27 April 2002
No 573
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3DA0 - Hide, JM1LJS will be active (on 40-6
metres SSB and CW) as 3DA0LJ from Swaziland on 1-4 May. He might
operate (on 40 metres SSB and CW) also from Botswana (probably as
A25/JM1LJS) for a few hours on 30 April. QSL via home call. The
web page for the operation is at at http://radio-dream.com/3da0lj/.
[TNX JM1LJS]
7X - Steve, OM3JW reports that the operation
from the Habibas Islands (AF-???) [425DXN 555] is scheduled to
take place on 14-18 May. The operators will be 7X2RO, 7X2YL,
7X2ZL, 7X2SA, DL7FER, OM3CGN, OM2DX and OM3JW; they will be
active as 7W4HI with two stations barefoot, verticals and
dipoles. The QSL route will be announced later.
8Q - Seven operators from Japan will be
active (on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV) from the
Maldives (AS-013) on 10-15 May. They will also operate on 6
metres (beacon at 50120 kHz, when you hear it call on 50125 kHz).
The calls will be 8Q7NK (QSL via JA2AAU), 8Q7FO (QSL via JR2FOR),
8Q7HS (QSL via JA2AZX), 8Q7IC (QSL via JA2AIC), 8Q7JA (QSL via
JA2ALN), 8Q7MI (QSL via JJ2KYT) and 8Q7TE (QSL via JA2ATE). [TNX
JA1ELY]
9A - Nicola, IK3JLS reports he will be active
as 9A/IK3JLS (QRP) from Krk Island (EU-136) on 1-5 May. He will
operate on 10-40 metres mainly CW, typically around 7, 12 and 21
UTC. QSL via bureau to IK3JLS.
9A - Look for Sylvain, 9A/F5TLN and Bernard,
9A/F5LPY to operate from from Korcula Island (EU-016, IOCA
CI-041) on 4-5 May. [TNX 9A6AA and F6GKD]
9M6 - Tada, JA1WPX will be active as
9M6/JA1WPX from East Malysia between 28 April and 3 May. He hopes
operate on 40-6 metres CW, SSB, FM and possibly RTTY. [TNX
JA1ELY]
9N - Kaz, JA8MWU will be staying in Katmandu,
Nepal between 29 April and 3 May. He hopes to operate as 9N7WU on
20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres, SSB only. QSL via to home call.
[TNX JA1ELY]
BY - Jiangsu DX Club operators BA4RC, BA4TA,
BA4RD, BA4RF, BA4TB, BD4RS, BD4XF, BD6BW and BD5RV will be active
(on 80-6 metres, WARC bands included, SSB, CW and PSK31) as
homecall/4 from Dongxilian Island (claimed as counting for
AS-135, IOTA status under investigation) on 1-3 May. All QSLs via
BA4RD (Ken Wang, P. O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, China). Logs will
be available at http://www.jsdxc.org.
[TNX BD5RV]
C6 - John, WZ8D will be active as C6AIE from
Abaco Island (NA-080, FL16iq), Bahamas on 3-13 June. He will
operate on 6 and 2 metres (VHF contest included) and on other
bands as well. QSL direct only to WZ8D (John Walker, 1930
Meredith Ln., Loveland, Ohio 45140, USA). [TNX WZ8D]
CT - Look for CT1BWW/P and CT2HME/P to be
active from Gibalta Lighthouse on 11 May. QSL via bureau. [TNX
CT1BWW]
DL - Tom, DL8AAM reports that the
Marinefernmeldeschule (the German Navy Communications School) in
Flensburg-Muerwik (DL0MFS) will celebrate the 100th anniversary
on 4-5 May with a special Morse transmission under their military
callsign DHJ61 on the maritime frequencies of 12410.5 kHz and
8443.5 kHz. Thei will also operate as DL0MFS on the amateur radio
bands; look for them on CW (3565, 7025, 14052, 18095, 21052 and
28052 kHz) and SSB (3625, 7060, 14335, 21360 and 28935 kHz). QSL
DL0MFS via the DARC bureau.
DL - Seven German operators (namely DH8WLA,
DL1APR, DL1APW, DL2AXA, DL5AOJ, DM3BJ and DL9NDS) will be active
from Ummanz Island (EU-057, O-06 for the German Islands Award) on
9-13 May. They will operate on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31.
