I.C.P.O. Calendar (November 12 - 19, 2004) Islands, Castles & Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) ===================================================== 12/11/2004: Bob, N4BP, and Nelson, NE4LS, will be QRV November 12-14th as homecall/p from Garden Key, (USI FL-013S), Dry Tortugas (IOTA NA-079, Monroe county), Florida. They will also activate the Dry Tortugas lighthouse (TWLH reference K-066, WLH LH-0274, ARLHS USA-316).Activity will be QRP CW on 14.060 (+/-), 14.007 - 14.020 and 10.103 - 10.120 MHz. QSL via home calls (QRZ.com). [Tnx NE4LS]
12/11/2004: Team RK3DZJ will be QRV November 12-15th as RK3DZJ/p, R3ARS/p and UE3QRP/3 from the Serpukhovsky Area (RDA reference MO-87 for the Russian Districts Award and RFFA reference RFF-075 for the Russian Flora & Fauna Award), Moscowskaya oblast (MO). QSL RK3DZJ/p via RV3DPM; R3ARS/p via RA3AKF; and UE3QRP/3 via RV3GM, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx RDA News] 13/11/2004: Ian, 9M2/G3TMA, will be QRV November 13-15th from Pulau Ketam (IOTA AS-074). QSL via Ian Buffham, Bekay Court, Lorong Enau (off Jalan Ampang), 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Tnx OPDX] 13/11/2004: Wood Island (IOTA SA-021) will be activated for the first time November 12-14th. This Island comprises The Reserve of multiple resourses of Bahia Blanca, False Bahia and Green Bahia, created by the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province. It's located at 5 Hours of Navigation from the Ingeniero White Port. Everything is ready to start the expedition. A vessel has been hired to set off on Friday morning so as to arrive at daylight and immediately transfer the materials to a high area where water would not creep up the camping place. They will work in all bands and modes (including WARC bands and digimodes) depending on propagation. As usual, Special Callsigns will not used, only Personal Calls "/D" (Buenos Aires Province). DX-Pedition Operators and Calls: LU7DSY/D Carlos (Team Leader and QSL Manager), LU9ESD/D Emmanuel, LU4ETN/D Charly, LU8EBJ/D Gabriel, LU5DRV/D Walter, LU4DRH/D Dario, LW9EVA/D Hugo, LW9EAG/D Gabriel, LU5DEM/D Eduardo and LU7AC/D Marcelo (especially invited from Buenos Aires). QSL Manager: LU7DSY Carlos Almiron P.O. Box 709 8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Please send U$S 2 or 2 IRC for direct QSL. Bureau 100%. [Tnx LU7DSY] 13/11/2004: Gian Piero - I1ASU/p and Salvatore - IK1AWV/p will be QRV the morning of November 13th, weather allowing, to activate a new reference for the Italian Castles Award (D.C.I.). The plan to operate from Forte Bellarasco di Nava a Pornassio (DCI IM-052, WW Loc. JN34WB). If they can not operate from this reference, they will operate from Castello di Marco a Borgomaro (DCI IM-014, WW Loc. JN33XX). Activity will begin around 08:00 UTC on 40 and 20 meter SSB. QSL via home calls, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx IK1AWV] 13/11/2004: Ark, PY2ZX/PY2, and Luiz, PU2OCZ/PY2, will be active November 13-15th from Comprida Island (IOTA SA-024, DIB-021, WW Loc. GG64BX). They will concentrate on 50, 144 and 440 MHz activity, using SSB, CW and FM. For skeds, e-mail Ark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . QSL PY2ZX/PY2 via home call direct only. QSL PU2OCZ/PY2 via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx PY2ZX] 13/11/2004: Mike, RA3ZOM, will be active November 13th as RK3ZZB/p from the Volokonovsky Area (RDA reference BO-13, for the Russian Districts Award), and Krasnogvardejsky Area (RDA BO-19), Belgorodskaya oblast (BO). QSL via RA3ZOM, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx RDA News] 13/11/2004: Jeff, VA3JFF, has been granted the special callsign VC3W to commemorate the 175th Anniversary of the Opening of the Welland Canal, and he hopes to be able to activiate the following two islands that are in the old and current canals in November: The Island (CIsA reference ON-110, NOT IOTA) November 13th starting at 17:00 UTC; and Merritt Island (CIsA reference ON-109, NOT IOTA) November 14th starting at 17:00 UTC. There may be other opportunities for Jeff to operate from these islands during the time of the callsign validation (23 October to 23 December), but he will try to keep his schedule free for the 13/14 of November to have a scheduled operation from both islands. QSL VC3W via VA3JFF direct (QRZ.com, with SASE) or via the bureau. [Tnx VE3TPZ] 14/11/2004: Jeff, VA3JFF, will be QRV November 14th as VC3W from Merritt Island (CIsA reference ON-109, NOT IOTA). Activity will start around 17:00 UTC. QSL VC3W via VA3JFF direct (QRZ.com, with SASE) or via the bureau. [Tnx VE3TPZ] 16/11/2004: Jack, F6BUM, will be active November 16 to 20, 2004, as 3B8/F6BUM from Mauritius (AF-049). QSL via F6CXJ (QRZ.com). [Tnx 425DXN] 17/11/2004: Bruce, KD6WW, reports he plans to operate as VY0/KD6WW/p from the Belcher Islands (IOTA NA-196) between November 17th and 22nd, weather permitting. Look for activity on 40, 30 and 20 meters. QSL via home call (QRZ.com). [Tnx 425DXN] 19/11/2004: Naoyuki, JK1FNL, will be QRV November 19-24th as 3D2NA from Mana Island (OC-121), Fiji. Look for him on 80 through 6 meter SSB, CW, and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425DXN] 19/11/2004: Trond, LA9VDA, will be active November 19-30th as VP2MLA from the Island of Montserrat (NA-103). Operation will be on 160 through 10 meter CW, SSB and RTTY, CQ WW DX CW contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). [Tnx 425DXN] 19/11/2004: The Caracas DX Group will celebrate their 15th anniversary next November 16th. To celebrate it, they are organizing an IOTA DXpedition to Key Peraza, Morrocoy National Park, Falcon State Islands (IOTA SA-089). Activity will be between November 19-21st. Their callsign will be YW1F. Operations will be on SSB, CW, VHF and Digital modes. QSL via W4SO. Please no USA stamps. Cards will be verified and mailed from Venezuela. [Tnx OPDX] ===================================================== LOOKING AHEAD - 27/11/2004: Look for KD3CQ/p to be QRV November 27th from Sandy Point Shoal (ARLHS USA-733, Anne Arundel County), Maryland. Activity will begin around 15:00 UTC on 14.270 MHz and 7.270 MHz SSB and will last about one hour. QSL via operator's instructions. [Tnx K2JXW] ===================================================== 73 and Good Hunting! Dave Raycroft - VA3RJ ===================================================== Home of ICPO: http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/ Mirror: http://webhome.idirect.com/~va3rj/ Contest Calendar: http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/contest.html DX Calendar: http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/dx.html E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org ----------------------------------------------------------
