I.C.P.O. Bulletin (September 01 - 20, 2002) I.C.P.O. (Islands, Castles & Portable Operations) Operations are listed by start date
09/01/2002: Look for EA5/DK5IM/P to be active on CW from the Alicante / Murcia Province group (EU-093) September 1st to 11th. QSL via DK5IM. [tnx The Daily DX] 09/01/2002: Jean-Luc, F5AEP, will stay in Papeete (OC-046) for the next two years starting on September 1st. His callsign has not been announced yet. During these two years he also plans to visit several other islands like the Marquesas or Gambier Island. 09/01/2002: Oleg (UA1PBA) and Alex, will be active again as R1ANF/A, from the Uruguayan station "General Jose Artigas" (WABA CX-01) during the first two weeks of September. Oleg and Alex will also try to operate from the Brazilian refuge "Padre Balduino Rambo" (WABA PY-???), the Korean station "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) and the Chilean base "Profesor Julio Escudero" (WABA CE-11). All of the scientific stations mentioned so far are located on King George Island, in the South Shetlands (IOTA AN-010). Look for daily activity on CW (on +/- 10106, 14011, 18076, 21011, 24906 and 28011 kHz) and on SSB during the Antarctic Net on Mondays (21275 kHz at 17:00 UTC). QSL via RK1PWA: Nick Shapkin, P.O. Box 73, Amderma, Arkhangelskaya obl, 166744 Russia. [tnx I1JQJ] 09/01/2002: Michael, VE3WMB (ARLHS member #428), will be activating five Lighthouses on the Island of Grand Manan (IOTA NA-014), New Brunswick, during the week of September 1st to September 6th. Operation will be on or about 14.071 Mhz as VE3WMB/VE9. Note, this will be a 20M PSK31 (QRP) only operation. The list of lighthouses to be activated are: Gannet Rock (ARLHS CAN-192); Swallowtail (ARLHS CAN-491); Southwest Head (ARLHS CAN-469); Long Eddy Point (ARLHS CAN-283) and Long Point (Whitehead Island ARLHS CAN-644). Michael hopes to operate daily from about 15:00 - 17:00 UTC, activating a different lighthouse each day, then perhaps again a bit later 00:00 - 01:00 UTC activating Gannet Rock (he has a clear view of the light from his Cottage). QSL to VE3WMB for a special card (Callbook/QRZ.com address), via bureau, or direct (#10 SASE or #10 SAE with 1 USD for US addresses or #10 SAE with 1 new IRC for DX). [tnx VE3WMB] 09/01/2002: Victor, ZK1CG, reports that he will be signing again as ZK1USA during the month of September in commemoration of September 11th. Victor operates from Rarotonga (OC-013) in the South Cook Islands. QSL via ZK1CG. [tnx ZK1CG] 09/02/2002: Serge, RA9MX/p, will be QRV September 2, 2002, from Mar`janovsky area (RDA OM-22 for the Russian Districts Award, Omskaya oblast). QSL via home call. [tnx RA9MX] 09/02/2002: Hardy, SM1/DL3KWF, and Rosel, SM1/DL3KWR, will be QRV from Gotland Island (EU-020), in CW, during the morning and evening hours from September 2nd to 13th. QSL via bureau. QSL requests can be sent also via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 09/03/2002: Kevin, ON1DRE, and others will operate as GJ/ON1DRE from Jersey (EU-013) September 3rd to 10th. Theirs will be a 6 and 2 meter operation. QSL via ON1DRE. [tnx ON1DRE] 09/03/2002: Look for OZ/DL6LZM to be active from Fyn Island (EU-172, FY-001 for the Danish Islands Award) between September 3rd and 6th. QSL via home call. 09/04/2002: Tom, DL2RMC, and Hartmut, DM5TI, will be QRV from Sardinia (EU-024) as IS0/home call September 4th to 13th. Operation will be CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV, and PSK31 on 160-2m. QSLs via their respective home calls. 09/05/2002: Christian, DL6KAC, reports he will be active again as EA6/DL6KAC from Mallorca Island (EU-004, DIE E-021) starting September 5th until late September-early October. He will operate on 10-80 meters mainly SSB. