Marco ON8XB is currently active from Antananarivo, Madagascar as 5R8XB. QRV so far on 10m SSB. QSL via Marco S. Botta, Avenue du Congo 14/27, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Madagascar, island country lying off the southeastern coast of Africa. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo. Although located some 250 miles (400 km) from the African continent, Madagascar’s population is primarily related not to African peoples but rather to those of Indonesia, more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) to the east.