I.C.P.O. Bulletin (October 27-November 10, 2002) I.C.P.O. (Islands, Castles & Portable Operations) Operations are listed by start date
10/27/2002: Antoine, 3D2AG, will be working on Rapa Island (OC-051 DIFO:FO-123) between October 27th and November 28th. He plans to operate as FO5RK on CW and SSB with some digital modes during his late afternoon, night and early morning hours. QSL to Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt (attn. C.E. Payn), Laboratoire Terre Ocean, Universite de la Polynesie Francaise, B.P. 6570, 98702 Faa'a, Tahiti. Check http://www.sat.net/~iref/rapapage.htm for further information. [tnx F5NOD] 10/27/2002: Richard, N4EX/4, will be active between October 27th and November 3rd from Bogue Banks (NA-112, USI NC-010S, Carteret County, North Carolina). Operation will be on 80 through 10 meters, CW only. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [tnx 425DXN] 10/27/2002: David, GI4FUM, will be taking a FT-817 and a MP-1 with him to Cape Town at the end of this month. He plans to operate QRP (2 watts) from various QTHs including the top of Table Mountain. He will be active between October 27th and November 3rd, using the callsign ZS1/GI4FUM/p. David will be operating on 40, 17, 15, 12and 10 meters SSB. He will be using his UK licence under CEPT regulations and has a base in Cape Town - his brother's QTH. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [tnx OPDX] 10/29/2002: Ben, OZ5IPA, will be active as EA8/OZ5IPA between October 29th and November 4th from the Canary Islands (AF-004). Operation will be all bands CW and SSB, also participation in the International Police Associations Contest (November 2-3). QSL direct via home callsign only (Preben Jakobsen, 9 Knoldager, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark). [tnx OPDX] 10/29/2002: A Multi-national team of DXers will be going to American Samoa (KH8) and their operation is expected to start October 29th. The team intends to activate two islands at the same time (3 operators on each island). The islands are Tutuila Island (IOTA OC-045) and Ofu Island (IOTA OC-077). Modes of operation will be CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV. The dates are as follows: Tutuila Island (K8T) October 29th to November 8th (2002); Ofu Island (K8O) October 30th to November 6th (2002). The team consists of 6 operators: Glyn Jones GW0ANA, Team Leader; Doug Roberts, G0WMW; Dr. Markus Dornach, DL9RCF; Roger Mulzer, DL5RBW; David Flack, AH6HY; and Thomas Steinmann, DJ6OI. With local help on KH8 from Larry Gandy, AH8LG. More information is available for readers at the KH8 DXpedition Web page at: http://www.ukdxers.co.uk . QSL K8O via AH6HY. QSL K8T via GW0ANA. 10/29/2002: Look for ZL3/N2WB to be active October 29th to 31st from New Zealand (South Island OC-134)on all bands, CW and SSB. QSL via N2OO (R. W. Schenk, POB 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087). [tnx DX NEWS] 10/30/2002: Anci, JA2ZL, will be active between October 30th and November 2nd as FO/JA2ZL from Morea Island (OC-046, DIFO FO-010). He plans to operate on 40 through 10 meters, mainly SSB but some CW and RTTY, using only 100 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via JA2ZL (Anci Yamada, 17-8-2 Takirocho, Tajimi, 507-0813 Japan. [tnx OPDX] 10/30/2002: A team IOTA composed by Nando, IT9YRE, Claudio, I1SNW, and Gaetano, IT9GAI, members of Diamond Dx Club, will be active as V63RE, V63WN and V63GH from some Micronesia New One IOTA islands. This three valid DXer and IOTA men will be active from Etal Island (Mortolok) between October 30 and November 4, 2002. Working conditions for this activity will be: Yaesu FT900AT - ICOM IC-706 - Kenwood TS-50 - Generator Honda 2 5kw - Linear Amplifier 500W - Vertical R6000 (10/12/15/17/20mt) - Rotative Dipole (10/15/20mt) - Mosley 3El. (10/15/20mt) - Dipole Low Bands. QSL via IT9YRE (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, I-96012 Avola (SR), Italy). 