IOTA News 9 Dec 2019

IOTA News from OPDX 9 December, 2019 Island activities:   AF-063. Members of Low Bands Contest Club (OM7M) will take part in a DXpedition to Pemba Island, Tanzania, between February 6-18th, 2020. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. They will also take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16th) and the CQ WPX RTTY Contest (February 8-9th). Operators will use 2x K3 TCVR, 1xTS590 with 2xPA Expert 1K3 PA and Vertical antennas for HF bands. The license is issued and the callsign will be 5H4WZ. Operators mentioned are Karel/OK2WM, Lubo/OM5ZW, YL Margita/OM5MF, Jozef/OM4AZF and Leszek/SP9LJD. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog (https://clublog.org/charts/?c=5H4WZ). QSL via OM3PA. More details will be forthcoming.   EU-008. (Early Announcement) Ray, M0DHP, will be active as MM2U from Skye Island, Scotland, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th, 2020). QSL via LoTW.   NA-057. Thomas, N9EAW, is active as N9EAW/HR9 from Roatan Island, Honduras, until December 22nd. Activity will be holiday style and mainly on 20 meters SSB using a Yaesu FT-450D into a ZS6BKW multi-band wire dipole at 35 feet. QSL via his home address on QRZ.com.   SA-023. Ron, PP2RON, will be active as PY6/PP2RON from Itaparica Island in Bahia State between December 20th and January 1st, 2020. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and possibly FT8. QSL via his home callsign. direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.   PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club