IOTA News

08 February, 2010

Island activities:

AS-058. Wolfgang, OE1WWL, will be active as 9M2/OE1WWL from Langkawi Island between February 24-28th. Look for activity on SSB (bands of operations were not provided). He will only be using 10 watts and a wire antenna. QSL via his home callsign; the Bureau is preferred.

EU-006. Operators Stan/EI6DX and Mike/UA1OMX will be active as EJ6DX from Aran Islands during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry. They plan to use a 3 band yagi, HF2V for 80/40m and an Inverted V for the lower bands. The duo will be there between March 26-28th. QSL via RX3RC.
Look for updates at: http://www.ei6dx.com

EU-121. Olivier, ON4EI, will be active as EJ8GQB from Bere Island between March 21-29th. This is a solo DXpedition. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. His activity will also include an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest (March 27-28th). Olivier will use a K3 with 100 watts into a Spider-beam for the high bands and an Inverted Vee and/or 18m top loaded mast vertical with 30 radials for the lower bands. For more details, visit the Web page at:
http://www.qrz.com/db/ej8gqb

EU-156. Operators Francois/ON4LO and Kurt/ON4CB plan to activate Tombelaine Island (DIFM MA021, Grid Loc. IN89fp) as F/OR9W/P between July 23-25th. Activity will include an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th).

Tombelaine is an uninhabited island of granite in the Bay of the Mont-Saint-Michel, on the right bank of the See Channel, a few kilometers north of the Mont-Saint-Michel.
The important lime properties of the bay allow them to reach the island (at foot) with dry feet at low tide. It's about 3.5 km from the coast of Cotentin in the north-east and the height of island is 45 meters. It is now part of the community of Genets and is an ornithological reserve.

QSL is 100%: direct, by the Bureau or the EUROBUREAUQSL via FRA, PO Box 1630, B-1000 Brussels 1, Belgium. For more info on the island, visit:
http://explorer.altopix.com/map/7ojek3/
Tombelaine_island.htm

OC-141. Bill Horner, VK4FW, President of the ODXG, will be active as VK8MM from Groote Eylandt starting February 14th for possibly 7 days. Activities will be mainly CW to compensate for the barefoot operation. Bill will evaluate a special purpose built vertical antenna for this operation which may well prove to be a great asset to any operation. QSL route is via VK4FW, direct by the Bureau or the ODXG's OQRS at: http://www.odxg.org

OC-203. (Update/RARE IOTA). Operators Ray/ZL4TY (home callsign VK4DXA) and Paul/ZL4M (home callsign ZL4PW) have added Paul/ZL4PA to the team to activate Stewart Island between March 12-23rd. For more details, refer to OPDX.938 or visit their Web page at:
http://www.zl4pw.orconhosting.net.nz/OC203/si_index.htm

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