Most Wanted Entity Top 10 from Japan

7O Yemen 2007 Accurate position (A) Yemen and North Korea remain as rare prohibited nations in regard to Ham Radio. Details in regard to Government licensing still remain unclear as to Yemen so DXCC Certification remains in doubt. In the past Yeman was divided into two sections, as South Yeman and Yeman Arab. The 4W prefix was used but is now in effect only for East Timor. Both countries were integrated in 1990. Only one expedition was credited by DXCC and that was 7O8AA (7O1AA). Later, two expeditions followed but both 7O1A and 7O1YGF were not credited. (The ARRL DXCC desk announced that 7O1YGF which operated in the year of 2000 was approved credit from 12 Aug 2009.) 7O8AA Aug.1990 7O1A Dec.1996 7O1YGF Apr.2000

KP5 Desecheo I. 2007 Accurate position (B) KP4AM/D Mar.1979 One of the 3 uninhabited islands in the Caribbean is KP5. Located very close to KP4 Puerto Rico but not very active because KP4 people say it is a dangerous place, because pirates (not HAM pirates -- but true pirates) use this island for a relay base for the illicit trade of drugs. Therefore it is very difficult for expeditions from KP5 in the near future ... I heard this story from a KP4 HAM. There was a short service expedition in 2006. But of course I think almost no QSO's from JA.

KP1 Navassa Is. 2007 Accurate position (C) N0TG/KP1 Jan.1992 NF6S/KP1 Mar.1993 AA7NC/KP1 Jan 1992 Also an uninhabited island in the Caribbean sea. In the past many laborers lived on this island and they mined phosphorus stone. But it is now uninhabited. Lately there have been no big expedition ... KP1 is needed also from North America too.

3Y /B Bouvet Is. 2007 Accurate position (D) 3Y0C Jan 2001 Bouvet Island is also uninhabited. The first DXpedition was carried out by LH4C in 1962 and was later followed with 3Y5X in 1989. N4BQW followed later, not as a primary DXpedition, but as an added feature. His primary objective was other than Ham radio but in his spare time, he operated as 3Y0C in April 2001. Since he operated as a single station, he was not able to meet all the needs of hams world wide. From the standpoint of hams in Japan it was a difficult station to work due to weak signals. Needless to say, Bouvet Island remains as a sought after location.

FR /G Glorioso Is. 2007 Accurate position (E) FR5ZU/G Jun.1993 FR/G/DJ8CR May.1992 The three separate entities around FR,Tromelin Is, Europe Is and Glorioso Is. are under French regulation and are difficult to obtain authorization for DXpeditions. However, about 15 years ago, a couple of government officials did QSO from the three islands and made numerous contacts with Japanese hams. Recently,there have been two DXpeditions....Tromelin Is. in 2000 by FR/F6KDF and 2003 by TO4E for Europe Is. However, there have not been any major DXpeditions to Glorioso Is.

SY Athos Greece 2007 Accurate position (F) SV2ASP/A Nov.1996 SY2A Nov.2000 A strange new entity from Athos Greece has been heard from 1972. There were expeditions until 1985 but after that, the only station heard was SV2ASP and almost only on 20 meter SSB. His signal was well received in Japan, but it was only one band mode and not on other bands or CW. SY are not particulary high ranked in the world, but in Japan, 90 % are from 20m SSB. We hope for other bands and CW. PY0 /S St.Peter and Paul Rocks 2007 Accurate position (G) ZV0SB Mar.1999 PW0S Feb.2001 This entity is not particularly rare for European and American stations.... But from JA it is considered rare and is still ranked high due to the fact that propagation conditions are not as good. Even though small Dx-peditions have occured every year, contacts from the Far East are still not very large scale. 3C0 Annobon Is. 2007 Accurate position (H) 3C0R�@�@Sept 1999 3C0V Sept 2003 In the past there have been seven Dx-peditions there. However conditions between West Africa and JA do not allow a very long operating window. It seems the best propagation time is in the evening (local time) and via Long Pass and is the best in late Autumn and early Winter season. It is a hard zone from JA (Zone 36) which includes the 3C0 area. VP8 /O South Orkney Is. 2007 Accurate position (I) AY1ZA Feb.2004 AZ5ZA Dec.1983 LU6Z Jan 1996 South Orkney Island has a South Pole observation base, but it appears that Ham activity is not high. There have been a few DX-peditions from the neighboring rare entity South Sandwich and South Georgia during the last ten years, but not on a large scale and operation has been sporadic. YV0 Aves Is. 2007 Accurate position (J) YX0AI Feb 1992 YX0A/YX0LIX Apr 2006 YV0 Aves Is. is a Venezuelan territory, uninhabited island. It occupies a rare entity position in the world and propagation from Japan is difficult. It seems that entry to the island is not particularly difficult in regard to landing there so it appears that perhaps the problem is in regard to licensing. It also appears that the size of the island is becoming less due to erosion. Some people say that the island will be gone in another one hundred years. In 2004 there was a DX-pedition there, but it was of short duration.During 2006, SFI was almost bottomed out, so propagation was mainly on 20 meters. YX0A/YX0LIX provided a great service to JA Hams. ???????????? F J St.Barthelemy Is. new from 2007 Accurate position (K) FJ/JH8CLU Mar 2002 FJ/N9SW Mar 1993 Saint Barthelemy separated from FS / French Saint Martin group, and was added as a new entity from 8 Dec 2007. Soon after a few DXpeditions were found there, but unfortunately, 2007 was at the bottom of propagation conditions. So only a few Big-Guns got through, mainly on 40m's from JA. Almost all ... possibly 95% of JAs still have no QSOs, even in the HF high bands. I still don't know what FJ is in the DXCC position. I think during 2008 it will be in the 3-5th position. We are hopeful conditions will improve this year. Still in the high position other wanted entitys in JA 2008 YK 1A S0 TT TN T5 CY0 FP 4U1UN VP9 KG4 HH HI VP2V PJ7 J7 J8 HK0/M PY0/T VP8/SS VK0/M from World 338 I Italy 337 F France 336 VE Canada 335 G England 334 JA Japan 333 EA Spain 332 PY Brazil 331 SM Sweden 330 OH Finland 329 ON Belgium from Japan 338 JA Japan 337 HL Korea 336 UA0 Asia Ru 335 BY China 334 VR2 Hong Kong 333 VK Australia 332 DU Philippines 331 KH2 Guam 330 UA Eu Russia 329 KH6 Hawaii In regard to the most wanted TOP entities, they are regularly covered by many magazines and the Web, but how about the LAST ten entities ? The left ten entities are from the DXCC 2000 announcement. Perhaps the word " LAST " is not as meaningful as MOST SOUGHT AFTER. It is my contention that rankings depend entirely from where they are viewed from in regard to world location.... ie viewed from Japan or viewed from Europe or North or South America. I do not have statistics, but I would like to make my own forecast in regard to the "Most NOT needed entities from Japan" and contrast to the "Most 10 popular entities from JA". Perhaps upon viewing this, you will be surprised, as seen from a NA or EU perspective. Latest New DXCC Entitys VP6DI Mar.2002 YT6A Sept.2006�@ KH8SI Jul.2006 335. Ducie Is. Pitcairn Islands from Nov 2001 Accurate position 336. Montenegro from May 2006 separated from Serbia & Montenegro Accurate position 337. Swains Is. American Samoa from Jul 2006 Accurate position 338. St.Barthelemy French Saint Martin group from Dec 2007. See above pse.