IOTA News

30 May, 2009

Island activities:

EU-048. Francois, F5JNE, will be active on Belle-Ile-en-Mer (DIFM AT-15, WLOTA L-078) between June 16-24th. Activity will be CW only on 40 and 20 meters, mainly in the evenings. QSL via F5JNE, direct or by the French REF Bureau.

EU-048. Jean-Pierre, F6ITD, will be active as homecall/p from Belle-Ile between June 20-28th. Activity will be on the HF bands (no 17/12m) on SSB only. QSL via F6ITD.

EU-064. Operators Pierre/F5AAR and Alain/F5OZC will be active as homecall/p from Yei Island between June 3-5th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns.

EU-064. The F6KOP team will defend its World IOTA Champion 1st place title for the 3rd time in this year's RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) from Noirmoutier Island as Multi-Single/Mixed/24H/ Low-Power entry. Callsign will be TM7C.

Operators mentioned are: Bernard/F9IE, Serge/F6AML, Jean-Paul/F8BJI, Flo/F6CWU, Pascal/F5JSD and Maurice/F5NQL. Bruno/F5AGB and John's/F5VHQ participation is pending. QSL Manager is Flo, F5CWU. QSL either direct or through the French REF-Union Bureau (Please only this bureau).

EU-090. Operators Wolfgang/OE3WGC and Gert/OE3ZK will be active as 9A/homecall from Palagruza Island (ACIA IC-901, CIA-33, IOCA CI-084, MIA MC-284) and lighthouse (CLHA CLH-100, ARLHS CRO-012, TWLHD WLH 9A-046, WLOTA 0057) between May 30th and June 6th.
Activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home
callsigns, the Bureau is preferred.

EU-095. Operators Robert/F5HTR and Roger/F5LKW will be active as homecall/p from Riou Island on June 8th. They will travelling in a kayak and will be active as QRP on 40 meters. Listen to 7032 kHz. QSL via their home callsigns.

NA-029. Operators Gregg/VE3ZZ and Noel/VE2BR will once again operate from Prince Edward Island (CISA PE-001) on July 15-27th, using the VY2TT superstation. During the IOTA Contest (July 25-26th), they will operate as VY2Z (QSL to VE3ZZ) and outside the contest as VE3ZZ/VY2 and VE2BR/VY2. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or via the Bureau.

NA-129. John, VE8EV, will use the special callsign VC8B for the Banks Island DXpedition, July 24-27th. Operations will be from Sachs Harbour, NT. Activity will be only SSB, mostly on 20 meters which, aurora permitting, should be open round the clock. He will watch for openings on 15 and 10 meters as well. He does not anticipating any problems unless there is a delay for weather, likely fog, which is common that time of year. QSL via VE8EV, direct (SAE and IRC or 2 greenstamps) or by the Bureau.
Online QSL requests and a log search will be available after
the operation. Look for updates at:
http://ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA

NA-223. (Update/Date Change) Members of the Russian Robinson Club will be active as KL7RRC from Ogliuga Island, Alaska, between June 14-19th. Regular suggested IOTA frequencies (14.040/14260 etc).
Operators mentioned are: Yuri/N3QQ and Johnny/KE7V. QSL via: RU/EUROPE - Yuri/UA9OBA and US/JA/SA Dick/N7RO. Watch for updates on:
http://www.na-234.com/contact_chuginadak_expedition.html

SA-071. (Update/Change In Callsign) Members of the Sao Paulo Association of Radioamadores (APRE) will be active as PR2R (not PT2T as previously mentioned) from Ilha da Moela (DIB SP-06, DFB SP-07, ARLHS BRA 043, TWLHD WLH PY-031, WLOTA 1335, WW Loc. GG65UW) between June 11-14th. Activity will include operations from blockhouses, islands and lighthouses of the State of Sao Paulo.

Operators include Irineu/PY2IAB, Marcelo/PY2OMT, Thiago/PY2TLB, Joao/PY2TI, Claudio/PY3NZ, Felipe/PU2OVA, Filipe/PU2TEA and Thiago/PU2TJQ. Operations will be on 80-2 meters, SSB only. QSL via PY2OP, direct or by the Bureau. For more info, go to: http://www.apre.com.br/moela

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