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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3D2    - Rocco DG5AA, Rich DK8YY and Dieter DL1AWD are active as 3D2RH  from
         Fiji until 4 May. They operate CW, SSB and digital modes  on  80-10
         metres. QSL via DH7WW, direct or bureau.
5Z     - Toru, JH0CJH will be active as  5Z4/JH0CJH    from  Nairobi,  Kenya
         until 3 May. He will operate mainly CW on  40-10  metres.  QSL  via
         home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
DL     - A large group of German operators  will  be  active  as  DL0DFF and
         DK0RZ with two stations from Hooge  Island  (EU-042)  on  1-4  May.
         QSLs via the DARC bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
DL     - DJ4EL, DK4DJ, DK6BA and DK9LB will be active  from  Fehmarn  Island
         (EU-128) on 1-4 May. QSL via home calls,  direct  or  bureau.  [TNX
         rsgbiota.org]
DL     - Oliver, DK7TX will be active  as  DK7TX/p  from  Spiekeroog  Island
         (EU-047) on 11-17 June. He will be QRV mainly  on  20,  15  and  10
         metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX DK7TX]
F      - Didier, F4ELJ will be active as F4ELJ/p from Ile d'Oleron  (EU-032)
         on 3-10 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
FG     - Sam, F6AML will be  active  as  TO6A  from  Les  Saintes  (NA-114),
         Guadeloupe on 5-20 May.  He  will  operate  CW  and  SSB  on  40-10
         metres. QSL via F6AML, direct or bureau (email address  for  bureau
         card requests: qsldxped[@]yahoo.fr).
GM     - A small team from the  GS3PYE  expedition  to  the  Isle  of  Lewis
         (EU-010) [425DXN 1198] plan to make an extra  trip  to  operate  as
         GS6PYE/p from the  Shiant  Isles  (EU-112).  They  are  aiming  for
         afternoon/early evening operations on 28 April, but may  switch  to
         30 April if the weather is bad. Up-to-date plans and progress  will
         be on http://dx.camb-hams.com/ and Twitter (@g3pye). QSL via M0VFC;
         logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
HB0    - DL4HTK and DO5AD will be active as HB0DRK and  HB0YRK  respectively
         from Liechtenstein on 4-18 May. They will operate CW,SSB,  PSK  and
         RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL for both callsigns via DL5DRK. [TNX NG3K]
J7     - Walter, HB9MFM will be active  as  J79WTA  from  Dominica  (NA-101)
         until 8 June. He operates holiday style on 160-10  metres  SSB  and
         digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or  bureau.  Logsearch  on
         Club Log. [TNX NG3K]
ON     - Ten special Belgian callsigns (OS10M, OS11M, OS12M,  OS13M,  OS14M,
         OS15M, OS16M, OS17M, OS18M and OS19M) are currently  in  use  until
         14 May [425DXN 1197]  to  promote  recognition  of  Morse  Code  as
         Intangible Cultural Heritage. QSL cards will automatically be  sent
         out  via  the  UBA    bureau.    Logsearch    is    available    at
         http://livelog.on4aol.be/. A commemorative award is available  free
         of charge for working 7 (Belgium), 5 (rest of Europe)  or  3  (rest
         of the world) different special callsigns on  CW;  just  send  your
         QSO  list  to  the  UBA  Award  Manager,  Egbert  Hertsen    ON4CAS
         (on4cas[@]uba.be) no later than 30 June 2014. [TNX ON4CAS]
OX     - Bo, OZ1DJJ will be  active  again  as  OX3LX  from  Aasiaat  Island
         (NA-134) on 5-9 May. He will operate mainly CW on the HF  bands  in
         his limited spare time. QSL via OZ1PIF, LoTW and eQSL.  Updates  on
         his  future  activities  from  Greenland  will   be    posted    to
         http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PY     - Renner, PY7RP will be  active  as  PY7RP/6  from  Ilha  de  Tinhare
         (SA-080) on 6-12 May. QSL direct to home call (OQRS on  Club  Log).
         [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PY     - Twenty-seven special stations (one for each  Brazilian  State  plus
         the Federal District) with ZX14 and ZY14 prefixes  will  be  active
         from 1 June to 30 July to celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup,  which
         will be held in Brazil from 12 June to  13  July:  ZX14AM,  ZX14BA,
         ZX14CE, ZX14DF, ZX14MG, ZX14MT,  ZX14PE,  ZX14PR,  ZX14RJ,  ZX14RN,
         ZX14RS, ZX14SP, ZY14AC, ZY14AL,  ZY14AP,  ZY14ES,  ZY14GO,  ZY14MA,
