I.C.P.O. Calendar (August 18 - 26, 2005) Islands, Castles & Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) ===================================================== 18/08/2005: Look for 3Z1LH to be active August 18-22nd from the Darlowo East Mole lighthouse (ARLHS reference POL-003), during the World Wide Young Contester meeting. They will also participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). QSL via SP1KNM, direct or bureau. [Tnx W8TTS]
18/08/2005: Branko, 9A7YY, Vice-President of the "All Croatian Islands Award Group" (ACIAG), is organizing a DXpedition to activate about 31 Croatian Islands. August 18th Branko will activate the following islands: Sveta Fumija (ACIA-634), Kraljevac (ACIA-625), Zaporinovac (ACIA-637), Balkun (ACIA-618) and Pijavica (ACIA-631). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 9A7K] 18/08/2005: Kan, JJ2RCJ, will be QRV August 18-21st as FG/JJ2RCJ from the island of Guadeloupe (IOTA NA-102, DIFO FG-001). Focus will bse on the digital modes, the low bands and 6 meters. QSL via Kan's New York address at: Kan Yokota, 11, Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA. [Tnx F5NQL] 18/08/2005: Gaetano, IZ8GCB, plans to be QRV August 18-29th as IS0/IZ8GCB from Sardinia (IOTA EU-024, IIA SD-001, MIA MIS-035). Look for activity on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via the bureau to home call. [Tnx 425 DX News] 18/08/2005: JQ2PYB/6 will be active August 18-19th from Ishigaki Island (IOTA AS-024, JIIA AS-024-004), Okinawa prefecture. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR] 18/08/2005: Look for radio station SN2NP to be active from the Lighthouse Gdansk - Nowy Port (ARLHS reference POL-033), August 18-22nd. QSL direct or by the bureau via SP2BIK. [Tnx ODPX] 18/08/2005: Peter, SP5PB, plans to be QRV August 18-21st as SP5PB/1 from the Swinoujscie Lighthouse (ARLHS POL-019). Look for activity on 40-10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [Tnx 425 DX News] 19/08/2005: Alex 4Z5KJ/m will be activating Holyland areas on his way from Tel Aviv to Eilat where he will activate the local lighthouse August 20th. He will start from Tel Aviv on Friday August 19th at 01:00 UTC and expects to reach Eilat at 06:00 UTC. The frequency will be 14265 khz. The 20m band opens there around 04:00 UTC to VK, ZL and sometimes also to North America. Later to AS and EU. When the band will open Alex will be activating in the BS region. QSL via home call. [Tnx 4X4JU] 19/08/2005: Lars SM6WPF, Tomas SM6XMY, Rolf SM6IQD and Rick SM6YOU plan to be active August 19-21st from Långholmen Island (IOTA EU-043, WW Loc. JO58om). They will also activate the Långholmen Range Front lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-444) during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). Further information can be found at http://sector7.nu/7s6lan [Tnx SM6YOU] 19/08/2005: Hakan SM6EQO, Bjorn SM6JOC, Magnus SM6VFJ, Lasse SM6ZBD, Loesaus SM6ZBC and Gundhard SA6AIF will be active as 7S6TL/LH from Tristlarna (IOTA EU-043) and lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-392, WW Loc. JO57UM) between August 19 and 21st. They will be active for the International Lighthouse/Lightship weekend and also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Tristlarna lighthouse. QSL via SK6GO (QRZ.com) [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 19/08/2005: Look for Gerhard, DH3FAW/p, to be active August 19-21st from Borkum Island (IOTA EU-047, GIA N-01 for the German Islands Award). Activity will be on 40, 30, 20 and 15 meter QRP CW, with an Elecraft K1. He will also try to activate one or more of the lighthouses on the island. