Friday, October 20, 2017

425 DX GROUP 20 OCT 2017

21 October 2017                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  21/10      S9CQ: Sao Tome (AF-023)                               1377
till  21/10      ZD7BR: St. Helena Island (AF-022)                     1380
till  22/10      4B3ASM: Carmen Island (NA-135)                        1380
till  22/10      EH8FA: Anaga Lighthouse, Canary Islands (AF-004)      1381
till  22/10      KH0TH and KH0TG: Saipan (OC-086)                      1379
till  22/10      PJ4/NN5E and PJ4/NT5V: Bonaire (SA-006)               1379
till  22/10      ZS60JOTA: special event station                       1377
till  23/10      3B8/IW2NEF: Mauritus Island (AF-049)                  1379
till  23/10      3C0L: Annobon Island (AF-039)                         1381
till  23/10      HF0ARC: South Shetlands (AN-010)                      1375
till  23/10      P40EU: Aruba (SA-036)                                 1380
till  24/10      XW4XR: Laos                                           1379
till  25/10      8P9KZ, 8P9RN, 8P9SL: Barbados (NA-021)                1375
till  27/10      R80ORL, UE80O, UE80OL: special callsigns              1377
till  28/10      7P8AO: Lesotho                                        1380
till  28/10      AT1FI, AT2FI, AT3FI, AT4FI: special callsigns (India) 1379
till  28/10      E51AND: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1381
till  29/10      E44WE: Palestine  on                                  1377
till  30/10      3XY3D/p: Tristao Islands (AF-096), Guinea             1381
till  30/10      XT2AW: Burkina Faso                                   1377
till  31/10      8J2016Y: special callsign                             1351
till  31/10      HA500M, HA500R, HA500T, HG500A: special callsigns     1379
till  31/10      HG500E, HG500H, HG500I, HG500L: special callsigns     1379
till  31/10      HG500N, HG500R, HG500T, HG500U: special callsigns     1379
till  31/10      HG500PRO and HG500REF: special callsigns              1379
till  31/10      LZ251MKP: special callsign                            1339
till  05/11      A25A: Botswana                                        1379
till  06/11      FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                            1379
till  06/11      P29RR: Papua New Guinea                               1380
till  07/11      V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104)                             1379
till  10/11      VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008)                     1380
till  15/11      OP36CLM: special event station                        1375
till  15/11      OX90EDR: special callsign (Greenland)                 1339
till  15/11      OZ90EDR and 5P90EDR: special callsigns                1339
till  15/12      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1377
till  20/11      TC10A, TC10E, TC10F, TC10K, TC10L: special callsigns  1379
till  20/11      TC10M, TC10R, TC10S, TC10T, TC10U: special callsigns  1379
till  31/12      7S1GRK and SK70BL: Gotland Island (EU-020)            1358
till  31/12      9A57AX and 9A1957AA: special callsigns                1339
till  31/12      CF, CG, CH, CI: special prefixes (Canada)             1338
till  31/12      DC500LS, DM5LUTHER, DL500ML: special callsigns        1340
till  31/12      DR500MLE, DR1517LU, DR5LUTHER: special callsigns      1340
till  31/12      DU3/W6QT: Luzon Island (OC-042)                       1373
till  31/12      EI11WAW, EI22WAW, EI33WAW: special callsigns          1338
till  31/12      EI44WAW, EI55WAW, EI66WAW: special callsigns          1338
till  31/12      EI77WAW, EI88WAW, EI99WAW: special callsigns          1338
till  31/12      EO25: special callsigns (Ukraine)                     1373
till  31/12      H2017PFO: special callsign (Cyprus)                   1343
till  31/12      HB600NVF: special callsign (Switzerland)              1354
till  31/12      II2FIST special callsign                              1364
till  31/12      II2XC: special callsign                               1368
till  31/12      LM80REX and LM80Q: special callsigns                  1337
till  31/12      OF100FI/#: special callsigns                          1337
till  31/12      OH100FIN: special callsign                            1339
till  31/12      OZ100DVI: special callsign                            1337
till  31/12      S557E: special callsign                               1337
till  31/12      SC90SM: special callsign (Sweden)                     1354
