I.C.P.O. Calendar (Mar 17 - 25, 2005) Islands, Castles & Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) ===================================================== 17/03/05: Alex RA9XV, Boris RA9XAA and Sergei UA9XHD are active until March 19th as UE9XLS from the Izhemsky Area (RDA reference KO-09 for the Russian Districts Award), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL via the bureau. [Tnx RDA News]
17/03/2005: Willy UN9LW, Vadim UA9CLB, Nick UN4L, Oleg UA9CDV and Igor UA9CDC will operate as 8Q7DV from the Maldives (AS-013) between March 17th and 29th, mainly during the Russian DX and CQ WPX SSB contests. However, look for them outside of the contests on 160-10 meters on CW/SSB/PSK and possibly RTTY. QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx 425DXN] 17/03/2005: Andrea, IK1PMR, and Claudia, K2LEO, will be active March 17-31st as 9H3MR (mainly CW) and 9H3LEO (mainly RTTY) respectively from Xlendi Bay, Gozo Island (EU-023). They plan to operate on 80-10 meter CW (9H3MR) and RTTY (9H3LEO), with 100w, 80/40/30m vertical and wires. QSL both callsigns via IK1PMR. [Tnx 425DXN] 17/03/2005: Operators Arkady UA4CC, Vladislav UA4LU and Sergej RX3APM plan to take part in the Russian DX Contest (March 19-20th) as EY0R from Tajikistan. The prefix "EY0" will be used for the first time. They plan to operate on 160-10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via UA4CC. All QSOs will be available on LoTW as well. Before the contest (March 17-21st), the team members will be active on all bands (including the WARC bands) using their own personal callsigns: EY8/UA4CC, EY8/UA4LU and EY8/RX3APM. QSL via their home callsigns. This operation became possible with the support of EY8MM, EY8CQ and another EY HAMs. [Tnx OPDX] 18/03/2005: Kuro-san, JH0MGJ, will be active March 18-20th as AL5A/NH2 from Guam (IOTA OC-026). Activity will be on 40 to 10 meter CW and SSB. Kuro-san reports that he will be listening for weak stations in NA and EU. This operation will also count for Orote Point lighthouse (references: TWLHD KH2-001, ARLHS GUM-001 and WLOTA LH-0064). QSL via JH0MGJ, direct or through the JARL bureau. [Tnx OPDX] 18/03/2005: Operators JA9BV and JA3DYU will be vacationing in Taipei, Taiwan (IOTA AS-020), March 18th and will operate as BW2/JA9BV and BX2/JA3DYU until the 23rd. Activity will be on mostly SSB and CW. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 3515, 7014, 14040, 21040 kHz; SSB - 3540, 7040, 14160, 21160 KHz. QSL via the bureau or direct to their home calls. [Tnx OPDX] 18/03/2005: The Microlite Penguins DXpedition Team of VP8GEO (South Georgia) and VP8THU (South Sandwich Islands) fame will activate the Kerguelen Islands (IOTA AF-048, DIFO FT-011). A multinational team of twelve highly experienced operators, consisting of AG9A, GI0NWG, HB9ASZ, M0DXR, N6MZ, N0TT, SP5XVY, VE3EJ, VK6DXI, W3WL, W7EW, and 9V1YC, will operate on the HF bands between March 18 and April 2, 2005. "This DXpedition is funded entirely by the twelve team members and a generous and exclusive grant by the Northern California DX Foundation," said James Brooks, 9V1YC, DXpedition Team Leader. "There are no other club, foundation, individual, manufacturer or QSL sponsors." Additional details will be released in the coming weeks. [Tnx RX9TX] 18/03/2005: Ari, OH5DX (ex-OH1EH), will be active March 18-20th as OH0Z from the Aland Islands (EU-002). Activity will be CW and SSB on all bands, including an effort in the Russian DX Contest (March 19-20th). QSL via OH5DX. [Tnx OPDX] 18/03/2005: Andy, RW9WA, will be active March 18-19th as RW9WA/9 from Leninsky (RDA reference OB-02 for the Russian Districts Award) and Centralny (RDA OB-04), Orenburg Areas, Orenburgskaya oblast (OB). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RDA News] 18/03/2005: A JA group will be heading to the Pacific islands for their DX-vacation. Activity will be from Majuro Atoll (OC-029) between March 18-28th. Operators mentioned are: Shigeo-san JA1JQY (V73JY), Hisashi-san JA1KJW (V73KJ), Yasumasa-san JA1HEE (V73HE) and JI1FPO (V73OP). The team will do their best to make many QSOs with USA East Coast and EU stations on 160 and 80 meters. Activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY (if possible), using the following suggested frequencies: CW - 1822, 3507, 7007, 10107, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897 and 28007 kHz; SSB - 3798, 7080, 14170, 18130, 21270, 24940 and 28470 kHz. QSL via operator's instructions; it may be their home callsign. PLEASE NOTE that this is not a big expedition. All operators will use their own transceivers, and the antennas will be wire based. It was also mentioned that there is a peculiar noise on the island, and operators may have a hard time in the reception of your signals. If so, please be patient during their operation. [Tnx OPDX] 19/03/2005: Look for Jean Michel, F5PRR/p, and Patrick, F5MQW/p, to be active March 19th from the Fort de Bregancon (DFCF reference 83-004, for the French Castles Award). QSL via home calls, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx F5PRR] 19/03/2005: Weather and propagation permitting, Jacky/F5OGC will be QRV March 19th as F5OGC/p from the Castle of Cheronne (DFCF 72-036) and a new Mill for the French Mills Award (DMF 72-012). The castle and mill are located in the City of Tuffe (CP 72-160), Canton of Tuffe (72-32) and the Province of Pays de Loire. Jacky will be active on 40 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5PEZ] 19/03/2005: Patrick, F8DYD, will be QRV March 19th from the Four Winds Castle (DCI 86-012) and the Vouneuil sous Biard water mill (DMF 86-003) located in the City of Vouneuil Sous Biard (CP 86580), French County (86-35), Department of Vienne (86). Activity will be on 40 meter SSB. [Tnx F5PEZ] 19/03/2005: Yoshiro-san, JA1AMP will be QRV March 19th as JA1AMP/6 from Amami O-shima Island (IOTA AS-023, JIIA AS-023-001). Activity will be on 80-10m CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and MFSK. QSL via bureau to JA1AMP, or direct to JL3SIK. [Tnx JL3SIK] 19/03/2005: Alex RA9XV, Boris RA9XAA and Sergei UA9XHD will be active March 19-20th in RDXC '05 as RK9XWU from the Ust'-Tsilemsky Area (RDA reference KO-20 for the Russian Districts Award), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL via the bureau. [Tnx RDA News] 19/03/2005: Tono, EA9CP, and Fernando, EA1BT, will be working on a communications project in Western Sahara (S0) March 19-26th. They will be active as S09A in their spare time. QSL via EA1BT. [Tnx F5NQL] 19/03/2005: Look for Nenad, VE2/VE3EXY/p, to be active March 19-20th from the Island of Orleans (IOTA NA-128, CISA QC-007, WAZ 05, ITU 09). Activity will be on 40, 20 and 10 meter CW and SSB. Typically 10 or 25 kHz up from the band edge for CW, 14.260 kHz for SSB. Nenad will also participate, partially, in the BARTG Spring RTTY contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx VE3EXY] 20/03/2005: Marco, CE6TBN will be active March 20-22nd as CE6TBN/7 from Ascension Island (SA-043, DICE ICE-704). He will operate on 40, 20 17, and 15 meter SSB and CW (QRS). QSL via home call (P.O.Box 1234, Temuco, Chile). [Tnx CE6TBN] 20/03/2005: Francois, F5JNE and Gerard, F6ICG will be QRV March 20th as F5JNE/p from the Castle of La Motte-Josserand (DFCF 58067, DDCF 58-09) located in the City of Perroy (CP 58220), Province of Burgundy, Department Nievre (58). This activity scheduled on last March 5th was postponed due the bad weather and a snow storm. Activity will be on 40 meter CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. SWL QSLs are also welcome too. [Tnx F5NQL] 20/03/2005: Weather permitting, Salvatore/IK1AWV