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ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK EVENT NEWS (February 16-22nd). In commemoration of the 6th Antarctic Activity week, Francois, F8DVD, will be using the special callsign TM8ICE between February 8-21st. The WAP reference number is 154. The activity will take place from his home QTH in Macon, the eastern part of France. A special color QSL card showing the TARA polar
vessel will be issued. QSL via F8DVD, by the Bureau or direct to:
Francois Bergez, 6, Rue Liberte, F-71000 MACON, FRANCE.

3B8 & 3B9, MAURITIUS AND RODRIGUES ISLANDS. Polish operators Piotr/SP2JMR
and Slavo/SP2JMB will be active as 3B9/homecalls from the Rodrigues Island
(AF-017) between April 1-8th. After this operation they will then be active
as 3B8/homecalls from Mauritius (AF-049) between April 9-17th. Activity
is expected to be on all bands using CW and SSB.

3D2, FIJI (Also T2). Operators Bill/N7OU and Bob/W7YAQ are expected to
be active this week as 3D2OU and 3D2NB, respectively, from Nadi, Viti
Levu Island (OC-016, WLOTA LH-0055), between February 11-16th. Activity
will be 160-10 meters, mainly CW but with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via
their home callsign. They will leave Fiji and head to Tuvalu. Callsigns
will be announced later, but they will be there between February 17th
and March 2nd. Their activity on the island will include the ARRL DX
CW Contest (February 21-22nd) as a Multi-Single entry.

4S, SRI LANKA (AS-003). Stavros, 5B4AFM, will be active as 4S7FMG between
February 9-12th. Activity will be holiday style on 40 and 30 meters using
only 100 watts into a vertical on CW and SSB. QSL via M0BBB.

6V,SENEGAL. Belgian operators Patrick/ON4HIL and Guido/ON4BAG will be
active as 6V7P and 6V7O, respectively, between February 22-28th. Their
QTH will be Le Calao about 70 km from Dakar. Activity will be on 160-6
meters using SSB and digital modes (RTTY, PSK31). Suggested frequencies
are: SSB  - 1844, 7090, 14245, 18160, 21295, 24985, 28475 and 50150 kHz
     RTTY - 7040, 14085, 21085 and 28085 kHz
QSL via their home callsigns, by the bureau or direct (QRZ.com). They
have a blog page at:     http://www.bloggen.be/6v7o_6v7p

8Q, MALDIVES. Stavros, 5B4AFM, will be active as 8Q7FM from Lhaviyani
Atoll (AS-013) between February 13-19th. Activity will be holiday style
on 40 and 30 meters using only 100 watts into a vertical on CW and SSB.
QSL via M0BBB.

ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK EVENT NEWS (February 16-22nd). In commemoration
of the 6th Antarctic Activity week, Francois, F8DVD, will be using the
special callsign TM8ICE between February 8-21st. The WAP reference number
is 154. The activity will take place from his home QTH in Macon, the
eastern part of France. A special color QSL card showing the TARA polar
vessel will be issued. QSL via F8DVD, by the Bureau or direct to:
Francois Bergez, 6, Rue Liberte, F-71000 MACON, FRANCE.

  PLEASE REMEMBER - Stations that are active and signing "/ANT" may NOT
                    be in the Antarctic!

C3, ANDORRA. Operators Finn/OV8FM and Martin/5P1M will be active as
C3/OV8FM and C3/5P1M, respectively, between February 10-13th. Activity
will be on 40 and 20 meters using SSB, SSTV, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via OV1A.

C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Frederick/K9VV, Henry/N6NC, Victor/WA0USA and
Brian/KP2HC will be active as C6AKU from Freeport during the CQWW WPX
CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via K5WW or the LoTW.

CANADIAN SPECIAL EVENT CALLSIGNS. To celebrate 50th anniversary of the
opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, look for Canadian amateurs to use the
following prefix between April 1st and May 31st:
         XL -> VA            XN -> VO
         XM -> VE            XO -> VY

CN, MOROCCO. Russell, G5XW, will once again be in CN-land between February
13-23rd. He will spend 4 days in Meknes then 6 days in the Middle Atlas
Mountains. This is another backpacking type holiday, but he plans to be
active as CN2XW using only 100 watts into some sort of wire vertical/
dipole. He may experience some sudden power outages. QSL via G5XW.

CT3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. A group of German operators will be active as
CT9L during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd) as a Multi-2 entry.
QSL via DJ6QT. Operators mentioned are: Walter/DJ6QT, Falk/DK7YY, Wolfgang/
DK9VZ, Ulf/DL5AXX, Tom/DL5LYM and Frank/DL8WAA. Outside the contest,
operators will probably sign CT3/homecall. QSL via their home callsigns.
PLEASE NOTE: DJ6QT and DK7YY will be active between February 17th and
March 10th. The rest of the team leaves February 24th.

CT3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. A group of German operators will be active as
CT9L during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Multi-? entry.
QSL via DJ6QT. Operators mentioned are: Adam/DJ0IF, Walter/DJ6QT and
Falk/DK7YY. Outside the contest operators will probably sign CT3/homecall.
QSL via their home callsigns.

D4, CAPE VERDE. A group of German operators from Bonn and Potsdam will
be active from Sal Island (AF-086) between March 11-25th. Each operator
will have their own callsign. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, Hell, Amtor and SSTV. They plan to have 7 stations
with 100 watts and vertical antennas. Operators mentioned (with their
callsign) are: Helmut/DL3KBQ (D44TXQ), Holger/DL1COP (D44TXP), Jurgen/
DJ2VO (D44TXO), Gerd/DG3KAF (D44TXF), Henry/DL2RSI (D44TXR), Peter/DH2KI
(D44TXI) and Franz/DL3PS/HB9EHQ (D44TXS). QSL via their home callsign,
except D44TXS via HB9EHQ.