         ZY14MS, ZY14PA, ZY14PB, ZY14PI,  ZY14RO,  ZY14RR,  ZY14SC,  ZY14SE,
         ZY14TO. All of the QSOs will be  confirmed  automatically  via  the
         bureau; direct cards via PT2AA (LABRE, Caixa Postal 4,  Brasilia  -
         DF, 70351-970, Brazil). Information on the award  "Brazil  Land  of
         Football", sponsored by the Liga de Amadores Brasileiros  de  Radio
         Emissao  (LABRE,  Brazil's  IARU  society),  can  be    found    at
         www.labre.org.br
PY0F   - PP1CZ is active again as PY0F/PP1CZ from Fernando de Noronha  until
         29 April. He operate CW, SSB and RTTY  on  80-10  metres.  QSL  via
         home call; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
T30    - Rolf, DL7VEE and other eleven experienced  operators  form  Germany
         (namely  DF7TT,  DJ9HX,  DK3CG,  DL1RTL,  DL2AWG,  DL2HWA,  DL2RNS,
         DL4SVA, DL6JGN, DL7JOM and DM2AYO) will  be  active  as  T30D  from
         Tarawa, Western Kiribati (OC-017) on 2-15  October.  They  plan  to
         operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres with four stations  around
         the clock. Logsearch on Club Log; QSL via DL4SVA, direct or  bureau
         (OQRS on the expedition's  website),  and  LoTW  approximately  six
         months after the conclusion of the DXpedition. Further  information
         can be found at http://t30d.mydx.de
T8     - Nob, JR3STX will be active as T88ST from Palau from 29 April  to  7
         May. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via  home
         call. [TNX NG3K]
TK     - A team of six (I2RFJ, IK3HAR, IV3BSY, IW3HXR,  IZ2ESV  and  IZ2LSC)
         will be active as TK1R from Corsica (EU-014) from  30  April  to  4
         May, including participation in the ARI  International  DX  Contest
         (3-4 May). They will run at least three stations, with a  focus  on
         30, 17 and 12 metres, and digital modes. QSL via IK2DUW.
UA     - A very large number of Russian stations using special  prefix  RP69
         (where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e.  'victory')  will  be
         on 3-9 May to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the  end  of  World
         War II. Further information, including the  list  of  participating
         stations and their QSL routes, at http://pobeda.srr.ru/
UA     - Aleksandr, RU0LM and other five operators (R6MG, R7MR, RK3AW,  RX3F
         and UA0LCZ) will be active as RI0F from IOTA group AS-062 on  18-25
         June. QSL via RX3F, direct or bureau. Further  information  can  be
         found at www.ri0f.com. [TNX qrz.ru]
V6     - V650XG is the special callsign issued to Haru, JA1XGI to  celebrate
         his 50th anniversary  in  amateur  radio.  He  will  use  it  while
         operating  from  Pohnpei  (OC-010)  Micronesia  on  9-15  May  (and
         possibly again in early December from the Chuuk  Islands,  OC-011).
         He will be active on 40-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and  JT65.  QSL  via
         home  call,  direct  or  bureau  (OQRS   on    Club    Log).    See
         http://island.geocities.jp/v63xg/index.htm for further information.
YB     - Imam, YB4IR will be active as YB4IR/5 from Pulau  Singkep  (OC-107)
         on 8-13 May. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 40-10 metres.  QSL
         via home call, OQRS on Club Log. [TNX YB4IR]
YB     - John YB5NOF, Anton YB5QZ and others are planning to  be  active  as
         YE5S from the island of  Serasan  (Natuna  Selatan  Islands  Group,
         OC-109), and as YE5T from the Tambelan  Islands  (OC-122)  for  one
         week around mid-May. "This trip is very much dependent on the  ship
         schedule", W2FB says. "Firm dates will  be  posted  on  qrz.com  as
         soon as boat schedule is confirmed". Donations  are  being  sought,
         and pledges are welcome via w2fb[@]njdxa.org. QSL via W2FB,  direct
         or bureau.
YV0    - The YW0A team [425DXN 1186] will depart La Guaria on 29 April at  7
         a.m. (11.30 UTC). The voyage to  Aves  Island  (NA-020)  will  take
         about 40 hours. Once on the island,  they  will  be  QRV  on  160-6
         metres SSB, CW and digital modes (RTTY, BPSK  31,  BPSK  63,  JT65)
         for 5-7 days. QSL via EB7DX  (OQRS  on  Club  Log  for  direct  and
         bureau  cards)  and  eventually  LoTW.  Further   information    at
         www.avesisland.info.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

