I.C.P.O. Bulletin (Dec 25, 2003 - Jan 15, 2004)
Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O.
Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year)
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25/12/2003: Mark, VK2GND, will be QRV December 25th to 31st as VK9LD
from Lord Howe (OC-004). Look for him on or around 14273 and 14195 kHz.
QSL via VK2GND. [Tnx 425DXN]
26/12/2003: Kan, AB2RF, will be QRV December 26th to 31st from St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands (NA-106) as KP2/AB2RF. Activity will be on 80
through 6 meter CW, RTTY and SSB. QSL via home call. [Tnx 425DXN]
27/12/2003: Francois, F5JNE, and Claude, F5MCC, will be QRV December
27th, as F5JNE/p, from Sommeville castle (DFCF reference 59251, for the
French Castles Award)in Moneteau town. Activity will be on 40 meter SSB,
beginning around 07:00 UTC. All contacts will also count for Canton:
Auxerre 89003; Ten millions award: 89470; Province: DPF Burgundy; and
Department: DDFM Yonne (89). QSL via F5JNE, direct or bureau. [Tnx
F5NQL]
27/12/2003: Dave, K7HMP/4, plans to activate the Lightship Overfalls
(ARLHS reference USA-573) December 27, 2003, sometime mid to late
morning. Depending on propagation and contacts, later in the day, he
will move to Cape Henlopen State Park and activate Harbor of Refuge
(USA-366) and Delaware Breakwater (USA-222). Dave is also looking into
the "Historic" lights at Cape Henlopen (USA-120) and the Cape Henlopen
Beacon (USA-1186). If he can activate them from a similar location, he
will - otherwise, he may move to a separate location for some short
period of time. If all goes well Dave may stay overnight and also
operate on December 28th. Being a glutton for punishment, he will also
have the data and log sheets ready for Fenwick Island Light (USA-283) if
time and band conditions allow. Activity will primarily be SSB on 20 and
40 meters. QSL via home call (QRZ.com) [Tnx K7HMP]
27/12/2003: Ken, WA8REI/m will simultaneously activate Gravelly Shoal
(ARLHS reference USA-340) and Charity Island (ARLHS USA-943), Michigan,
lighthouses on Lake Huron December 27, 2003. Activity will start at
14:00 UTC and end at approximately 21:00 UTC, on 7.270 and 14.270 MHz
SSB, 7.040 and 14.040 MHz CW. QSL with business size SASE to WA8REI
(QRZ.com). [Tnx WA8REI]
27/12/2003: Jonathan, W1CU, will operate again from Waiheke Island in
New Zealand (OC-201) on his way back to the US. He will be on the air
from approximately 03:00z to 23:00z on December 27th as ZL/W1CU. QSL to
his home call. Jonathan worked about 650 stations on the second day of
the CQWW CW contest from the same site on OC-201. [Tnx W4DKS]
28/12/2003: Look for John, F5VHQ/p, to be QRV from Ile de Cezembre
(EU-157, DIFM MA-008) between December 28th and January 2nd. QSL via
home call. [Tnx 425DXN]
28/12/2003: Ken, JA1CMD (N4XJ), will be QRV December 28th to January
2nd as VK9CA from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003). He will be active on 80
through 10 meter CW and SSB with 100 watts. QSL via JA1CMD or K4ST. [Tnx
425DXN]
28/12/2003: Pete, N2LM, will be active as ZF2PD on Grand Cayman Island
(NA-016) from December 28th through January 8th. Activity will be 80
through 6 meter CW and SSB. Requests for QSL cards can be sent to his
home callsign, N2LM. [Tnx OPDX]
30/12/2003: K4MCE (Mark) and N4KZ (Dave) will operate the special
events station N4Z from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (IOTA NA-106),
between December 30th and January 5th. Their activity will be on 160-6
meters SSB and CW. QSL via N4KZ (QRZ.com). [Tnx OPDX]
01/01/2004: Jean-Louis, F6AGR, from AMSAT-France, reports that
Sebastien, who got his ham license October 31st, will be active for one
year (2004) on AO-40 (and LEOs) from Amsterdam Island (FT1Z, WW Loc.
