6W, SENEGAL
     Mark,6W/AA1AC, announced to show up from La Sonome from Dec 4-11.
     QSL via homecall.

BV, TAIWAN, AS-020
     The special event station BV100 will take part in the upcoming
     ARRL 160m CW Contest from Taiwan (AS-020). QSL via BV2KI.
     See also: http://www.bv100.tw/EN

BY, CHINA, AS-102
     Yuri,N3QQ, plans to activate Kinmen (Quemoy) Island (AS-102)
     as BW/N3QQ in CW and SSB on 40-10m from Dec 3-6. QSL via N7RO.

F, FRANCE
     The "Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club" (CERAC-TP2CE) is going to
     activate the special event station TP50CE on Dec 2-4. Occasion is the
     50th anniversary of the European Social Charter. QSL via F5LGF.
     See also: http://ewwa.free.fr
        ---
     Roald Amundsen together with his team was the first person to reach
     the South Pole on Dec 14, 1911. Francois,F8DVD, is going to activate
     the special callsign TM100SP (WAP 225) mainly in SSB on 10m-40m during
     December to celebrate this special achievement. QSL via F8DVD.

GJ, JERSEY, EU-013
     Martin,G3ZAY, Michael,G7VJR, Joe,JA1LZR, Harumi,JF1PJK, and
     Yutaka,JQ2GYU, will be QRV in all modes on all bands (focus: lowbands)
     signing GJ6UW from December 2-7. QSL via M0BLF & LoTW.

HH, HAITI, NA-096
     Pierre,HH2/HB9AMO, is working only in CW during his spare time (evening
     and weekend) until January 9. QSL via PA7FM, LoTW.

J6, ST LUCIA, NA-108
     The Buddies in the Caribbean group specialised on DXpeditions with low
     power and Buddipole. They are visiting St. Lucia again from Dec 4-12.
     The OPs Budd,J68FF (W3FF), Guy,J68UN (N7UN), David,J6/WD9CMD (WD9CMD),
     Joe,J6/N7BF (N7BF), Steve,J6/WF2S (WF2S), Tom,J6/K9CJM (K9CJM),
     Bill,J6/AA40C (AA4OC), and Barclay,J6/WU1B (WU1B), plan to run three
     stations in CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on 160m-10m.
     They will use the callsign J68UN in the ARRL 10m Contest (Dec 10/11).
     QSLs via homecalls (direct), LoTW, eQSL.
     You can find more information on the websites:
        http://suitcasedxpeditions.com
        http://www.n7un.com
        http://sites.google.com/site/caribbeanbuddies

JD1/MT, MINAMI TORISHIMA, OC-073
     Take,JG8NQJ/JD1, plans to show up again on all bands from
     Minami Torishima (Marcus Island, OC-073) in December. QSL via homecall.
     Logsearch at: http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?jd1-jg8nqj

KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY, NA-015
     Norman,AH0AJ, is signing KG4AJ from Guantanamo Bay (NA-015) for the
     next two years. QSL via homecall.

KH2, GUAM, OC-026
     Yoshiaki,W3JH/KH2 (JD1BNX), plans to visit Guam (OC-026, USi GU003S,
     WFF KFF-110, WLOTA 0064) from Nov 30 until Dec 5.
     He may join the TARA RTTY Melee Contest as well.
     QSL via JR3QFB, unfortunately only direct.

LY, LITHUANIA
     Vilmantas,LY3BY, will use the special call LY100SP (WAP-206) mainly
     in CW on HF from Dec 5-25. QSL via homecall.

