DX News – 24 January 2016

The VP8STI team has been on the air from Southern Thule Island with three stations since arriving on the 17th. The 14-member team will activate South Sandwich, AN-009 and South Georgia, AN-007, over the course of their adventure. South Sandwich is the number 3 most-wanted DXCC entity, while South Georgia is the 8th most-wanted, according to ClubLog. The VP8STI/VP8SGI team plans to spend 10 days on each island, including setup and teardown. Very rough seas are endangering the process of transporting supplies, as are the high winds and some snow.

Bertrand, DF3FS will be in Kenya until the 7th of February. He will operate holiday-style using the callsign 5Z4/DF3FS.

Gene, N9SW will be active from the 28th of January to the 9th of February as FJ/N9SW from St Barthelemy, NA-146. He will work holiday style on the 6 to 60m bands, mainly in CW. QSL via his home callsign.

Thilo, DL9NBJ, is working from Curacao, SA-099, until the 9th of February using the callsign PJ2/DL9NBJ. He will work both single sideband and CW on the HF bands. QSL only via ClubLog OQRS.

Stig, SM3PHM will be on holiday until the 3rd of February on the Caribbean island of Dominica, NA-101. His callsign will be J79M. QSL via his home call and also Logbook of The World.

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