10/31/2002: Look for Mike, K6MYC, and Jimmy, W6JKV, to be active on 6 meters from the island of Grenada (NA-024) between October 31st and November 10th. They will have a very good location for Europe and USA, and all directions from 40 degrees around to 330 degrees. They should also have good antennas and power. QSL via home calls. [txn OPDX] 10/31/2002: Dick, K5AND, Llewellyn, W5OZI, and John, W5LXG, will be active between October 31st to November 8th from Montserrat (NA-103). Callsign to be used will most likely be VP2MJD. The main focus will be on 6 meters, but there will be activity on other bands. Their CW beacon will be on 50155. If there is propagation, they will operate split listening up 5, but they doubt that this will be necessary. QSL via Pat Rose, PO Box 393, Junction, Texas, 76849 USA, with SAE and appropriate postage, GS or IRC. Cards received via the bureau and any cards without SASE will be answered via the bureau. [tnx OPDX] 11/01/2002: EA8/HA6PS/p, EA8/HA6NL/p, EA8/HA7JJS/p and EA8/HA6ZV/p will be active November 1st to 8th from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004, DIE S-012). They will also participate in the HA-QRP Contest as EA8/HA5RT/p. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. QSL EA8/HA5RT/P (HA-QRP contest) via HA6NL. [tnx 425DXN] 11/01/2002: Taka, JR3TVH/6, will be on Miyako Island (AS-079) from November 1st to 4th. Look for him on 7, 14, 18, 21, 28 and 50 MHz on 50 Watts SSB and CW. QSL via JR3TVH, direct or via the JARL bureau. [tnx JI6KVR] 11/01/2002: Roger, W7VV (ZK1VVV QSL via W7CC), Bob, W7TSQ (ZK1ASQ QSL via W7TSQ), John AA7PM (ZK1APM QSL via AA7PM), Ralph, VE7XF (ZK1AKX QSL via VE7XF) and Rick, KT7G (ZK1TTG QSL via KT7G) plan to be active November 1st to 12th from Rarotonga, South Cook Islands (OC-013). Operation will be on all bands and modes. [tnx DX NEWS] 11/02/2002: Alfredo, IK7JWX/p, and other members of the Salento Dx Team will be active November 2nd and 3rd from the lighthouse "Porto Industriale Interno" (WAIL PU-002). Operation will be on 40, 20, 15 meter SSB and CW. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [tnx IK7JWX] 11/02/2002: Look for special callsign K4E to be active November 2nd to 3rd from Egmont Key (USI FL-014S, IOTA NA-034) and lighthouse (WLH LH-0426), located in Hillsborough County, Florida. Start time will be 15:00 UTC both days. Rain date for this operation will be November 9, 2002. Operation will be on 80 through 10 meters, CW and SSB. The QSL manager is John, KU4BT. [tnx KU4BT] 11/02/2002: Jacques/F5JY, Yves/F5TYY, Alain/F6BFH, Jacquie/F6EGG and Bernard/F9IE will be active (SSB and CW on the usual IOTA frequencies) from southern Argentina and Chile between November 2nd and 22nd. They will be based at Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego, SA-008) and operations from other locations will depend on local conditions. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [tnx 425DXN] 11/03/2002: Guy, AC9X/p, will be active November 3rd, starting at 13:00 UTC, from Biddle Island (USI IN-001R). Operation will be on 40 and 20 meters, usual IOTA frequencies. Biddle Island is located in the State of Indiana, Wabash River, Cass County. QSL via home call, direct (SASE or SAE + postage) or bureau. [tnx USisl] 11/04/2002: Rex, VK8RH, will be active (mainly on 6 meters with a beam, but also on the HF bands with verticals) as C21RH from Nauru (OC-031) November 4th to 22nd. Look for him on +/- 14260, 18125, 28885 and 50110 kHz. Logs and updates at http://www.users.on.net/rpearson . QSL via VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia). 