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IOTA News
July 16, 2007

AS-012. Operators JA6RGJ, JK6IIS and JO6RGZ will be active as homecall/6 from Kuro Island (JIIA AS-012-028), JA6 Nagasaki Prefecture, July 28-29th. Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to their home callsigns, direct or by the bureau.

AS-053. Cha, HS8KAY, will active from Phuket Island durin the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Single-Op/24-Hrs entry.

AS-060. Member of the Gwangju DX Club will be active as 6L0NJ/4 from Ch'ung Island unitl 0300z, July 17th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL4XM, direct or by the bureau.

AS-101. Champ, E21EIC, will be active as E21EIC/P from Samui Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ 24 Hrs entry. He will be active on the island between July 27-29th. JA stations QSL via JR5XPG; all others via E21EIC.

AS-102. Look for station BO0K to be active from KinMen Island (Quemoy Island), July 26-30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (no WARCs) using CW and SSB. QSL via BV2KI.

AS-120. Members of the Nicosia Amateur Radio Club will be active as 5B4NC from Agios Georgios [aka Kakoskaliou] (MIA MCI-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). No QSL information at this time.

EU-010. Members of the Workington and District Amateur Radio and IT Group will be active as MS0WRC from Crannag, NE Coast Isle of Barra (IOSA OH-11, SCOTIA HI-02, WAB NF70), Outer Hebrides, from October 6-12th. Operators mentioned are: Steve/G0MTD, Paul/M1PAF, Mark/M0WCR and Jim/G7GAG. The group also plans to travel to Vatersay (IOSA OH-07, SCOTIA HI-01) and Eriskay (IOSA OH-09, SCOTIA HI-05) during their trip and activate WAB Squares NF60, NF70, NF71, NF80, NF81, NL69 and NL79. QSL via MX0WRC.
More information can be found at:
http://members.aol.com/g0mtd/isle_of_barra_expedition_2007.htm

EU-038. Operators Jack/PD2J and JanJaap/PG7V will be active again with the special callsign PC6IOTA from Texel Island between July 24th and August 1st. Activity will be on all HF bands. Their main activity will be in the RSGB IOTA contest. ALL QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; for
those who are in a hurry, direct QSLs are via PG7V. For more
info, visit the Web page at: http://www.pc6iota.net

EU-038. Operators Henk/PA0HFT, Leo/PA0LMD, Ben/PA0IBF, Hans/PA0WYS, Lex/PA3CDM and Gert/PA5TS will be active as PA0HFT from Terschelling Island (WLOTA LH-0943) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via PA0HFT, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-072. Operators Zdenek/OK1MBZ and Jindrich/OK1MKI will be active as SV8/homecall from Skopelos Island, September 10-20th. Activity will be on CW from 80-10 meters.

EU-092. Jim, MM0BQI, will be active from the Summer Isles (IOSA SC10) during the last week in July and the first in August. He plans to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) using the callsigng MM0Q and the special event callsign GB5SI outside of the contest. QSL to MM0BQI, bureau, direct or the LoTW.

EU-170. Laci/HA6NL, and his friends Gyuszi/HA2VR, Zsolti/HA6PS, Sanyi/HA7JJS, Laci/HA7PL will be active as 9A6NL and 9A/homecall from Pasman Island (JN73QW, CI-085), between July 21-31th. Activity will be on all HF bands and 6 meters on CW and SSB, and possibly some digital modes are expected as well. All of them will work in the RSGB IOTA Contest with different callsigns, in different categories. QSL via their home callsigns (9A6NL via HA6NL) by the HA QSL Bureau or direct to the QRZ.com address.

NA-014. Dana, VE1VOX, will be active VE1OTA/VE9 from Grand Manan Island (C.I.S.A NB-003 and LH CAN-491), July 26-29th. Look for activity on 40/20/15 meters. QSL direct to VE1VOX.

NA-027. Fred, ON6QR, plans to be active as VO/ON6QR in the next RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) from Newfoundland. Activity will be mainly CW using a dipole, vertical and running QRP (5w). QSL via his home callsign.

NA-031. Page, WA3EOP, will be active as WA3EOP/p from Conanicut Island (USI RI-007S, Newport County, Rhode Island) and the Beavertail Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-048, WW Loc. FN41HK), July 18th. Most of the activity will take place during the afternoons and evenings. Suggested frequencies are: 14266, 14332, 7178 and 3902 kHz. Watch before and during the Century Club nets on 40 and 75 meters. The QSL will have a picture of the lighthouse on it. There will be an additional operator after 1900z, Al, KZ3AB.

SA-077. (POSTPONED) Brazilian operators that were going to activate Santana Island (ARLHS BRA-062 and WLOTA-0714) between July 12-15th had to cancel their operation due to Rick´s (PY1VOY) serious health problem which occurred last Monday (abnormal blood pressure). OPDX was informed that they will try to put the SA-077 on the air as soon Rick gets out of the hospital in Rio de Janeiro. They apologize for the delay.

Compiled by OPDX

 

 

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