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GM – Scotland For those looking for Shetlands, a separate country for the DX Marathon and the CQ World Wide DX Contest, make sure you add GM7AFE to your logging software and HamAlert. For DXCC this counts as Scotland and for IOTA it counts for EU-012.
KH8WW, American Samoa - The KH8WW DXpedition is QRV from Aunu`u Island, the same location as K8K, until September 24th with operators YL2GM, Yuris and EA5EL, Eugene. Antennas will include a Spiderbeam, verticals for 160/80M and 40M, a DX Commander, and an inverted vee for 60M. They will operate 160-10 meters on CW, SSB, FT8, and RTTY.
S7 – Seychelles - S79/DL2SBY, Kasimir, is QRV from the Seychelle Islands until September 21.He is using CW, SSB and FT8 MSHV on HF with verticals and an inverted V, plus a 5-element Yagi on 6. QSL direct to his home QTH or use LoTW and Club Log OQRS.
A9 – Bahrain - G3VCQ, Colin, is QRV as A9/G3VCQ from the outskirts of Bahrain, until September 26. His operation is holiday- style. Bands planned include 160m through 6m, depending on time of day, night-time conditions, and propagation. Colin expects 160m to be mainly FT or CW only. He is QRV using CW, SSB, FT8, FT4, and FT2.
5W – Samoa - All systems are go for a 5W0AF operation. Two ops have already left Poland. There is a 2-1/2-day buffer in New Zealand to confirm gear has made it through. The plan to be QRV from Samoa by September 21 and operate until October 12. It is SSB only.
KH0 – Mariana Islands - JR1FKR, Chusuke, will operate as KH0/JR1FKR from Saipan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands from September 25–28. The operation will be holiday-style and is planned for the 6m through 40m bands, using SSB, FT8, and RTTY modes.
