‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MAY 2019 QST PAGE 90 ‰ ONE OF THE FIRST FW OPERATIONS WAS THAT OF CHARLES LE BAILY, FW8AA EX XW8AA, IN 1957. SINCE BEING ADDED TO THE DXCC LIST, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DXPEDITIONS AND TEMPORARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE 1966 FW8ZZ DXPEDITION BY TED THORPE, ZL2AWJ, AND CHUCK SWAIN, K7LMU, WHO, AFTERWARDS, WERE LOST AT SEA AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. CURRENTLY, FW RANKS NUMBER 74 WORLDWIDE ON THE CLUB LOG MOST WANTED LIST. IN EUROPE, IT IS NUMBER 51, IN NORTH AMERICA, ITS 138, AND FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE US, ITS RANKED 120. FW WALLIS AND FUTUNA DXPEDITION IN AUGUST 2018, NOBBY STYLES, G0VJG, ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS TO DO A DXPEDITION TO WALLIS AND FUTUNA, WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THE JANUARY 2019 HOWS DX? COLUMN. SINCE THEN, NOBBY SOLIDIFIED PLANS FOR HIS UPCOMING DXPEDITION. BEFORE AND AFTER HIS FW OPERATION, HE WILL BE OPERATING IN FIJI AS 3D2AS FROM MAY 3 5 AND MAY 20 22. HE PLANS TO BE IN FW BETWEEN MAY 6 20. AS OF PRESS TIME, HE DID NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL FW CALL SIGN BUT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTING TO BE SIGNING FW/G0VJG. DURING HIS 2 WEEKS IN FW, NOBBY PLANS TO OPERATE FROM WALLIS ISLAND IOTA OC 054 AND SAYS A SIDE TRIP TO FUTUNA ISLAND IOTA OC 118 MAY BE ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