Area and history
Continent: Oceania - Coordinates: 11.05S 171.05W AH48LW - Zones: WAZ 32, ITU 62 - Allocation: AH8 - IOTA: OC-200
Swains Island (Olohega) is an atoll in the Tokelau chain, the most northwesterly island administered by American Samoa. Although culturally belonging to Tokelau, politically, it is a territory of United States of America. It has variously been known as Olosenga Island, Olohega Island, Quiros Island, Gente Hermosa Island and Jennings Island throughout its history. The current population of the island is 37, all located in the only village. The island has a land area of 1.508 km² (0.582 sq mi, or 372.55 acres).
KH8SI - Juli 2005
...and previous activities
In June 2006 the DXCC Desk of ARRL pblished amendment (c) to Section II, DX List Criteria, 1. Political Entities of the DXCC: The entity contains a permanent population, is administered by a local government, and is located at least 800 km from its parent. To satisfy the "permanent population" and "administered by a local government" criteria of this sub-section, an Entity must be listed on either (a) the U.S. Department of State's list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" as having a local "Administrative Center," or (b) the United Nations list of "Non-Self-Governing Territories.
Thus American Samoa was re-defined as a political entity according to DXCC rules. Consequently the DX Advisary Committee would have to accept Swain's Island as a new DXCC entity. The Radio Amateurs of American Samoa were eager to represent themselves in the IARU as their immediate neighbors in Samoa (formerly British Samoa) do. So the organizers of this expedition thought Swains could be a new DXCC Entity under DXCC2000, and as soon as the DXCC Rules removed the IARU category they decided to go to Swains Island, anyway. Read their report.
JA1BK's KH8SI video (15:48): 
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N8S - April, 2007
'The Big One'
KH8SI had been a brave effort, but the DX community was hungry for more. An international team set out to provide the new DXCC entity "to all the deserving", and, indeed, broke all records with 117.205 contacts in the log, when they closed down on 15 April. On their journey back home they operated from Samoa (17-24 April, FW5AA, 17.500 contacts, KH8, 18.200 contacts)
N8S Homepage: ext. Link
NH8S - Third attempt
6.-16. September, 2012
Expedition Web Site: ext. Link
Operators: 9V1FJ, Barry Fletcher; AA4NN, Joe Blackwell; DJ2VO, Juergen Borsdorf; DL3DXX,
Dietmar Kasper; K5AB, Alan Brown; K9CS, Carl Schroeder; K9CT, Craig Thompson, Team Leader; K9NW, Mike Tessmer; N2TU, Lou Dietrich; N6HC, Arnie Shatz; N6HD, David Greenhut; NA6M, Mark Stennett; ND2T, Tom Berson; SM5AQD, Hawk Eriksson; W6KK,
Charles Spetnagel; W8GEX, Joe Pater, Team Leader; W8HC, Hal Turley; W8TN, Clark Stewart; WB9Z, Jerry Rosalius. - 105.455 Contacts. - QSL: Swains Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 5005, Lake Wylie, SC 29710, USA
