IOTA News

07 March , 2009

Island activities:

AS-103. Operators Tang/BM2AAV, Wu/BM2APH, James/BU2AT, Eddie/BV2DD,
Bruce/BV2KI, Lee/BV2NT and Chung/BX4AF will be active as
BP0A from Penghu Island between March 27-30th. Activity
will be on all bands. QSL via BV2KI.

EU-008. Members of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will be active as GM7A from Kerrera Island (IOSA FL02, SCOTIA CN02), Scotland, during the upcoming RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators mentioned are Graham/MM0GHM and Arthur/MM0DHQ. QSL via GM7AAJ, direct or by the bureau.

EU-017. Operators Andy/IZ0EHO and Vincenzo/IZ0FKE will be active as ID9N from Vulcano Island (IIA ME-018, MIA MI-122, WLOTA 1001), April 24-30th. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes. QSL via the information on QRZ.com.

EU-171. Operators Tor/DJ4MG and Ela/DL1TM will be active as 5P4MG and OZ7TM, respectively, from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (DIA NJ-001), April 5-16th. Look for SSB activity to be on 160/80/40/20/17/15 meters and PSK31 on 40/20 meters. QSL 5P4MG via DJ4MG, direct or by the bureau. QSL OZ7TM via DL1TM, direct or by the bureau.

EU-171. Operators Rene/DL2JRM and Netti/DO6XX will be active as OZ/homecall/p from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (DIA NJ-001) between July 18th and August 1st. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Look for them on 80-10 meters using CW with 100 watts into a dipole/GP. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

NA-192. Operators John/VE8EV, Wally/VE8DW and Gerry/VE8GER will be active as VX8X from Ellice Island, March 20-23rd. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meter CW/SSB during a 24 hours per day non-stop operation. Expect to see them on CW, but most of the focus will be on 20 meter SSB on 14260 kHz. QSL via the information on QRZ.com under VX8X.

OC-120. Operators Ed/4F1OZ, Roland/DU1KGJ, Jairus/DV1ERS and Frank/ VE7DP plan to activate Cuyo Island (WLOTA 3028) between 0400z, March 6th and 0200z, March 9th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17 meters using CW and SSB. Both the callsign and QSL route are TBA.

SA-098p. Operators Jorge/OA4BHY, Marco/CE6TBN, Zoli/HA1AG, Daniel/DL5YWM and Rene/DL2JRM will be active as OA4BHY/6 from La Leona Island, April 10-13th. There is a possibility that a special callsign may be used. Activity will be on all HF bands using 2 stations with operations on CW and SSB. QSL via DL2JRM, direct or by the Bureau.

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