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DF8AN will be active from Svalbard Islands 26 - 30 September 2011 as JW/DF8AN.

DJ0YI will be active from Vanuatu 26 September - 14 October 2011 as YJ0ABP.

Saint Barthelemy will be activated by VE3TA and VE3EY between November 22 - 29 2011.

ZL2AL, ZL2ST, ZL2CC, ZL2WG, ZL3IO and ZL2FAR will be active from New Zealand in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 29 - 30 October 2011 as ZM4T.

EA3EGB is currently active from Monaco as 3A/EA3EGB.

W1UE will be active from Jamaica in CQ WW DX RTTY Contest 24-25 September 2011 as 6Y6U

R3AI, RX3F, R6MG, R7MR will be active from Kamchatka 14 - 20 September 2011 as R3AI/0, RX3F/0, R6MG/0, R7MR/0.

German Team will be active from Niue Island 3 - 17 February 2012 as ZK2C.

G3ZAY, G7VJR, JA1LZR, JF1PJK and JQ2GYU will be active from Jersey Island 2 - 7 December 2011 as GJ7UW.

W1UE will be active from Jamaica, 18 September - 4 October 2011, as 6Y/W1UE.

RA0FF will be active from Palau Island 30 December 2011 - 8 January 2012 as T88OW.

DL8YHR, DL9MS and DL2NUD will be active from Barbados 7 - 21 November 2011 as 8P9DL, 8P9MS and 8P9HP.

G3TXF, OH2PM, OH3JR , DH7SA, DL3DXX, DL5LYM , OH1TV, OH2BAD, OH2BO, OH5BM , OH2BH, SM0W, SM6U will be active from Market Reef 14 September - 14 October 2011 as OJ0X

DL6NDW will be active from Sardinia Island, IOTA EU-024, until 16 September 2011 as IS0/DL6NDW.

The true reason why amateur radio operators came to be called "HAMS" is no longer known.