Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ
TAAF, aka Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, is an overseas territory of France, created 1955-08-06. Until 2007, TAAF was comprised of Adelie Land (Antarctica), Crozet I, Kerguelen, Amsterdam I & Saint-Paul I. France also administered these islands prior to 1955-08-06. In 2007, Europa I, Glorioso Is, Juan de Nova I, Tromelin I and Bassas da India also became part of TAAF. This article is restricted to Adelie Land, Crozet I, Kerguelen, Amsterdam I & Saint-Paul I.
DXCC History
Antarctica has been a DXCC entity since 1945-11-15.
Crozet was added to the DXCC list in 1964 (QST April, 1964), but QSOs count from 1945-11-15.
Kerguelen has been a DXCC entity since 1945-11-15.
Amsterdam & St Paul Islands were originally grouped with Kerguelen (QST November, 1950). In 1951, ARRL announced that Amsterdam & St. Paul Is would, in fact, be counted as a separate DXCC entity (QST April, 1951). QSOs count from 1945-11-15.
Prefix history
| Entity | Prefix | Start date | End date | Source | Notes |
| Crozet | FB8W | 1945-11-15 | 1984-12-31 | DXNS #1111, 1984-04-03 | |
| Kerguelen | FB8X | 1945-11-15 | 1984-12-31 |
DXNS #1111, 1984-04-03 |
|
| Adelie Land | FB8Y | 1945-11-15 |
1984-12-31 |
DXNS #1111, 1984-04-03 |
|
| Amsterdam & St Paul | FB8Z | 1945-11-15 |
1984-12-18 |
DXNS #1111, 1984-04-03 |
|
| Crozet | FT[1-5,7-8]W |
1985-01-01 | Current |
French callsign changes - January, 1985 |
Although FT0W is not listed as a possible prefix in the source article, FT0WA was QRV in March & October, 1987. |
Kerguelen |
FT[1-5,7-8]X |
1985-01-01 | Current |
French callsign changes - January, 1985 |
There were two operations in December, 1984 (FT8XA & FT8XB) which are mapped via callsign exceptions. Although FT0X is not listed as a possible prefix in the source article, FT0XD was QRV in October, 1987. |
| Adelie Land (Antarctica) |
FT[1-5,7-8]Y |
1985-01-01 | Current | French callsign changes - January, 1985 | |
| Amsterdam & St Paul | FT[1-5,7-8]Z | 1985-01-01 | Current |
French callsign changes - January, 1985 |
Although FT0Z is not listed as a possible prefix in the source article, FT0ZA was QRV in October, 1987 and FT0ZB was QRV in March and May, 1988. |
Related articles
Acknowledgements
Wikipedia
RSGB DX News Sheet
QST
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