Friday, October 18, 2019

IOTA NEWS from DARC

IOTA News from the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

16 October, 2019

Island activities:
IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-014; CT3, Madeira Archipelago: Silva/EA1AP, EA1SA/Alberto, and
Tony/CT1HTU will be active from San Jorge on Madeira Island (DIP
MA-001, PIP MD-001, WLOTA 0053) between Oct. 18 and 26. QRV as CQ9A
on 80 to 6m on CW, SSB, and FT8, with a focus on 60m. QSL via EA1AP
(d), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS.

AS-147; JA8, Hokkaido's Coastal Islands: Makoto/JI5RPT will be signing JI5RPT/8 from Okushiri Island on Oct. 19 and 20. QRV on 630m (on JT9) to 10m. QSL via JI5RPT (d/B), ClubLog.

AS-206; JA1/2/7/0, Honsh's Coastal Islands East: A group of Japanese operators (JG1LFF/2, JG3DOR/2, JJ2ONH/2, and JR2NMA/2) plans to operate from Shino Island (Aichi prefecture) on Oct. 20 (ca. 01z to 0730z) on 80 to 6m (CW, SSB). QSL via homecall.

EU-023; 9H, Malta group: Rene/DL2JRM returns to Malta (WLOTA 1113,
MIA MM-001) from the 18th to 22nd. QRV as 9H3YY, also during the
Worked All Germany Contest. QSL via DL2JRM (d/B).

EU-039; F, Chausey Islands: Fabien/F4GYM and Pierre-Marie/F4FCE
will be active from Grande Ile de Chausey between the 19th and 25th, signing their homecalls/p on 80-10m (SSB, CW, digital modes).
QSL via h/c (d/B).

NA-018; OX, Greenland: Operators Thomas/OZ1AA, Bo/OZ1DJJ,
Dave/OZ5DM, Mikkel/OZ7AKT, and Alex/OZ7AM operate as OX1AA, OX3LX,
OX5DM, OX7AKT, and OX7AM from Kangerlussuaq between Oct. 22 and
Nov. 1. QRV with 4 rigs on 160-10m on CW, SSB, and FT8. During the
contest the group will use the callsign OX7A. QSL for OX3LX via OZ0J (d/B); all others via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS or via OZ1ACB.
https://sites.google.com/view/greenland2018/home

OC-005; VK9, Norfolk Island: Mek/SP7VC (digital modes),
Jacek/SP5EAQ (SSB), and Marcin/SP5ES (CW) activate Norfolk Island
according to the following schedule: Oct. 18 to 28, SP7VC operates as VK9NC Oct. 18 to Nov. 4, SP5EAQ operates as VK9NE Oct. 28 to Nov. 4, SP5ES operates as VK9NG. VK9NE plans to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL for all calls via SP7VC (d/B), LoTW.
http://vk9n-2019.dxing.pl/

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