firming up (mar 26, 2007) -- the swains island dxpedition will be on the air as n8s from april 4 until april 15 on all hf bands (including 60 meters -- 5403.5 khz) as well as moonbounce on 6 and 2 meters. the international team includes yt1ad, k3lp, k1lz, n6tqs, k6srz, rk3ad, ra3auu, sv2bfn, ur0mc, yz7aa, yz1bx, ua4hox, yu7nu, ru4su, yu1au, jt1co and z32zm. the same team plans to operate from samoa as 5w5aa from april 17 to april 24. yt1ad will handle cards for n8s; yz7aa will handle qsls for 5w5aa. swain's island tops the german dx foundation (gdxf) 2006 "mixed" list of most-wanted dxcc entities. -- the daily dx