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Budi Santoso, YF1AR will be Nyamuk Island and Karimunjawa Island, Karimunjawa archipelago (IOTA OC-186) 14- 17 May 2015 as YF1AR/2.

The Intrepid DX Group’s VP8SGI/VP8STI team is pleased to announce our operating strategy which will allow us to work as many unique callers as possible during each of these activations.

Jacek SP5EAQ and Marcin SP5ES) started to plan this dxpedition in late autumn 2013.

Timothy Shoppa, N3QE will be active from Maui Island (IOTA OC-019) 28 July - 3 August 2015 as N3QE/KH6.

On May 6, 2015 history was made on contact across the Atlantic on VHF bands on the W-E path: The new D4C 2m beacon was received on Tropo for several hours in the Caribbean by PJ4VHF Dave on Bonaire on almost 4700km path.

Before sending out a press release, I wanted to share the following with those fellow hams who generously pledged to financially support the Bouvet Island "one-man three-month concept".

Giulio Pico, IW3HVB will be active from Moorea Island (IOTA OC-046), French Polynesia 3 - 10 September 2015 as TX7EME.

Eltje PA3CEE, Hermann DL2NUD and Rene PE1L currently active from Malawi as 7Q7EME.

Thorsten Beissel, DO2JX will be active from Grimsey Island (IOTA EU-168) 8 - 11 May 2015 as TF/DO2JX.

N0KV, W0ETT, W0ZA, WD0E will be active from Montserrat Island 10 - 18 June 2015 as VP2MKV.

Martin Huml, OL5Y will be active from Martinique Island 22 May - 1 June 2015 as TO5Y.

OH2MM / PY2ZEA will be active again from Fernando de Noronha Island 12 - 20 May 2015 as PW0F.

BA4TB and BD4TR currently active from Nepal as 9N7TB and 9N7TR.

Juergen Horn, DL1HRN is currently active from Vietnam as 3W9HRN.

Paulo Mira, CT1FJZ is currently active from Congo Republic as TN/CT1FJZ.