‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2009 QST PAGES 92 AND 79 ‰ ENTITY, ST BARTHELEMY. ON JANUARY 4 THE FIRST SUNSPOTS FOR CYCLE 24 WERE REPORTED. SV2ASP/A, MONK APOLLO LIKES TO SHOW UP ON THE AIR DURING AND SHORTLY AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. LARS, MM0DWF, STARTED HIS FIRST TRIP TO SOUTH GEORGIA VP8DIF IN LATE JANUARY STAYING UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY. HE MAY BE BACK IN 2009. LA6IKA WAS ABLE TO OPERATE FROM BOTH CE0Y EASTER ISLAND AND CE0Z JUAN FERNANDEZ AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 4S7NE RECEIVED AN AMPLIFIER FROM SEVERAL US OPS AND HAS BEEN QRV ON 160 METERS EVER SINCE. ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ 3D2AG WAS OPERATING PORTABLE ON ROTUMA UNTIL MID FEBRUARY. DL9HCU DID A SMALL QRP OPERATION AS C21HC. N7DD COMPLETED THE FIRST 160 WAZ WORKED ALL ZONES FROM THE WEST COAST. FEBRUARY FEBRUARY EARLY IN THE MONTH OFFICIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPS FROM A4 TO OPERATE ON 10 MHZ WAS ‰ FROM PAGE 79 ‰ 070,740 W5ESE 4,200 N4TCP 206,226 UY5VA 73,224 OH0JFP 1,036,949 W5ZL 566, 832 N2WN 97,580 MD0C 1,158,246 OK2BYW 499,698 NF4A 466,774 VA3SB 36,985 RA9 ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