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 19/08/2005: Some members of the Radio Club of Hanse town Greifswald will be QRV August 19-21st as DL0HGW/LGT from the Ranzow (historic) Lighthouse (ARLHS FED-193) located on Ruegen Island (IOTA EU-057, GIA/DID O-07, Sonder-DOK: 05 ALH). Look for activity on 80-10 meters, all modes. QSL via DL0HGW, bureau preferred. [Tnx DL0HGW] 19/08/2005: Kaz JA2BDR, Jun JA2EWE and Ken JA2KRE will be active from Noumea, New Caledonia (IOTA OC-032, DIFO FK-001) between August 19-24th. Their callsigns will be FK/homecall. They hope to operate on 80-10 meters, SSB and CW; no RTTY operation. They will use only one transceiver with a 500w linear amplifier. Antennas are: 2 element beam for 17/15/12/10m and wire verticals for 80/40/30/20m. QSL to their home callsigns, direct or the JARL Bureau (good for one year). JA2BDR - Kazuo Yoshikawa: 4249-4 Shimoebi, Yokkaich, 510-1203 JAPAN; JA2EWE - Junich Matsunaga: 9 Shinmachi, Niiya, Jimokuji, 490-1105 JAPAN; JA2KRE - Kenji Ito: 1457 Yui, Tado, 511-0101 JAPAN [Tnx OPDX] 19/08/2005: Igor RZ0SR, Serge UA0SE, Serge UA0SR and Semjon RU0SN will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA8TWW from the Alarsky area (RDA UO-01), Ust'-Ordynsky Autonomous Okrug (UO). Before and after contest they will sign homecall/8. QSL via UA0SE, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 19/08/2005: Bruce, W4OV, will be active August 19-22nd as KG4OV from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (IOTA NA-015). Activity will be on all bands 160-6 meters, CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [Tnx ARRL DX News] 19/08/2005: Team RK3YZA will be active August 19-20th, RDAC 2005 included, as RK3YZA/p from the Rognedinsky area (RDA BR-29), Bryanskaya oblast (BR). QSL via RV3YM, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 19/08/2005: UA9CNV will be active August 19-21st, Russian District Award Contest included, as UA9CNV/p from the Talitsky area (RDA SV-69), Sverdlovskaya oblast(SV). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 19/08/2005: Serge UA0SC and Yuri RA0SCA will be active August 19-20th as homecall/p from the Tulunsky area (RDA IR-38). In the RDAC 2005 they will be active as UA0SWW/p from the Kujtunsky area (RDA IR-31), Irkutskaya oblast (IR). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 19/08/2005: Larry, KJ4UY, will be QRV from the Island of St. Kitts (IOTA NA-104) as V47UY from August 19-26th. Look for activity on 160-6 meters. QSL direct to KJ4UY. [Tnx 425 DX News] 19/08/2005: Rex, VK7MO, will activate Christmas Island (IOTA OC-002) as VK9CMO on 2 meter EME using digital modes (no HF) August 19-31st. QSL via VK7MO direct. [Tnx OPDX] 19/08/2005: LABRE/RN members will be operating as ZW7LH from Calcanhar Lighthouse (ARLHS reference BRA-035) from 00:01 UTC August 19th to 23:59 UTC August 21st. Activity will be on 160-10 meter CW, SSB and digital modses. QSL via PS7AA, direct (PO BOX 251 - NATAL RN 59010-970) or through the bureau. [Tnx PS7AB] 20/08/2005: Look for Dov, 4Z4DX, to be active August 20-21st as 4Z4DX/LH from the Jaffa lighthouse (ARLHS reference ISR-005). Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via home call (QRZ.com), or eQSL. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [Tnx 4Z4DX] 20/08/2005: Branko, 9A7YY, Vice-President of the "All Croatian Islands Award Group" (ACIAG), is organizing a DXpedition to activate about 31 Croatian Islands. August 18th Branko will activate the following islands: Galera (ACIA-621), Piscena Mala (ACIA-632), Piscena Vela (ACIA-633), Kluda Vela (ACIA-624), Kluda Mala (ACIA-953) and Trazet (ACIA-958). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 9A7K] 20/08/2005: The Centro Radioaficionados de Rocha (CX1TA) will participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st) from the Lighthouse at Cabo Polonio (ARLHS URU-005). QSL via CX1TA (P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay). [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Look for Enrico, DA0GLH/p, to be QRV August 20-21st from Hiddensee island (IOTA EU-057, DID/GIA O-05) and the Gellen lighthouse (DLTD/GLHA No.022, ARLHS FED-088, WLOTA 2371). QSL via home call through the bureau. [Tnx DL2VFR] 20/08/2005: Ewald DC5MJ, Wolfgang DH3WO, Falk DG0UFA and Mathias DJ2HD will be active as DA2005LH from the Staberhuk Lighthouse (ARLHS FED-226) on Fehmarn Island (IOTA EU-128, GIA/DID O-01) during the ILLW. QSL via DJ2HD. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Look for about 12 operators to be active August 20-21st as DF0WFB/p from Helgoland Island (IOTA EU-127, GIA N-14), adjacent to Helgoland lighthouse (WLH DL-009, DLTD No. 26, ARLHS FED-101, WLOTA 0518) and in line of sight to Helgoland dune entrance range front (ARLHS FED-102) and Helgoland dune entrance range rear (ARLHS FED-103). Activity will be on all HF bands in CW, SSB and SSTV, on 2 meters and on 23cm in ATV with 20 watts. QSL via DF0WFB (QRZ.com). [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 20/08/2005: Look for Matt, DJ8OG/p, to be active August 20-27th from Baltrum Island (IOTA EU-047, GIA N-06). Operation will be on 80 to 10 meter SSB, no WARC bands. QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx DE0MST] 20/08/2005: Look for DL0MFK/LH to be QRV Augus 20-21st from Usedom island (IOTA EU-129, DID/GIA O-13) and the Karnin lighthouse (WLH DL-014, ARLHS FED-274). Activity will be on 160-10 meters. QSL via the bureau. [Tnx DL2VFR] 20/08/2005: A group of EA Dx'ers will be active August 20-21st as ED3LHT from the Rio Ebro lighthouse [aka The Garxal Lighthouse] (ARLHS reference SPA-297), Deltebre, Tarragona (DME reference 43901), for International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. The team will consist of EA3EVR, EA3AGB, EA3GHZ, EA3AKA, EA5EOR and others. They plan to have 2 or 3 stations operational at the same time in as many bands as possible. The QSL's will be a picture of the lighthouse and all the cards will be sent automatically via the bureau. If you need a direct card, send to EA3GHZ (QRZ.com). [Tnx EA3GHZ] 20/08/2005: Several members of the Canary Islands DX Ham Society, among them Edu EC8AUA and Dunia EC8ADU Dunia will participate in the International Lighthouse Weekend 2005 (August 20-21st), from the Old and New lighthouses of Arinaga, Isla Gran Canaria (IOTA AF-004). They will be using a special call for each lighthouse as follows: EF8OAL at the Old Arinaga Lighthouse (FEA D-2812, ARLHS CAI-062, DME 35002) and EF8NAL at the New Arinaga Lighthouse (FEA D-2812, ARLHS CAI-024, DME 35002). QSL via EC8AUA, direct (QRZ.com) or bureau. [Tnx EC8AUA] 20/08/2005: Look for Jean Marc F4ECL/p (SSB) and Laurent F8BBL/p (CW) to be QRV August 20th from Ile du Banc d'Arguin (IOTA EU-159, DIFM AT-033). Activity will be from 10:30 to 15:00 UTC, QRP with a Buddistick and dipoles. QSL via F8BBL, 100% via bureau or direct. [Tnx F5NQL] 20/08/2005: Look for François F5JNE and Gérard F6ICG to be active August 20th as F5JNE/p from the second Castle of La Chaise (DFCF 45026, DDCF 45-05), located in the City of Thou (Zip code 45420), Department of Loiret (45). Activity will start around 06:00 UTC on 40 and 20 meters. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. SWL cards are welcome. [Tnx F5NQL] 20/08/2005: Between August 20th and 23rd, look for Claude, to be active as F5MCC/p from at least five of these eight Lighthouses of the Finistere Department (DDFM 29), French Brittany (DPF 06). All of them count for the French Onshore Lighthouses award (DPLF) and even some other awards. Point of Morgat Lighthouse (DPLF PB-104); Point of the Millier Lighthouse (PB-105); Point of Tourlinguet Lighthouse, (PB-109); Point of Lervilly Lighthouse (PB-112); Keradec Lighthouse (PB-165); Audierne, Raoulic jetty, Lighthouse (PB-276); Pors Poulhan Lighthouse (PB-277) and Audierne Trescadec Lighthouse (PB-281). Claude's station/antenna can be tuned on all bands from 40 to 10 meters. The band will be chosen as propagation permits. CW, only. QSL direct with enveloppe and postage (QRZ.Com), to his own address or Direct (same conditions) or via the bureau to his QSL manager, Albert, F3GJ. Spotting Claude on the clusters will be very appreciated. [Tnx F5NQL] 20/08/2005: Anthony (MW0JZE), Rob (MW0RLJ), Russell (G5XW), Richard (MW3WSD), Oliver (MW3SDO) and Tim (M3SDE) will operate as GB0SH from the Strumble Head Lighthouse (ARLHS reference WAL-029), Wales (IOTA EU-005), for the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). QSL via MW0JZE (QRZ.com). [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Alek RA3AKU, Yuri RX3AEW and Radio Club RK3AYS will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as homecall/3 from the Kameshkovsky area (RDA VL-17), Vladimirskaya oblast (VL). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Look for HE1G to operate from Paquis Lighthouse in Lake Geneva (ARLHS SWI-001) August 20-21 for ILLW. QSL via HB9AOF. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Members of the Panama Canal Amateur Radio Association (PCARA) will operate on all bands SSB, CW and PSK31 as HP2GLT from Gatun Locks Lighthouse (ARLHS PAN-029) on 20-21 August. QSL via HP1IBF. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Fabio, IZ7FLQ, plans to operate as ID9/IZ7FLQ/p from a few islands in the Eolie group (IOTA EU-017) between August 20th and 27th. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Mike, IF9ZWA, will be active as IF9ZWA/p from the Punta Libeccio Lighthouse (WAIL SI-025, ARLHS ITA-133, WLOTA 1215) on Marettimo Island (IOTA EU-054, IIA TP-010, MIA MI-056) during the International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). Activity will be on 40, 20 and 15 meter SSB only. QSL via home call. [Tnx OPDX] 20/08/2005: Operators from ARI Trieste will be active on all bands as IQ3TS from the Vittoria Lighthouse (WAIL FV-001, ARLHS ITA-174) August 20-21st for the ILLW. QSL via bureau or direct to Sezione ARI di Trieste, P.O. Box 29, 34100 Trieste - TS, Italy. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Look for IQ6SB/LGH to be aired on CW and SSB from the lighthouse of San Benedetto del Tronto (WAIL MA-001, ARLHS ITA-154) during the ILLW. QSL via bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Look for IR7LH/p to be activated from Isolotto Traversa (EU-091, IIA BR-009, MIA MI-137) and Le Pedagne lighthouse (WAIL PU-028, WLH I-020, ARLHS ITA-175, WLOTA 0005) during the International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). QSL via IK7JWX, direct or bureau. [Tnx OPDX] 20/08/2005: Look for IU1L to be aired again August 20-21st from La Lanterna (ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) during International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). QSL via bureau or direct to ARI Genova, P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova - GE, Italy. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Marco, IZ6ASI, will operate as IZ6ASI/p from the Senigallia Lighthouse (WAIL MA-004, ARLHS ITA-181) August 20-21st for the ILLW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: SV IOTA SUMMER TOUR - Look for J48RH/p to be QRV August 20-22nd from Kythira Island (IOTA EU-113, MIA MG-062) and Spathi lighthouse (WLH SV-084, ARLHS GRE-120, WLOTA 1703). The team may instead activate Elafonisos Island (IOTA EU-113, MIA MG-033), no lighthouse. Activity will be on 20, 17 and 15 meter SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via IK8VRH (QRZ.com) [Tnx JI6KRV] 20/08/2005: Frank, K3TRM, will be vacationing on the island of Bermuda (IOTA NA-005) August 20-28th and plans to be active as K3TRM/VP9. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, including the WARC bands using SSB, RTTY, and PSK31. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau. [Tnx OPDX] 20/08/2005: The Radio Club Mar del Plata (LU2DT) will participate in the ILLW (August 20-21st) from the lighthouse at Punta Mogotes (ARLHS ARG-005). They plan to operate SSB, digital modes and SSTV. QSL via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 664, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Alexey, RA3TOR, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RA3TOR/3 from the Parfen'evsky area (RDA KS-25), Kostromskaya oblast (KS). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Alek, RA9QBR, and Vyacheslav, UA9QCD, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as homecall/p from the Pritobol'nyj area (RDA KN-18), Kurganskaya oblast (KN). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Team RK6YZZ will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RK6YZZ/p from Adygejsk City (RDA AD-02) or the Teuchezhsky area (RDA AD-08), Republic of Adygeya (AD). QSL via UA6YW, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Team RK9FWW will be active in the Russian District Award Contest, August 20th, as RK9FWW/p from the Usol'sky area (RDA PM-44), Permskaya oblast (PM). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Team RK9XWA will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RK9XWA/p from the Syktyvdinsky area (RDA KO-14), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Team RK9XWU will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RK9XWU/p from Vuktyl City (RDA KO-03), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Igor, RM9RZ, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RM9RZ/p from the Belozersky area (RDA KN-04), Kurganskaya oblast (KN). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Yuri, RV6BC, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RV6BC/6 from the Veselovsky area (RDA RO-30), Rostovskaya oblast (RO). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Sergey, RV9XO, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RV9XO (without /p) from the Sysol'sky area (RDA KO-15), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Alex, RW1QM, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RW1QM/3 from the Bujsky area (RDA KS-10), Kostromskaya oblast (KS). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Alik, RX9WN, will be active in August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RX9WN/p from the Kushnarenkovsky area (RDA BA-63), Republic of Bashkortostan (BA). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Serge UA9CGA, Eugene RU9CK, Mike RW9CF, Igor RA9DK and Dmitry RV9CX will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RY9C/p from the Artinsky area (RDA SV-45), Sverdlovskaya oblast (SV). QSL direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Sergey, R3A-972, will be active in August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RZ3AWM/p from the Shchelkovsky area (RDA MO-94), Moscowskaya oblast (MO). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Andrey RA4NF, Vassily RW4NW and Igor UA4NFD will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as RZ4NWQ/p from the Slobodskoj area (RDA KI-38), Kirovskaya oblast (KI). QSL via RZ4NWQ, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Marco, IK6IOQ, will be QRV August 20-25th as SV/IK6IOQ from Kerkyra [aka Corfu] Island (IOTA EU-052, MIA MG-055). Look for casual activity on 80-10 meters. QSL to home call, direct only. [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 20/08/2005: Tony, IK8VRH, plans to be active August 20-22nd as SV/IK8VRH from Kavalliani Island (IOTA EU-060, MIA MG-052). Activity will be on on 20, 17 and 15 meter SSB, RTTY and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Theodoros SV1GRM, Sotirios SV1HER, Cliff SV1JG, and Markos SV1MF will activate the special call SX8L August 20-22nd from Antikythira Island (IOTA EU-113, MIA MG-014, WW Loc. KM15QU). They will also activate the Apolytares lighthouse (WLH SV-011, ARLHS GRE-040, WLOTA 0298) during the International Lighthouse Weekend (August 20-21st). Look for them on all bands and modes. QSL manager will be SV1HER. Note: all QSOs will be confirmed via the SV bureau (RAAG). If you do not use the bureau and need the QSL card, send direct to SV1HER with SAE and return postage. [Tnx SV1HER] 20/08/2005: Mike, UA1QV, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA1QV/3 from the Soligalichsky area (RDA KS-28), Kostromskaya oblast (KS). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Igor RZ0SR, Serge UA0SE, Serge UA0SR and Semjon RU0SN will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA8TWW from the Alarsky area (RDA UO-01), Ust'-Ordynsky Autonomous Okrug (UO). QSL via UA0SE, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Sergey, UA9OGC, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA9OGC/p from the Iskitimsky area (RDA NS-17), Novosibirskaya oblast (NS). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Valery, UA9QM, will be active in August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA9QM/p from the Lebjazh'evsky area (RDA KN-12), Kurganskaya oblast (KN). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: A group of operators from Srvastopol will be active as UU9JWM/p from the lighthouse at Kruglaya Bay (ARLHS UKR-072) August 20-21st for the ILLW. QSL direct to UT5JAJ; e-mial reuqests for bureau cards can be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: Anatol, UA9XL, will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA9XL/p from the Kortkerossky area (RDA KO-12), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Serge UA0SC and Yuri RA0SCA will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA0SWW/p from the Kujtunsky area (RDA IR-31), Irkutskaya oblast (IR). QSL via UA0SWW, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: UA9XTL will be active August 20th, in the RDAC 2005, as UA9XTL/p from the Syktyvdinsky area (RDA KO-14), Republic of Komi (KO). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 20/08/2005: Wally VK6YS, Dan VK8AN and Nigel VK6KHD will be active August 20-23rd as VK6DHI from Dirk Hartog Island (IOTA OC-206). Activity will be on 40-10 meter CW and SSB, WARC bands included. QSL direct to VK4AAR (QRZ.com). [Tnx IOTW] 20/08/2005: Look for VK7WS to participate in the ILLW (August 20-21st) from the lighthouse at Cape Bruny (WLH VK-011, ARLHS AUS-013) located on Bruny Island (IOTA OC-233). QSL to A.G. Gregory, Private Bag 1, Alonnah, Tasmania 7150, Australia. [Tnx 425 DX News] 20/08/2005: The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will be operating as W2T from the Tucker's Island Lighthouse (ARLHS reference USA-911) in the Tuckerton Seaport in Tuckerton, NJ, during the International Lighthouse Activity weekend August 20-21st, from about 1300-2100z each day. Activity is planned for 40 and 20 meters SSB and local 2 meters. QSL via N2OO. [Tnx OPDX] 20/08/2005: Tom, W8LBZ, will be active August 20-21st as W8LBZ/p from South Bass Island (USI OH-007L, NOT IOTA, Lake Erie, Ottawa County), Ohio. He will also be activating the South Bass Island lighthouse (ARLHS reference USA-769). Look for him on 40 and 20 meters, usual USI and ARLHS frequencies. QSL via home call, direct (QRZ.com) [Tnx USI] 21/08/2005: Branko, 9A7YY, Vice-President of the "All Croatian Islands Award Group" (ACIAG), is organizing a DXpedition to activate about 31 Croatian Islands. August 18th Branko will activate the following islands: Trogir (ACIA-960), Ciovo (ACIA-620), Celice (ACIA-619), Vela Sika (ACIA-959), and Vinisce (ACIA-636). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 9A7K] 21/08/2005: JQ2PYB/6 will be active August 21-22nd from Hatoma Island (IOTA AS-024, JIIA AS-024-002), Okinawa prefecture. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR] 21/08/2005: Mark, KR1PTO, plans to be QRV August 21st from East Brother Island (USI CA-069S, NOT IOTA, Contra Costa County), California. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 10 and 6 meters. QSL via home call (QRZ.com). [Tnx USI] 21/08/2005: Gab, HA3JB, plans to be QRV August 21st as LZ/HA3JB from Sveta Anastasiya Island (IOTA EU-181) and lighthouse (WLH LZ-001, ARLHS BUL-021, WLOTA 0035. Look for him on or around 14260 kHz SSB and 14020 kHz CW. QSL via home call. [Tnx 425 DX News] 22/08/2005: Look for Gerhard, DL2AZ, to be active August 22-30th as 3D2FG from the island of Nanuya (IOTA OC-156). This will be a holiday style operation with an FT-897 and G5RV. QSL via DL2AZ, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx DG7FEQ] 22/08/2005: Max, RU0AKB, will be active August 22-23rd as RK0AZC/p from Divnogorsk City (RDA KK-11), Krasnoyarsk Kraj (KK). QSL via RK0AZC, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 23/08/2005: The DIFI (French Inland Islands) award is now one of the components of the Russian Robinson Club Islands Challenge, led by RZ3EC). On August 23rd, all day long (06:00 to 15:00 UTC), François F5JNE and Gérard F6ICG will be active as F5JNE/p, from the Great Island (DIFI reference 58061L) located in Settons Lake, Nievre department. After activating Great Island, they will activate Small Island (DIFI 58062L). Look for activity on 40 meter CW and SSB. QSL via bureau preferred. If direct please SASE + postage. SWL cards welcome. [Tnx F5NQL] 23/08/2005: Tony, IK8VRH, plans to be active August 23-28th as SV/IK8VRH from Spetses Island (IOTA EU-075, MIA MG-116) and lighthouse (WLH SV-086, ARLHS GRE-063). Activity will be on on 20, 17 and 15 meter SSB, RTTY and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 24/08/2005: SV IOTA SUMMER TOUR - Look for J43RH/p to be QRV August 24-26th from