Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally, announced activities might be postponed or cancelled at any time andwithout notice.

EA     - Special callsigns AO5DXX (Spain) and AO5DXX/8 (Canary Islands) will be active on 1-15 April to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the DXXE Group. Also look for TM15DXXE to be active from France during the same time frame. QSLs via LoTW only.

OK     - Special callsigns OL700CO, OL700DKO and OL700LTV are active until 31 December to mark the 700th anniversary of the Czech city of Dobruska. See http://www.ok1kqi.com/ol700/ol700.html for information about the award programme. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.

SP     - Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyla (1920-2005), special event station SN100KW will be active from 1 April to 31 May. QSL via SP3PGS.

TA     - The  Istanbul based Tango Alpha Ham Radio Club (YM1KE) will be active as TC1STAYHOME from 27 March to 25 May. This is a "COVID-19 Awareness Special Event" to stress the need to stay at home to avoid contagion.

VK     - VI50AWS is the special callsign for the Western and Northern Suburbs Amateur Radio Club (VK3AWS, https://www.wansarc.org.au/) to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The special callsign was allocated on 1 March and will be available for club members to use until 31 August.

VK     - Grant, VK5GR has annouced that "following the announcement by the RSGB about the IOTA Contest [see below, Ed.] and the increasing restrictions on travel and group assembly here in Australia, the team has decided to suspend the planning for VK5KI on OC-139. Once the world returns to some sense of normality we will start replanning works". VK5KI was expected to be active from Kangaroo Island on 22-28 July, IOTA Contest included [425DXN 1499]

VK9N   - Janusz, SP9FIH says he will "have to stay on Norfolk Island for some more time", as all his flights have been cancelled. He plans to change QTH on 10 April, and to continue being QRV as VK9NK (http://vk9nk.dxpeditions.org/).

XE     - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Asociacion de Radio Aficionados de la Republica Mexicana (ARARM), 4A60A and other nine special callsigns (4A60C, 4A60E, 4A60F, 4A60I, 4A60M, 4A60N, 4A60O, 4A60S and 4A60X) will be active from 27 March to 26 July. Seehttps://www.ararm.com.mx/ for more information.