till  31/12      XO1X : special callsign (Canada)                      1351
till  31/12      Z370M: special callsign                               1379
till  31/12      ZS8Z: Marion Island (AF-021)                          1337
till  December   YV1YL/HC1 and YV1KK/HC1: Ecuador                      1375
till  20/01 2018 8J1RL and 8J60JARE: Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica 1335
till  27/01 2018 II4GV: special callsign                               1380
till  30/04 2018 ZS8Z: Marion Island (AF-021)                          1337
till  Feb   2018 DP0GVN: Neumayer III base (Antarctica)                1332
till  Feb   2018 FT3YL: Dumont d'Urville Station (AN-017), Antarctica  1347
till  Feb   2018 RI1ANC: Vostok Station (Antarctica)                   1333
till  Mar   2018 RI1ANO: Bellinghausen, South Shetlands (AN-010)       1347
till  Apr   2018 VP8DPJ: Adelaide Island (AN-001), Antarctica          1331
till  30/06/2018 VR20: special prefix (Hong Kong)                      1364
till  24/08/2018 II6CNT: special calsign                               1373
till  Aug   2018 UA4RX/1 (RI1FJ): Heiss Isl (EU-019), Franz Josef Land 1374
21/10-23/10      F6KOP/p: Fort Brescou (EU-148)                        1381
21/10-25/10      S21ZDC: St Martin's Island (AS-127)                   1381
21/10-28/10      T2AR: Tuvalu (OC-015)                                 1380
21/10-28/10      V31WB: Ambergris Caye (NA-073)                        1381
21/10-01/11      EI8GQB and EI1A: Ireland (EU-115)                     1381
22/10/31/10      4S7AYG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1380
23/10-29/10      ZF2ZE: Cayman Islands (NA-016)                        1381
23/10-30/10      4S7KLG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1380
23/10-31/10      P40W: Aruba (SA-036)                                  1380
23/10-01/11      C6ARW: Grand Bahama (NA-080)                          1379
23/10-10/11      CT8/DL7AFS and CT8/DL7ZG: Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores 1381
24/10-31/10      6Y4F, 6Y4J, 6Y4T: Jamaica (NA-097)                    1380
24/10-07/11      VK9CZ: Cocos-Keeling (OC-003)                         1374
25/10-31/10      AH0K: Mariana Islands (OC-086)                        1381
25/10-01/11      4S7BHG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1379
26/10            A52SJ: Bhutan                                         1379
26/10-30/10      CO0CB: special station                                1381
26/10-30/10      VP2MDG and VP2MMX: Montserrat (NA-103)                1381
27/10-30/10      AC2AI/KH2: Guam (OC-026)                              1381
27/10-31/10      V31VP: Belize                                         1381
27/10-31/10      ZC4MK: UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus (AS-004)     1379
27/10-06/11      3XY4D: Guinea                                         1381
31/10-03/11      5L3BI: Baiyah Island (AF-111)                         1376
October          5X8C: Uganda                                          1381
October          H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
01/11-05/11      TM1CT: Batz Island (EU-105)                           1379
01/11-07/11      4W/OZ1AA: Timor Leste (OC-148)                        1381
01/11-15/11      VR2/KC0W: Cheung Chau Island (AS-006), Hong Kong      1379
01/11-30/11      LZ307MU: special callsign                             1339
01/11-25/03 2018 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1381
02/11-01/12      3XY3D: Kassa Island (AF-051), Guinea                  1381
03/11            EL2GM, EL2BB, EL2EL: Liberia                          1377
03/11-05/11      JI3DST/5: Shodo Island (AS-200)                       1381
03/11-16/11      VK9MA: Mellish Reef (OC-072)                          1372
04/11-18/11      3B8HC: Mauritius Island (AF-049)                      1381
06/11-17/11      9U4M: Burundi                                         1375
06/11-20/11      VP2MDL: Montserrat (NA-103)                           1363
07/11-10/11      VK9AR: Ashmore Reef (OC-216)                          1370
07/11-04/12      5H3DX: Tanzania                                       1381
08/11-12/11      YE16BATU: special callsign                            1381
08/11-15/11      V4/G0FWX: St Kitts (NA-104)                           1381
12/11-25/11      5K0T: San Andres Island (NA-033)                      1379
13/11-26/11      J5T: Bijagos Archipelago (AF-020), Guinea-Bissau      1379
14/11-18/11      V63PSK: Chuuk (OC-011), Micronesia                    1381
