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VK3DAC will be active from Norfolk Island 20 - 27 May 2014 as VK9DAC.

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OK6DJ and OK1FCJ will be active from Burkina Faso 17 - 26 November 2013 as XT26DJ and XT2FCJ.

Our QSL manager Tim Beaumont M0URX, and his team, have completed the design of the VK9MT Mellish Reef QSL card.

Members of the Telford and District Amateur Society M0PNN, MW0UAA, G3UKV, G8VZT, G3JKX, G0ASP, G8UGL, M1FGN will be active from Isle of Man (IOTA EU-116) 26 - 30 June 2014 as GT3ZME.

N7HX is currently active from South Cook Islands as E51NHX.

PA3FYM will be active from Malawi in 18 May - 9 June 2014 as 7QNL.

DM2VC, DL9BBE will be active from Isle of Man 11 - 19 June 2014 as MD/DM2VC and MD/DL9BBE.

PF4T is currently active from Curacao Island as PJ2/PF4T.

ON4ANN, ON4ACP, ON4CAU, ON4CCV, ON4CJY, ON4CKM, ON4DCU, ON5DPB, ON6MI, ON8CW will be active from Albania 6 - 15 June 2014 as ZA/ON6NB.

I operated from the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde for just three days whilst on holiday there in November 2013.

JA1XGI will be active from Pohnpei Island (IOTA OC-010) 9 - 15 May 2014 as V650XG.

EI6DX will be active from Bora Bora Island 7 - 18 May 2014 as FO/EI6DX.

IV3NVN will be active from Pantelleria Island, IOTA AF-018, in CQ WW WPX CW Contest 24 - 25 May 2014 as IY9A.

This is not a story about contesting. I do like contests, and in my opinion every Amateur Radio operator should participate in a contest at least a few times in his/her lifetime.