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JD1BOW Ogasawara Islands

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 10:20 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...slands.510182/

Nobuaki, JA0JHQ will be active again from Ogasawara Islands 13 - 22
February 2016 as JD1BOW.



http://dxnews.com/JD1BOW_Ogasawara_Bonin/





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T88MZ Palau

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 10:18 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-palau.510180/

Akira Yokoyama, JH0CKF will be active again from Palau 3 - 5 February 2016
as T88MZ.



http://dxnews.com/T88MZ_Palau/





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Beaches On The Air - BOTA

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 09:16 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...r-bota.504746/

Have a look at http://www.beachesontheair.com/.



A new award scheme inspired by Summits On The Air -SOTA.



Beaches on the Air (BOTA) is an award scheme for radio amateurs and
shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation from beaches.



There are awards for activators (those who operate from the beaches) and
chasers (those who contact activators from home or elsewhere). BOTA can be
operated from any country or region across the world.



Each country or region has its own...



Beaches On The Air - BOTA