Sapientza Island (IOTA EU-158, MIA MG-101) and lighthouse (WLH SV-079, ARLHS GRE-116, WLOTA 1471). The team may instead activate Schiza Island (IOTA EU-158, MIA MG-103), no lighthouse. Activity will be on 20, 17 and 15 meter SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via IK8VRH (QRZ.com) [Tnx JI6KRV] 24/08/2005: Kostas, SV1DPI, will be going to the island of Crete (ITOA EU-015, MIA MGC-005) for his holidays from August 24th to September 3rd. He has requested the callsign SY9DPI. He will operate during his free time, mainly late in the evening (2000z) and early in the morning (0400-0600z). His plans are to operate mainly digital (RTTY and PSK31) but also CW and SSB. He will use a Kenwood 480SAT w/100w and a homemade vertical antenna. QSL via his home callsign SV1DPI. [Tnx OPDX] 25/08/2005: Dino, IZ4AKV, plans to be active as 5R8HS from Nosy Be Island (IOTA AF-057) between August 25th and September 8th. Look for activity on all HF bands. QSL via IZ4AKV (QRZ.com). [Tnx IZ4AKV] 25/08/2005: Howard, G6LVB, will be travelling to Svalbard (JW, IOTA EU-026), current plans August 26-28th, to do some minor upgrades to a satellite station at: http://www.svalsat.com. He is intending to take some LEO satellite gear with him, so if you'd like to add JW to your DXCC list let him know at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Howard states, "Despite its northerly location, it has coverage to Canada and the North Eastern U.S. as well as Japan. I will definitely be active on AO-51, SO-50, AO-27, PO-28 (let's hope) and if I have room for SSB equipment I will operate FO-29, VO-52 and possibly AO-7. The ISS never travels far enough North for me to take a shot at it. There are no plans to take any HF gear, whatever that is ;-)". [Tnx OPDX] 26/08/2005: Members of the Pyongtaek DX Club (D90HE) will be active from Saok Island AS-060 (KDN H32) August 26-28th. Operators mentioned are: Han DS2GOO, Lee 6K2CEW, Kim DS4PAI and Kim 6K2CSD. Operators will be active as homecall/4 on 80-10 meter SSB, RTTY and BPSK31. QSL via operator's home call, by the bureau or direct. Visit the Web page at: http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as060 [Tnx JI6KVR] 26/08/2005: After the successful 2003 event, the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (www.sarts.org.sg) will organize another local field day to be held August 26-29th on St. John's Island (AS-019). A fairly large group of local operators will be active as S61FD with 2-3 stations on 40-15 metres all modes. If time and available hardware permits they will also try 80 and maybe 160 metres. QSL via PA0KHS, direct (Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534WN Nijmegen, The Netherlands) or via the bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] ===================================================== LOOKING AHEAD - 01/09/2005: An Egyptian team consisting of Karim SU1KA, Mohammed SU1KM, Ezzat SU1ER, with the co-operation of guest operators from Italy with the call SU/???? will be active from Gifton Island (AF-New), with the permitted / licensed call SU8GFTN, during September. Details will be following via SU1KA and IZ8CCW. QSL direct to SU1ER (Ezzat Sayed Ramadan, PO Box 11 El-Thanaweyya Al-Gaweyya, Almaza 11391, Egypt). [Tnx F5NQL] 15/09/2005: Look for Jorgen LA5UF, Paul LA6YEA and Trond LA9VDA to be QRV as LA6Q from Svenner Island (IOTA EU-061) between September 15th and 18th. They will also be activating the Svenner Fyr/Larvik lighthouse (WLH LA-025, ARLHS NOR-044, WLOTA 1029). Activity will be mostly on 80-17 meter CW, SSB and some RTTY. They also plan to participate in the SAC CW contest with one station. QSL via LA9VDA (QRZ.com). [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 30/09/2005: Mark 4Z4KX, Ros 4Z5LA, Yuli 4X6HP, Isaac 4Z5LI, Ilya 4Z1UF and Jan 4X1VF plan to be QRV between September 30th and October 1st as 4X7AZ from Akhziv Island (IOTA AS-100). The will be operating three stations, 40-10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via 4Z5LA (QRZ.com). [Tnx rsgbiota.org] ===================================================== 73 and Good Hunting! 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