IOTA News from OPDX

21 January, 2013

Island activities:

EU-006. Members of the Westnet DX Group will once again be active as EJ7NET from the Aran Islands between May 10-15th. Operators mentioned are Declan/EI6FR, Tony/EI3HA, Tony/EI2GX, Liam/EI7DSB, Dermot/EI5IQ, Tony/EI2KC, Bernhard/HB9ASZ, Rolf/HB9DGV, Gordon/MM0BIM, Barry/GM3YEH, John/GM0DJG and Allan/GM3OZB. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes. QSL via LoTW, or direct to Declan, EI6FR. NO eQSL or Bureau QSLs.

EU-016. Operators ON2AV, Danny/ON4CEZ and Jan/ON7JA will active as
9A/OO7T/p from Brac Island (ACIA IC-657, CIA-04, IOCA CI-010,
MIA MC-042, WLOTA 0416), Croatia, between July 24th and August 2nd. Activity will be on all bands and modes. They will also be an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL is 100% via the Bureau.
No e-QSL.

EU-123. Operators Ken/G0ORH and David/G3KLH will be active as MM3I
from Arran Island (IOSA CL01, SCOTIA CS14), in the Clyde Islands IOTA group between July 22-30th. Activity will include an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). Look for activity on 30/17/12 meters outside of the contest. They also plan some activity on 60 meters (5 MHz). QSL via G0ORH.

OC-285. Ralph, H44RK (aka 5W0W), is going to activate Sikaiana Atoll.
Dates have not been provided. Ralph is currently active from Apia, Somoa, until March 3rd. He is looking for 2-3 operators, but 1 operator must be CW POC. If interested, contact Ralph at ralph.honiara@gmail.com or NR6M at turvin2009@yahoo.com.

SA-096. (Correction) In OPDX.1095, the Web page for the LU6W DXpedition was listed wrong which could have an impact on donations.
It should have been: http://lu6w.yosalite.com

Compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
OPDX