MATTHEW ISLAND ---> The website for  the TX4A  DXpedition to  Matthew Island
(OC-218)  [425DXN 1198] is under  construction  at http://tx4a.yolasite.com.
This  IOTA group was activated by FK5M (operators FK8CR, FK8GM and FK1RF) on
3-4 December 1996 and again on 23 April 1997. Both logs are still  open (see
http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/voirlogs.php) and Jean-Michel, F6AJA still has some
blank cards. [TNX F6AJA]

QSL FK8CE ---> Buzz, NI5DX is now the QSL manager for Dom, FK8CE. New  cards
are being printed.  All  requests  should  be  sent  direct  to  William  M.
Loeschman, 717 Milton, Angleton TX 77515, USA. Buzz will be able to  confirm
QSOs made from November 2011 onward. [TNX NI5DX]

OC-177 ---> Logsearch and  OQRS  for  Budi's  recent  operation  from  Pulau
Payung Besar as YF1AR/0 are now available on Club Log.  Pictures  and  video
at http://www.yf1ar.com/2014/04/oc-177-payung-besar-island-seribu.html  [TNX
YF1AR]

QSL A35V & A35X ---> Many log correction requests  have  been  received  and
are being taken care of. The QSL manager (N3SL) says that  the  OQRS  option
via Club Log  will  be  enabled  later  in  the  year,  likely  November  or
December. "In the meantime", Steve says, "those who wish to use  PayPal  for
direct cards may do so to siouxdx[at]aol.com account. DX  minimum  is  US$2.
US stations $1 is sufficient". Cards will  not  be  printed  until  June  or
July, so be patient. [TNX N3SL]

W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations W1AW/1 from Connecticut  and
W1AW/7 Nevada to be on the air starting at  00.00  UTC  on  30  April  until
23.59 UTC on 6 May. Complete information on the ARRL  Centennial  QSO  Party
can be found at www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party.

YASME --->  At  its  annual  meeting  held  at  the  2014  International  DX
Convention in Visalia  (CA),  the  YASME  Foundation's  Board  of  Directors
elected the following directors and officers: Ward Silver,  N0AX  (President
and Director), Fred Laun K3ZO  (Vice-President  and  Director),  Rusty  Epps
W6OAT (Treasurer and Director), Kip Edwards W6SZN (Secretary and  Director),
Martti Laine OH2BH, Mac McHenry W6BSY and  Bob  Vallio,  W6RGG  (Directors).
The  YASME  Foundation  (www.yasme.org)  is  a  not-for-profit   corporation
organized to conduct scientific and educational projects related to  Amateur
Radio, including DXing and the introduction and promotion of  Amateur  Radio
in developing countries. [TNX W6SZN]