LZ, BULGARIA
     Members of the "Balkan Sports Club" will activate the special callsign
     LZ1363PTT during December. QSOs are good for the "All Bulgarian Saints"
     award also. QSL via LZ1KZA. See: http://www.balkanclub.org/awards.htm

PA, THE NETHERLANDS
     Approaching the end of the 65th anniversary of the International Short
     Wave League (ISWL) Fred,PA0FAW, will be QRV as PG65ISWL from Dec 1-28.
     Listen for him mainly in CW/PSK and only little SSB (PAFF-005).
     QSL via bureau, direct, eQSL, no LoTW.
     SWL reports are welcome. See also: http://www.iswl.org.uk

SV, GREECE
     The special event station SX100A celebrates the 100th birthday of the
     Greek warship "Georgios Averof" from Dec 2-4. The station is operated
     from the radio shack of the ship. QSL via bureau.

UR, UKRAINE
     Following special event stations are celebrating 20 years of Ukrainian
     independence from Dec 1-30:
        EM20C   (via UX5PC)    EM20L  (via US0LW)
        EM20LTD (via UR3LTD)   EM20UJ (via UR5UJ)
        EM20UKR (via UR7UC)    EM20UU (via US7UU)
        EM20V   (via UR2VA)    EN20C  (via UX7CQ)
        EN20UO  (via UX5UO)    EN20UP (via UT4UP)
        EN20UZ  (via UR5UZ)    EN20W  (via UR4WWE)
        EO20IGN (via US7IGN)   EO20IO (via UX3IO)
        EO20IZ  (via UX5IZ)    EO20K  (via UR4KWA)
        EO20M   (via UX7MA)    EO20UD (via UR7UD)
        EO20UM  (via UT0UM)    EO20UR (via UT7UR)
        EO20UU  (via UT7UU)    EO20ZZ (via US0ZZ)
      ---
     A few members of the Black Sea Contest Club (BSCC) will be active as
     EM0BSCC/mm from Dec 1 until Feb 28. QSL via UU0JM.
     More information is available online at: http://www.bscc.in

V5, NAMIBIA
     A German team will visit Namibia from December until January 2012.
     Mathias,V5/DJ2HD, Wolfgang,V5/DH3WO, Ulmar,V5/DK1CE, and Ewald,V5/DJ2BQ
     will be QRV in CW, SSB and RTTY on 160m-10m like this:
        V5/DJ2BQ  Dec 2 -Jan 16
        V5/DJ2HD  Dec 26-Jan 16
        V5/DH3WO  Dec 26-Jan 5
        V5/DK1CE  Dec 26-Jan 5
     QSLs for V5/DK1CE via DH3WO, all other QSLs via homecalls.

VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, NA-002
     Dave,W5CW, is still active from Providenciales, North Caicos (NA-002,
     WLOTA 1476) signing VP5/W5CW until Dec 14. He will also be QRV as VP5CW
     in the ARRL 160m CW Contest (Dec 2-4) and ARRL 10m Contest (Dec 10-11).
     QSL via homecall, unfortunately only direct.

XV, VIETNAM
     Mal,VK6LC, plans to make CW and SSB pile-ups on 20m/17m/12m signing
     XV2LC from Dec 2-8. QSL via homecall, unfortunately only direct.
        ---
     Mike,OM2DX, is working in the embassy in Hanoi and can be found working
     on the bands as XV9DX or 3W1M. QSL via OM3JW.

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS, NA-016
     If you are still missing ZF you should listen for Bill,K9HZ, who plans
     to become active as ZF2HZ from Rum Point/Grand Cayman Island (NA-016,
     WLOTA 1042, Loc. EK99II). QSL via homecall, LoTW.

ZK2, NIUE ISLAND, OC-040
     Chris,GM3WOJ, has a temporary license for the 60m band as ZK2V for a
     limited time (5403.5 kHz; Dec 1,1100 UTC, until Dec 8,1100 UTC).
     See also: http://www.zk2v.com

SILENT KEY
     The DX community is mourning for Jean Pierre,F9RM, who was licensed
     since 1948. Our thoughts are with Jean Pierre's family and friends.