11/04/2002: PY1LVF (Vieira), PY1NEW (Pete), PY1NEZ (Lima) and PY1VOY (Rick) will be active between November 4th and 11th from Comprida Island (SA-024, Loc: GG65CA). They will be using the call PR2C or homecall/p. Operation will be 80 through 6 meters, CW and SSB, near the usual DX and IOTA frequencies. QSL direct or bureau, according to the operator's request. [tnx PY1NEZ] 11/05/2002: Phil, G3SWH, reports that he is pleased to announce that he will be back in Madagascar November 5th to 19th, and he expects to be re-issued with his 5R8HA callsign. He expects to be active from various places on the main island (IOTA AF-013) between the 5th and 13th, and from Nosy Komba (IOTA AF-057) between 14th and 19th. This will, as usual, be a holiday type operation with activity limited to when he is able to get on the air, but he will try to be as active as possible on all bands 40-10 meters, CW only. QSL via G3SWH, either direct with SASE and return postage or via the RSGB bureau. [tnx OPDX] 11/06/2002: Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active between 06:00 UTC November 6th to 00:00 UTC November 17th as JI3DST/6 from Tokara Island (AS-049, Kuchino-shima Toshima-mura Kagoshima-gun Kagoshima-ken Japan). Operation will be on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST, direct or bureau. [tnx OPDX] 11/06/2002: Johan, PA3EXX, reports that he will operate as VK4WWI Woody Wallis Island in the Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group (OC-???) between November 6th and 10th. He will then move to Turtle Head (OC-187) and be active November 11th to 12th. QSL via PA3EXX either direct (Johan Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The Netherlands) or through the bureau. Further information is available at http://home.tiscali.nl/~su042021 [tnx 425DXN] 11/07/2002: Rudi, DK7PE, and seven other members of the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club will be operating as CT9DLH between November 7th and 11th from the Madeira Islands (AF-014). Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters using SSB, CW and PSK. QSL via DL4FP. [tnx OPDX] 11/09/2002: Bob, WA4OAB, will be operating as FO/WA4OAB from the islands of Tahiti Iti (OC-046, DIFO FO-002) between November 9th and 10th, and Moorea Island (OC-046, DIFO FO-010) between November 12th and 13th. This is a vacation with the XYL and with a bunch of non-Ham friends, so he will try his best to stick to the schedule below: 22:00 UTC - 10 meters CW - 28050 kHz (will also be calling FISTS), SSB - 28450 kHz; 15 meters CW - 21050 kHz (will also be calling FISTS), SSB - 21325 kHz; 20 meters CW - 14050 kHz (will also be calling FISTS), SSB - 14245 kHz. Activity will depend on conditions as to which band, and he will try to stay awake for 20 meters at 0900z. QSL via the WA4OAB address on QRZ.com. [txn OPDX] 11/09/2002: Alfredo, IK7JWX/p, and other members of the Salento Dx Team will be active November 9th and 10th from the lighthouse "Punta San Cataldo" (WAIL PU-010). Operation will be on 40, 20, 15 meter SSB and CW. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [tnx IK7JWX] 11/10/2002: Joeke, PA0VDV, will be active again as J2/PA0VDV between November 10th and December 2nd, from Curacao (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles. Activity will be only CW on HF bands 80-10 meters with an emphasis on WARC bands. There will be NO activity planned in CQ WW CW Contest. QSL via the bureau or direct to: Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, Netherlands. [tnx OPDX] =============================================== ZL7C is now QRT. Check your logs at http://www.kkn.net/zl7c/ =============================================== 73 and Good Hunting! Dave Raycroft - VA3RJ =============================================== Home of I.C.P.O. 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