I.C.P.O. Calendar (June 02 - 10, 2005) Islands, Castles & Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) ===================================================== 02/06/2005: Look for Francesco, IK8WEJ/p, to be QRV June 2nd from the Castello Lillo di Roseto Capo Spulico (DCI reference CS-297, for the Italian Castles Award). Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters. This castle is located in the Region of Calabria, Province of Cosenza (CS). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx IK1AWV]
02/06/2005: Vittorio IK4CIE, Lorenzo IK4XQM and Mirco IZ4GJJ will be QRV June 2-7th as IS0/homecall from Sardinia (IOTA EU-024, IIA SD-001, MIA MIS-035). Weather permitting, they might activate Isola Tavolara (IOTA EU-165, IIA SS-068, MIA MIS-040) as IM0/homecall during their stay. QSL via home calls. [Tnx 425 DX News] 02/06/2005: Jim, MM0BQI, will be QRV June 2-5th as MM0BQI/p from Lunga Island, Treshnish Isles (IOTA EU-108, IOSA NH-17, SCOTIA DI-09). Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters, including the WARC bands, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via MM0BQI direct (Jim Martin, MM0BQI, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, SCOTLAND), or bureau. [Tnx IOTW] 02/06/2005: Andy, RV3ID, & Co. will be active June 2nd as homecall/p from the Kaljazinsky Area (RDA reference TV-26), Tverskaya oblast (TV). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 02/06/2005: Andrei, RX3XA/p, will be active from the Ferzikovsky Area (RDA KG-28) until June 5th. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx UA1ANA] 02/06/2005: Grigory, UA4PJM, will operate as UA4PJM/9 June 2nd from the Chekmagushevsky Area (RDA reference BA-78), the Kushnarenkovsky Area (RDA BA-63), the Ilishevsky Area (RDA BA-54) and the Sharansky Area (RDA BA-80), Republic of Bashkortostan (BA). QSL via home call. [Tnx UA4PJM] 02/06/2005: Roman, RV3IC, and Sergey, RA3IS, will be active June 2nd as homecall/p and UE3IDA from Rzhev City (RDA reference TV-13) and the Rzhevsky Area (RDA TV-42), Tverskaya oblast (TV). QSL direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 02/06/2005: Adrian, G0KOM, will be operating from Gibraltar as ZB2/G0KOM for the UKSMG 6 meter contest the first weekend of June. He will be QRV hopefully from June 2nd until June 6th. Adrian hopes to travel down to Gibraltar at least a further 2 times over the summer E,s season, although primarily for 6 meters and will have full HF capability and will operate on all bands appart from 160 when he has no 6m conditions. QSL via home call. [Tnx UKSMG] 03/06/2005: A group of eleven operators (namely HL2EJT/4, HL1OJQ/4, HL1OYF/4, HL1SRJ/4, HL1VAU/4, DS1KOQ/4, DS1NMA/4, DS3MLG/4, DS4NMJ, DS4NYE and the President of the Korea Amateur Radio League, HL2AGG/4) will be active June 3-5th from Chu'ja Island (AS-084). QSL via HL1OYF. [Tnx 425 DX News] 03/06/2005: UA0BA, RU0BB, UA0BFN, UA0BIV, UA0BJB, RW0BG and UA0BHC will be QRV June 3-5th from Mount Medvezh'ya. Activity will be on 40-10 meters as homecall/p before the IARU Region 1 Field Day (June 4-5th), in which they will participate as RK0BWW/p (QSL via RW0BG). [Tnx 425 DX News] 03/06/2005: Mike SV1RK, Stavros SV3CJU and Kostas SV1AER will be active June 3-5th as J48SI from Sapientza Island (IOTA EU-158, MIA MG-101) and lighthouse (TWLH SV-079, ARLHS GRE-116, WLOTA 1471). They plan to concentrate on 40, 20, 17 and 15 meters. QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx 425 DX News] 03/06/2005: Look for Francois ON4AUB, Frank ON4AAC and Eddy ON6HE to be active June 3-10th as SV9/homecall from the Island of Crete (IOTA EU-015, MIA MGC-005). They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 03/06/2005: Yasu, JA6BJV and Toshio, JA3IFT will be active June 3-6th from Palau (OC-009). They will operate on all bands as T88AG (CW) and T88AH (SSB) respectively. QSL T88AH via