15/11-20/11      YJ0JA: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu                        1381
16/11-30/11      TO2SP: St. Barthelemy (NA-146)                        1353
17/11-30/11      3W9CW: Vietnam                                        1379
20/11-01/11      S79KB: Seychelles (AF-024)                            1379
21/11-29/11      9G5W: Ghana                                           1371
23/11-28/11      AH0K: Mariana Islands (OC-086)                        1381
23/11-12/12      3B9HA: Rodrigues Island (AF-017)                      1381
25/11-03/12      XF1IM: Isla Magdalena (NA-078)                        1380
28/11-24/01 2018 VU2BMS: India                                         1381
29/11-08/12      HC8LU: Galapagos Islands (SA-004)                     1377
November         H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
01/12-31/12      LZ710SG: special callsign                             1339
01/12-30/01 2018 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia         1349
02/12-04/12      9M4IOTA: Langkawi Island (AS-058)                     1381
Jan-Feb     2018 3Y0Z: Bouvet Island                                   1381
23/02-16/03 2018 3D2EU: Rotuma Island (OC-060)                         1378
February    2018 H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
10/03-20/03 2018 9M0W: Spratly Islands (AS-051)                        1379
21/03-03/04 2018 7Q7EI: Malawi                                         1380
March       2018 D2TI: Tigres Island (AF-108)                          1374
March       2018 H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
April       2018 3B7: Saint Brandon Islands (AF-015)                   1361
April       2018 H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
May         2018 H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
June        2018 KH1: Baker Island (OC-089)                            1374
01/08-09/08 2018 CY9C: St. Paul Island (NA-094)                        1377

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21 October 2017                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1381
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3B8    - Jean-Paul, HB9ARY will be  active  again  as 3B8HC  from  Mauritius
         Island (AF-049) on 4-18 November.  He will operate SSB and  slow CW
         on 80-10 metres, with a focus on 80m.  QSL via NI5DX (direct only),
         LoTW and eQSL.
3B9    - Olof, G0CKV will be active  again as  3B9HA from  Rodrigues  Island
         (AF-017) from  23 November to 12 December. He will operate CW, with
         main activity during the CQ WW DX CW Contest and a focus on the low
         bands  outside  the   contest.  QSL  via  LoTW   and  M0OXO's  OQRS
         http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/. [TNX NG3K]
3C0    - "We are stuck on the island", the 3C0L team reported on 19 October.
         Activity from Annobon is  therefore extended until 23 October, when
         the two  operators  (YL2GM and YL3AIW)  were expected  to  fly back
         home.  Some 19,400 QSOs (83% CW)  have  been  logged  so  far.  See
         http://www.lral.lv/3c0l_3c1l/index.html for updates.
3X     - Alain, F5OZC has announced plans to be active from  Guinea  between
         17 October and 1 December.  Look for 3XY3D/p to operate  CW and SSB
         from the Tristao Islands (AF-096)  until 30 or 31 October, and  for
         3XY3D  to  operate  mainly  CW  from  Kassa Island (AF-051) from  2
         November to 1 December, CQ WW DX CW Contest included.  Plans are to
         be QRV on 80-10 metres from  both locations.  QSL via F5OZC, direct
         or bureau.
3X     - Luc, F5RAV and Gerard, F5NVF will be active as 3XY4D from  Conakry,
         Guinea from 27 October to 6 November. They will operate CW, SSB and
         digital modes on 80-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX
         SSB Contest. QSL via F5RAV, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX]
4S     - Once again Peter, DC0KK will be active  as  4S7KKG  from  Sri Lanka
         (AS-003) from  1 November to 25 March 2018.  He operates mainly  CW
         and digital modes.  QSL via home call (direct or bureau) and  LoTW;
         OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX World]
4W     - Thomas, OZ1AA will be active as 4W/OZ1AA from  Dili (OC-148), Timor
         Leste on 1-7 November. He will be QRV on 40-10 metres with a  focus
         on CW and some FT8.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,  or via OZ1ACB.