QSL via home calls. [TNX DL9NDS]
EI - Members of Limerick Radio Club will be
active (on 10-80 metres SSB and CW, 6m operation is also planned)
as EJ0A from the Aran Islands (EU-006) on 24-26 May. QSL via
either EI8EM or W2ORA, direct or through the bureau. [TNX EI8EM]
F - Francis, F6FQK reports that the Council
of Europe ARC will be active as TP3CE on 3-5 May. QSL via F6FQK.
FO - TX5BTY is the special call issued to
Alain, FO5RH (F2HE) [425DXN 564] to commemorate the mutiny of the
Bounty. Look for him to be active on 2-14 May on all bands CW and
SSB. QSL via F6CTL. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
FR/T - Jacques, FR5ZU will be active (on all
bands SSB and RTTY) as FR5ZU/T from Tromelin (AF-031) from 5 June
until 5 July. He will operate in his free time, which in the
first stages of his shift is expected to be limited to 2-4 UTC,
9-10 UTC and 13-15 UTC. QSL to FR5ZU (Jacques Quillet, 1 cite
Meteorologique, Le Chaudron, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, France). Pics
of Tromelin, Europa etc. are at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.quillet/index.html.
[TNX F5NQL]
I - The Project DX Team (namely
Andrea/IK2XDE, Giampaolo/IK2XDF, Giovanni/IK2JYT, Matteo/IK2RZL,
Antonio/IK2ZJR, Alberto/IW2NHE and Fabio/IW2LWB) will be active
on HF and 6 metres from the following islands:
26/04 Bacucco (not IOTA, IIA RO-004) SSB
27-28/04 Scannone di Goro (not IOTA, IIA FE-005) SSB and RTTY
29-30/04 Baron (EU-155, IIA FE-003) SSB and RTTY
01/05 Scannone di Goro (not IOTA, IIA FE-005) SSB
QSL via home calls, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
IK2XDE]
I - IV3HAX and IV3SKB will operate (on 10-80
metres CW and SSB) from Isola delle Conchiglie (EU-130, IIA
UD-007) on 26-28 April. [TNX IV3SKB]
I - IY4FGM, the station at the Guglielmo
Marconi Foundation at Pontecchio, will be activated during the
International Marconi Day. QSL via IK4UPU. [TNX IK4DCT]
I - Rik, IK0YUJ reports he will operate (on
40-6 metres SSB and CW) as IA5/IK0YUJ/P from Giglio Island
(EU-028, IIA GR-002) between 29 April and 1 May. QSL via bureau
to IK0YUJ.
I - Special event station IQ4FE will be
activated on 11-12 May from Ferrara during an exibition
celebrating amateur radio and the 75th anniversary of ARI, the
Italian Radioamateurs IARU Society. [TNX I4JEE]
I - Franco/I4CIL, Claudio/IW3RI,
Pierpaolo/I4BTK and Lucky/IK4CZH will operate as IG9SIX from
Lampedusa Island (JM65HL, AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 6 metres during
the IARU Contest (1-2 June). QSL via I4CIL either direct (Franco
Rondoni, Via Pasini 6, 48010 Filetto - RA, Italy) or through the
bureau. [TNX IW3RI]
JA - Look for JN3ATJ/6 to be active (on 6,
10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 metres SSB) from Iki Island (AS-036) until
30 April and from Tsushima (AS-036) between 30 April and 7 May.
QSL via home call, either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/6 to be active
from Miyako Island (AS-079) from 22 UTC on 27 April until 4 UTC
on 2 May. He will operate on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres
mainly SSB. QSL via home call, preferably through the JARL
bureau. [TNX JR3TVH]
JA - Look for JI1PLF/1, 7N1GMK/1 and 7L4PVR/1
to be active (on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from Hachijo
Island (AS-043) on 7-10 June. QSL via home calls, either direct
or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for JO1EPY/6 to be active (on 6,
10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 metres SSB and CW) from Kuchinoshima,
Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) on 8-10 June. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH1 - The first wave of the team arrived to
Tuvalu and, while waiting for the others to join them, operated
as T2DA (QSL via KW4DA), T2X (QSL via RW3AH), T23A (QSL via
RZ3AA), T25A (QSL via YT1AD) and T26U (QSL via RA3AUU). If
wheather conditions do not deteriorate significantly, the arrival
to Baker Island is expected on 28 April at 4 UTC, with the first
QSO scheduled for 22 UTC on the same day. News will be available
at http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/KH1
or http://www.magma.ca/~ve3exy.