MF81TX, IOTA AF-002). He also plans to be active on 50 MHz, and on HF as
soon as the French laws permit (he has a no-code license). AMSAT-France
is actively preparing his SAT hardware (dish, 2.4 GHz converter, yagi,
etc., which have to be as light as possible), providing training and
will handle QSL cards. [Tnx OPDX]
01/01/2004: Sara, HA9SD, and Eli, HA9RE, will be active from Tuvalu
(OC-015) between January 1st and 18th (callsign TBA) and from Tonga
(OC-049) as A35RE from 20 January to 4 February. They plan to operate CW
and SSB on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres with two stations. QSL
direct only via HA8IB ("against 2 new IRCs or 2 US"). [Tnx 425DXN]
01/01/2004: W4UC is again going to operate from the Pensacola
Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-592) on Naval Air Station Pensacola (Escambia
county Florida, WW Loc. EM60ii) on January 1, 2004. This will be the
Five Flags Amateur Radio Associations 3rd annual event from the
Lighthouse. FFARA, W4UC, broadcast the very first official Amateur
station from inside the Lighthouse 3 years ago with assistance from the
US Navy and US Coast Guard. January 1st marks a special day as it was on
January 1st in 1859 that the light was first lit in the Pensacola
Lighthouse. W4UC plans on having a minimum of 3 stations operating on 6,
10, 15, 20, 40 meters from 15:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC. For QSL Information,
look up W4UC on QRZ.com. They will be using ARLHS member #844. QSL via
operator's instructions. [Tnx ARLHS BeaconBot]
02/01/2004: IZ8CCW (Antonio) and IZ8FWN (Pietro) will be active as
either Z38M or Z3/homecalls from Macedonia between January 2nd and 6th.
They plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on all bands along with several
members of Z37M. QSL via IZ8CCW. [Tnx 425DXN]
03/01/2004: Jeffrey (KG0VL) and Justin (K9MU) will depart St. Paul, MN,
at 11:30 am on January 1st. Beginning January 3rd, the two operators
will activate Grids EO16 and EO26 for the next couple of weeks.
Operators will sign VE4/K9MU (from EO16) and VE4/KG0VL (from EO26).
Their activity will be on HF, 50, 144 and 903 MHz. Liaison frequency is
7268 kHz (Days) and 3958 kHz (Evenings). Because of increased traffic on
7268, they will also monitor 7265 kHz (+/-). Their interesting travel
plans and planned operation details can be read on the following Web
page at: www.qsl.net/k9mu/ArcticGridExpedition [Tnx OPDX]
04/01/2004: The Radio Club Argentino will provide communications to the
300 participants in the 6th Andes Crossing between January 4th and 15th.
Two HF stations will be active on all bands SSB and CW as LS4M (a prefix
that has not been activated for nearly 20 years). QSL via LU4AA, direct
or bureau. A special award will be issued for five QSOs (any mode, any
band) with LS4M; further information can be requested at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. [Tnx 425DXN]
05/01/2004: Peter, NO2R, has received his callsign/license and will be
active as XU7ACY from Sihanoukville, Cambodia, January 5th to 12th.
Activity will be on 160, 80 and 40 meters exclusively. QSL via K2NJ,
direct. [Tnx OPDX]
11/01/2004: Look for Chris, GM3WOJ, to be active as ZL1CT/4 from
Stewart Island (OC-203), 04:00 UTC January 11th to 10:00 UTC January
15th. Activity will be on 40 and 20 meter SSB only, using 400 watts to
verticals. QSL via N3SL (QRZ.com). [Tnx OPDX]
12/01/2004: Marco, CE6TBN, plans to be active as CE6TBN/8 from Riesco
Island (IOTA SA-031, DICE ICE-804) January 12th through 15th and from
Wellington Island (IOTA SA-032, DICE ICE-802) January 17th through 20th.
Activity will be on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meter SSB, with monoband
verticals antennas and TS-140. QSL via N1IBM (Morris E. Maze III, 847
Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey 08734, USA). [Tnx CE6TBN]
15/01/2004: Martijn, PA3GFE, will be going back to Peru on January 15th
for at least three months and will operate as OA7/PA3GFE in his spare
time. His activity will be on 40 through 6 meters (hopefully also on 80
meters) CW and SSB, with the low and WARC bands as primary interests.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425DXN]
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LOOKING AHEAD -
06/03/2004: Members of the F6KOP ARS of Provins (near Paris) plan to be
active as 5V7C from Lome (Grid Loc. JJ06), Togo, between March 6 and 12,
2004. The crew will consist of Dany, F5CW (one of the last TO4E gang);
Franck, F4AJQ; Pascal, F5TVG; Pascal, F5JSD; Romain, F8BUI; and
Guenther, F5VHQ/OE5TGL. Activity will be on all bands 160 through 6
meter CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via F5TVG (Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box
92, F94223 Charenton Cedex France). [Tnx F5NQL]
08/05/2004: Fredy (DE0MST) and his lighthouse-team (DF9MV, DJ1MHS,
DL5MFL, DL9CHR, 9A2WJ and 9A6AA) plan to activate Plocica Island (IOTA
EU-016, IOCA CI-089) and Lighthouse (WLA LH-0097, CLHA CLH-103, ARLHS
CRO-013, WW Loc. JN83ja) bsetween May 8th and 15th, 2004. The will use
homecall/p. QSL via the individuals home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx
DE0MST]
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NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR 9A3Z -
Denis, 9A3Z, reports that his new e-mail address is
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please make the necessary changes if you
send e-mail to Denis. [Tnx 9A3Z]
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73 and Good Hunting!
Dave Raycroft - VA3RJ
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