3D2    - Cezar, VE3LYC will be active as 3D2LYC from Yanuca Island (OC-189), Fiji on 1-5 May.  He will operate CW and SSB on  30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres;  his goal  is  "to make 4000 QSOs with  2500  unique stations  located  on  six continents".  QSL  via  Club Log's  OQRS (preferred),  or via VE3LYC (direct and bureau).  More  information can be found on https://3d2lyc.weebly.com/.

4W     - 4W1A  is the callsign issued  to the current operation  from  Timor Leste [425DXN 1665],  which started on  12 April at 10.43 UTC. The three operators (DL6FBL, E77DX and SP5XVY)  expect to remain QRV on 40-10 metres  CW, SSB and RTTY  until 22 April.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via DJ4MX.  See http://timor-leste-dx.de/ for information, and https://clublog.org/charts/?c=4W1A for logsearch & statistics.

CN     - Celebrating World Amateur Day and IARU's 98th anniversary, Moroccan amateurs are allowed to use special prefix CN98 on 15-20 April. QSL  via operator's instructions.

EA     - Representing  the  three  provinces  of  Aragon,  special callsigns  AM23SJH (Huesca), AM23SJT (Teruel) and AM23SJZ (Zaragoza)  will  be activated on 23 April to celebrate Day of Aragon  and  the name-day of  San Jorge  (St. George,  Aragon's  patron saint). All QSOs will  be confirmed automatically via the bureau.

I      - Look for IY0CG,  IY0GA (Sardinia),  IY0IMD, IY0MMR, IY0ORP,  IY0TC,  IY1MR,  IY1SM, IY1SP, IY1TO,  IY4FGM, IY5PIS, IY6GM and IY7M  to be active  during the  International Marconi Day  (22 April).  QSL via  operators'  instructions.  These stations  are  affiliated  to  the "Coordinamento Stazioni Marconiane Italiane" which gathers  amateur radio stations  operating from  historic  Marconi sites  located in Italy (http://csmi.altervista.org/wp/).

JA     - Take, JI3DST  will be active  from  Miyako Island (AS-079)  from 17 April to 15 May.  He will operate SSB and CW as  JS6RRR  (including participation in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest), JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6  and JR8YLY/6,  as well as  JI3DST/p, JJ5RBH/p and JR8YLY/p on FT8.  The QSOs will be made available for Club Log and  LoTW Matching  on the IOTA website.

JD1_oga- Kou, JP1IHD will be active again as JD1BQP from Chichijima (AS-031) Ogasawara from 29 April to 5 May. QSL via the bureau to JD1BQP,  or  direct only to JP1IHD; he will upload his log to LoTW and Club Log.
                
OE     - Special  event station OE23M will be activated to take part in  the International Marconi Day  (22 April).  QSL via OE1YPP (bureau)  or direct  to  DokuFunk,  OE23M,  An den Steinfeldern 4A,  1230  Wien, Austria.
         
PY     - Depending on sea  and weather conditions,  team ZY1M  [425DXN 1666] will be active from Maricas Island (SA-079) on 14-16 April. QSL via PY1AA (direct or bureau), LoTW, eQSL.

PY     - Team PR5M will be active from  Mel Island (SA-047) on  21-23 April. They will operate CW and SSB on 20, 15, 10 metres (maybe also 30m). QSL via PP5BZ (direct or bureau), and LoTW.

VU     - Members of  the  Bengal Amateur Radio Society  will  be  active  as AT8BRS on 15-19 April.  They plan to operate  from  Henry's Island, which they hope can qualify for  IOTA group AS-153.  [TNX The Daily DX]

XE     - 4A9O is the special callsign to celebrate the  90th anniversary  of the Club de Radio Experimentadores de Occidente (XE1TD), founded on  25 May 1933. Look for activity between 1 April and 30 May.  QSL via  LoTW only.

XE     - Enrique, XE2AA has been active as XF3O from Cozumel Island (NA-090) since 9 April;  according to his announced plans  [425DXN 1662], he should remain there  until 15 April.  Please note that  on 9 April, between 14.15 UTC and 19.10 UTC, he used the wrong callsign (XF3M): "I offer  my apologies for this  unforgivable error",  he says, and invites those  who had a QSO with 'XF3M' during  that time frame to amend their logs.  Enrique still expects  to be  QRV  as  XF3M from Mujeres Island (NA-045) on 17-22 April. [TNX IT9EJW]

WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY 2023 ---> Every 18 April,  radio amateurs  worldwide take to the airwaves  in celebration of  World Amateur Radio Day.  It was on this day in 1925 that the  International Amateur Radio Union  was formed  in Paris. IARU has announced that the theme for this year's World Amateur Radio Day will be "Amateur Radio: Contributing to Human Security for All  (HS4A)". See https://hs4a.iaru.org/ for more information. Announced special callsigns participating in WARD 2023 include stations from Bahrain (A91WARD),  Belgium (OT23WARD),  Bosnia & Herzegovina   (E7WARD),  Croatia  (9A23WARD),  Denmark (5P0WARD),  France (TM98WARD),  Germany (DA23WARD),  Netherlands (PA23WARD), Oman   (A43WARD),   Poland  (3Z0WARD),   Portugal  (CQ7HS4A),   Saudi Arabia (HZ1WARD),  Slovenia  (S50WARD),  South Africa  (ZS9WARD),  Spain  (AO5WARD, EG4DDR, EG5DMR, EG5WRD, EG7DMR),  Switzerland  (HB9WARD),  Trinidad & Tobago (9Y4WARD), UAE (A60WARD).