IOTA News from the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
16 February , 2012
Island activities:
AF-004; EA8; Canary Islands:
Luis/EA8AY uses special call EF8USA on Teneriffa(DIE S-012, WLOTA 1276, EAA TF) in ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB).
QSL via LoTW only. http://www.ea8ay.com/ef8x/
AF-014; CT3; Madeira Archipelgio:
Several stations are announced to be in ARRL DX CW Contest (18./19. February) active on Madeira:
Look for CR3A operated by Tibor/OM3RM from Funchal (DIP MA-001, PIP MD-001, WLOTA 0053). Before contest he uses CT9/OM3RM on all HF-bands. QSL CR3A via CT3EE. QSL CT9/OM3RM via homecall (d/B).
Uli/DJ2YA, Falk/DK7YY, Ulf/DL5AXX, Tom/DL5LYM, and Frank/DL8WAA will sign CR3L in contest (Multi-2). They operate from Santana, Ilha da Madeira (DIP MA-001, PIP MD-001, WLOTA 0053). QSL via DJ6QT(d/B). http://cq3l.de/viewpage.php?page_id=1
Julius, CT9/OM7JG will also be on SOAB LP from Madeira (AF-014, DIP MA-001, PIP MD-001, WLOTA 0053). QSL via homecall (d/B).
AF-042; EA9; Alboran Island:
EA3ATM/Jordi, EA3DW/Jaume, EA3NT/Christian, EA3OR/Ramon, and EA5KA/ Raul will go to Alboran Island (DIE: S-001, FEA: E-0086, WLOTA: 1061, ARLHS: SPA-145, DME: 04013, GRID: IM85LW) February 16th through 20th.
They will operate 3 stations on HF for CW and SSB to let all IOTA collectors have a chance. Callsign will be EG3INT/7. The IOTA-Directory presents the island as EA9. In 2006 the island was allocated to the province of Almeria, therefor the call EG3INT/7 was defined by the Spanish administration. IOTA comitee was informed about the change but did not change the directory. So also IOTA allocation AF-042 will be used. QSL via EA5KA (d/B).
EU-002, OH0; Aland Islands:
Also in ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB) find OH0X by Pekka/OH2TA on Brando Island. QSL via OH2TA (d/B).
EU-021, TF; Iceland:
Siggi/TF3CW will be in ARRL DX CW SOSB from Seltjarnarnes (WLOTA 2975). QSL, direct only, via LX1NO.
EU-175; CU3-7; Central group:
14. through 22. February Mario/DL2UX will be on Graciosa Island (DIP AZ-004, PIP AC-004, WLOTA 0113). He will be engaged in triathlon and as CT8/DL2UX on the HF bands to train operating a pile up.
QSL via homecall (d/B).
NA-045; XE3; Quintataroo State North group:
Keith, XE3/K5ENS, operates on Mujeres Island (WFF XEFF-020, WLOTA 1716, ARLHS MEX-139) through April 1st, 2012 mainly in his evening hours on 14.260 +-QRM. For a paper QSL send to the address on Mujeres (QRZ.COM). He will upload his QSOs to LoTW and eQSL.
SA-064; CE7; Aisen Region Centre group:
Marco/CT1TBN will be active from Huichas Islands February 18th – 20th with a focus on SSB (and some CW) on 20, 15 and 10m.
QSL via homecall (d/B).
Compiled by Klaus, DL7UXG
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de
Article source: http://www.southgatearc.org/iota/2012/darc/february_16.htm
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