LINKS: Current SOTA activities (mountain summits) are announced at:
     http://www.sotawatch.org
        ---
     Detailed information about current VHF activities can be found on the
     VHF DX portal "Make More Miles on VHF" at: http://www.MMMonVHF.de

UPCOMING CONTESTS
-----------------
Dec 2-4:   ARRL 160m Contest, CW only
Dec 3/4:   TOPS Activity Contest
Dec 3:     TARA RTTY Melee
Dec 4:     10m RTTY Contest
Dec 10/11: ARRL 10m Contest

IOTA                compiled by Klaus, DL7UXG  (e-mail: i...@dxhf.darc.de)
----
Island activities:
AN-016, several, Antarctica: Starting in December 2011 Felix,DL5XL, and
     Lars,DL1LLL, will be QRV as DP0GVN from the German Neumayer III Station
     (IOTA AN-016, AA DL-03, WAP DEU-08, WFF DLFF-022). Felix is going back
     to Germany in February 2012 and Lars is preparing for the overwintering
     until Feb 2013. QSL via DL5EBE (bureau/direct).

EU-013, GJ/MJ, Jersey: Martin,G3ZAY, Michael,G7VJR, Harumi,JF1PJK,
     Joe,JA1LZR, and Yutaka,JQ2GYU, will be active as GJ6UW in SSB/CW/RTTY
     on all bands from Jersey (IOTA EU-013, WLOTA 0818) from Dec 2-7.
     If the conditions on 160m and 80m are good they want to listen
     especially for Asia and Japan. QSL via M0BLF (bureau/direct/LoTW).

Lighthouse activities
---------------------
J68FF    LH 1336   Dec 4-Dec 12
J68UN    LH 1336   Dec 4-Dec 12
VP2MWG   LH 1475   Dec 2-Dec 4
VP5CW    LH 1476   Dec 2-Dec 4
VQ9JC    LH 1645   Dec 5-Mar 1
ZF2HZ    LH 1042   Dec 1-Dec 31

Bandspots of the last 7 days
----------------------------
160m
EY8MM        1.825  2352Z via EY8MM (B), (L)

 80m
OH0/DL6UAA   3.510  1934Z via DL6UAA (B)
TA3/LZ2UW    3.515  2345Z via LZ2UW (B)

 40m
CT9/E77XZ    7.005  2307Z via DK6XZ (B)
PJ5/DL7VOG   7.007  0812Z NA-145, via homecall (B)

 30m
A6/DL9WVM   10.109  1659Z via DL9WVM (B)
OH0/DL6UAA  10.105  1757Z via DL6UAA (B)
ZD8ZZ       10.108  0600Z via K7ZZ (L), (d)

 20m
CE4A        14.026  0801Z SA-095, VE3LYC (B)
PJ2/K2PLF   14.021  1849Z via K2PLF (B)
SU/HA3JB    14.020  0749Z via HA3JB (d)

 17m
NE1SJ       18.098  1846Z SOTA W1/CR-007
PJ5/DL7VOG  18.080  1839Z via DL7VOG (B)

 15m
CE1CRG      21.004  1739Z
D44AC       21.020  1729Z (d)
JY5HX       21.010  1600Z (d)
PJ2/N0KE    21.031  1547Z via N0KE (B)
PJ5/DL7VOG  21.020  1646Z via DL7VOG (B)
TK/DL6RAI   21.033  1052Z via DL6RAI (B)
YB1ALL      21.002  1309Z (L), (d)
YN7SU       21.009  1810Z via TI4SU (d)
9G5XA       21.029  1610Z via G4SWH (B)

 12m
A6/DL9WVM   24.901  1247Z via DL9WVM (B)
KH7Y        24.905  0731Z via EA5GL
NE1SJ       24.908  1900Z SOTA W1/CR-007
PJ5/DL7VOG  24.904  1139Z via DL7VOG (B)
YN2N        24.953  1656Z via TI2OHL (d)
5B/G4IRN    24.906  1158Z via G4IRN (B)
7Z7AA       24.903  0949Z AS-191, via 7Z1CQ (d)