[TNX VE3EXY]
LZ - Special event stations LZ02KM and LZ02JP
will be active on all bands and modes between 1 and 31 May to
celebrate the St. Cyril and Methodius Day and the visit of pope
John Paul II. QSLs via bureau or direct to LZ1BFR (P.O.Box 830,
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria). [TNX LZ1BJ]
OE - Johannes/DF5AU, Oliver/DJ9AO,
Michael/DL9NDV and Jun/JH4RHF will oprate from 4U1VIC on 10-12
May. They will take part in CQ-MIR-DX-Contest and try to be
active via satellite RS 12 mode K. QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via the bureau. Direct cards can be sent to Vienna
International Amateur Radio Club, Vienna International Centre,
P.O. Box 200, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. [TNX DJ9AO]
OJ0 - Seppo, OH1VR plans to operate (for some
12 hours on 10-80 metres CW and SSB, possibly with some 6m as
well) as OJ0VR from Market Reef (EU-053) on 8-9 May. QSL via
OH1VR (direct only). [TNX K7BV]
PY - Fauth/PY3JAF, Andy/PY3YY, Koetz/PY3KK
and Paul/PY3DX will be active on all bands and modes as ZY3PEI
from Itapua Lighthouse, near Porto Alegre, on 27-28 April. QSL
via PY3JAF. [TNX PY3DX]
SM - Look for Martin, SM0DTK/1 to be active
from Gotland Island (EU-020) on 4-12 May, mostly between 3 and 6
UTC. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
SV - Dimitris/SV2CCA, Chris/SV2DGH and
Giannis/SV2FPU will be active from Alonissos Island (EU-072) on
2-16 June. They will operate as J48ALO on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15,
12, 10 and 6 metres SSB and CW. QSL via SV2DGH. Logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/sv2dgh.
[TNX SV2DGH]
SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD (http://web.tiscalinet.it/lipsi)
reports he will be active (on SSB and digital modes) as
SV5/IK2WZD from Lipsi Island (EU-001) from May to October.
UR - EM11E (Echo Mike One One Echo) is the
call which will be used during several activities from Ukrainan
islands between 1 May and 31 August. Operations will take place
from islands located in the river Dniper (not IOTA), in the Sea
of Azov (not IOTA) and in the Black Sea. QSL via UR5EAW
(Alexander Shevchenko, Pelina str. 29, Dnepropetrovsk 49107 UA,
Ukraine). [TNX UR5EAW]
UR - Special event call EO57WL will be used
on all band and modes by Lviv Shortwave Club (UR4WWE) on 6-12
May. QSL via UT1WL either direct (Leo Kharchenko, P.O. Box 5951,
Lviv, 79054, Ukraine) or through the bureau. [TNX UR5WCW]
V3 - Hugh, K0GHK and Roger, WA0ETE are active
as V31KQ from Ambergis Caye (NA-073), Belize until 2 May. QSL via
WA0ETE. [TNX K9RZ]
V7 - Mark, W4CK will be active as V73BL from
Kwajelein (OC-028), Marshall Islands on 14-24 May. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Andy (KB1BEE) and Bob O'Donnell (WW1V)
will be active from on Bailey Island (NA-137) from about 22 UTC
on 3 May to about 18 UTC on 5 May. Look for them on the usual
IOTA frequencies on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via home
calls. [TNX WW1V]
W - Tony/WF1N and Lou/W1DIG will be active
from Pot Island (NA-136) on 17-19 May. Look for them on or near
the usual IOTA SSB frequencies; they will start around 15 UTC on
Friday and end around 18 UTC on Sunday. QSL via home calls.
Bureau cards can be requested at a.spino@snet.net (WF1N) and megawatt@snet.net (W1DIG).
[TNX WF1N]
YK - Saad, N5FF plans to be active as YK1BA
from Damascus, Syria on 1-11 May (he might extend his stay up to
one week). This is not a DXpedition, but Saad will try to operate
at least 2-3 hours a day. Look for him mainly on 20 metres CW
(14045 kHz) and SSB (14195 kHz), at 2-3 UTC, 12-13 UTC and 21-22
UTC. QSL via N5FF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4W/CU3FT ---> Jose, CT1EEB reports
that Carlos, 4W/CU3FT went QRT from East Timor on 22
April (he started on 15 October 2001). All in all the
three Portuguese operators who have been active from East
Timor so far (the other two are Antonio, CT1EGH/4W6GH and
Jose, CT1EEB/4W6EB) have logged 57,000+ QSOs on all bands
and modes, with wire antennas and 100 watts. QSL 4W/CU3FT
via CT1EEB.
