[DX] Looking for Help with Some Prefixes

[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 08:43:28AM -0800, Darrell Earnshaw wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have three QSL cards and am trying to decide the correct prefixes for 
> these contacts. The important thing are the QSO dates:
> 
> FO0EXV/A Jun-89 The card says Australes Group, but because the QSO was 
> in 1989, should I log it under FO (as opposed to FO/A)?

Yes (before 31 March 1998).

> 
> FK5C Feb-93. The card says Chesterfield Islands. The same question as 
> above applies -- should it really be logged as FK versus FK/C?

Yes (before 23 March 2000).

> 
> FL5/XE1L (Mayreau Isl) Dec-90. The logging program says F, but the photo 
> looks far more exotic, like perhaps one of the French Pacific 
> posessions. Anyone further info on this?

The only Mayreau Island I am aware of is part of the Grenadines (J8),
which is in the Caribbean.  FL was used for Djibouti at one time, but
that was long before 1990.  Perhaps someone else can recall this
operation.

73,
Bob, N7XY