 10m
9J3A        28.026  1040Z via S57S (B)
A61K        28.500  1233Z (L)
BD7APL      28.040  0740Z
CE2/VE7SV   28.019  1629Z via VE7WY (d)
CE4A        28.466  1539Z SA-095, VE3LYC (B)
CT8/W1NN    28.021  1721Z
EX2X        28.029  0720Z via EA5KB (B)
FJ/VE3EY    28.021  1228Z NA-146, via VE3EY (B)
NP4Z        28.015  1520Z via N4AO (d)
PJ5/DL7VOG  28.040  1352Z via DL7VOG (B)
SU/HA3JB    28.485  0922Z via HA3JB (d)
TF8SM       28.002  1540Z via NI5DX (B)
VP2MWG      28.018  1719Z via N0AT (B)
XE2B        28.436  1604Z via EA5OL (B), eQSL
XE2EX       28.468  1549Z (B)
XV1X        28.031  0849Z via OK1DOT (d)
YN7SU       28.012  1605Z via TI4SU (d)

(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
(L) = LoTW
(r) = bureau QSL via e-mail request

               Preview
               -------
DATE           CALL           DXNL

     -Dec      3Y8XSA         1700/1717
15Nov-17Dec    5R8IC          1753
23Nov-14Dec    5X1NH          1755
     -2014     5Z4EE          1742/1753
23Nov-06Dec    5Z4HW          1755
     -Apr/12   5Z4RH ?        1674
04Dec-11Dec    6W/AA1AC       1756 *
Nov            7U1MA          1752
     -Mar/12   8J1ING         1751
     -30Nov    8J1MORSE..     1731
     -Sep/12   8J2NDP..       1751
31Jan/12       8J4EQ          1754
30Nov          8J5SSS         1754
11Dec          8N2IWA         1754
     -31Dec    9A11P          1723
     -2012     9J2RI          1739/1742
22Nov-04Dec    9L0W           1754
Long term      9N1FE          1740
Soon           9Q1EK          1669
     -Oct/14   9V1RM          1751

     -Sep/13   A52SV          1752
19Nov-04Dec    AU2JCB         1754
     -31Dec    BP100          1684
     -31Dec    BV100          1684/1755/1756 *
03Dec-06Dec    BW/N3QQ        1756 *
24Nov-06Dec    C6AQQ          1755
     -Mar/12   CE9VPM         1752
15Oct-20Dec    CN2LO..        1753
01Dec-28Feb    EM0BSCC/mm     1756 *
     -31Dec    CW5RV          1711
05Oct-31Dec    CY0/VE1AWW     1748
     -Jul/12   D2QV           1750
     -Apr/12?  D2SG           1748
     -Feb/13   DP0GVN         1756 *
     -06Dec    E51MAN         1752/1753/1754/1755
01Dec-30Dec    EM20C..        1756 *
30Nov          EO12WFS        1755

     -Mar/13   FH8NX          1747
     -Jul/12   FR8NE          1710
18Nov-15Dec    GB2PG          1755
     -31Dec    GB40HMSB       1748
02Dec-07Dec    GJ6UW          1756 *
     -31Dec    HB60LU         1711
     -30Nov    HB9STEVE       1753
     -31Dec    HG15IPA        1724
01Jan-31Dec    HG200LST       1708
     -09Jan    HH2/HB9AMO     1756 *
Sep  -2013     HI3/KL7JR      1745
NOW            HL2/KC6STQ     1746
01Jan-31Dec    IA7MM          1708
     -Dec/12   ID9DXC..       1755
     -Feb/12   II0MZ          1755
01Jan-31Dec    II1ITA..       1708
     -31Dec    II4LXV         1742
30Oct-30Nov    IR3MD          1751

