IOTA News from the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
3 January, 2013

Island activities:

AF-017; 3B9; Rodrigues Island:
Until January 7, Juha/OH1LEG will be active from Rodrigues Island as 3B9/OH1LEG. He's operating on 160 - 10 Meter in SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via OH1LEG (d).

AS-079; JA6; Miyako Island:
From Miyako Island, Take/JS6RRR will be active until January 7. He also uses the callsigns JI3DST/JS6 and JA3YEC/JS6. Activities take place on the HF bands in SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL JS6RRR via JS6RRR (B), JI3DST/JS6 via JI3DST (B). JA3YEC/JS6 QSLs will be sent via the bureau.

NA-073; V3; Corozal/ Belize District group & NA-123; V3; Turneffe Islands:
Markus/DJ4EL will be in Belize January 3-17 and plans to activate two IOTA groups as V31ME. From January 3-5 he's QRV from Abergris Caye (NA-073) and January 5 - 12 he's on Long Caye (NA-123; Lighthouse Atoll). After that he'll be back on Abergis Caye (NA-073) until January 17th. He will use wire antennas and 100W for his SSB operations
on 10 - 40m. QSL via DJ4EL (d/B).

SA-096; LU; Chubut Province North group:
Cezar/VE3LYC, Johan/PA3EXX, Alex/LU5WW and Luc/LU1FAM are attempting the first activation of Isla Escondida as LU6W from January 2 - 6. They have tough logistical challenges to master and are not absolutely sure whether the operation will succeed. If they manage to get on the air, they will be operating with two stations on the HF bands.
QSL via VE3LYC (d/B) Online Log auf ClubLog.
http://lu6w.yolasite.com/

IOTA frequencies:
CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530
SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3755


Compiled by Klaus, DL7UXG
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de

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