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QSLs received direct or  through  managers:  3A2LF,  3B8DB,  3B9EME,  3B9FR,
3C0BYP, 3D2MP,  3V8SM,  4L5O,  4S7AVR,  5H1Z/3,  5T5BV,  5V7TH,  5Z4/EA4ATI,
6Y5WJ, 8P6NW, 8Q7TS, 8R1AK, 9H25Y, 9J2T, 9K2UU, 9V1DR, 9V1DR, A61CK,  A61LL,
A61Q, A71BX, A92AA, AP2TN, AZ5ZA, BD6ES, BY4IB/4, C56KR,  CE1/K7CA,  CE2AWW,
D44BS, DS5USH, EA6FO, EA6SX, EA9/DL2RNS, EA9/DL2RVL, EK7DX,  EP3HF,  EP3SMH,
EP3SMH,  ER1LW,  EW6DX,  EX8M,  EX8MLE,  FG/F6ARC,  FH8PL,    FK8CE,  FK8IK,
FR/DJ7RJ, FW5JJ,  G2F,  HL5FUA,  J38XX,  J6/WB4WXE,  J67ZF,  J69MV,  J79WTA,
J79WTA, JD1BOI, JI5RPT/6, JW7QIA, KP2/K1ZE, LU5FF, LX8RTTY,  LY6A,  MJ/K8PT,
OA4TT, OD5NJ/P (AS-108), OG0A, OH0R, OM13YOTA, PJ5/N5WR,  PJ76,  PY0F/PP1CZ,
SU1SK, T32TV, TG8/W0OR, TN2MS, TR8CA,  TX6G,  TY1TT,  TY1TT,  UA2F,  UA2FCB,
UN3M, V51WH, V85TL, VK0TH,  VK9X/K7CO,  VP2EST,  VP2MOR,  VP2MXI,  VP5/N0AT,
VU2GSM, XR0ZR,  XT2AW,  XZ1J,  YB3MM/2  (OC-186),  YB3MM/4  (OC-262),YB3MM/8
(OC-219),  YB4IR/p  (OC-204),  YB9Y  (OC-276)YF1AR/0    (OC-177),    YF1AR/9
(OC-275), YJ0OU, YN9SU, Z33Z, Z35T, Z81R, ZA1G, ZB2FK, ZD7DC, ZP9MCE, ZS8C.

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REMINDER – Tony IZ2ESV, Andrea IZ2LSC, Ivano I2RFJ, Bruno IW3HXR, Claudio IK3HAR and Alberto IV3BSY will gather under the “NOLOGO Independent DXers” flag for their springbreak expedition to Corsica, between 30th April and 4th May.

The callsign will be TK1R and they will operate from east coast Corsica with emphasis on digimodes and WARC bands.

Andre PP6ZZ will be active from Fernando de Noronha as PY0FF between May 2-8, 2014.

QRV on 30-10m SSB, CW and Digi.