     -2012     J28FJ          1739
     -2011/12? J28JV          1680
     -Jul/12   J28RO          1683
     -Jul/13   J28UC          1734
19Nov-03Dec    J68HZ          1754
04Dec-12Dec    J68UN..        1756 *
21Nov-01Dec    J6M..          1755
23Nov-08Dec    J79WE          1755
     -07Dec    J79WTA         1703/1754
Dec/11         JG8NQJ/JD1     1739/1756 *
     -2013     KG4AJ          1756 *
     -Jun/13   KH2/N2NL       1680
     -May/12   KH4/W5FJG      1728
Postponed      KH5            1674/1705/1741
23Nov-30Nov    KH6/WJ2O       1755
     -31Dec    LA200D         1713
     -31Dec    LM9L40Y        1748
05Dec-25Dec    LY100SP        1756 *
Dec            LZ1363PTT      1756 *
     -31Dec    LZ85R          1721

     -Mar/12   OA/OE3NHW      1749
01Nov-30Nov    OL60OU         1753
     -31Dec    ON30CLM        1753
     -Feb/12   OR4TN          1754
Long term      P29FM          1752
     -Mar/12   P29FR          1742
01Jan-31Dec    PA30..         1708
24Nov-13Dec    PJ2/PA0VDV     1755
     -Mar/12   PJ4/PE1MAE     1753
13Nov-05Dec    PJ5/DL7VOG     1753
17Nov-30Nov    PJ7/F5AHO..    1754
01Dec-28Dec    PG65ISWL       1756 *
     -30Nov    R300ML         1743
     -Dec      RI1ANC         1708
     -Sep/12   RI1FJA         1741
     -Sep/12   RI1FJM         1741
     -30Nov    S550ACP        1745
NOW            ST2AR          1745
     -30Nov    SU/HA3JB       1743
Unknown        SU9VB          1754
02Dec-04Dec    SX100A         1756 *

10Nov-05Dec    T2T            1753
     -Apr/12   T6BP           1746
     -Jun/12   T6MO           1733
Unknown        TL8ES          1755
     -Jul/12   TN9SN          1755
29Nov-30Nov    TO5A           1755
02Dec-04Dec    TP50CE         1756 *
23Oct-23Dec    TT8PK          1670/1723/1752
17Nov-14Dec    V5/DJ4SO       1700/1701/1715/1754
02Dec-16Jan    V5/DJ2BQ..     1756 *
     -Nov/14   V73NS          1604/1668/1752
     -Dec/11   VK0BFG         1741
NOW            VK0TH (Macq)   1748
Nov            VK100ARV       1752
25Nov-03Dec    VP2EAT         1755
23Nov-30Nov    VP2V/N3DXX     1755
18Nov-06Dec    VP2MWG..       1754
     -14Dec    VP5CW..        1756 *
28Oct-31Dec    VP9/N1SV       1747
28Oct-31Dec    VP9/N1SV       1751
19Nov-04Dec    VQ91JC         1755
     -Jul/12   VQ9JC          1755

30Nov-05Dec    W3JH/KH2       1756 *
     -May/14   XE1/DM3DL      1730
28Nov-02Dec    XF1M           1755
02Dec-08Dec    XV2LC          1756 *
12Nov-05Dec    XV2CO          1753
01Nov-12Dec    XV2RZ          1751
Unknown        XV9DX..        1756 *
24Nov-05Dec    YN2CC          1755
21Nov-02Dec    ZD8N           1754
     -31Dec    ZL50GH         1711
Dec            ZF2HZ          1756 *
     -29Dec    ZK2V..         1749/1756 *
     -2012     ZS7KX          1740/1749