ARI INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST ---> It
will take place on 4-5 May. There are some changes in the
rules, check http://www.ari.it/cont2002.html for
further information.
ARMED FORCES DAY ---> The US Army,
Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are
co-sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio
communications tests in celebration of the 52nd
Anniversary of Armed Forces Day. Although the actual AFD
is celebrated May 18, the AFD Military/Amateur Crossband
Communications Test will be conducted on May 11 (local)
so as not to conflict with the Dayton Hamvention
scheduled for the same weekend (May 17-19). The annual
celebration features traditional military to amateur
crossband communications test and the message receiving
test. QSL cards will be provided to those making contact
with the military stations. Special commemorative
certificates will be awarded to anyone who receives
copies of the digital Armed Forces Day message from the
Secretary of Defense. Detailed information at http://www.asc.army.mil/mars/afd/mars_afd.htm.
[TNX DL8AAM]
NORTHERN EUROPE TOUR ---> La Gazette
du DX reports that Patrick, F5MQW will be touring
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and The Netherlands
between 1 May and July. His planned island stops include:
QSL XE1UN ---> N1NK (Jim Spears, 494
West Demello Drive, Tiverton, RI 02878, USA) is the new
QSL manager for Yuri, XE1UN. He has all the logs from 15
December 1999, including Yuri's contest operations as
4A1UN. [TNX N1NK]
QSL VIA N6CW ---> Terry, N6CW accepts
e-mail requests for bureau cards for any of the stations
he handles. This include ZD8A, ZD88A and activities as
VP2ECW, VP2VCW, VP2V/N6CW and TI4/N6CW. Send your QSO
information to qslvian6cw@aol.com.
[TNX N6CW]
VP6DI ---> The ARRL has notified
JA1BK that VP6DI (Ducie Island) has been accepted for
DXCC credit. Cards may be submitted on or after 1 June
2002. [TNX AF2C]
WIA AWARDS ---> The Wireless
Institute of Australia (http://www.wia.org.au) sponsors
the following award programmes: WIA DXCC, WAVKCA (Worked
All VK Call Areas) HF, WAVKCA (Worked All VK Call Areas)
VHF, HAVKCA (Heard All VK Call Areas), WIA Grid Square
Award, WIA Antarctic Award, Australian VHF Century Club
Award and Worked all States VHF. Detailed information is
available from the Federal Awards Manager, Malcolm K.
Johnson (VK6LC), P.O. Box. 196, Cannington, Western
Australia 6987, Australia (e-mail awards@wia.org.au).
ZD7K/ZD8K VIDEO ----> Doug, G0WMW has
been talked into running some copies of the ZD7K &
ZD8K "Double DXpedition" video (45 minutes,
NTSC or PAL format). The master tape goes for duplication
in mid-May, with copies available mid-June at the
earliest. For further information and orders, please
e-mail g0wmw@arrl.net
as soon as possible (the deadline in 15 May).
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LICENCES ABROAD: Do you know how to get
a visitor amateur radio licence in a foreign country?
Veke, OH2MCN has collected and made available all the
information you need for 250+ countries at http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm.
NEW REFLECTOR: "Time has come to
offer award enthusiasts a forum where they can discuss
award hunting in general", Egbert, ON4CAS (UBA Award
Manager) says. Amateur radio licensed operators and SWLs
"with a genuine interest in this part of our
hobby" are invited to join the list; details can be
found at http://users.pandora.be/egbert.hertsen/awardlist.htm.