QSL via W9VA.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

7P     - Look  for  G8APB  (7P8CP),  HB9OCR  (7P8OC),  K5LBU  (7P8CF),  K5YY
         (7P8YY), K9APW (7P8AP),  N5JR  (7P8JR)  and  ZS6RJ  (7P8RJ)  to  be
         active from Lesotho from 22 April to 1 May.  QSL  via  home  calls.
         Check qrz.com for QSLling instructions. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]
A3     - Masa, JA0RQV will be active as A35JP/p from Niuatoputapu  (OC-191),
         Tonga from 28 May to 3 June. He plans to be QRV on 80-6  metres  CW
         and SSB, but his operations are likely  to  be  limited  "and  much
         depending on the availability of electric power". If the flight  is
         cancelled, he  will  operate  from  Vava'u  (OC-064)  or  Tongatapu
         (OC-049) instead. QSL via home call, direct or  bureau,  and  LoTW.
         Updates will be posted to http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv
BY     - A group of Chinese operators (BA7CK,  BA7IO,  BA7JA,  BA7NQ,  BD7YC
         and BI7IOB) will be active as B7CRA  from  the  rare  Paracel/Xisha
         Islands (AS-143) for about one week sometime between 21  April  and
         10 May. QSL via BA4EG. Logsearch on Club Log. This IOTA  group  was
         activated only once back in September 1999. [TNX NG3K]
D4     - Joerg, DL3LUM will be active holiday style as D44TXU from  Ilha  do
         Sal (AF-086), Cape Verde on 19-25 April. He will operate CW QRP  on
         20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via DL3LUM, direct or bureau.
FK     - Cezar, VE3LYC and Johan, PA3EXX are planning an operation  to  take
         place  as  TX4A  from  the  remote  Matthew  Island  (OC-218),  New
         Caledonia for a period of  four  days  during  the  first  part  of
         September. Further information is expected  in  due  course.  "This
         will be  not  only  a  very  difficult,  but  also  very  expensive
         project. The team is actively looking for  financial  support  from
         groups and individuals who wish to assist in defraying some of  the
         project costs.  Donations  can  be  sent  to  Cezar  by  PayPal  at
         ve3lyc[@]hotmail.com or by mail". IOTA group OC-218  was  activated
         only once, by FK5M, back in December 1996. [TNX VE3LYC]
G      - Christian EA3NT, Vincent F4BKV, Gil F4FET and Col  MM0NDX  will  be
         active as MX0INT from Longstone, Farne Islands  (EU-109)  on  10-11
         May. They plan to operate CW and SSB with 3  or  four  stations  on
         the HF bands and  6  metres.  "At  this  stage  it  is  likely  the
         activation will be during local daylight  hours  only",  they  say,
         "however we  will  strive  for  a  longer  activation  period  when
         actually there, working  with  island  representatives.  Please  be
         aware that weather and sea conditions  will  determine  this  whole
         activation". Logsearch and further  information  can  be  found  at
         http://www.invokerteam.com/mx0int/index.htm; QSL via F5CWU,  direct
         or bureau (OQRS on http://f5cwu.net/oqrs/). Follow them on  Twitter
         (@Invoker_Team).
GM     - A team from the Kilmarnock and Loudoun Amateur Radio Club  will  be
         active as MM0KLR from the Isle of Canna (EU-008)  on  21-25  April.
         They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on  160-2  metres.  QSL
         via MM0KLR (bureau) or MM0GHM (direct). [TNX rsgbiota.org]
GM     - The Camb-Hams (http://dx.camb-hams.com) will be active as  GS3PYE/p
         from the Isle of Lewis (EU-010) from 26 April to  3  May.  A  large
         group of operators will be QRV with five stations on 80-10  metres,
         as well as on 6m, 4m, 2m & 70cm for Satellites and 2m  &  23cm  for
         EME. QSL via M0VFC; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
GM     - 2E1BVS, G3WFK, G6HFF and G6MML will be active as GB2SOH  from  Isle
         of Scalpay (EU-010) from 27 April to 9 May. QSL via  G6MML,  direct
         or bureau.
HI     - Juergen, DL4SDW will be active as HI3/DL4SDW from  Villa  Gonzalez,
         Dominican Republic (NA-096) from  18  April  to  15  May.  He  will
         operate mainly CW on the  HF  bands.  QSL  via  home  call,  bureau
         preferred. [TNX DX Newsletter]
SM     - Fred, SM7DAY  will  be  active  as  SM7DAY/p  from  Senoren  Island
         (EU-138) on 21-27 April. He will operate CW, SSB and PSK on the  HF
         bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM7DAY]
TK     - Alex, IW5ELA will be active holiday style as TK/IW5ELA from  Calvi,
         Corsica (EU-014) from 25 April to 1 May. He will operate mainly  CW
         on 40-10 metres (maybe also 6m). QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
VK     - The Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of  Australia  (VK2CL)  will
         be active as AX2CL  (www.ax2cl.blogspot.com.au)  from  Bare  Island
         (OC-001), New South Wales for ANZAC Day on 25-26 April. QSL  direct
         to HAROA, P.O. Box 13, Sans Souci NSW 2219, Australia.
YB     - Din, YB8RW  will  be  active  as  YB8RW/p  from  Pulau  Tahulandang
         (OC-210) on 23-28 April. QSL via YB9BU. Other team members  include
         YB8RXA, YB8SFE, YB8UMX, YD8SVX, YD8TWV and YD8UFD. [TNX JN6RZM]

