IOTA News

28 November, 2009

Island activities:

AS-127. (Update/Rare IOTA)
Last week we reported that operators Tutul S21RC, Manjurul S21AM, Sohel S21S and Aminul S21D were preparing a DXpedition in February 2010 to St. Martin's Island located
in Chittagong Region Group. The operation will take place
between February 21-25th. The group has requested the callsign S21DX.

St. Martin is the only coral island in Bangladesh (S2), and there is also a lighthouse on the Island (WLOTA #2351) very near their camp site. There is no electricity and no motor vehicles on the Island which makes the air interference free.

They team plans to have two stations on the air with a few
antennas like last time. To power the stations they will use
1KVA generator and 2x 115AH batteries. QSL Manager will be EB7DX. The group is looking for sponsors/funds. A Web page is now up and running at: http://iota.s2dx.org

NA-191. Operators Gunter TI7WGI, Andreas DH8WR, Rene DL2JRM and Jens DL3ALF will be active as TI7XX from San Jose Island between December 30th and January 5th (2010). Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via DL2JRM direct or by the Bureau. For more info, visit their Web page at: http://ti7.info/index.html

OC-042. Alex, DV1UBY, continues to be active as 4D1N from Quezon City, on Luzon Island (OC-042, WLOTA L0081), The Philippines, until the end of the year. His activity has been on 40/20/15 meters using only 10 watts. Look for him to be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL 4D1N via DV1UBY, by the Bureau or direct.

OC-197. Adhi, YB3MM, will be active as YB3MM/P from Bawean Island between December 4-9th. Activity will be limited to 15 meters CW. QSL via IZ8CCW.

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