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17/2 ­ 23/2 BELIZE; V31RRby AA4NC. Activity will be on the HF bands including 30/17/12m using CW, SSB and RTTY. His activitywill also include the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20­21st) as a Single­Op entry. QSL via his homecallsign or LoTW.18/2 ­ 22/2 NICARAGUA; YN2GYby K9GY during the 2010 ARRL DX CW Contest (February 20­21st). Outside of the contest, look forCW activity on 30/17/12 meters. QSL via LoTW or to his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.20/2 ­ 27/2 CHRISTMAS I; VK9X/G6AY OC­002by G3SWH and G3RTE. They will operate CW only on 80­10 metres (no activity on 160 metres).Propagation permitting, they plan to have two stations on the air for as many hours every day as ispossible. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau (requests for bureau cards can be submitted by using therelevant form on. Please visit http://www.g3swh.org.uk/christmas­island.html for further information.25/2 ­ 28/2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; K NA­066from Santa Catalina Island (USI CA016S, WLOTA LH­2912, Los Angeles County, California). Activitywill be on the ususal IOTA frequencies, mostly 20 meters SSB, using CW, RTTY and/or PSK31. QSLdirect to K6PV (Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club) or by the Bureau. They will have a special K6PVIOTA card for this activation.2/3 ­ 11/3 ST. LUCIA; J68JA NA­108by W5JON. Activity will be on 160­6 meters (including 60m) on SSB. He will use an ICOM IC­7000, KL­400 Amp (350 watts) into the following antennas: ZS6BKW design multiband dipole, and a 3 elementyagi on 6m. Activity will also include the ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March 6­7th) as aSingle­Op/All­Band entry. QSL via W5JON.5/3 ­ 12/3 SAINT MARTIN; FS/KT8XThis will be a holiday style operation with an emphasis on the 30/17/12 meter bands using CW, SSBand RTTY. However, he does plan to enter the ARRL DX SSB Contest as a Single­Op entry. QSL routewill be the "Logbook of The World" (LoTW).5/3 ­ 24/3 THE GAMBIA; C56KRby OZ8KR. Activity will be holiday style with operations on 80­10 meters SSB, using 100 watts into wireantennas close to the Atlantic Ocean. QSL via OZ8KR.12/3 ­ 23/3 NEW ZEALAND; ZL4TY and ZL4M OC­203from Stewart Island by VK4DXA and ZL4PW. They plan to have 2 stations using verticals for 160­30meters and a Spiderbeam for 20­10 meters. They intend running barefoot unless they can obtain asolid­state amplifier. The following suggested frequencies (+/­ 10 kHz, QRM, QRN & propagationpermitting) have been announced:Band CW SSB RTTY­­­­ ­­­­­ ­­­­­ ­­­­­­160m 1820 184580m 3525 3785 358040m 7025 7165 703830m 10115 1014520m 14025 14260 1408517m 18080 18145 1810515m 21025 21295 2108512m 24895 24945 2492010m 28025 28475 28085 kHz[ HAM­MAG N.12 January 2010 ]