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4K9W: APPEAL FOR HELP ---> "Being an invalid, after the loss of his  mother,
Vlad needs to arrange a continued care by his own to keep having a  more  or
less normal life and to enjoy our great hobby on air", Axel  DL6KVA  (Vlad's
QSL manager) wrote back in late 2008.
"With all this help from over 700 people and more than EUR 30,000 spent  for
this", DL6KVA says new, "we got here into 2014".  The  vital  24/7  care  is
assured until the end of June, after that "only about  25%  of  the  monthly
needed EUR 490,00 are  assured".  While  appreciating  one  time  donations,
DL6KVA says that "what really would help is to find about 15  people  or  so
who are able and would like to support Vlad with about EUR 20,00 each  on  a
monthly basis". Full information about this ongoing project can be found  at
http://4k9w.blogspot.de/.  Axel's  e-mail  address  (also  used  for  PayPal
donations) is dl6kva[@]darc.de. [TNX DL6KVA]

BEST COMMUNICATION AWARD ---> The "Best Communication Award"  by  DX  Coffee
takes into account the Public Relations  side  of  a  DXpedition,  i.e.  the
information (daily reports, pictures, videos, forums, propagation hints,  on
line logs, operating advice, etc) provided to the  amateur  radio  community
through the DXpedition website and other channels. The first award  will  be
presented  during    the    DX    Coffee    Party    on    17-18   May.  See
http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/ for further information. [TNX IZ8IYX]

DXCC NEWS ---> VK9MT (Mellish Reef, 2014 operation) has  been  approved  for
DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]

FT4TA ---> The pilot stations for the FT4TA DXpedition  to  Tromelin  Island
(30 October-10 November)  are:  Col  MM0NDX  (Chief  Pilot),  Harumi  JR4OZR
(Asia/Japan), Bjorn ON9CFG (Europe/Africa), Al  ZL2AL  (Oceania),  Don  N1DG
(North America East Coast/South America) and Rich KY6R (North  America  West
Coast). The Mississippi River will be considered as the boundary between  NA
East and West  Coasts.  The  pilots  will  not  have  access  to  the  logs;
inquiries about that must go to the QSL  manager.  Detailed  information  on
the pilot stations can be found at www.tromelin2014.com/pilotes

J8 ---> Ark, J8/UA4CC and Arunas, J8/LY2IJ made 20,000 QSOs (almost 1000  on
160 metres) during their  recent  operation  from  Bequia  Island  (NA-025).
Logsearch and OQRS are available for both callsigns on Club  Log;  the  logs
have bee uploaded to LoTW. [TNX UA4CC]

QSL ARRL CENTENNIAL STATIONS ---> QSL cards for contacts made  with  W100AW,
W1AW/x and W1HQ during 2014 will be sent automatically to  stations  outside
the USA via the ARRL QSL Bureau as normal. Arrangements for US  stations  to
have those QSLs delivered via the bureau (a one-time only  use  of  the  QSL
Bureau for this purpose) can be found at http://www.arrl.org/AW-BureauQSLs.

VK9MT ---> VK9MT Mellish Reef was activated on 30 March at  04:34  UTC  with
ZL4PW first in the log and went QRT on 4 April  at  13:53  UTC  with  JL1MTY
closing the log. "Our decision to leave the island didn't come easily",  the
team reports. The weather had grown progressively worse each day, and  "just
as the last QSO was made, it became clear we could not remain on the  island
another day. It was 01:00 (local) when the rain began. The wind was  blowing
at about 35-40 knots; we had water infiltrating the operating tents and  the
antennas were taking a severe beating". The operators  decided  to  QRT  and
spent the next several hours packing equipment using head and hand  torches;
antennas and tents were taken down at dawn. "Once the storm  was  officially
declared Cyclone Ita there was no question we made  the  correct  decision".
The team's goal was 80,000 QSOs in ten days; "in five days  we  made  40,000
QSOs (61% CW, 30.5% SSB and 8.6%  RTTY)  which  put  us  on  track  for  the
original target". Read the Final Press  Release  (issued  on  17  April)  on
http://vk9mt.com/ [TNX K5GS]

W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations W1AW/2 from New  Jersey  and
W1AW/1 from New Hampshire to be on the air  starting  at  00.00  UTC  on  23
April until 23.59  UTC  on  the  29th.  Complete  information  on  the  ARRL
Centennial QSO Party can be found at www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party.