         [TNX NG3K]
5H     - Chas, NK8O will be active again as 5H3DX from Zinga, Tanzania  from
         7 November to 4 December.  In his spare time he will operate CW and
         some PSK on 40-10 metres CW. QSL via NK8O (direct only, see qrz.com
         for instructions), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX]
5X     - Anton, ON6NL plans to be active again as 5X8C from  Entebbe, Uganda
         for two weeks in late October, possibly  including activity  during
         the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau,  and
         LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M2    - The Kuala Lumpur DX Team will  be  active  again  as  9M4IOTA  from
         Langkawi Island (AS-058), West Malaysia on 2-4 December.  They will
         operate CW, SSB and digital modes  on  80-10 metres.  QSL direct to
         9M2OOO.
C9     - Johannes, PA5X is active as C93PA  from  Beira, Mozambique  for the
         next coming months. He operates SSB and digital modes. QSL via LoTW
         or via PA5X, logsearch on Club Log.
CO     - Nelson, CO8NDZ and a large group of  operators will  be  active  as
         CO0CB on 26-30 October. They will be located at Cayo Bariay,  where
         Christopher Columbus first made landfall in Cuba (28 October 1492).
         Activity will be on  80, 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW,  SSB  and
         other modes. QSL via CO8NDZ (direct) and LoTW.
CT8    - Babs, DL7AFS and  Lot, DJ7ZG  will  be  active  as  CT8/DL7AFS  and
         CT8/DL7ZG from  Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores  from  23 October to 10
         November. They will operate mainly SSB and  digital modes on  80-10
         metres.  QSL  via DL7AFS,  direct or bureau,  and  LoTW.  [TNX OPDX
         Bulletin]
EA8    - Grupo DX Teide's members  EA8DK, EA8CH, EA8BRW, EA8BFH  and  EA8ARG
         will be  active  as  EH8FA (http://eh8fa.blogspot.com/) from  Anaga
         Lighthouse on  Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004) on  20-22 October.
         They will operate  SSB and digital modes on the HF bands, and FM on
         the VHF/UHF bands.  QSL via LoTW and eQSL, or diect to EA8NQ.  [TNX
         EA8NQ]
EI     - Olivier, ON4EI will be active again as EI8GQB from Fethard, Ireland
         (EU-115) from 21 October to 1 November  using  an hybrid wind-solar
         power system from his caravan. He will participate in  the CQ WW DX
         SSB Contest as EI1A.  QSL for both callsigns via LoTW or via PA3249
         (direct or bureau). See www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB.
F      - The 21-23 October TM0TI  DXpedition  to  Tombelaine Island (EU-156)
         [425DXN 1380] has been postponed owing to bad weather forecast. The
         operators (F4FET, F4HAU and F5RAB) will go to Fort Brescou (EU-148)
         instead, and be active as F6KOP/p. They will operate SSB and  CW on
         80-10 metres with three stations. QSL via F6KOP. [TNX F4FET]
H4     - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active again  as  H44MS from  the  Solomon
         Islands  between  now and  late  November, and again  between  late
         January and late  May 2018.  He operates SSB only.  QSL via DL2GAC,
         direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
JA     - Take, JI3DST will be active as JI3DST/5 from  Shodo Island (AS-200)
         on 3-5 November. He will operate mainly SSB and CW on  80-6 metres.
         QSL via  Club Log's OQRS  or  home  call  (bureau preferred).  [TNX
         JI3DST]
KH0    - OH6RX, OH7WV and others will be active  as  AH0K from from  Tinian,
         Mariana Islands  (OC-086)  on  25-31 October  and  again  on  23-28
         November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB and CW contests
         as Multi-Two entrants. QSL via OH6GDX, LoTW and eQSL;  logsearch on
         Club Log.
KH2    - Miki, JJ2CJB will be active as AC2AI/KH2 from Guam (OC-026)  on 27-
         30 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via
         JJ2CJB, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
S2     - S21ZDC [425DXN 1380] went QRT from Bhola (AS-140, QSL via G3KHZ) in
         the early UTC hours of 19 October after 9539 QSOs. The team expects
         to start activity from St. Martin's Island (AS-127, QSL via SM6CVX)
         around 18 UTC on 21 October until the 25th.