JA3IFT, (direct Toshio Nishina, 224-1, Jyuri, Ritto, Shiga 520-3039, Japan) or bureau; QSL T88AG via JA6BJV, direct (Noriyasu Noguchi, 3-7-4 Midorigaoka, Arao, Kumamoto 864-0033, Japan) or bureau (logs will be uploaded to LOTW). [Tnx 425 DX News] 04/06/2005: Clube Radioamadores do Entroncamento, with special call CS7MA, will be actived June 4th from Castelo de Marvão,(DCFP reference C-067, DMHP reference PG-036 and DMP reference 1210 for the Portuguese Castles Award). QSL via CT1BXE, direct or bureau. Castelo de Marvão is located in the Province of Alto Alentejo. [Tnx CS1CRE] 04/06/2005: Claude, F6AEW, will be active the morning of June 4th as F6AEW/p from the Castle of the Court (DFCF reference 53-021) and the Castle of the Field (DFCF 53-022), Département de la Mayenne (53). Look for him to be on 40 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5AJI] 04/06/2005: Jean-Pierre, F6FNA/p, will be active June 4th from the Castle of Cernex (DFCF reference 74-089, for the French Castles Award), Canton of Cruseilles (7411), Commune of Cernex (CP 74350), Département de Haute Savoie (DDFM 74). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F6FNA] 04/06/2005: Look for Ric, DL2VFR, to be QRV June 4-10th as LA/DL2VFR from Otroy Island (IOTA EU-056). Activity will be mainly CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx DL2VFR] 04/06/2005: A group of operators from PI9SRS (Scouting Radio Spijkenisse) will be active June 4-5th as LX/PI9SRS from Wiltz, Luxemburg. Look for them on the following frequencies: SSB - 3775, 7085, 14250, 18140, 21250, 24940 and 28300 kHz, CW - 1815, 3540, 7020, 10120, 14020, 18070, 21040, 24900, 28040 and 144050 kHz. APRS will be activated on 144.800 MHz. QSL via home call. [Tnx 425 DX News] 04/06/2005: The University of Oulu radio club will be active in the IARU Region 1 CW Field Day on 160-10m as OH8T/p from Hailuoto Island (IOTA EU-184). Operators will include Pekka OH8HTS, Juhani OH8MXL, Antti OH8NXE, Marko OH8WM and Marko OH9CW. QSL via OH8TA, direct or bureau. [Tnx www.rsgbiota.org] 04/06/2005: In memory of Michel, F5GLM (SK April 16, 2005), some members of the Radio Club des Fagnes (F5KDB) will be active June 4-17th as TM5GLM on all bands and modes. They will also reactivate the Castle of Mecquignies (DFCF reference 59-027, for the French Castles Award) June 4-5th, which was the home of Michel. QSL via F5KDB. [Tnx radioamateur.org] 04/06/2005: Andy RW9WA, Alik RX9WN, Rimma RZ9WM and Radik RV9WZ will be active June 4th from the following references for the Russian Districts Award (RDA): Start at around 06:30 UTC, UE9WDA/p from the Belokatajsky Area (RDA BA-37); 08:30 UTC with 3 stations at a county line - UE9WDA/p from the Kiginsky Area (RDA BA-59), RN9WWW/p at the Duvansky Area (RDA BA-48) and RZ9WWA/p from the Salavatsky Area (RDA BA-69); 11:00 UTC UE9WDA/p from the Mechetlinsky Area (RDA BA-065), Republic of Bashkortostan (BA). At around 13:30 UTC UE9WDA/9 from Ust'katav City (RDA CB-26) and around 15:30 UTC UE9WDA/9 from Asha City (RDA CB-11), Chelyabinskaya oblast (CB). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx RW9WA] 05/06/2005: Toño, EA9CP, will be active June 5th as EA9CP/TI8 from the Barrio del Carmen/Punta Renas lighthouse (ARLHS reference COS-007), Costa Rica. Look for him on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters beginning around 17:00 UTC. QSL via home call. [Tnx EA4AAA] 07/06/2005: The St. Paul Island (IOTA NA-094, CIsA NS-002) CY9SS DXpedition is scheduled to take place between June 7th and July 7th. The list of operators include: Robert VY2RO, Grant W1AIM, Jim VE9WH, William VY2LI, Justin K9MU, Robert VY2SS, Doug VE1PZ, Glenn VE9GJ, Lowell VY2OX, Steve VE2TKH and Dave VA2DV. The team is planning activity for the following: 2m weak signal SSB/CW/WSJT-M/S-EME; 2 HF stations; 6m station on Europe 24/7 and a 6m station NA/SA. The team will be located at the life saving station, Atlantic Cove, St. Paul Island (South). QSL direct to VY2SS (Robby Robertson, RR#3, Oleary, PEI, Canada C0B 1V0) or e-QSL. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [Tnx OPDX] 10/06/2005: Gianfranco, I6GFX, and others will be active June 10-13th as 9A/I6GFX from a few Croatian islands in the IOTA EU-170 group. They plan to operate from Ugljan (ACIA CIA-53, IOCA CI-134), Sestrunj (ACIA CIA-41, IOCA CI-104), Rivanj (ACIA CIA-40, IOCA CI-102), Jidula (IOCA CI-273) and Paranak Veli (IOCA CI-386). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 10/06/2005: Mel, EA7AHS, will be active June 10-12th as CS0RCL/p from Ilha da Culatra (IOTA EU-145, DIP AL-001). Look for him on 6m, 2m, 70cm, and 1.2GHz. He will have a beacon on 50123 kHz. QSL via EA7AH (QRZ.com). [Tnx UKSMG] 10/06/2005: Look for Juha OH6OS, Pasi OH6UM and Toni OH6TN to be active June 10-12th as OH6M from Molpe (Swedish name: Molpehällor) Island (IOTA EU-101), located in the Botnia Gulf. Activity will be on 80-10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] ===================================================== LOOKING AHEAD - 12/06/2005: Kyle W4KTF, Jim KI4FVT and Sandra KI4HVG will be active June 12-19th as homecall/p from Emerald Isle (IOTA NA-112, USI NC-010S, Carteret County), North Carolina. Look for them on 40-6 meter SSB, with some 2 meter and 70 centimeter work as well. QSL all calls via W4KTF. [Tnx www.rsgbiota.org] 12/06/2005: Team RK3UWK will be active June 12th as RK3UWK/3 from Rostov City YR-08, the Bol'shesel'sky Area YR-12 and the Rostovsky Area YR-24, Yaroslavskaya oblast (YR). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 13/06/2005: A group of operators from the Warrington Amateur Radio Club will be QRV June 13-17th as GB0SGI from St. Georges Island (IOTA EU-120, WAB SX25, WW Loc. IO70SI). The team will consist of Mike G4VSS, Mike M0ACK, John M0ANM, Ron G0WJX, Bill G0PZP, Jim G3NFB, Philip G3TEX and Keith G8MKO. Look for activity on all bands. QSL via G0WRS, bureau preferred. [Tnx WARC] 13/06/2005: Bill, N8PW, will be active June 13-18th as N8PW/1 from Mount Desert Island (IOTA NA-055, USI ME-021S, Hancock County), Maine. This will be a vacation style operation, as time permits. Activity will be SSB and CW on 40, 20 and 17 meters. QSL via home call. [Tnx www.rsgbiota.org] 18/06/2005: Look for the special call CQ5FD to be active during the ARVM Field Day (June 18-19th) from the Castle of Pirescouxe (DCFP reference C-065 for the Portuguese Forts and Castles Award, DMHP LX-059, WW Loc. IM58KU). Activity will be on all bands and modes, HF to UHF. QSL via CT1RVM (QRZ.com). [Tnx ARVM] 24/06/2005: Dick, K5AND, will be QRV June 24th as J3/K5AND from the island of Grenada (IOTA NA-024). Also along on the trip are W7XU Arliss; N0QJM Holly; and ON4IQ Johan. Activity will be on 6 meters with a single long yagi and kw and 2 meters with a single 5wl yagi or a group of 4 yagis combined with a kw amp on ssb/cw and 500w on digital modes. There will be a 2m EME operation, using the JT65a digital mode. You can make EME skeds on the following sites: www.dxers.info and www.chris.org/cgi-bin/jt65eme . NO SKEDS until they arrive on the island! [Tnx K5AND] ===================================================== WIA Multiband DXCC Program Officially released - After 1 year of work we have made it, officially releasing the W.I.A. 3 & 5BDXCC Awards and its Multiband DXCC Program, dated 1st. June 2005. I welcome you to see all this on our National website http://www.wia.org.au/ Read the "News Release" and then click on "Awards" Malcolm K. Johnson. VK6LC Wireless Institute of Australia. Awards Manager email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.wia.org.au/awards/ ===================================================== 73 and Good Hunting! 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