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Rod, VK6MH/GM4AWB will be active from Macquarie Island (IOTA AN-005) starting early November 2014 as VK0MH.

Gerben, PG5M will be active from Easter Island (IOTA SA-001) 23-28 November 2014 as CE0Y/PG5M.

Dervin, PD9DX will be active from Vietnam until 29 October 2014 as 3W2LI.

Michael, G7VJR will be active from Norfolk Island 26 December 2014- 1 January 2015 as VK9/G7VJR.

Francesco, IK0FUX will be active from Maayafushi Island, Maldive Islands 1 - 9 December 2014 as 8Q7UX.

IOTA Management has decided that, given the unresolved political situation in Crimea, it has no course open to it except, for a period initially of one year, to freeze certain actions connected with Crimea that it would normally take in the routine management of the IOTA programme.

JA8BMK will be active from Laos 5 - 25 February 2015 as XW8BM.

Toshi, JA8BMK will be active from Kathmandu, Nepal in 31 October- 20 November 2014 as 9N7BM.

JA8BMK will be active again from Vietnam in 1 - 31 March 2015 as XV7BM.

Toshi, JA8BMK and Ken, JN1THL will be active from Madagascar 10-25 January 2015 as 5R8DX.

Rich, N6KT will be active from French Guiana 18 - 28 October 2014 as FY/N6KT.

K4ISV, N3DXX, K9RS will be active from Aruba Island in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 25-26 October 2014 as P40S.

SP2EBG, SP2GKS, SP3CYY, SP3GEM, SP6EQZ, SP6FXY, SP6IXF, SP9FOW will be active from Christmas Island 18-31 October 2014 as VK9XSP.

Nick, G3RWF will be active from Namibia 6-13 January 2015 as V5/G3RWF.

International Team will be active from Nosy Be Island, Madagascar 20 October - 4 November 2014 as 5R8M.