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Dom 3Z9DX received confirmation from the North Korean government to make a return trip to P5 and operate amateur radio equipment for up to 5 days.

Just, LA9DL will be active from Mataking Island, IOTA OC - 133, 26 September - 1 October 2017 as 9M6AAC.

Radio Amateurs members of JA3 DX Vacation Group will be active from Jamaica as 6Y6J, 10 - 23 January 2018.

Craig, VK5CE will be active from North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Islands, IOTA OC - 198, 12 - 16 November 2017 as VK5CE/8.

Video H44GC DX Pedition to Solomon Islands.

Gerhard, OE3GEA is currently active from Nepal as 9N7GE.

Chris, N6WM will be active again from Cayman Islands, IOTA NA-016, 20 - 26 September 2017 as ZF2CT.

Alain, F8FUA will be active from Reunion Island, IOTA AF - 016, 22 - 30 September 2017 as FR/F8FUA.

K9ES and AD4ES will be active from Bonaire Island 21 - 28 November 2017 as K9ES/PJ4 and AD4ES/PJ4.

Team of Radio Amateurs from India will be active from St Mary Island, IOTA AS - 096, 30 September - 1 October 2017 as AT7M.

Konstantin, R7KF will be active from Bering Island, IOTA AS - 039, 16 - 22 September 2017 as RI0ZF.

Harry, W2DZO will be active from Guantanamo Bay, IOTA NA - 015, 6 - 9 October 2017 as KG4HH.

David, OK6DJ inform dxnews.com that members of CDXP Amateur Radio Group will be active from Mauritania 18 - 26 September 2017 as 5T5OK.

EI5GM, EI9FBB, MM0NDX will be as EL2GM, EL2BB, EL2EL from Monrovia, Liberia before and after 5L3BI DX Pedition.

With computers well entrenched in DXing and amateur radio in general the underappreciated QSL managers that work in the background are the recipients of thousands of e-mails (mostly all inquiring - sometimes complaining - about one or more missing QSOs), an untold number of snail mail pieces containing even more snail mail pieces, currency, IRCs, postage stamps and one or more QSL cards, even some with QSL cards for multiple DX stations or DX operators.