V3     - Doug, WB5TKI will be active holiday style  as V31WB from  Ambergris
         Caye (NA-073), Belize on 21-28 October. He will operate SSB, CW and
         FT8 mostly on 20-10 metres. QSL via home call and LoTW.
V3     - Victor, WB0TEV will be active again as V31VP  from  Belize on 27-31
         October.  Main activity  will be  during the  CQ WW DX SSB Contest;
         before and after the contest  he  might operate some RTTY.  QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS  or  via home call (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
V4     - Gary, G0FWX will be active as  V4/G0FWX from  St Kitts (NA-104)  on
         8-15 November. QSL via M0URX's OQRS (http://m0urx.com/oqrs/).
V6     - Shuji, JA1FMN will be active holiday  style  as V63PSK  from  Chuuk
         (OC-011), Micronesia  on  14-18 November.  He will operate  digital
         modes (JT65, JT9, FT8 and PSK63) on 20-10  metres between  7 and 16
         UTC. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via JA1FMN. [TNX NG3K]
VP2M   - George, K2DM (VP2MDG)  and  Dennis, N0SMX (VP2MMX) will  be  active
         from Montserrat (NA-103)  on  26-30 October, including an entry  in
         the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP2MDG.  Outside the contest they  will
         operate SSB, CW and possibly FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSLs via LoTW or
         direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
VU     - Bernhard, DL2GAC  will  be  active  as  VU2BMS from India  from  28
         November  to  24 January.  He operates  SSB only.  QSL  via DL2GAC,
         direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
YB     - Special callsign YE16BATU will be active on the HF bands  and 2m on
         8-12 November for the 16th anniversary  of the  city of Batu  (Java
         Island, OC-021). QSL via Club Log's OQRS ("free or very low cost"),
         or direct only to YB3MM.
YJ     - Tom, JA1VND  will be  active  holiday  style  as  YJ0JA from  Efate
         (OC-035), Vanuatu on 15-20 November.  He will  operate  CW, SSB and
         RTTY on 160-10 metres.  QSL via JA1VND, direct or bureau, and LoTW.
         [TNX DX World]
ZF     - Rick, NE8Z will be active holiday style  as  ZF2ZE from the  Cayman
         Islands (NA-016) on 23-29 October, including some limited  activity
         during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  He will operate CW, SSB and maybe
         FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW or via NE8Z.

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425 DX NEWS  MAGAZINE ---> The September 2017  issue  is  now  available for
Download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

3Y0Z: BOUVET 2018 ---> "After over  10 years  of  dreaming  and  2 years  of
rigorous planning, we have turned a page", the team reported in their  Press
Release #9  (17 October).  "Our team is intact  and  ready.  We have  17,000
pounds of equipment. It has been tested, sorted, inventoried and packed into
our 40-foot sea container.  We have discussed all conceivable contingencies,
including rough seas, clouds and fog, high winds and emergencies at sea  and
on shore. We have studied propagation, maximized our location on the island,
selected the best radio equipment, and have thought  first  and foremost  of
safety.  All of this culminated when we sealed our sea container on  October
9th, entered it into customs bond, placed it on a truck and watched it begin
its  journey  to  Punta Arenas, Chile.  Our die  has been cast.  Now,  a new
chapter begins: one of  reflection, waiting  anxiously and  hoping (praying)
that all will go well from this point on.
We have been blessed by the worldwide  support of  individual  amateur radio
operators, clubs and  foundations.  They have backed us, overwhelmingly.  We
are inspired  by  the  support we  have  received, both  financially and  in
spirit.  We  want to  live  up  to  all  that  is  expected of  us  on  this
'generational' DXpedition, which is likely the largest and most  challenging
DXpedition - ever.  Indeed, there may never be another like it.  We now have
time to appreciate the responsibility that this project thrusts upon us.  We
feel it, and we will do our utmost to meet the DX world's expectations  from
Bouvet - the number 2 'most wanted' entity.
