Friday, February 7, 2020

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IOTA News from the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

5 February 2020

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-063; 5H, Pemba Island: Operators Karel/OK2WM, Lubo/OM5ZW,
Tami/OM5MF, Jozef/OM4AZF, Steve/OM5AA, Neno/9A5N, and Les/SP9LJD,
all members of the Low Bands Contest Club, plan to activate Pemba Island as 5H4WZ from Feb. 6 to 18 with two rigs on 160 to 10m. They will also be present in the ARRL DX CW and the CQ WPX RTTY contests. QSL via OM3PA (d/B), ClubLog OQRS, LoTW.
http://om7m.org/dxpeditions/pemba/

NA-057; HR, Bahia Islands: Dave/VE3VSM operates as VE3VSM/HR9 from
Roatan Island between the 11th and 23rd. QRV mostly on 20 and 15m (CW), and during the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via VE3VSM, LoTW.

NA-105; FS, St Martin: Mikhail/VE7ACN activates St. Martin (DIFO FS-001, WLOTA 0383) as FS/RW0CN from the 9th to 16th. QRV on HF (CW, some SSB and FT8). He also plans a one or two day trip to NA-199. QSL via VE7ACN (d/B), ClubLog OQRS.

NA-109; J8, St Vincent: David/WJ2O stays on St. Vincent (WLOTA 0492) from the 9th to the 20th and operates as J8/WJ2O on HF (CW, FT8), with a focus on the WARC bands. He also plans to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via N2ZN (d/B).

NA-153; XE3, Yucatan State group: Patricia/XE1SPM, Ismael/ XE1AY,
Rey/XE1SRD, Ricardo/ XE1SY, and Eduardo/XE2YW activate Isla Perez
(WLOTA 0810, ARLHS MEX-085, WW Loc. EL52dj) from the 11th to 17th.
QRV as 6F3A from the Arrecife Alacranes National Park (XEFF-0002) with three rigs on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, and 6m. QSL via XE1SY (d/B).

NA-199; FS, St Martin's Coastal Islands: FS/VE7ACN will be active for one or two days between Feb. 9 and 16 from Tintamarre Island (DIFO FS-002). QRV on 80-10m on CW, with some SSB and FT8. QSL via VE7ACN (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS.

SA-006; PJ4, Bonaire Island: Scott/NE9U operates from Bonaire Island (WLOTA 1279) between Feb. 8 and 22 as PJ4/NE9U. For the ARRL DX CW Contest he will be joined by K1TO, K2NG, and KK9K. The group will participate in the contest as PJ4A. QSL for PJ4/NE9U via NE9U (d/B), LoTW;
 PJ4A via K4BAI (d/B), LoTW.

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