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STATIONS CAME ON THE AIR IN 1950, INCLUDING CR5AC, CR5AD, AND CR5AF.  BY
1965, THE PREFIX FOR PORTUGUESE GUINEA SWITCHED TO CR3.  AFTER GAINING
INDEPENDENCE IN THE 80S, GUINEA BISSAU BEGAN ISSUING J5 CALL SIGNS.
CURRENTLY, J5 RANKS NUMBER 111 WORLDWIDE ON CLUB LOGS DXCC MOST WANTED
LIST.  IN RECENT YEARS, FATHER GIANFRANCO GOTTARDI, J52OFM J54OFM, J59OFM,
PARTICIPATED IN MANY MISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HELPED MULTIPLE
DXPEDITIONS PUT J5 ON THE AIR.  THE LAST ACTIVITY FROM J5 WAS THAT OF LIVIO
PESAVENTO, J52EC, IN 2018 AND 2019 FOR A FEW WEEKS, WHO MADE SEVERAL
THOUSAND CONTACTS.  THE LAST MAJOR DXPEDITION WAS J5T IN 2017 BY THE
ITALIAN DX TEAM IDXT, WHO MADE ALMOST 64,000 CONTACTS.  MEMBERS OF THE IDXT
HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO GO BACK TO GUINEA BISSAU.  THEYLL BE ACTIVE
AS J5T ON CW, SSB, AND RTTY, WHILE USING THE CALL SIGN J5HKT EXCLUSIVELY ON
FT8.  PLANS ARE TO BE ON BUBAQUE ISLAND ISLANDS ON THE AIR IOTA REFERENCE
NUMBER AF 020 FROM OCTOBER 7 TO 18.  THE TEAM INCLUDES ALFEO CAPUTO, I1HJT,
ANTONIO PETRONCARI, I2PJA, SILVANO BORSA, I2YSB, VINICIO RAVIZZA, IK2CIO,
ANGELO SELVA, IK2CKR, STEFANO CASARI, IK2HKT, AND FRANCO PRETE, I1FQH.
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