You will start seeing band plans, more detailed propagation information, QSL
information and more on our website (http://www.bouvetdx.org/). Our Facebook
and Twitter  social media outlets  will keep their  conversational tone, but
shift their focus to  how you can best work us, plus current events and news
of interest.  Our updated propagation  forecasts  continue  to  validate our
predictions, as visualized on our website propagation page.
Our team now has a singular focal point, King George Island, where  the next
chapter begins.  We will meet our ship there on January 13th, and sail 2,200
miles to Bouvet.  By departing  from  King George Island rather  than  Punta
Arenas, we save about 400 miles of sea travel. This essentially gives us one
or two more days on the air from Bouvet.  We will savor those days,  because
they will give us QSOs that otherwise would not have been made.
We have asked more from our team members than for any  previous  DXpedition.
This includes  their  time, effort  and money.  We thank all of you  who are
helping to defray some  of their costs.  We  continue  to  welcome  new  and
additional support to help with these expenses.
We are counting the days..."

OQRS ENABLED ---> Club Log's  OQRS  has  been  enabled  for  VK5CE/8  (North
Island, OC-198) and RI1F (Victoriya Island, EU-190). See
15 October), and
October: digital modes, VHF, UHF and SAT will be uploaded later)

QRP MARATHON ---> The  2nd  QRP  Marathon ("not  a  contest,  but  rather  a
statistical game") started on 19 October and will run until 23.59 UTC on  30
November  (42 days,  as  the  marathon  course is  42 kilometres).  Complete
Information  can  be  found  at http://www.aegeandxgroup.gr/page.html.  [TNX
SV8CYV]

QSL E51AND --- > Andy, E51AND (ZK1AND) will QRT on 28 October, as he and his
wife  Kathy, E51CK  will  leave  Rarotonga,  South  Cook  Islands  and  move
permanently  to  New Brunswick (VE9).  "Logs from October 2013 on  have been
uploaded to  Club Log and LoTW",  Andy says, "but requests  for direct  QSLs
need to be received by the end of November 2017.  With up to 30 days transit
time for mail, requests should be sent by 1 November 2017  -  after December
we will no longer be able to receive mail and it  will not be forwarded.  So
if you are looking for a card  from us, please  request  it ASAP  (Andrew N.
Duncan, P.O. Box 518,  Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands).  We will post a new
mailing address on qrz.com as soon as  we  have one - that will  not  happen
until  at  least  February 2018".  Other  than  Rarotonga  (OC-013),  E51AND
operated from Palmerston (OC-124, North Cooks, 21 August-19 September 2012),
Mangaia (OC-159, South Cooks, 16-19 July 2013),  Mauke (OC-083, South Cooks,
11-13 June 2014) and Mitiaro (OC-083, South Cooks, 15-18 July 2014). In 2015
(1 January-31 December) Andy he was also active as E50A from his home QTH on
Rarotonga.

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QSLs received  direct  or  through managers:  4K6N,  4L6QL,  5T5TI (AF-050),
5T9VB, 5U5R, 6W/UA4WHX/P (AF-078), 9A17B (EU-110), 9H3WHX, A35W, A41KT, A5A,
A75GT, AL3/AA7CH (NA-042),  B7/BD7IHN (AS-094),  C50VB,  C97MR,  CE9/UA4WHX,
CP4WHX,   CU3AC,  E51WL,  EA8/UA4WHX,  EA9EU,  EA9FR,  FG5FI,  FR4QT,  FT3YL
(AN-017),  HD2RRC  (SA-034),  HD2RRC/4  (SA-033),  HD8M,  LU8VB,   NL6/AA7CH
(NA-157),  OX3XR, PJ5/PH2M, R71RRC (AS-071), RI0LI (AF-022), RI0POL, RI1ANO,
SU9VB, TK5NJ, TZ9A,  V51VV/p (AF-070),  VK9MAV (OC-267),  VK9MAV/4 (OC-160),
VR20XMT, WL7SJ,  XE1FAA,  XE3ARV,  XF2L (NA-221 and NA-224),  XR1T (SA-069),
YB9/DL3KZA (OC-150), YJ0AT,  YV5IAL/7 (SA-012),  Z32ZM,  ZD7BG,  ZS8Z,  ZS9V
(AF-064).

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