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [tnx DL6KAC] 09/05/2002: Alex/UR4LUG, Oleg/UR3IFD, Leo/UT2II and Vit/UX7IM will be active as EM5UIA from Kosa Tuzla Island (EU-180) September 5 to 10, 2002. They plan to operate on 20-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY with beam and vertical antennas. QSL via UR4LUG either direct (Alexey E Yakovlev, P.O. Box 7629, Kharkov, 61018, Ukraine) or through the bureau. 09/05/2002: JO1EPY/6 will once again to be active from Tokara Island Kuchinoshima (AS-049) between September 5th and 8th. Look for him on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 meters SSB and CW. QSL direct (Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131 Japan) or via JARL bureau. 09/05/2002: Look for UE0OBI/p to be active from Bolshoy Ushkaniy Island (RRA RR-21-02, RFF-123 for the Russian Flora and Fauna Award) September 5th to 7th. QSL via RZ0OA. [tnx RW0BG/0] 09/06/2002: Pedro, HK3JJH, will be active from Isla Palma (SA-078) September 6th to 9th. He will also activate Isla del Pirata [Rosario Island] (SA-040) September 11th and 12th. The call will be HK3JJH/1 and operation will be mainly on 14260, 21260 and 28460 kHz +/- QRM. QSL direct to Pedro's home address (Pedro J. Allina, PO Box 81119 Bogota Colombia) as he does not receive QSL cards sent via the bureau. [tnx HK3JJH] 09/06/2002: The call KH0R from Saipan, Northern Marianas (OC-086), will be activated by JE6DND between September 6th and 10th. QSL via JE6DND. 09/06/2002: Ela, DL3YMK, and Torsten, DH3YMG, will spend their holidays on Bornholm Island (IOTA EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award, Loc JO74MX) from September 6th to 20th. They intend to work on 80m-23cm; on HF look for them at ..260 kHz. During the evening they plan to activate 2m/70cm/23cm. More information is available on the website: http://dh3ymg.dyndns.org . 09/06/2002: The Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean will be active September 6th to 8th, 2002, as SZ8LH. They will be QRV from Lesvos Island (EU-049 Loc: 39o12N-25o50E) and Megalonisi lighthouse (GR-7130, ARLHS GRE-097). The team will consist of SV8QG, SV8CRI, SV8DCY, SV8DTD, SV8DBO, SV8DCW, SV8BEV and SV8DTL. Operation will be 160 through 2 meters, all modes. QSL via SV8DTD, direct or bureau. [tnx SV8DTD] 09/06/2002: PS7ZZ, PS7TKS and PS7KC will operate (on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY) as ZW7NDG from Bacopari Lighthouse (DFB RN-08, ARLHS BRA-014) September 6th to 8th. QSL via PS7ZZ (bureau or direct to: Francisco Edvaldo P de Freitas, Av. Sao Miguel dos Caribes, 31 - Conj Jiqui, 59086-500 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). 09/07/2002: The United Radio Amateur Club, K6AA, will be active from 00:00 UTC September 7th to 23:59 UTC September 8th to commemorate the 75th anniversary of URAC/Tall Ships 2002 in LA. Frequencies: 7.275, 7.075, 14.275 and 14.075 MHz. QSL via United Radio Amateur Club, Inc, Berth 84, Foot of 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731. [tnx URAC] 09/07/2002: The Namdal Group of NRRL will be active as LA7N/p and take part in the Region 1 Field Day between 1300z September 7th and 1300z September 8th. The multi-operation will take place on Borgan Island (EU-062, Loc JP54KX) with five stations on 160-10 meters SSB/CW/PSK/RTTY, 6m, 2m and 70cm SSB-FM, also some satellite operation. You will find them 5-10 kHz below the usual IOTA frequences (+/-QRM) - CW: 1825, 3525, 7025, 14025, 21025 and 28025 kHz; SSB: 1850, 3750, 7050, 14250, 21250 and 28450 kHz. QSL via SM5SIC. [tnx OPDX] 09/07/2002: Look for M/DK1RF to be active from the English Islands Group (EU-120) September 7 to 13, 2002. QSL via home call. 09/07/2002: The Radio Amateur Society of Norwich, N1NW, will be active between 10:00 UTC September 7 to 16:00 UTC September 8 from New London Ledge Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-542). The lighthouse is located in New London County, New London harbor, New London, CT. Frequencies: 7.270, 14.270, 21.370 and 28.370 MHz. Further information can be found on their web site at http://www.rason.org/lighths.htm . QSL via Radio Amateur Society of Norwich, PO Box 329, Norwich, CT 06360. 