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5B/C4, CYPRUS. Andy, LZ2HM, will be active as 5B/LZ2HM between September 10-15th. Activity will be on the HF bands plus 6 and 2 meters (KM64HV). Also, he will be active as C4I (on SSB) in the Worked All Europe DX Contest (WAEDC), September 12-13th. QSL via LZ2HM, using info on QRZ.com.

5B, CYPRUS. Nick, G3RWF, will be active once again from the Island of
Cyprus (AS-004, MIA MCI-002, WLOTA L0051) as 5B/G3RWF between September
8-22nd. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the Bureau.

7Q, MALAWI. QSL Manager Allan, G0IAS, informs OPDX that Harry, 7Q7HB
(G0JMU), is again in Malawi for a period of up to 3 months. He is going
to be active MAINLY on the Digital modes and CW. QSL as usual is ONLY
DIRECT to G0IAS with sufficient funds for return cards. NO BUREAU cards.
NO eQSLs. Just old fashioned paper cards DIRECT!

A3, TONGA (News). Paul Kidd, A35RK, reports that the first special non-
resident "contest" callsign, A31A, was just issued to a group of European
operators who will be in Tonga in November, he presumes for the CQWW DX
CW Contest. Also, Paul was granted the first "resident" special callsign,
A35A, which he will only use for contests and special events. A35RK is
still his "regular" callsign. Paul provides the following special announce-
ment by the Department of Communications (dated September 2nd):
  The Radio Licensing Officer for the Kingdom of Tonga, Fe'ao Vakata, has
  today approved the following changes in licensing procedures:

  1) Callsigns issued to citizens and long-term residents of Tonga will
     be in the A35xx format.
  2) A Tongan citizen or long-term resident can, upon request, be issued
     a "special" callsign for use in contests and special events. This
     "special" callsign will be in the  A35x format.
  3) Visiting operators will be issued an A31xx format callsign upon
     presentation of a valid license from their home country and payment
     of license fee.
  4) Visiting groups of operators, for contest and special event purposes
     only, may request a special callsign in the A31x format.
 Note that, hereafter, all visitors will be issued callsigns from the
 newly authorized A31 prefix block. The A35 prefix block is reserved for
 residents only.

 Further information and license applications may be obtained from:
  Fe'ao Vakata, Licensing Officer
  Ministry of Communications and Information
  P.O. Box 1380
  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  ph: (676) 28-170
  email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
  fax: (676) 24-861

AN8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Luis/EA8AY, Jeronimo/EA8NC and Jose/EA8CCD
will use the special callsign AN8R during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
28-29th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via EA8AY. Visit the special AN8R Web
page at:           http://www.ea8ay.com/an8r_team/index.html

B7, CHINA. Look for B7P to be active in this year's CQWW DX Contest by
the following group of operators:
  CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th)- Operators Terry/BA7NQ, JinQuan/
              BA7JC, Paul/BA7JS, Guo/BA7IN, Yang/BD7IXG, Wu/BA7IA,
              Hu/BD7KSF and Lv/BD7MFB. Possibly as a Multi-Multi or
              Multi-Single entry.
  CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) - Operators Terry/BA7NQ, JinQuan/
             BA7JC, Paul/BA7JS, Guo/BA7IN, Yang/BD7IXG, Wu/BA7IA and Esa/
             OH7WV. Multi-Multi entry.
Activity by both groups will be on 160-10 meters. QSL both operations
via BD7IXG.

CT8, AZORES. Frank, DK5FT, will be active as CT8/DK5FT from the Island of
Sao Miguel (EU-003, DIP AZ-002, WLOTA L2016), September 10-22nd. Activity
will be on all bands and modes, propagation permitting. QSL via his home
callsign, bureau is preferred.

CT8, AZORES. Chris, DL2MDU, will be active as CT8/DL2MDU from the Island
of Sao Miguel (EU-003, DIP AZ-002, WLOTA L-2016), September 13-26th.
Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, by the
bureau (preferred) and LoTW.

DX MAGAZINE'S MOST WANTED SURVEY. It is that time again to participate
in DX Magazine's annual "Most Wanted Survey". The 2009 survey is now being
taken through October 15th. Carl, N4AA, editor of "QRZ DX" and "The DX
Magazine" <http://www.dxpub.com/> reports that the survey forms are
available at:          http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2009.html
PLEASE NOTE: Carl states, "THIS IS NOT - REPEAT NOT - A COMPLETE LIST OF
ALL DXCC COUNTRIES. However, if you need something that is not on the
list, you may add it at the bottom of the survey form in the COMMENTS
box. Please pass the word to your DXer friends that the survey is up and
running and will be there until OCTOBER 15th."

EE2, SPAIN. Members of the Ondarroa Group will be active as EE2W from
Ondarroa City (WW Loc. IN83SH, DME: 48073, Province of Biscay) during
the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL
via EB2BXL.

ET3, ETHIOPIA. Jim, WU0I, currently in Addis Ababa as a U.S. Foreign
Service Officer, expects to be on the air by October as ET3JD after
certain formalities are taken care for the importation of his amateur
radio equipment. He expects to have his gear and the permission to
use it completed within 2 weeks. Activity will be mainly 40/20/15
meters, but he would also like to spend more time on the WARC bands —
particularly 30 and 17 meters. Modes will be CW, SSB, PSK31 and possibly
RTTY (for contests mostly). Jim mentions, "My CW is pretty rusty, so
please be patient with me!" QSL only direct to: Jim DeLoach, ET3JD,
2030 Addis Ababa Place, Dulles VA 20189-2030, USA. For more details
and updates, visit:    http://www.deloach.net/ET3JD.html

FS, ST. MARTIN. Gregg, W6IZT, will be active as FS/W6IZT from St. Martin
Island (IOTA NA-105, DIFO FS-001, WLOTA L-0383, Grid FK88) between now
and September 13th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and
RTTY. QSL via N7XG, direct or by the bureau or LoTW.

FS, ST. MARTIN. Dennis, KT8X, will once again be active as FS/KT8X from
March 5-12th. This will be a holiday style operation with an emphasis on
the 30/17/12 meter bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. However, he does plan to
enter the ARRL DX SSB Contest as a Single-Op entry. QSL route will be the
"Logbook of The World" (LoTW).

FT/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND (Update). As the FR5GA team departs from Reunion
Island on September 11th this week to head to Glorioso Island, many DXers
world-wide will be crossing their fingers hoping that this operation
will take place and not be postponed again.