VP8/G South Georgia Island

Modified on Fri, 9 Jan at 2:18 PM

THIS ARTICLE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

The DXCC entity of South Georgia Island is listed in the ARRL countries list published in February 1947.

Location map (credit:

Islands map (credit

The IOTA reference for South Georgia Island is AN-007

Whitelisting

South Georgia Island is a whitelisted DXCC entity . The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from South Georgia Island and which are thought to be good for DXCC credit.
The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to South Georgia Island. These callsigns have been taken from QSL cards and other sources.
Callsigns that are not listed below, or QSOs outside the exception date range, will be not be mapped to South Georgia Island but will be mapped as INVALID.
Please advise any missing valid South Georgia callsigns to Alan, 5B4AHJ, or via the Help Desk.

Call	Base	Date/Note (follow callsign links to see exact dates, QSLs and additional notes)
VP8AD	Bird Island	1947 - 1948 ???? 8cx
VP8AR	Leith Harbour	1949 - December until 1951 - ????
VP8AS		1950 - September until 1951 ??????
VP8AT	King Edward Point	1950 - December until 1954
VP8AU	King Edward Point	1951 - November until 1953 - May
VP8AY	King Edward Point	1953 - 1957 ????
VP8AF, AG, BI		RSGB Bull Nov 55
VP8BK	King Edward Point, Husvik	1955 - December until 1960 - February
VP8BC	Leith Harbour	1957 - dates required. QSL image required.
VP8BJ	Grytviken	1958 -1962??????
VP8BV		1957 - ????
VP8CS		to December 1957
VP8BI		1958 -
VP8CZ		1958 - ??
VP8GE	King Edward Point, Bird Island	1961 - August until December
VP8EL	Unknown	1962-63 Exact dates & QSL image dates required
VP8AT	Bird Island	1962 1962 QSL image required
VP8GQ	King Edward Point	1963 - December
VP8HO	Unknown	1964 - August until 1965 - October QSL image required
VP8IE	Bird Island	1965 - March until 1968 - April
VP8CA	Leith Harbour	Before 1960 Exact dates & QSL image required
VP8CB	Leith Harbour	Before 1960
VP8CS		Before 1960
VP8HO	Unknown	1966 - January until 1969 - Apri
VP8HY	Unknown	1965 - March until 1967 - August? (or later?
VP8CB	Leith Harbour	Before 1960 dates required
VP8DY	Unknown	Before 1960 dates required
VP8EL		Before 1960
VP8JQ	Unknown	1967 - December
VP8DX	Unknown	Before 1860 dates required
VP8KX	Unknown	1969 - October unttil 1969 - ????
VP8JV	Bird Island	1969 - November until 1971 - April
VP8JT	Bird Island	1971 - April until 1971 - ????
VP8MX	Bird Island	1972 - March until 1973 - January
VP8MR	Unknown	1972 - November until 1972 - ???? Info required
VP8OB	Bird Island	1975 - March until 1976 - March
VP8MS	Husvik	1976 - April until December
VP8PF	Unknown	1976 - August until 1979 - January. QSL image required. Confirmation of end date required.
VP8OT	King Edward Point	1976 - May until December
VP8SU	Grytviken	1978 - October until 1981 - April
VP8VN	King Edward Point, also Bird Island?	1979 - October until 1980 - January
VP8PL	King Edward Point	1978 - November until 1979 - January
VP8AEN	King Edward Point	1981 - March until 1982 - March
VP8BC	Unknown	1981 - September until 1982 - February
VP8ANT	Bird Island	1981 - October
VP8ALL	Spenceley Glacier Camp	1982 - February
VP8SB	Unknown	1983 - March QSL image required
VP8DIS	Unknown	1985 - March. QSL image required
VP8AQT	Bird Island	1986 - November
VP8BRR	Bird Island	1988 - August until 1990 - March
VP8BUB	Bird Island	1988 - September until 1990 - March
VP8CDJ	Bird Island	1990 - August until 1992 - April
VP8SGB	Bird Island	1991 - April until 2004 -???? Split exception, WAP
VP8CGK	Bird Island	1991 - April until 1993 - December
VP8CIZ	Grytviken	1992 - March
VP8CBA	Grytviken	1992 - April
VP8CKB	Bird Island	1992 - April until December
VP8CLR	King Edward Point and Bird Island	1992 - October until 1993 - October. QSL image required
VP8VN, VP8VN/P		1992 - December
VP8GAV	Bird Island	1993 - October/November
VP8CGE, VP8CID		1994 - November until 1995 - April. QSL images required
VP8SGP	Grytviken	1995 - January
VP8CGE	Bird Island	1996
VP8CKB	Bird Island	2000 - February
VP8SGK	Bird Island	2001 - March, April, November/December
VP8GEO	Husvik	2002 - January/February
VP8SGK	King Edward Point	2002 - January, April
VP8SGK	King Edward Point	2004 - April
VP8SGK	King Edward Point	2004 - November
VP8DIF	Husvik	2005 - January until March
VP8SGK	Bird Island	2006 - April
VP8SGK	King Edward Point	2006 - October
VP8DJU, VP8DJV, VP8DKD, VP8DKG	Grytviken	2007 - February. QSL images required.
VP8DKX	King Edward Point	2007 - November QSL image required.
VP8DIF	Husvik	2008 - January until March, September until November
VP8DIF	Husvik	2009 - January until March, September until November
VP8DMH	King Edward Point	2011 - March
VP8SGK	King Edward Point	2012 - April, November
VP8SGK	King Edward Point	2014 - December
VP8DOZ	King Edward Point	2015 - February until April
VP8DXU, VP8SGI	Husvik	2016 - January/February
VP0GAA		2023 - March
VP0SG		2027 - March
VP8BUW, BVP0SGUX date?	Bird Island
VP8CS date?
VP8BDA, VP8BDM, VP8PK??		Information required
The ones that didn't count
VP8GZ	N/A	On S. Georgia, licensed, but not QRV.
VP8PM	N/A	December 1981 - Pirate

Acknowledgements and references

Hamgallery South Georgia Island

Les Nouvelles DX Bird Island

Les Nouvelles DX Grytviken

Les Nouvelles DX Husvik

Les Nouvelles DX King Edward Point

WAP-WACA Directory

Wikipedia Husvik

Wikipedia King Edward Point

Wikipedia Grytviken