IOTA News

07 September, 2009

Island activities:

EU-011. Operators Dave/G4IAR and XYL 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 IOTA frequencies. QSL via G4IAR, direct only (QRZ.com address).

EU-014. Nicolas, F5TGR, will once again be active as TK/F5TGR from Porto Vecchio, Island of Corsica (DIFM TK-001, MIA MCO-001, WLOTA L-1390), between September 6-18th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. He will also try to be active from an island in the EU-100 group. QSL 100% via the French REF bureau.

EU-025. Angelo, IW9HLM, will once again be active as IR9X from S. Agata Li Battiati Catania, Sicily Island (IIA SC-001, MIA MI-107, WLOTA L-1362, WW Loc. JM77MN) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL direct to IW9HLM, or LoTW.

EU-094. Members of the Granville ARC (F5KAQ) will be active from Saint Nicolas Island (DIFM AT-010, WW Loc. IN77XR), in the Glenans archipelago (in French Britanny and Province Britanny [DPF 06]), September 11-18th. They will be using the callsign F5KAQ/p and homecall/p.

Activity will be on HF bands, as well as 6 and 2 meters, possibly as high as 10 GHz, using CW, RTTY, PSK and SSB. Operators mentioned are: Benoit/F8PDR, Jean-Jacques/ F5NKX, Denis/F5RJM, Rolf/F9ZG, Alain/F5HVI, Rene/F6CMC and Alain/F6ACH. QSL via F5RJM, direct to CBA w/SAE (1 IRC or 1 USD for Europe, and 1 IRC or 2 USDs elsewhere) or by the French Ref-Union Bureau. This is the same group that activated Tombelaine (2007) and Brehat (2008).

EU-109. Jon, M0OVL, will be active as homecall/p from the Island of Inner Farne, September 25-26th. However, this will be a short 4 hours operation (each day) between 1000-1400z. This activation will be dependent on the weather conditions. Visit his Web site at: http://www.m0ovl.co.uk

EU-125. Rene, DL2JRM, will be active as OZ/DL2JRM/p from Romo Island (DIA NS-001), September 18-20th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

NA-044. Juergen, NF6J, will be active as VO2/NF6J from Battle Island (CISA NF-049) between now and September 11th. Activity will be on 30/20/15 meters, CW only. QSL via DL7RV, direct or by the bureau.

NA-062. Mark, KG8DP, will once again activate Grassey Key between November 2-9th. Operations will be stationary at Grassey Key and mobile has he travels to Key West and all points on the ocean. He will use the callsign KG8DP, as well as his club callsign NA8KD. This will be a week trip. QSL both KG8DP/NA8KD via info on QRZ.com (w/SASE). Mark will be using an IC-7000, 1.2 kw amp mobile and GLA-1000B portable amp. Antennas were not mentioned.

NA-230. (Rare IOTA) As this bulletin was being written, Cezar, VE3LYC, was active as VY0O from Gilmour Island in the Ottawa Islands group in Hudson Bay (Nunavut Territory). Activity was mainly on 20 meters SSB. The length of his stay will be very short (maybe one or two days left or it possibly may be over by the time you read this).

Compiled by OPDX

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