From 1945 - 1950, Amsterdam & St Paul Islands also counted as Kerguelen, but became a separate DXCC entity in 1951, with QSOs counting from 1945-11-15.
"DXCC Notes" in the April 1951 edition of QST states:
"In November 1950 we announced in QST that Amsterdam Island, FB8, would be grouped with Kerguelen Islands, FB8, on the Countries List. Since the time of that announcement, some additional facts have come to our attention, with the result that we have decided to group Amsterdam and St. Paul Island, both FB8, as a country separate from the Kerguelen Islands."
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The IOTA reference for Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands is AF-002.
The prefix for Amsterdam & St. Paul was FB8Z until FT#Z callsigns began to be issued in 1984, following a major re-organisation of the French callsign system.
Until 1973, personal callsigns were not issued to Amsterdam & St. Paul operators. All operators used the callsign FB8ZZ.
From 1973, personal callsigns were issued in the range FB8Z[A-Z], and when these were exhausted, from 1981 in the range FB8ZA[A-D], until the prefix change to the FT#Z prefix in 1984.
The very first QSO made from Amsterdam & St. Paul Islands I was on 1950-03-25, by FB8ZZ (tnx F2VX, LNDX).
Amsterdam & St. Paul is a whitelisted DXCC entity. The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from Amsterdam & St Paul, and which are thought to be good for DXCC credit.
The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to Amsterdam & St. Paul, 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 Amsterdam & St. Paul, but will be mapped as INVALID.
Please advise any missing Amsterdam & St. Paul calls, to Alan, 5B4AHJ, email address on QRZ.COM, or via the Help Desk
| Call | Date/Note (Check Call Tester for exact dates, QSLs and additional notes) |
| FB8ZZ | 1950 to 1973 - January Callsign used by all operators from Amsterdam & St. Paul Islands in that period |
| FB8ZA | 1972 - February until November |
| FB8ZC | 1972 - December to 1974 - February QSL required |
| FB8ZB | 1973 - July to 1974 - February QSL required |
| FB8ZD | 1974 - June to 1975 - January QSL required |
| FB8ZF | 1975 until 1976 - January |
| FB8ZG | 1975 - May until1976 - February |
| FB8ZH | 1975 until 1976 - January until 1976 - January QSL required |
| FB8ZM | 1976 - March until 1984 - October |
| FB8ZI | 1976 - November until 1977 - January |
| FB8ZL | 1973 - August until 1973 - January |
| FB8ZN | 1978 until 1979 - March |
| FB8ZO | 1979 - November until 1980 - December |
| FB8ZP | 1983 |
| FB8ZQ | 1982 - December until 1983 - December |
| FT8ZA | 1986 - November until 1987 - November |
| FT0ZA | 1987 - March until 1988 - October |
| FT5ZB | 1987 - October until 1988 - December |
| FT0ZB | 1988 - March, May |
| FT5ZD | 1988 - April until September QSL required |
| FT4ZE | 1988 - December until 1989 - December |
| FT89ZE | 1989 QSL required |
| FT5ZJ | 1998 - December until 1999 - December |
| FT5ZP | 1994 - July, August |
| The ones that didn't count. | |
| FT5Z/FR5HR | FT5Z/Home call not permitted |
| FT5ZI | 1998 July/August - No gocumentation received |
Acknowledgements and references
ARRL/QST
hamgallery.com Amsterdam & St, Paul Island, Africa FT8Z, FB8Z
LNDX https://lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerie/galerie2.php?page=taafqsl&pfx=FB8ZZ
RSGB & Geoff Watts DX News Sheet, various issues
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