/03 P29VMS: Emirau Island (OC-103) * by DL2GAC 565
04/03-10/03 5R8: Nosy Be (AF-057) * by F5DKO 563
04/03-18/03 9M9/JA1OEM: East Malaysia 565
04/03-21/03 IB0/IK8VRH: Ventotene (EU-045) 565
04/03-09/03 T88BA: South Palau group (OC-248/Pr) 565
04/03-06/03 VP8SGK: South Georgia (AN-007) * by GM0HCQ 537
04/03-15/03 YJ0AOW & YJ0APY: Vanuatu (OC-035) * by F6COW & F6EPY 559
05/03-06/03 FS/PA3GIO/m: St. Martin (NA-105) 563
from 05/03 P5: North Korea * by YT1AD and YU7AV and others 564
05/03-06/03 PJ7/PA3GIO/m: St. Maarten (NA-105) 563
07/03-10/03 CE6TBN/7: Chiloe Island (SA-018) 565
07/03-21/03 CT3/DL3KWF and CT3/DL3KWR: Madeira Islands 565
07/03-08/03 HZ1AB: Saudi Arabia * by SM0CXU and DF1IK 565
07/03-14/03 PJ6/PA3GIO/m or /p: Saba (NA-145) 563
08/03-24/03 EA6/DL6KAC: Mallorca (EU-004) 563
08/03-15/05 VQ9GB: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by K7GB 563
08/03-11/03 W4D: Dauphin Island (NA-213) 563
09/03-10/03 IZ7AUH and IK7MCJ: Isola Grande (EU-091) 565
09/03-11/03 JO1EPY/6: Tokara Islands (AS-049) 563
09/03-15/03 VP2V/: British Virgin Isls (NA-023) * by W0AW & N9COQ 565
11/03-14/03 CE6TBN/7: Ascension Island (SA-043) 565
11/03-17/03 5R8: Sainte Marie Island (AF-090) * by F5DKO 563
12/0330/03 VP6: Ducie Island 565
12/03-30/03 XR0X: San Felix Island (SA-013) 555
13/03-19/03 MJ/K8PT and MJ/K3PLV: Jersey (EU-013) 565
14/03-16/03 3W: Tam Island (AS-157) * by F6BUM 557
15/03-21/03 PA3GIO/HI9: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 563
15/03-30/03 PJ2/: Curacao (SA-006) * by DL7DF,DL7UFR,DL7UFN,DL4WK 565
16/03-26/03 ZD8CSA: Ascension Island (AF-003) * by DL1SDN 564
21/03-23/03 3W: Cham Island (AS-???) * by F6BUM 557
21/03-02/04 J68GS: St. Lucia (NA-108) * by KI6T 559
22/03-28/03 FJ/PA3GIO/m or /p: St Barthelemy (NA-146) 563
23/03-30/03 9A: Susac Island (EU-016) * by DE0MST, DF9MV, DL9CHR 565
24/03-29/03 FM/IV3JVJ, IV3FHH, IV3BTY, IV3OWC: Martinique (NA-107) 565
26/03-31/03 XF4IH: Cacaluta Island (NA-188) * by XEs 561
28/03-03/04 5W0IR: Samoa (OC-097) * by VK2IR and VK2KLM 563
28/03-01/04 DH3ZK, DL0FDX, DL3QR and DL6QT: Lighthouse 559
28/03-12/04 H40: Temotu Province * by VK1AAA and YT6A 559
30/03-31/03 CQ WPX SSB Contest ***
March UT2VU/DU7: Cebu Island (OC-129) 564
March-December TT8DX: Chad 564
March YB8HZ: Laut Kecil Islands (OC-???) 559
01/04-30/04 IR0MA: special station 563
03/04-05/04 3W: Cat Ba Island (AS-132) * by F6BUM 557
03/04-19/04 IB0/IK8VRH: Ponza (EU-045) 565
10/04-19/04 VP5/GM3JOB and VP5/GM4ZNC: North Caicos (NA-002) 565
11/04-22/04 VK9LT: Lord Howe Island (OC-004) * by VK6CTL 565
12/04-20/04 DL: Usedom Island (EU-129) * by DLs 565
12/04-22/04 VK9ML: Mellish Reef (OC-072) 563
13/04 Spring European Sprint Contest (SSB) 556
14/04 DL: Grosse Wotig (GIA O-35) * by DLs 565
14/04 DL: Wolgaster Schlossinsel (GIA O-031) * by DLs 565
15/04-29/04 C56JJ: The Gambia * by PA9JJ 559
17/04-22/04 3W: Cham Island (AS-???) * by JI6KVR and others 547
20/04 Spring European Sprint Contest (CW) 556
22/04-25/04 T2: Tuvalu 565
26/04-28/04 International DX Convention (Visalia) 558
29/04-08/05 KH1: Baker Island (OC-089) * by YT1AD and others 565
April XV9TH: Spratly Islands (AS-051) 557
April YC9BU: Aru Islands (OC-???) 559
04/05-05/05 A.R.I. International DX Contest ***
20/05-22/05 OY/DL2RTK and OY/DL2VFR: Faroe Islands (EU-018) 559
21/05-04/06 JT1Y: Mongolia * by 0SNY and I8KGZ 565
23/05-24/05 TF7/DL2RTK and TF7/DL2VFR: EU-071 559
25/05-30/05 TF1/DL2RTK and TF1/DL2VFR: EU-021 559
25/05-26/05 CQ WPX CW Contest ***
27/05-30/05 TF5/DL2RTK and TF5/DL2VFR: EU-168 559
29/05-09/06 GB50: special event station (England) 565
31/05-30/06 DT#FWC: special event stations (Korea) 556
May 7X: Habibas Isls (AF-???)* by 7X2RO,OM3CGN,OM2DX,OM3JW 555
May KH1: Baker Island (OC-089) * by YT1AD and others 557
May-August TA: Kefken Island (AS-159) * by TA2s 563
10/06-24/06 VP8ITN: Falkland Islands (SA-002) * by GM3ITN 563
09/07-16/07 WRTC 2002 (http://www.wrtc2002.org) 520
13/07-14/07 IARU Championship ***
10/08-11/08 WAE DX CW Contest ***
17/08-18/08 International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 559
14/09-15/09 WAE DX SSB Contest ***
05/10 Autumn European Sprint Contest (SSB) 556
12/10 Autumn European Sprint Contest (CW) 556
26/10-27/10 WW DX SSB Contest ***
23/11-24/11 WW DX CW Contest ***
November XF4: Socorro Island (NA-030), Revilla Gigedo 559
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