09/07/2002: Look for OZ/DL6LZM to be active from Enehoeje Island (EU-029, SJ-025 for the Danish Islands Award) between September 7th and 13th. QSL via home call. 09/07/2002: Look for RX3VA/p and UA3VCS/p to be active September 7 to 8, 2002, from "Meschera" National Park (RFA-129 for the Russian Flora and Fauna Award, RDA VL-16 (Khrustalny Area) for the Russian Districts Award, Vladimirskaya oblast). QSL via home calls. [tnx RW3RN] 09/07/2002: Lorenzo, IK6PTH, reports that he will be active (SSB) as S79TH from Mahe, Seychelles (AF-024) between September 7th and 16th. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. 09/08/2002: Vasek, DL4FF, reports he will be active from Corsica (EU-014) between September 8th and October 4th. Operation will be on 160 through 10 meters, CW and SSB, as TK/DL4FF. QSL via home call, either direct or through the bureau. 09/09/2002: A team of ARI Taranto operators (IJ7/I7XUW, IJ7/IK7BPV, IJ7/IZ7AUH, IJ7/IK7AFM, IJ7/IZ8AJQ, IJ7/IW7BVY, IJ7/IK7MJA, IJ7/IGFS, IJ7/IZ8DBJ, IJ7/IK7WDS, IJ7/IK7NYD, IJ7/IK7FFX, IJ7/I7YYZ, IJ7/IK7MCJ and IJ7/IZ7EUC) to be active from Isola San Pietro (IOTA EU-073, IIA TA-002), September 9th to 15th. Activity will be on HF and 6 meters on CW/SSB/Digital. QSL to their home callsigns via the Bureau or direct. This activity will celebrate ARI Taranto's 35th anniversary. 09/09/2002: Kazu, JA0VSH (V63KZ) and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ (V63MP) will be active from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia between September 9 and 15, 2002. They expect to operate on 80-10 meters SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either direct (Kazuhide and Miyuki Maruyama, 2-16-8-206 Kinuta, Tokyo, 157-0073 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. 09/10/2002: Massimo, IZ4DPV will operate (on 10-20 metres SSB) as 3B8/IZ4DPV from Mauritius Island (AF-049) September 10 to 20, 2002. QSL via home call. 09/11/2002: Pedro, HK3JJH, will be active from Isla del Pirata [Rosario Island] (SA-040) September 11th and 12th. The call will be HK3JJH/1 and operation will be mainly on 14260, 21260 and 28460 kHz +/- QRM. QSL direct to Pedro's home address (Pedro J. Allina, PO Box 81119 Bogota Colombia) as he does not receive QSL cards sent via the bureau. 09/12/2002: Alan, G3PMR, will be vacationing on Cyprus (AS-004) at the QTH of Mike, 5B4AGX between September 12 and 18, 2002. He hopes to get some operating in (SSB and CW) from Mike's shack, signing 5B/G3PMR. QSL via home call. 09/14/2002: Didier, F6ELE, and Joel, F5PAC, will operate from Cezembre Island (EU-157) between September 14th and 15th. They plan to be active on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [tnx F6ELE] 09/14/2002: Spike, W7AVA, will be active as V63VB from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia September 14th to 23rd. QSL via home call, CBA. 09/15/2002: Toshi, JA1ELY, Project Planner, reports that they are pleased to announce that several Japanese groups will operate as 8N1OGA from Ogasawara Islands. Between September 15th and the end of January 2003, the special station will be active to commemorate 75 years since Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) was founded. Preliminary license has been already issued by Japanese Telecommunication authority, which permits all modes including satellite and one kilowatt output on normal bands and 500 watts on 6 meter band. They will operate two complete stations with yagi beams on self supporting towers and dipoles and GP antennas for low bands. They will aggressively participate in upcoming major DX contests such as the CQWW Phone, CQWW CW and JIDX Phone Contest. They will particularly be looking for Europe and the East Coast of North America on low bands (For them to be able to do this, they will put up antennas