PERIOD CALL REF
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till 28/04 7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 566
till 29/12 AY, L5, L6: specil prefixes (Argentina) 572
till 31/12 AY8XW: Radio Club Ushuaia 573
till 29/04 C56JJ: The Gambia * by PA9JJ 559
till 29/05 C6AGN: Bahamas * by KM1E 570
till 2004 CN2PM: Morocco * by G3WQU 571
till August ET3PMW: Ethiopia * by W4PFM 564
till 30/05 HL17FWC: special event station (Korea) 556
till 30/04 IR0MA: special station 563
till 28/04 JA1HEF/JD1, JA1KJW/JD1, JE1XXG/JD1: Ogasawara 572
till 30/04 JN3ATJ/6: Iki Island (AS-036) 573
till ?? L50W: special call (Argentina) 572
till 31/12 OP1A: special event station 559
till 08/05 OX/OZ1EQC: Greenland (NA-018, NA-134, NA-220) 567
till June 2003 P5/4L4FN: North Korea 570
till end April R0POL or R3RRC/0: North Pole * by UA6CW 569
till ?? R1ANF: Bellingshausen Base (WABA UA-04) 571
till 2003 RW1AI/ANT & R1ANC: Vostok Base 564
till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543
till 31/05 T9/F5LPY: Bosnia 569
till 27/04 TK7I: Corsica (EU-014) 571
till December TT8DX: Chad 564
till 02/05 V31KQ: Ambergis Caye (NA-073) * by K0GHK and WA0ETE 573
till December VK0MQI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 568
till 28/04 VP9/W9AEB: Bermuda (NA-005) 572
till 15/05 VQ9GB: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by K7GB 563
till 04/05 XW3ZNR: Laos * by IN3ZNR 567
till 27/04 ZD8Z: Ascension Island (AF-003) * by N6TJ 571
till October ZD9IR: Gough Island (AF-030) * by ZS6RI 544
25/04-28/04 IK4ZHH, IK4ZHV, I4YFY: Cesenatico Lighthouse 571
26/04-29/04 DU1/G0SHN: Calamian group (OC-128) * by F6FYD and F2JD 572
26/04-28/04 IV3HAX and IV3SKB: Isola delle Conchiglie (EU-130) 573
26/04-27/04 KG4NXP and W4/LZ3SM: Tangier Island (NA-083) 572
26/04 I: Bacucco (RO-004) * by IK2s and IW2s 573
26/04-28/04 International DX Convention (Visalia) 558
27/04-28/04 I: Scannone di Goro (FE-005) * by IK2s and IW2s 573
27/04 IY0TC (International Marconi Day) 572
27/04 IY4FGM (International Marconi Day) 573
27/04 IY5PIS (International Marconi Day) 572
27/04-30/04 JI3CEY/6: Okinawa (AS-017) 572
27/04-05/05 JI3DST/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 571
27/04-02/05 JR3TVH/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 573
from 27/04 K7ASU/KH9: Wake Island (OC-053) 572
27/04 OE1M (International Marconi Day) 571
27/04-28/04 ZY3PEI: Itapua Lighthouse * PY3s 573
27/04-28/04 Submarines On The Air 571
28/04-03/05 9M6/JA1WPX: East Malysia 573
28/04-04/05 JM3FV, JE5DTS, JG4LSR, JL4CVB, JO1ZZM/JD1: Ogasawara 569
28/04-09/05 KH1: Baker Island (OC-089) * by YT1AD and others 573
29/04-03/05 9N7WU: Nepal * by JA8MWU 573
29/04-30/04 I: Baron (EU-155) * by IK2s and IW2s 573
29/04-01/05 IA5/IK0YUJ/P: Giglio Island (EU-028) 573
30/04-07/05 JN3ATJ/6: Tsushima (AS-036) 573
Apr-May R3CA/9 and R3CA/0: AS-152, AS-029, AS-022, AS-??? 569
Apr-May YC9BU: Aru Islands (OC-???) 559
01/05-04/05 3DA0LJ: Swaziland * by JM1LJS 573
01/05-05/05 9A/IK3JLS: Krk Island (EU-136) 573
01/05-03/05 BA4RC, BA4TA, BA4RD, BA4RF, BA4TB, BD4RS/4: AS-135(?) 573
01/05-31/08 EM11E: Ukrainan islands 573
01/05-10/05 FG/F5IN: Guadeloupe (NA 107) 571
01/05 I: Scannone di Goro (FE-005) * by IK2s and IW2s 573
01/05-05/05 JD1YBO: Ogasawara (AS-031) 571
01/05-31/05 LZ02KM and LZ02JP: special event stations 573
01/05-11/05 YK1BA: Syria * by N5FF 573
02/05-14/05 TX5BTY: Fr. Polynesia - special event station by FO5RH 573
