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 IOTA News
31 January, 2011
Island activities:
AF-018. Operator Raffaele, IH9YMC, will be active from Pantelleria
Island (IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African Italy,
in the CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest (February 25-27th) as a
Single-Op/low-Power entry. QSL via eQSL.
AF-068. (Op Postponed!). Italian operators Leopoldo/I8LWL (5C2L),
Alfredo/IK7JWX (5C2J), Ruggero/IK2PZC (5C2P), Simon/IZ7ATN
(5C2SG) and Mounaim/CN8QY have postponed their operation to
Herne Island, located in the large bay of Dakhla, until
September. Orginally it was scheduled for between February
1-5th.
Alfredo, IK7JWX, informs that the 5C2 was traveling
in Morocco to reach Dakhla and Herne Island, when on the
way a wheel broke on of their jeep, and it turned upside down.
The impact only hurt Leo/I8LWL (5C2L), but the rest of the
team is in good shape. Leo suffered a fractured shoulder
and a slight head injury and is now recovering in a Marrakech
hospital. For updates, please visit the following Web page
at: http://www.i8lwl.it
EU-054. Operators Raffaello/IT9ATF, Renato/IT9NPR, Pippo/IT9PPG,
and Pino/IT9WDC will be active as IF9A from Favignana Island
(IIA TP-011, MIA MI-025, WLOTA LH-1545) for the CQWW WPX SSB
Contest as (March 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. Activity
will be on all bands and modes outside of the contest. QSL
via IT9ATF, direct or by the Bureau.
EU-146. Gerard/PD2GCM and guest operator Bertus/PD2GJS will activate
the special callsign PD04ISLE starting May 1st, to commemorate
the 4th anniversary of the Isle of Tiengemeten, a nature island.
It is the last surviving island in the southwest part of the
Netherlands as a unique nature reserve. The activation will
be continued throughout 2011 until December 31st. For more
details, see: http://pd04isle.webklik.nl
http://www.qrz.com/db/PD04ISLE
NA-067. (Update/Correction) Operators Eric/W4OTN, Amanda/KI4IWS and
Bill/KG4CXY will be active as W4OTN from Core Banks Barrier
Island (USI NC033S, WLOTA 0596, Carteret County, North Carolina)
between July 29th and August 1st. Activity will include an
entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st). Outside of the
contest they will be active on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB.
QSL W4OTN, by the Bureau or direct (QRZ.com
Compiled by OPDX
RSGB IOTA website
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