IOTA News

05 October, 2009

Island activities:

EU-011. Operators Dave/G4IAR and Judith/G4IAQ will be active as G4LAB/p
from the Isles of Scilly between October 9-19th. Activity will
be on the HF bands, on or near the usual island and IOTA
frequencies. QSL via G4IAR, direct only (QRZ.com).

OC-070. (Postponed) Hotang, YC0IEM, will be active as YC0IEM/8 from Ambon Island between October 12-30th (not October 4-12th as first announced). Bands and modes of activity were not provided. QSL via IZ8CCW.

OC-203. (RARE IOTA). Operators Paul/ZL4PW and Ray/VK4HDX plan to activate Stewart Island between March 19-30th, 2010. Last activation was in 2007 for 48 hours, and before that in 2004. Previous operations were generally CW.

These operators plan to be active on all modes on 160-15 meters. They may also participate in CQ WPX SSB Contest too. Paul and Ray have purchased the majority of equipment for this operation, as well as covering travel and food costs to Stewart Island.

They are currently looking for donations/funds to assist in the purchase of a couple of items missing from their list. They still need:
* Antenna phasing device for 2 element phased arrays for 30/40m
* A solid-state linear amplifier
If you feel you can help, please contact Paul at:
zl4pw@orcon.net.nz
A Web site is currently under construction for this DXpedition. Stay tuned for more info.

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