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Island activities:
EU-030. Michael, DL6MHW, will be active as OZ/DL6MHW from Bornholm
Island (BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award, WLOTA LH-2203)
between July 18th and August 4th. Activity will be on all
bands 80-10 meters, including an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 26-27th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the
bureau.
EU-130. Jens, DL8WOW, will be active as OZ/DL8WOW from Bornholm Island
(BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award, WLOTA LH-2203), August
3-15th. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
EU-042. Operators Helmut DL1ECU and Rolf DK1DN will be active as
homecall/p from Hallig Langeness (N-19 for the German Islands
Award, WLOTA LH-1245) between April 22nd and May 3rd. They
plan to have two stations active on all HF bands. QSL via
their home callsigns.
EU-043. Bernd, DL8AAV, will active as SD1B/6 from Tjorn Island, Sweden,
June 15-28th. Activity will be on the HF bands, on or near the
usual island and IOTA frequencies. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the bureau.
EU-051. Members from the Noantri Radio Club in Rome will be active
as IE9N from Ustica Island between April 24th and May 1st.
Activity will be on all bands and modes. Look for their 6m
beacon to be on air as IE9N/B. This group will activate this
unique location, trying to give another good reference number
to the world-wide IOTA comunity after last year operations as
OH10TA.
Ustica is a small volcanic island situated in the
Tyrrhenian Sea. It is characterized by reduced sources of
water, and the vegetation is consequently scarce. It is also
a marine protected area, and one of most important scuba diving
spots in Europe. More details and live updates are available
at: http://www.ie9n.com
QSL via IZ0FKE.
EU-170. Gianfranco, I6GFX, plans to activate several islands in the
Dalmatia North Group (EU-170) for the Islands of Croatia Award
(IOCA) as 9A/I6GFX from June 21-27th. He will start with six
days on Dugi Otok Island (IOCA CI-018, ACIA-367, CIA-10, MIA
MC-074, CLHA-178, TWLHD WLH 9A-077) in Veli Rat, locality
Verunic, and set up his base there.
The others islands to be
activated are as follows:
Zverinac (IOCA CI-150, ACIA-259, CIA-59, MIA MC-479)
Brscak (IOCA CI-299, ACIA-365, MIA MC-045)
Magarcic (IOCA CI-305, ACIA-383, MIA MC-220)
Rava (IOCA CI-099, ACIA-392, CIA-39, MIA MC-337)
Luski (IOCA CI-304, ACIA-382, MIA MC-216)
Depending on the weather and landing, other possible islands
to be activated are:
Lagnici (IOCA CI-419, ACIA-379, MIA MC-195)
Mezanj (IOCA CI-307, ACIA-387, MIA MC-242)
Silo (IOCA CI-406, ACIA-250, WLOTA LH-2529)
Planatak Veli (IOCA CI-308, ACIA-399, MIA MC-298)
Utra (IOCA CI-298, ACIA-397, MIA MC-443)
QSL via his home callsign.
EU-172. Stefan, DF8HS, will be active as OZ/DF8HS from Langeland
Island (DIA FY-019, WLOTA LH-0590), April 14-26th. Activity
will be on 80-10 meters, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via his home
callsign.
NA-213. Ray K9DUR and Pam KC9JMA will be active as homecall/p from
Dauphin Island (USI AL-002S, Mobile County, Alabama), April
17-22nd. Look for activity on the usual island and IOTA
frequencies. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the
bureau.
OC-130. Maarten, PA3GZU, will be active as DU9/PA3GZU from Mindanao
Island (LH-2803, WW Loc. PJ27UH) between now and May 12th.
Activity will be mainly on 20 meters (14260 kHz SSB and 14070
kHz BPSK31). Maarten is on holiday, so his activity will be
limited. Most of his activity is expected at the end of April
and the first week of May. QSL via his home callsign, the
bureau is preferred.
OC-223. Nick, VK1AA, plans to be active as VK1AA/2 from this rare
entity called Montague Island (WLOTA LH-0722) between April
15-18th. He has obtained permission from the NSW Parks and
Wildlife Group to operate from the island.
The operation is
provisionally planned to start on April 15th for 3 nights,
but factors such as weather conditions may change the dates.
He will be running 75 watts into a vertical antenna, mostly
CW on 40/30/20 meters. QSL direct via Nick Hacko, PO BOX 900
Spit Junction, 2088 NSW, Australia. Bureau requests via VE3EXY
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