IOTA 2009 DXpedition to Desertas Islands

Following the success of 2008 IOTA DXpedition to Selvagens Islands CQ9U (AF-047) and based on an excellent co-operation at that time between both teams (Madeira Contest Team and G.I.R.A. - Grupo de Investigação de Radiocomunicações e Ambiente ), we are now glad to announce for this year the Project:
IOTA 2009 DXpedition - Desertas Islands AF-046.

Team:

CT3BD - Barros Teixeira
CT3DL - Luis Gomes
CT3EE - Luis Camanho
CT3EN - Duarte Gomes
CT3KY - Duarte Goncalves
CT3MD - Jose Vasconcelos
CT3NY - Joao Lima
CT1BOL - Jorge Lopes
CT1CJJ - Jose Lopes
CT1EFS - Paulo Campos
CT1ILT - Filipe Lopes
CT1IZW - Firmino Matos

Part of the Team will be mainly focused on the IOTA Contest, others will operate mostly WARC + VHF bands;

Timetable:

Start: Arrive at the Desertas Islands - Friday morning - 24th of July;
End: Departure to Madeira - Sunday afternoon - 26th of July.

Setup:

2 HF Stations (IOTA Contest);
1 HF Station - WARC + 6m;
1 VHF Station - 2m + 4m + 6m;
Rigs: Yeasu FT450, ICOM 756 PRO II, ICOM 706;
Antennas: HF - Verticals and Dipoles / 6m + VHF Beams;

Two callsigns will be used during operation CR3D and CR3R

References:

GridSquare - IM12rn
DXCC - CT3
IOTA - AF-046
WLOTA - 1366
ARLHS - MAD-001
DFP - MAD003
DIP - MAD003
DPRN - FF104
WFF - CTFF-33

More Info at:

http://www.qrz.com/db/CR3D

http://www.gira.pt/