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IOTA News from OPDX 21 July, 2014 Island activities: AS-014. Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will once again be active as A43MI from Masirah Island between August 7-11th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via A47RS, direct or by the Bureau. Visit the ROARS's URL pages at: http://www.a47rs.org/welcome_en.html https://twitter.com/a47rs https://www.facebook.com/a47rs AS-150. Operators Dale/BA4TB, Gu/BD4TS, Weihai/BD4SS and Xingang/ BH4TVU will be active from Lingshan Island between July 24-27th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. Also, look for BA4TB to be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Bad/Mix-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via their home callsigns. EU-014. Noel, ON4APU/OO4O, will be active as TK/OO4O from Corsica during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau. EU-016. Operators Damir/9A3NY, Josip/9A5AX, Niksa/9A5BNC, Frane/9A5V, Aleksandar/9A3EAM, Tihomir/9A4BL, Ivo/9A4AO and Tommaso/IZ7ECL will be active as 9A4J/P from Lokrum Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via 9A4J, by the Bureau or direct to: Radio Club 'DUBROVACKO PRIMORJE', P.O. Box 168, DUBROVNIK HR-20000, Croatia. EU-024. Operators Sergio/IS0SSY, Sauro/IK5EKB and Salvatore/IK8UND will be active as IS0SSY from Sardinia during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via IS0SSY. EU-025. Joe, IT9RZU, will be active from Sicily Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/CW-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or LoTW. EU-031. Operators Tony, IC8FBU, will be active from Capri Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single- Op/CW-Mode/12-HRS entry. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. EU-124. Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society (BARS) will once again activate Flatholm Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) using the callsign GW8K as a Multi-Op/Island-DXpedition/ 24HRS/ Low-Power entry. Operators mentioned are Philip/MW0DHF, Steven/MW0VRQ and George/MW0TDQ. QSL via MW0DHF, direct or by the Bureau. EU-133. Andrew, RN1CW, will be active as RN1CW/P from Kotlin Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via his home callsign. EU-136. Operators Ivan/9A3IVO, Kordic/9A4KJ and Siranovic/9A5MR will be active as 9A1RAB from Rab Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op(???)/CW-Mode/24-Hrs/Low-Power entry. QSL via 9A2EU. EU-158. Operators Antony/SV1OAN, Panagiotis/SV1IZF and Panos/SV1COX will be active as SX3AM from Agios Mariani during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/All-Band/DXpedition/ QRP/Mixed-Mode/Battery-Power entry. QSL via SV1COX. EU-168. Operators Nigel/G3TXF and Ian/G3WVG will be active as TF/G3TXF from Grimsey Island, on the Arctic Circle, off the north coast of Iceland, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/CW-Mode entry. The TF/G3TXF IOTA Contest Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog and LoTW. DO NOT QSL via direct or by the Bureau. Use OQRS on Club Log to request your Bureau or direct QSL. It's faster and costs nothing. For more details and update, see: http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/TF-Jul-14/TF-Jul-14.html NA-046. Howard, K1VSJ, will once again be active from Martha's Vineyard during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/ Mixed-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. NA-122. Member of the Hotel India DX Club will be active as HI2DX from Saona Island between November 19-23rd (tentative dates). Operators mentioned are Joe/HI3A (Team Leader), Tino/HI3CC (Co-Leader), Ez/HI3EPR, Edwin/HI3K, Jose/HI3LCG, Franky/HI3TT, Miguel/HI7MC, Rafael/HI8A, Sergio/HI8AR, Joe/HI8C, Alfredo/HI8CR, Elio/HI8EFS, Julio/HI8JQE, Juan/HI8JSG, Rafael/HI8KW, Rig/HI8RD, Daniel/K1TO, Dave/K3LP, Paul/K9PG, Ray/N9JA and Danny/W4UH. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. They will have 10 stations on the air using dipoles, verticals and other various antennas. QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX, for direct requests and Bureau QSLs. A OQRS is available. For more details and updates, watch the following URL links: http://www.facebook.com/hi2dx https://twitter.com/#HI2DX http://qrz.com/db/hi2dx * http://saonadxpedition2014.com * Not working as of press time......... NA-126. After a 2 years absence, operators YL Helen/VA1YL, Fred/VE1FA, Alphonse/VO1NO, William/VE1MR, YL Lynn/VE1ENT, Michel/VE2MM, Lowell/VY2OX, Wayne/VE1BAB and Rich/VA1CHP will be active as VC1S from Bon Portage Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition entry. QSL via VA1YL. NA-136. Operators Adam/W1ASB, Bogdan/W4EEH and Wieslaw/SP4Z will be active as W1Z from Ram Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op entry. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via W1ASB. Compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW OPDX RSGB IOTA website Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club