03/05-05/05 JA4PXE/6 and JH4WXV/6: Danjo Islands (AS-056) 571
03/05-05/05 KB1BEE and WW1V: Bailey Island (NA-137) 573
03/05-05/05 TP3CE: Council of Europe ARC (France) 573
04/05-05/05 9A/F5TLN and 9A/F5LPY: Korcula Island (EU-016) 573
04/05/05/05 IA5G: Gorgona Island (EU-028) 571
04/05-12/05 SM0DTK/1: Gotland Island (EU-020) 573
04/05-05/05 A.R.I. International DX Contest ***
06/05-12/05 EO57WL: special event station 573
07/05-12/05 TM5Y: Yeu Island (EU-064) 569
08/05-09/05 OJ0VR: Market Reef (EU-053) * by OH1VR 573
09/05-13/05 DH8WLA,DL1APR,DL1APW,DL2AXA,DL5AOJ,DM3BJ,DL9NDS:EU-057 573
10/05-12/05 4U1VIC (Austria) * by DF5AU, DJ9AO, DL9NDV, JH4RHF 573
10/05-15/05 8Q7NK, FO, HS, IC, JA, MI, TE: Maldives * by JAs 573
11/05 CT1BWW/P and CT2HME/P: Gibalta Lighthouse 573
11/05-12/05 IQ4FE: special event station 573
11/05-16/05 T2DA: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by KW4DA 572
14/05-18/05 7W4HI: Habibas Islands (AF-???) 573
14/05-24/05 V73BL: Kwajelein (OC-028) * by W4CK 573
16/05 HV5PUL: Vatican City 570
16/05-19/05 KH0/JM1YGG: Saipan (OC-086) 571
17/05-27/05 TN3B and TN3W: Congo * by EA3BT and EA3WL 567
17/05-19/05 WF1N and W1DIG: Pot Island (NA-136) 573
18/05-24/05 AH6HY/AH8: Manua Islands (OC-077) 569
18/05-01/06 TM5CW: special call by F5SJB 569
19/05-02/06 TM0A: special call (France) * by F6OIE 568
20/05-22/05 OY/DL2RTK and OY/DL2VFR: Faroe Islands (EU-018) 559
21/05-04/06 JT1Y: Mongolia * by I0SNY and I8KGZ 565
23/05-24/05 TF7/DL2RTK and TF7/DL2VFR: EU-071 559
24/05-26/05 EJ0A: Aran Islands (EU-006) 573
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
31/05-03/06 GN3XRQ: Rathlin Island (EU-122) 571
May-July DL/, OZ/, SM/, LA/, PA/F5MQW 573
from May LU1ZA: WABA LU-14, South Orkneys (AN-008) 571
May-October SV5/IK2WZD: Lipsi Island (EU-001) 573
May-August TA: Kefken Island (AS-159) * by TA2s 563
01/06-02/06 IG9SIX: Lampedusa Island (AF-019) 573
02/06-16/06 J48ALO: Alonissos Island (EU-072) * by SV2s 573
03/06-13/06 C6AIE: Abaco Island (NA-080) * by WZ8D 573
05/06-05/07 FR5ZU/T: Tromelin (AF-031) 573
07/06-10/06 JI1PLF/1, 7N1GMK/1, 7L4PVR/1: Hachijo Island (AS-043) 573
08/06-10/06 JO1EPY/6: Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) 573
10/06-24/06 VP8ITN: Falkland Islands (SA-002) * by GM3ITN 563
20/06-24/06 IB0A: Zannone Island (EU-045) 571
09/07-16/07 WRTC 2002 (http://www.wrtc2002.org) 520
13/07-14/07 IARU Championship ***
25/07-29/07 TM2ON & F/ON#xxx/p: Sein Island (EU-068) * by ONs 569
26/07-29/07 ED1URJ: Sisargas Islands (EU-077) * by EAs 571
26/07-28/07 PA6TEX & PA/ON4NOK: Texel Island (EU-038) * by ONs 569
27/07-28/07 II7GR: Isola Grande (EU-091) 571
27/07-28/07 IOTA Contest 571
31/07-05/08 KL7AK: Deer Island (NA-???) 569
July FP: St. Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) * by VE9GLF & VE9MY 571
01/08-01/10 OX3LG: Kook Island (NA-220) 569
04/08-22/08 XY3C, XY5T, XY7V: Myanmar 569
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 ***
15/09-29/09 VK9YL: Lord Howe (OC-004) * by YL ops 571
28/09-29/09 XVIII Italian HF-DX Convention (Bologna) ***
September DU1/G3OCA & DU9/G3OCA: OC-090, OC-120, OC-175 571
01/10-14/10 C21YL: Nauru (OC-031 * by YL ops 571
05/10 Autumn European Sprint Contest (SSB) 556
12/10 Autumn European Sprint Contest (CW) 556
26/10-27/10 WW DX SSB Contest ***
Oct-Nov FO: Rapa (OC-051), Austral Isls * by 3D2AG 567
23/11-24/11 WW DX CW Contest ***
November XF4: Socorro Island (NA-030), Revilla Gigedo 559
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