IOTA News

08 June, 2009

Island activities:

AS-017. Operators Mitsu/7N4AGB, Hase/JK1EBA, Shoji/JJ1JGI, JA1XEQ and
Nakayama/JA1KJW will be active as homecall/6 from Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, between July 7-10th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, but mainly on the lower bands using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

AS-047. Operators Mitsu/7N4AGB, Hase/JK1EBA, Shoji/JJ1JGI, JA1XEQ and Nakayama/JA1KJW will be active as homecall/6 from Daito Island, Okinawa Prefecture, between June 25th and July 5th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, but mainly on the lower bands using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

AS-117. Operators JJ2JQF and JH9UYZ will be active as homecall/0 from Awa Island, Niigata Prefecture, between June 26-30th. Activity will be on 160m through 70cm using CW, SSB, AM, FM, RTTY and Satellite (1200 MHz). QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-005. Members of the Bittern DX Group will once again be active as G2B from the cliff tops in the village of Trimingham, Norfolk, East of England region (WLOTA 1841) for the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via M0CNP, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-042. Harald, DF6BL, will be active as homecall/p from Langeness Island (N-19 for the German Islands Award, WLOTA 1245) between July 6-13th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-067. Operators Elizabeth/K4KTG, Michael/KC6ZUS and Jonathan/KI4UOU will be active as SV/K4KTG from Thira Island [aka Santorini] (GIOTA SAS-102, MIA MG-125, WLOTA 0658), June 15-30th. QSL via K4KTG.

EU-095. Operators Robert/F5HTR and Roger/F5LKW will be active as homecall/p from Riou Island (DIFM ME-006) on June 8th. They will travelling by kayak and will be active as QRP on 7032 kHz. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-120. Members of the Wakefield and District Radio Society will be active as GB1HI from Holy Island [aka Lindisfarne] (WAB NU14, ARLHS ENG-224, TWLHD WLH G-011) off the Northumbrian coast, July 10-13th. QSL via M3ZYZ, direct, by the Bureau or E-mail QSL requests (Bureau). More details are available on QRZ.com.

EU-122. Members of Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will be active as GI0ADX from Rathlin Island (WLOTA 0039), Northern Ireland, in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators mentioned are: Allan/GM3OZB, Barry/GM3YEH, Steve/GM4OSS, John/GM0DJG and Gordon/MM0BIM. QSL via MM0DHQ, by the Bureau is preferred.

EU-127. Operators Gerd/DK8NT and Horst/DL8NBM will be active as homecall/p from a smaller neighbor island called "the Dune", Helgoland Island (German Island Award # N-15), between June 11-17th. They state that their activity will be "something between a vacation-style and a 'serious' DXpedition". Operations will be mainly on CW, but some SSB or PSK. Using only 100 watts, they will experiment with simple wire antennas: A triple leg for 30m and up, a 40/80m double dipole for Europe, and a 40m (and maybe 80m) vertical for DX. QSL via their home callsigns, by the bureau or direct (no e-QSL).

EU-145. Nuno, CT2FPE, will be active as homecall/p from Barreta Island on June 13th between the hours of 1000-1900z. Activity is also valid for: ARLHS POR-141, Fa-14, Ai-003, DPRN FF-07, CTFF-07, DMP-0805, FAR-05, DMA-FARO and Day of Portugal Contest. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-165. Massimo, I0PNM, will be active as IM0/I0PNM from San Pietro Island (IIA CI-007, MIA MIS-050, WLOTA 2989), June 8-16th. Activity will be mainly PSK31 on 20 and 40 meters. QSL via his home callsign.

NA-027. George, WW4GA, will be active as WW4GA/VO1 from Newfoundland (CISA NF-001) between June 17th and July 9th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL direct only to WW4GA.

NA-067. Rick, N5EYT, is expected to be active from Cape Hatteras (USI NC005S, WLOTA 3913) in Salvo, NC, no earlier than 2000z, June 7th and will finish no later than 1200z, June 15th. His activity will only be 20 meters PSK31 with a dipole (trying out his new Small Wonder Labs PSK-20). Rick mentions that he will be operating at a beach house on the west side of island.
This is actually a vacation/wedding trip where his daughter's
wedding will take place on June 13th, so most of his operating will be limited to earlier in the week. QSL via N5EYT, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW.

NA-079. Operators Bill/WD2E, Dave/KI4KQU and Paul/AA2C will be active as WD2E/4 from the Dry Tortugas Islands (WLOTA 0274) between June 24th and July 1st. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via WD2E.

NA-112. Brian, KB9BVN, will be active from Bird Island (USI NC-012S, WW Loc. FM03RU, Brunswick County) on Sunset Beach, North Carolina, between now and June 12th. Activity will be QRP on 40 and 20 meters using CW only. His equipment is a Elecraft KX-1 and PAC-12 portable vertical antenna. He will QSL all contacts and states eQSLs are available if that is what you prefer. His son Andy, N9AWM, will be with him as well.

NA-142. Jim, AD5ZA, will be active as homecall/4 from Santa Rosa Island (USI FL-003S), Florida, on August 1st. Activity will be on 20 and 15 meters using PSK31.
This activation is for PODXS 070 Club. QSL via his home callsign, direct only.

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