WORLD CASTLES WEEKEND ---> Organized by the World  Castles  Activity  Group,
it will be held on 14-15 June. Several  stations  are  expected  to  operate
from fortresses and castles around Europe. Information on the event  can  be
found at www.wcagroup.org. [TNX RN1CW]

+ SILENT KEYS + Klaus Behrndt (DJ4SO) passed away  on  13  April.  A  former
radio officer in the merchant navy and an  active  DXer,  he  operated  from
various countries (including Antarctica as  DP0GVN  and  several  visits  to
Namibia as V5/DJ4SO). Other recently reported Silent Keys include Angelo  Lo
Re (I1PYS) and Mike Baker (NL7G).

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2SE       ZL3TE       EI1Y        EI5JQ       NL8F        K8NA
3Z0WARD     SP6IEQ      EI30T       EI3CTB      OD5RW       K8NA
3Z14EASTER  SP6IEQ      EI6DX       RX3RC       OK8WW       OM2FY
3Z150OSP    SP3PKA      EN0U        UT7UT       OS11M       ON5UK
3Z6QRO      SP6JIU      ER80KEDR    ER1FF       OS14M       ON4MCL
4L8A        K1BV        EV5SL       EV1P        OS16M       ON1DX
7X2BDX      IK2DUW      EV80KEDR    EW7WW       OS19M       ON5JE
9A1WFF/p    9A2MF       GB4T        M0DOL       PA530ROT    PA0ABM
9K2F        9K2HN       HB0/PA2HGJ  PE1FLO      PH38EU  PD7YY or PE1GNP
9K2UU       EA5ZD       HB0/PA2RDK  PE1FLO      PJ4H        DK7AN
9M2TO       JA0DMV      HB0/PA3CNO  PE1FLO      R70KRC      R7AA
9M6/NR1J    JF1SJT      HB0/PA3HK   PE1FLO      R80KEDR     R3AS
A35V        N3SL        HB0/PE0MGB  PE1FLO      RW80SV      RV9CQ
A35X        N3SL        HB0/PE1FLO  PE1FLO      S21R        N4VA
A91WARD     IZ8CLM      HF0JP2S     SP8PZI      S79SD       F5JSD
A92AA       IZ8CLM      HG100ATOM   HA3KNA      S79WK       OE1MWW
AH0J        JA1NVF      HG140JLO    HA8KW       SK89WARD    SM6JSM
C5WP        ON7WP       HG45HS      HA5HS       SN150SZ     SP7PCA
CE0Y/UA4WHX UA4WHX      HP1A        HP1RCP      SN2014JPII  SP4ZHX
CN2CA       PA9M        HT5T        TI4SU       SV0XAF/8    HB9EBC
CN8KD       EA5XX       HZ14WARD    HZ7C        T88QX       DF8DX
CO4LS       EA7FTR      HZ1DG       EA7FTR      TM02REF     F5BBD
CO8LY       EA7ADH      II0SPQR     IZ0YCB      TM22TSF     F6HRO
CR500TB     CS5NRA      II1SWL      IW1EHL      TM25CFT     F5KMY
CW4R        CX1AA       J42AGM      SV2DGH      TM29UFT     F6ICG
D8A         6K5YPD      J88PI       GW4DVB      TM8BIRD     F5INJ
DQ0HARZ     DF7AA       JD1AAI      JA2NQG      V26MN       DF8AN
E20HHK/p    E21EIC      JW7QIA      LA7QIA      V47GIW      W4GIW
EG7MSP      EA7RCM      JY4CI       K2AX        VI2ATZ50    VK2ATZ
EG7SCM      EA7URM      JY9ET       M0OXO       VP2MMN      DF8AN
EH1ARD      EA1AST      KG4ZD       AF5PM       XU7TZG      ON7PP
EH4GT       EA4TE       KH8/DL2AWG  DL2AWG      YF1AR/0     N2OO
EH6ARD      EA6QY       KH8/DL6JGN  DL2AWG      ZD9M        ZS1A
EI0PL       EI5JQ       KH8/PA3EWP  DL2AWG      ZT1T        ZS1AFS

