Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ


The May, 1949 issue of QST announces the addition of Heard Island to the DXCC list. QST says: "We are pleased to announce the addition of one more country to the list: Heard Island, VK1". VK1 was the prefix for Australian Antarctic stations until it was re-assigned to stations in Australian Capital Territory on 1956-06-01. See VK1, VK9, VK0 prefixes.


QSOs count for Heard I from 1945-11-15.


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Heard I is a whitelisted DXCC entity. The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from Heard I, and which are thought to be good for DXCC credit.

The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to Heard I, and only for QSO dates within the exception date range. These callsigns have been taken from QSL cards and other sources.

Callsigns not listed below, or QSOs outside the exception date range, will be not be mapped to Heard I, but will be mapped as INVALID.

Please advise any missing Heard I callsigns, to Alan, 5B4AHJ, email address on QRZ.COM, or via the Help Desk . 


CallDate/Note (follow callsign links to see exact dates, QSLs and additional notes)
VK3ACD 
1947 - December to 1949 - February
VK1VR 
1949 - Exact dates not known
VK1VU 
1949 - February to August
VK1RA 
1949 - July to September
VK1FE 
1949 - August to  1950 - ???
VK1HV 
1950 - July to November 
VK1PG, VK1YG 
1950 - May to December
VK1DG, VK1KJ, VK1NL
1951 - April to 1952 - April?
VK1RF
1952 - dates wanted
VK1PN 
1952 - October to November
VK1DY, VK1PG 
1954 - January to December
VK1NL 
1957 - April to May & possibly before/after.  The VK1 prefix is an exception to the rule that VK1 was assigned to ACT stations from 1956-06-01
VK0NL 
1963 - February 
VK1RA 
1963 - exact dates unknown. The VK1 prefix is an exception to the rule that VK1 was assigned to ACT stations from 1956-06-01
VK0WR 
1969 - exact dates unknown
VK0HM1969 - November to 1970 - February
AX0HM 
1970 - January to February 
VK0HM 
1972 - July
VK0RM 
1980 - March 
VK0MD, VK0WF 1983 - exact dates unknown
VK0CW, VK0HI, AX0HI 1983 - January to February 
VK0JS, VK0NL, VK0SJ 1983 - February 
VK0DA, VK7TM/0 1983 - March. 4 hours only, exact date uncertain, but on, or before, 12 March
VI0CC 
1985 - September to November 
VK0DA 
1986 - December to 1987 - January 
VK0HI 
1987 - September to 1988 - February
VK0IR 
1997 - January 
VK0EK, VK0/K2ARB
2016 - March to April
VK0LD
2016-04-04 
  
Operations that didn't count 
VK2ADY/VK0 
1966 - July
VK0HM 
1971 - January to March 
VI70HI
2017 - December to 2018 - February. Operation from Australian mainland to commemorate the first operation from Heard Island in 1947.


Acknowledgements

Australian Government: Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) 

ARRL/QST

Cordell Expeditions VK0IR Heard Island by KK6EK 

hamgallery.com Heard Island 

LNDX VK0 Heard Island 

OPDX Bulletin #287 

RSGB DX News Magazine #20 

RSGB & Geoff Watts DX News Sheet, various issues

The DX Sleuth Monthly Archive, October 2012 

WAP Antarctic QSL Gallery Heard  

WAP-WACA Antarctic, Sub-Antarctic and Peri-Antarctic Directory 2013