that can be viewed over the Pacific Ocean!!). The current details of the operation schedule is as follows: Sept 15-18th JE1CKA, JF1PJK, JM1RFT, JR1AIB (A constraction team, limited operation); Sept 27-Oct 5th JQ2EHG, JO1LVZ; Oct 2-5th JI2UNR; Oct 8-16th 7K3EOP, WA1S; Oct 20-23th Unknown; Oct 26-29th JA1WSX, JS1DLC; Oct 26-Nov 4th JA1MRM, JA1LZR; Nov 8-11th JO1RUR, JP1JFG; Nov 14-23th Unknown; Nov 27-30th JA1ELY, JA1IDY; Dec 4-24th Unknown; Dec 27th-Jan 1st JA7AYE; Dec 31st-Jan 4th JA1WSX and Jan 4-31st Unknown. QSLs will be available for all QSOs via the Bureau unless you request SAE with one IRC to the manager. If you QSL directly, please send to the QSL Manager JA1MRM to: Saburo Asano, 3-26-8 Toyotamakita, Nerima, Tokyo, 176-0012 Japan. A log search will be available as soon as the operation starts. Please note that there will be no operations prior to September 15th. The Web page for this project is at: http://www.fivenine.com/8n1oga/eng/ . 09/15/2002: Shin, JI1CYX, reports that he will be active as KJ1C/KH0 from Saipan, Northern Marianas (OC-086) September 15th to 18th. He will be active on 30-10 metres CW and SSB with 100 watts and dipoles. QSL via JI1CYX (Ota Shin-ichi, 5-23-46 Mori, Isogo, Yokohama, 235-0023 Japan). [tnx JI1CYX] 09/15/2002: YL operators Elizabeth/VE7YL (CW), June/VK4SJ, Mio/JR3MVF, Raija/SM0HNV and Gwen/VK3DYL will operate as VK9YL from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) September 15th to 29th. QSL to VK3DYL (Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia) either direct with SAE and sufficient return postage or via the VK3 Bureau. Any direct cards received without the above will be returned via the Bureau. [tnx VK3DYL] 09/17/2002: Roby, IZ1CYN, reports he will be active from Pantelleria (AF-014) between September 17th and 23rd as IH9/IZ1CYN. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [tnx IZ1CYN] 09/20/2002: Take, JI3DST/8, will once again be active September 20 to 23, 2002, from Okushiri Island (AS-147). Look for him on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST, Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku Osaka-city, Osaka 545-0021, Japan. 09/20/2002: Look for JI5USJ/4 and JI5RPT/4 to be active from Oki Island (AS-041) starting around 12:00 UTC September 20 until around 00:00 UTC September 24, 2002. Operation will be on 160 through 10 meter SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL direct to home calls or via JARL bureau. 09/20/2002: Tony, WF1N, and Lou, W1DIG, will be active from Isles of Shoals, Appledore Island (IOTA NA-217, USI NH-new, USA-CA Rockingham County, NH) and lighthouse (ARLHS USA-406) starting 19:00 UTC September 20 until 12:00 UTC September 23, 2002. Operation will be on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters, SSB, on/near the usual IOTA freqs +/- QRM, with a tribander, wires and amp. QSL direct (sae and postage, please) or bureau via home calls. Tony, WF1N ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), and Lou, W1DIG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), will accept requests for bureau cards via email. Email requests do not require a card to them via the bureau. 09/20/2002: Max/ON5UR, Karel/ON5TN and Wim/ON6NP will be active September 20 to 23, 2002, (on all HF bands and 6 metres) as XU7AUR from Koh Poah (AS-133). QSL via ON5UR. =============================================== The Croatian Telegraphy Club (CTC) invites you to become a member. It is an association with free membership for telegraphy lovers across the world. If membership application is by post please include 3 US Dollars or 3 IRC to cover postage. However, if application is submitted by E-mail, there is no fee required. CROATIAN TELEGRAPHY CLUB - CTC Franjevacka 5 42220 Novi Marof Croatia E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================== 73 and Good Hunting! 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