will be QRV March 20th as IK1AWV/p from Castello di Conio a Borgomaro (DCI reference IM-013 for the Italian Castles Award, WW Loc. JN33XX). Activity will start around 08:00 UTC, on 40 and 20 meter SSB. The castle is located in the Region of Liguria, Province of Imperia (IM). QSL via home call, through the bureau. SWL's may send HRD via e-mail (see QRZ.com) and a QSL will follow via the bureau. [Tnx IK1AWV] 20/03/2005: George, IZ1DXS/1 (HF) and IW1FGZ (144 MHz) plans to be active from Cinzano Torinese Castle (DCI reference TO-103, for the Italian Castles Award) March 20th, 08:00-16:00 UTC on 7 and 144 MHZ SSB. Cinzano Torinese Castle is located in the Region of Piemonte, Province of Torino (TO). QSL via home calls, direct (qrz.com) or via the bureau. [Tnx IZ1DXS] 20/03/2005: Bill, WB5ZAM, will once again be active from the island of St. Lucia (IOTA NA-108) for 2 weeks. Look for him to sign J6/WB5ZAM from March 20th through April 3rd. Bill states that he is planning to operate on HF, mostly CW around a laid back schedule. QSL via his home callsign. [Tnx OPDX] 20/03/2005: Yoshiro-san, JA1AMP will be QRV March 20-21st as JA1AMP/6 from Yoron Island (IOTA AS-023, JIIA AS-023-013). Activity will be on 80-10m CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and MFSK. QSL via bureau to JA1AMP, or direct to JL3SIK. [Tnx JL3SIK] 21/03/2005: GM4FDM, Tom, and Ronald PA3EWP will be staying in the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar from March 21-28. They will operate as ZB2/GM4FDM and ZB2/PA3EWP respectively. Plans are to have antennas for 80-10 meters, and possibly 160 meters. Look for activity on CW, SSB and RTTY. They will be using Elecraft K2s. The two will take part in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSLs via home calls. [Tnx PA3EWP] 21/03/2005: Jurgis, LY2CY, will be active from the V26B contest station, on the island of Antigua (IOTA NA-100), between March 22-29th. He is hoping to sign V25O for the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LY2TA. [Tnx OPDX] 23/03/2005: RZS Amateur Radio Club (W2RZS) members WB2NVR (Bob), WA2VQW (Mike), N2DVQ (Bob) and N2DHH (Adam) will be active March 23-29th on all bands as J75RZ from Dominica (IOTA NA-101). They also plan to be active in the CQ WPX-SSB contest (March 26-27th). QSL via W2RZS, direct (RZS Amateur Radio Club, 37 Saw Mill River Rd, Hawthorne, NY 10532), bureau or LoTW. [Tnx W2RZS] 23/03/2005: Anni OH4JGE, Lasse OH4HJI, and Retu OH4MDY will be QRV March 23-30th as OX/homecall from Greenland (IOTA NA-018) on 23-30 March. Activity will be mostly CW on (+/-) 3507, 7003, 10104, 14007, 21007, 24897, and 28020 kHz. Retu, OX/OH4MDY will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as a single band entry. QSL via OH4MDY. [Tnx 425DXN] 24/03/2005: Jose Gamboa, CO3VK (http://www.qsl.net/iz8ebi/co3vkINFO.htm) will be active March 24-28th as CO3VK/4 from La Juventud (NA-056). Jose will be working with the "Charangas de Bejucal" show (http://www.angerona.cult.cu/) team and plans to operate in his spare time on 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via IZ8EBI. Jose might be joined by other 2-3 operators, who will be signing homecall/4. [Tnx 425DXN] 24/03/2005: Look for DL2VFR/p and DA0GLH/p to be active March 24-28th (CW QRP) from the following lighthouses: Eckernförde - old beacon (ARLHS FED-074), Eckernförde - old pier (ARLHS FED-075) and Eckernförde - new pier (ARLHS FED-076, GLHA GLH-079). QSL via the bureau. [Tnx DL2VFR] 24/03/2005: W1HPH, WE1H, KO1H and N1HRA will be active March 24-25th as homecall/VP9 from Bermuda (IOTA NA-005). They will also participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) as VP9I. QSL VP9I via N1HRA (for this contest only). QSL others via their home calls. [Tnx 425DXN] 24/03/2005: Rich, M5RIC, will be active from the Isle of