IOTA News

28 March, 2009

Island activities:

AS-177. NEW IOTA!
Frank, DL4KQ, is planning to be active as AT9RS from a new IOTA, Grandi Island, off the coast of Vasco da Gama, Goa, India, between April 3-8th. No other details were provided, but watch the IOTA frequencies.

EU-017. (Update)
Members of the Noantri DX & Contest Team will be active as ID9N from Vulcano Island (Eolian Group) (IIA ME-018,
MIA MI-122, WLOTA 1001), April 25-30th. Look for activity on the HF bands, CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Operators mentioned are: Andy/IZ0EHO, Vincenzo/IZ0FKE, GiorDano/IK0XFD and Alberto/ IK0ZCW. QSL via IZ0GKN. Sked request at: id9n@libero.it

EU-049.
Members of the Aegean DX Group will be operate from Samos Island (GIOTA SAS006), as SX8P (Pythagoras) between April 3-12th. Activity is to celebrate the 2500th anniversary and honor the memory of Great Ancient Samian Philosopher and Mathematician "Pythagoras".
For more information, see QRZ.com.
Operations will mainly be on SSB and the Digital modes. On
SSB, 14260, 18124, 7090, 3780 kHz (+/- 5 kHz), and if bands are open, check 21260, 24950, 28460, 50150 kHz (+/- 5 kHz).
Look for them on BPSK31 and RTTY on 20/40/80 meters, and if the bands are open 15/10m. There will also be activity on the AO-51 Satellite.
Operators mentioned are: Vassilis/SV8CYV, Alexandros/SV8CYR, Kostandinos/SV8IIR, Ilias/SV8FMY and George/SV8IJZ. QSL via SV8CYV, direct by the Bureau.

EU-094.
French operators Alain/F1LLS, Thomas/F4BCG, Patrick/F4FCS,
Antoine/F5RAB, Christian/F6AXN, Francis/F6DPD and Dominique/ F6HEQ will be active as TM5EL from the Penfret Island (DIFM AT-059, WLOTA L-321, DPLF PB-038, Locator IN87AR), one of the Glenan Archipelago, between May 8-10th. Activity will be on the HF bands, as well as VHF, UHF and SHF, using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes. QSL via F6KHI.

NA-143.
Operators Buzz/NI5DX and his brother Al/WD5IQR will be active from Galveston Island on Monday, March 30th. If conditions warrant, the pair will return to Galveston Island on Tuesday morning for another day of operation. As the Galveston Island State Park is still closed due to damage from Hurricane Ike this past September, the brothers will use generator power.
They will run barefoot into a ZeroFive 43 foot vertical.
Monday's operation is planned to be mainly SSB with the
possibility of some CW and digital modes.

NA-223. (Update/Date Change)
Members of the Russian Robinson Club will be active as KL7RRC from Ogliuga Island, Alaska, between July 23rd and August 5th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters including an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators
mentioned are: N3QQ, RA3NAN, RU4SU and UA9OBA.
Watch for updates on: http://www.na-234.com/
contact_chuginadak_expedition.html

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