 * = new or updated
.. = and other calls

QSL information
---------------
A61AS/40   via YO3FRI (B), (L)
A61LL/40   via EA5ZD
AH2R       via JH7QXJ, (L)
BV100      via BV2KI (B)
BV100ROC   via BM2JCC
BW/N3QQ    via N7RO (B)
C5C        via OM2FY (B)
C50C       via OM2FY (B)
C6ATA      via WA4WTG (B)
C91JR      via GI4FUM (B)
EL2WS      via N7CW (B) & e-mail request
EM0BSCC/mm via UU0JM (B)
EN20UO     via UX5UO (B)
EO20M      via UX7MA (B)
EO20ZZ     via US0ZZ (B)
EY8MM      via K1BV (B)
FJ/VE3EY   via VE3EY (B)
FJ/VE3TA   via VE3TA
FM/F5UFX   via F5UFX (B), (L)
FM/KL7WA   via UT5UGR
GC4EZW     via GW4EZW
GJ6UW      via M0BLF, (L)
HH2/HB9AMO via PA7FM, (L)
HI3A       via ON4IQ (B)
HK1N       via EA5KB (B)
HL3/JA5AQC via JA5AQC (B)
HP1WW      via EA4BQ (B)
HQ2X       via IK2ILH
HR5/NQ5W   via W0MM
IR2ITA     via I bureau
J6/WU1B    via WU1B (d), (L)
J68FF      via W3FF (d), (L)
J68UN      via N7UN (d), (L)
JD1BMV     via JK1EBA (B)
JG8NQJ/JD1 via JG8NQJ
JY4NE      via K3IRV (B)
KB7Q/C6A   via WA4WTG (B)
KG4AJ      via AH0AJ
KK6BT/4    via KE8G
LY100SP    via LY3BY
LZ1363PTT  via LZ1KZA
LZ9X       via LZ1RB
MI0/R9FD   via R9FD (B)
NP4Z       via N4AO
OA4/OE3NHW via OE3NHW (B), (L)
OH0/DL6UAA via DL6UAA (B)
OH0V       via OH6LI
P40L       via WA3FRP (B), (L)
PJ2/K2PLF  via K2PLF (B)
PJ2/KJ6YL  via KJ6YL
OH0Z       via W0MM (B)
P40L       via WA3FRP
PG65ISWL   via (B)
PJ2/KJ6YL  via KJ6YL
PJ4/KU8E   via KU8E (B)
PJ7XK      via JA7WFT (B)
S550ACP    via S59ACP (B), (L), eQSL
SP0OTC     via SP2IW
ST2AR      via S53R (B)
XV9DX      via OM3JW (B)
XU7ADT     via KF0RQ (L), (d)
XV2LC      via VK6LC (d)
YS1/HB9KNA via HB9KNA (B)
ZF2BI      via K4BI
ZF2HZ      via K9HZ, (L)
3W1M       via OM3JW (B)
5K3W       via (L)
5T0JL      via ON8RA (B)
6W/AA1AC   via AA1AC
8Q7DV      via UA9CLB (B)
9G5MP      via W3HNK
9G5XA      via G3SWH (B)
9J3A       via S57S (B)
9L0W       via DK2WV (B)

(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
(*) = new QSL manager
(L) = Logbook of the World (LoTW)
(r) = e-mail request

QSLs arrived direct: GB1OL, HI3TEJ, SU1SK, V84SPB, YJ0ANR (NQ7R)

QSLs arrived bureau: CQ0ODX/p (CT1FMX), EA6/EA3PT (EU-004), XU7UFT (F6AXX),
                     TO5T (NA-107, JE1JKL), V5/DJ2HD, V5/DK1CE, 4Z4TI, 4Z5NX
                     XV9DX (OM3JW), YJ0HA (OC-035, HA5UK), 9M2TO (AS-015),
                     7X2ARA, 8Q7KO (AS-013, HB9KOF), 9M6/F4KBV (OC-088),
                     9U1KI (DH2KI)

QSL via LoTW:        AM8BHD, BV100, C6AGU, C91VB/4, C91VB/6, CE0Y/LA9SN,
                     CE2/VE7SV, CE3/VE7SV, CO8TW, CU3DI, D60VB, DU1/EA3NT,
                     E77AW, EA8BHD, EA8/DL2MDU, EA8/DL3FCG, EJ/M0TOC, 5R8VB,
                     XU7KOH, XU7TZG, YC9WZJ, YJ0ANR, 5H3VMB/3, 5H3VMB/5,
                     7Q7GM, 7Q7VB, 9J2VB, 9K2OK, 9M2ZAK, 9M4SDX, 9M6NA