Guernsey (IOTA EU-114) as MU5RIC/p March 24-28th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters SSB only and will include a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power T/S entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) as MU2Z. QSL both calls via M5RIC. [Tnx OPDX] 24/03/2005: Look for George SV1QN/8, Fotis SV1AIN/8, Manolis SV1EQU/8, Giannis SV1GYG/8 and Nikos SW1GYN/8 to be QRV from Skyros Island (EU-060) March 24-28th. This activation will also count for the Lithari lighthouse (references: TWLHD SV-055, ARLHS GRE-092 and WLOTA LH-2002). They plan to be active with three stations on 160-10 meter SSB and digital modes; 50.140 MHz SSB and 144.300 MHz SSB will be monitored for possible band openings. [Tnx 425DXN & OPDX] 24/03/2005: The Kangean Islands (OC-217) were activated for the first and so far only time by YB3SPS/p back in 1996. A new operation is being planned to take place in late March, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. Plans are to operate as YE3K (requested call) for 4-5 days with two stations at least; the main mode will be SSB, but some CW, RTTY and PSK activity might take place before and after the contest. Team members include YB3HBK, YB9BU, YC0IEM, YC3BDJ, YC3BX, YC3CC, YC3DE, YC3DIK, YC3IZK, YC3MM, YC9WZJ, YD3OZ and IV3NCC. QSL via IZ8CCW (Antonio Cannataro, P.O.Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy). [Tnx 425DXN] 25/03/2005: Jean-Louis, F5NHJ, reports he will be QRV March 25th to April 2nd as FG/F5NHJ/P from Guadeloupe Island (IOTA NA-102, DIFO FG-001). Activity will be on 40-20 meter CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425DXN] 25/03/2005: Yoshi-san, JE2EHP, will be active as K1HP/KH6 from Oahu (IOTA OC-019, USI HI-008S) between March 25-28th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau to JE2EHP. [Tnx JE2EHP] 25/03/2005: Andrius, LY2TA, will be active as OH0Z in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via OH5DX. He will be active otside of the contest as OH0/LY2TA between March 25-28th. QSL via home call. [Tnx OPDX] ===================================================== LOOKING AHEAD - 26/03/2005: Brian, N6IZ, will be QRV March 26th to April 5th as 3D2IZ from Namotu Island (IOTA OC-121). Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters, CQ WW SSB Contest (March 26-27th) included. QSL direct to N6IZ (QRZ.com). [Tnx N6IZ] 31/03/2005: Ed, WA3WSJ, will be heading down to Atlanticon (QRP Conference), in Maryland, so he decided to activate a few lighthouses too. Look for Ed to activate Turkey Point Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-857) on Thursday, March 31st. QSL via home call, direct preferred, bureau OK. [Tnx WA3WSJ] 01/04/2005: Ed, WA3WSJ/p, will be active April 1st from the Concord Point Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-186) in Harve de Grace, MD. QSL via home call, direct preferred, bureau OK. [Tnx WA3WSJ] 09/04/2005: Some members of the Vienna Wireless Society, K4HTA, plan an overnight trip to Chesapeake House on Tilghman Island (USI MD-017S), Talbot County, MD, April 9-10, 2005. Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters, using the club call. QSL to K4HTA, direct, via the bureau or e-QSL. [Tnx N4ZPT] 29/07/2005: A multi national team from France, Scotland and Belgium will be active as TM4Z from Ouessant Island (IOTA EU-065, DIFM AT-001) for the IOTA Contest (July 30-31st). QSL via F6KHM, direct or bureau. [Tnx F6KHM] ===================================================== Hi folks, Here is the new Direct mailing address for Hiroo XWØX - XW2A Hiroo Yonezuka Baitong Mansion, Room 811 354/2 Rama 9 Rd, Bangkapi Huaykwang Bangkok 10310, THAILAND [Tnx K1XN & The GOLIST] ===================================================== 73 and Good Hunting! 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