Comoro Islands, D6. Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as D68Z from the Comoro Islands (AF-007) from 3 until at least 18 March. She will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and other digital modes on 160 to 6 metres. QSL direct to IK2DUW; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log, whose Livestreams feature will be enable and LoTW.
Samoa, 5W. Dave, G4BUO will be active as 5W0UO from Samoa (OC-097) between 22 February and 3 March. He is a 99% CW operator. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW in early April.
East Kiribati, T32. Ken, KH6QJ will be active again as T32AZ from Kiritimati/Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati on 28 February to 3 March and 18 to 20 April. Usually he operates SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via KH6QJ, direct or bureau.
Australia, VK. VI100SIG, the special call sign celebrating the centenary of the Australian Corps of Signals, has been active since 14 February. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS. See www.qrz.com/db/VI100SIG for more information.
India, VU. The DX India Foundation is organizing a DXpedition to take place from Arnala Island (AS-169) from 29 May to 1 June. This IOTA group was activated back 2004 and 2006 and has been silent ever since. Requested call sign is AU2M. The team includes VU2RS, VU3WEW, VU3DXA, VU3TPW, VU3GDS, VU2HIT and VU2KWJ. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS. Donations to help offset the significant costs are gratefully accepted. See https://vu2rs.com/au2m/ for more information.
Maldives, 8Q. Mamoru, JH3VAA will be active as 8Q7VA from the Maldives (AS-013) between 26 February and 5 May. QSL via home call and LoTW.
Belgium, ON. Celebrating the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), the local divisions of the Belgian IARU society (UBA) will activate 28 special event stations between 15 March and 15 May:
ON100I, ON100A, ON100R, ON100U
OO100I, OO100A, OO100R, OO100U
OP100I, OP100A, OP100R, OP100U
OQ100I, OQ100A, OQ100R, OQ100U
OR100I, OR100A, OR100R, OR100U
OS100I, OS100A, OS100R, OS100U
OT100I, OT100A, OT100R, OT100U
In addition, members of the UBA Board and HF Committee will be active as OQ0IARU and OR0IARU. A series of certificates will be available, see www.uba.be/en/news/uba-iaru-100-event for the details and the OQRS for bureau cards (TBA soon).
Greenland, OX. Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Greenland between 25 February and 14 March. His main QTH will be the city of Nuuk (GP44DE) on the main island (NA-018), with possibly a daytrip to Manitsoq (NA-220, GP35#j). As always, this will be a working trip and he will be QRV only in his spare time. QSL via OZ0J, Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW.
Jamaica, 6Y. Iain, G4SGX will be active as G4SGX/6Y from Jamaica (NA-097) between 1 and 21 March. He will operate CW only on 80 to 10 metres (hopefully also “some top band action”) and will take part in the RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest (8 and 9 March). QSL via LoTW, or via M0OXO’s OQRS.
Bahamas, C6. Chad, WE9V will be active as C6ACK while visiting “various islands” in the Bahamas between February and May. He will be active on 40 to 6 m. QSL via LoTW (preferred), or direct to WD9DZV. “I will eventually set up Club Log”; he says.
Galapagos Islands, HD8. A very large multi-national team (26 operators) will be active as HD8G from Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between 18 and 26 April. Plans are to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and other digital modes on 160 to 6 metres with 8 stations from two different operating sites. One station will be dedicated to satellite, one to EME and one to 6 metres. QSL via M0URX’s OQRS; full LoTW upload 12 months after the end of the DXpedition. See https://hd8g.com for more information, detailed QSLing policy included.
IOTA Honour Roll. The 2025 Honour Roll and Annual Listings have been posted on the IOTA website at https://iota-world.org/: click on PERFORMANCE LISTINGS in the dropdown menu under PROGRAMME INFORMATION. They show the position as of 31 January 2025. The Honour Roll lists the stations with a checked score equalling or exceeding 50% of the total of numbered IOTA groups, excluding those with provisional numbers, at the time of preparation. The Annual Listing lists the stations with a checked score of 100 or more IOTA groups but less than the qualifying threshold for entry into the Honour Roll. IOTA rules limit inclusion in the listings to those participants who have updated their scores at least once in the preceding five years (i.e. since February 2020) and have opted to have their scores published.