ZF – Cayman island: Jim K4BI will broadcast under the brand ZF2BI from the Cayman Islands between March 27 and April 8, mainly on 6m (as in the past), while he will also cover KV on the side.
VK9 – Christmas island: Steve VK3OT (ex VE3SIX) provided information to OPDX that he will be broadcasting under the VK9XI tag from April 7-21. The license was issued on February 10th, and it is the first time that it allows broadcasting on 6m since February 28th, 1980. With IC-706, TS-690SAT and FT-650 it will broadcast from 160 to 6m. At 160m he plans a slooper, at 80/40/30m Hidaka vertical, then Mosley tri-bander and 5 element M2 at 6m. Look for it around 50.115 MHz between 10.00-15.00 and 24.00 UTC. During the day, RX will be on 28.885 or 21.205 MHz. The pilot stations will be VK2QF and VK3AKK. QSL direct only to: Steve Gregory, P.O.Box 622, Hamilton - Victoria, 3300, AUSTRALIA.
3D2 - Fiji: Tad JF6OJX bude aktívny z ostrova Mana (OC-121) medzi 19. a 24.aprílom. Zameria sa najmä na Európu na pásmach 80 – 30m, ale vysielať chce aj na 20 – 6 m (možno aj 160m). QSL via JN1HOW. Po skončení expedície log nájdete na http://www.NDXA.jp/pedi/3d2-2003/. Hisa 7K1WLE (WLE@DXing.org) and Ted JJ1LIB (ted@DXing.org) will convey news to him daily.
C9 – Mozambique: Max IZ4DPV and Filippo IZ4ZHH informed OPDX that they will be broadcasting from Maputo Beira between April 20th and May 4th. They already have the licenses in their pockets, but the brands will be assigned to them only a few days before the start of the broadcast. With 100W, wire verticals and TH7, they want to cover bands from 80 to 10m (also WARC) plus 6m SSB, CW and possibly RTTY. QSL directly to CBA but via bureau (not via e-mail or eQSL).
9N – Nepal: Dov 4Z4DX will be in Nepal from April 22 to May 15 and will broadcast under the brand name 9N7DX.
FO/M – Marquesas islands: Silvano I2YSB oznámil OPDX, že on a niekoľko ďalších skúsených DX-manov a contestmanov bude aktívnych z Markéz niekedy From konca apríla po dobu dvoch týždňov. Presný dátum bude zverejnený neskôr. Team tvoria: Silvano I2YSB, Flaviano I2MOV, Marcello IK2DIA, Adriano IK2GNW, Giuseppe IK2WXV, Carlo IK1AOD a Andrea IK1PMR. Pracovať budú všetkými módmi (SSB, CW, PSK/RTTY) na všetkých KV pásmach plus 6m, pričom maják bude na 50,105 MHz. Ich vybavenie tvoria tri kompletné KV stanice s koncovými stupňami a rôzne antény (na vyššie pásma smerovky). Viac sa dozviete na stránke http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb/, kde by sa mali nachádzať vyčerpávajúce informácie a on-line logy.
Komaka island (AS-017): Nobu JQ1EYN/6 will be active only on April 27th and 28th from Komaka Island SSB and CW on bands from 80 to 6m. QSL via JARL or direct to home brand.