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EA8AY will be active from Canary Islands in ARRL DX CW Contest 19 - 20 February 2011 as ED8A.

WD9DZV will be active from Aruba 8 - 13 March 2011 as P40D (not P40A us reported earlier).

The Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA) is proud to announce its fifth major DXpedition, this time to Christmas Island in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.

Firstly, we can confirm that the callsign T32C has been issued, in line with our previous callsigns (9M0C, D68C, 3B9C, 3B7C), the “C” recalling our origins in the UK’s CDXC (The Chiltern DX Club). The call took a little time to arrange, as single letter suffixes are not normally issued by the Kiribati Government.

W3PV will be active from Morocco until 1 May 2011 as CN2PV.

Marion Island was first discovered in 1663 by the Dutch ship Maerseveen. The discovery was accidental, and they made no landing on the island. After about five years Captain Cook also saw the islands, but he couldn’t make a landing due to bad weather. The first recorded landing on the island was in 1803 by a group of sealers, but they found signs of earlier occupation.

PA3DEW and PA3FQX will be active from 1 - 20 March 2011 as 9G1AA.

DF2SS and DL1VKE will be active from St.Lucia Island 5-17 February 2011 as J6/DF2SS and J6/DL1VKE

Members of Radio Club Dominicano will be active from Saona Island (IOTA NA-122) 5 - 6 February 2011 as HI2RCD.

WD9DZV will be active from Aruba 8 - 13 March 2011 as P40A.

N6PG is currently active from Falkland Islands as VP8DNI

DL2BP and DJ2ST will be active from Contadora Island, (IOTA NA-072), Panama 6 - 17 February 2011 as HP1/DL2BP and HP1/DJ2ST.

4Z4DX with XYL will be active from Nepal 13 - 30 April 2011 as 9N7DX and 9N7YL.

VE3CZF mooved to Saint Lucia Island and active as VE3CZF/J6.

DH1BL is receive license and will be active from Mayotte Island next 3 year as FH4VOS.