Amateur Radio Ham Radio Announcements Page 4

Boullanger and Favorite Islands of OC-183 group in Western Australia will be activated from 15 to 18 of April 2016.

The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5K) from the DXCC List, effective 29 March, 2016.

We are pleased to announce our special callsing YW315MCY, it will be active from March 5 2016, celebrating 315 years of founding of Maracay City.

We are happy to inform you that all of the VP8STI/VP8SGI team members are now home and enjoying their families after 46 days away.

Nodir, EY8MM inform dxnews.com that he receive license to operate on 60 and 4m.

A Very Special Award will be Awarded to each station that has Confirmed us on 3 bands (any Mode)

We are pleased to report that the R/V Braveheart has arrived in Stanley, the Falkland Islands and is making preparations for the arrival of the VP8STI/VP8SGI team.

In just two short weeks, members of the VP8STI/VP8SGI team will be meeting the Braveheart in Stanley, the Falkland Islands.

The Intrepid-DX Group is seeking nominations for the individual or group that most displayed their “Intrepid Spirit” this past year.

The special award <90 years of IARU> was issued for the QSO with the **90IARU commemorative stations from 10 countries.

The VP8STI-South Sandwich, VP8SGI-South Georgia and VP8IDX (Falklands & /MM) licenses have been issued and are in hand. In just six short weeks, the team will be making their voyage to South Sandwich Island.

At this time, we would like to announce several new aspects of the VP8STI/VP8SGI Dxpeditions:

Islands on the Air (IOTA) celebrated its 50th anniversary as a premier DX programme in July 2014.

Derek G3KHZ, Hans SM6CVX, Nils SM6CAS, Ulrika SM7WYN and Eddy K5WQG will activate 3 NEW IOTA groups in Myanmar,namely AS-182 , AS-183 and AS-184.

I will leave France at mid-November to Réunion Island, and there get on board of "Marion Dufresne", the supply ship of the french austral territories. It will take approximately 10-15 day to reach the Kerguelen archipelago with a stopover at Crozet archipelago.