The DX Century Club Awards article in the February 1990 issue of QST announced:
"Conway and Banaba - New DXCC Countries
By unanimous vote (7-0), the ARRL Awards Committee has accepted the recommendations of the ARRL DX Advisory Committee to add Conway (3D2) and Banaba (T33) to the ARRL DXCC Countries List, by virtue of point 2(b) of the Countries List Criteria.
Conway (3D2), a territory of the Republic of Fiji, lies about 280 statute miles south-west of Viti Levu (3D2), and more than 500 miles from Rotuma (3D2)."
<snip - paragraph on Banaba>
"Because no activity is believed to have taken place from Conway prior to the 3D2CR operation of April, 1989, contacts with the reef are creditable effective the start of this operation".
The RSGB DX News Sheet #1363, dated 1989-04-26, reported:"The 3D2CR team arrived around 0500z on Wednesday, and was very active". Thus, the start of the 3D2CR operation was 1989-04-19.
Location map
Conway Reef aka Ceva-i-Ra is in the bottom left corner of the map:
Prefix: 3D2/c
Ranking in "Most Wanted" league
The IOTA reference for Conway Reef is OC-112.
Whitelisting
Conway Reef is a whitelisted DXCC entity. The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from Conway Reef and which are thought to be good for DXCC credit.
The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to Conway Reef. 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 Conway Reef but will be mapped as INVALID.
Please advise any missing valid callsigns to Alan, 5B4AHJ, or via the Help Desk.
Call | See the Call Tester entry for exact dates, QSLs and additional notes |
3D2CR | 1989 - April |
3D2HL, 3D2SI, 3D2VT, 3D2WV | 1989 - July |
3D2AM | 1990 - May |
3D2CT, 3D2CU | 1995 - March/April |
3D2CI, 3D2CY | 2001 - February, October |
3D20CR | 2009 - September/October |
3D2C | 2012 - September/October |
3D2CR | 2019 - June |
3C2CI, 3D2CY | 2001 - February |
3D2CI, 3D2CY | 2001 - October |
3D2CR | 2021 - September |
3D2CCC | 2024 - April/May |
Operations that did not happen or do not count | |
3D2CR | 2008 - February - QRV from Fiji |
Acknowledgements and references
ARRL Letter 1989-12-18
QST February 1990
Hamgallery Conway Reef, Oceania
Wikipedia Conway Reef