CE2/CX1EK Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA
CX1AA     Radio Club Uruguayo,P.O. Box 37, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay
DK7AN     Ernst Haberland, Bluetenweg 27, 06198 Salzatal OT Lieskau, Germany
DL2AWG    Guenter Gassler, Eichertstr. 8, 07589 Muenchenbernsdorf, Germany
E21EIC    Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart  University,
          Bangkok, 10903, Thailand
N3SL      Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Drive, Sioux City, IA 51108-8641,
          USA
N5T       Ronald Litt, 15547 Stoney Fork Dr, Houston, TX 77084, USA
ON7PP     Patrick Piesen, Hermans Lybaertstraat 35 bus 1, 8300
          Knokke-Heist, Belgium
ZS1A      Johan Sevenster, P.O. Box 7146, Welgemoed, 7538, South Africa

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Rocco DG5AA, Rich DK8YY and Dieter DL1AWD will be active as 3D2RH from Fiji between April 23 to May 4, 2014.

QRV on 80 to 10m; CW, SSB and digital modes

QSL via DH7WW – bureau or direct.

REMINDER – A multinational team will be active from Lesotho between April 22 to May 1, 2014.

A group of Chinese hams will be active from the rare IOTA AS-143 (Yongxing Island), Paracel Islands sometime between April 15 to May 15. The actual operation period depends on the schedule of the ship.

Only one radio is allowed to be on the air 24 hours around the clock due to the limit of ops by the local authority.

The assigned callsign will be B7CRA. QSL via BA4EG.

After the very successful HP0INT expedition (winner of the DXpedition of the IOTA Marathon), members of the Invoker Team have now set their sights on activating the Farne Islands EU-109.

It’s been 10 years since a major activation of this island group, and with an ever-growing number of IOTA enthusiasts chasing “new ones”, we believe this activity will create heavy interest.

During the weekend of May 10 & 11 – using the callsign MX0INT – a four man team consisting Christian EA3NT, Vincent F4BKV, Gil F4FET and Col MM0NDX plan to be active from the outer island of Longstone.

A small, suitcase mini-DXpedition is planned to San Andres Island with the group callsign of 5J0X between April 2-14, 2014. Portable antennas will be used from the Villa location and /p from nearby beaches.

The team consists of Hugh/W4VAB, Rob/N7QT, Melanie/AB1UH, and Guy/N7UN, and they plan to operate CW, SSB and PSK on 80-10m, holiday-style.

Logs will be uploaded during the operation to Club Log and to LoTW shortly after the mini-DXpedition.

QSL direct to N7QT. No eQSLs. IRCs are acceptable. ARRL Bureau cards acceptable. Direct QSLs with 2 US$ will be returned via international postage otherwise via the ARRL Bureau.

Look for Wolfgang OE1MWW to be active from the Seychelles as S79WK between April 6-25, 2014.

QRV on CW/SSB/PSK31.

QSL via H/c.

Victor, R6AF plans activity from Tioman Island AS-046 between April 5-10, 2014 as 9M2/R6AF/P.

QRV on HF bands, CW.

QSL via H/c.

Chris GM3WOJ (A35V) and Keith GM4YXI (A35X) will be active from Tonga between April 4-18, 2014.

QRV on 160-10m, CW/SSB and RTTY.

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UPCOMING – Pierre, F4GPK will be active from Le Somone, Senegal between April 4-15, 2014.

QRV 160-10m

QSL via H/c.

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