IOTA News from OPDX
7 July, 2014
Island activities:
AF-040. Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as 5Z4/DJ4EL from Lamu Island,
Kenya, between October 4-19th. Activity will be on 40-10
meters using SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by
the Bureau. QSL also via the LoTW.
AS-081. Operators Sung/HL5YI, Ho-Jong/DS5ACV, Rho/DS5BRE, Kim/DS5DNO
and Tae-Hong/DS5QLJ will be active as homecall/p from Kadok
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a High-
Power/24-HRS entry. QSL via their home callsigns, by the
Bureau, direct or LoTW.
EU-016. Tom, 9A2CU, who lives in the city of Zagreb, the capital city
of Croatia, is currently operating from the Island of Hvar in
the Adriatic Sea (WW Loc. JN83HE and IOCA CI-028) and will stay
there approximately until mid-July. He states, "I'm trying to
be active on HF bands as the time permits (mostly CW on 40, 20
and 15 meters, depending on propagation conditions, mainly
after 1900 UTC)." Operations is good towards the "Islands Of
Croatia Award" (IOCA). Visit his Web page for more details
and updates at:
http://www.hamqth.com/9A2CU
For more details on the IOCA, see:
Rules:
http://ioca.hamradio.hr/images/pdf/ioca_pravila_1.pdf
(in Croatian only for now, use Google translate please).
An
older version of rules in English also exists at:
http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/IOCA_IOTA/rule.htm
He states, "the best way to check the rules is to contact
9A3SM, the Awards' manager." Islands list is available at:
Sorted by CI numbers --
http://ioca.hamradio.hr/images/pdf/
ioca_list_of_islands_by_ci_number.pdf
Sorted alphabetical --
http://ioca.hamradio.hr/images/pdf/
ioca_list_of_islands_alphabetical_order.pdf
EU-057. Joachim, DL5KUD, will once again be active from Ruegen Island
(O-07 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/CW/12-HRS/Low-Power entry. QSL
via DL5KUD, by the Bureau or OQRS.
EU-146. Louis, PA0LCE, and members of the UBA/WRC will be active as
PF14A from Schouwen Duiveland, Netherlands, during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-op entry. QSL via ON4ON.
EU-162. Operators RZ1ZZ, RA1ZZ, UA1ZZ, UA1ZKI, RD1A, R1AZ, RA3AV,
RK3AW, RZ5D, RT2D, R3LA, RW3QNZ, RX3QP, RG3K and UA3QPA will
be active as RI1N from the Glov Island, European Russia,
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition/24-HRS/High-Power entry. QSL via RT2D.
NA-069. Jens-Christian, DL2RMM, will be active as K2RMM/4 from Sanibel
Island, Florida, between July 20th and August 1st. Activity
will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via
DL2RMM only.
NA-083. Art, NN7A, will operate as NN7A/4 from Chincoteague Island
between July 7-13th. Activity will be all CW and holiday
style running 100 watts into a wire and vertical antennas.
QSL via NN7A, direct or by the Bureau.
NA-083. Carroll, KS4TL, will be active as K4P from Chincoteague Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Island entry. This is a special event station in honor of the
Chincoteague's 89th Annual Pony Swim, July 21st- August 4th.
QSL via KS4TL.
NA-092. Operators Ron/K5HM and Matt/K5NGU will be active as N5T from
Mustang Island (USI TX-011S, Nueces County, Texas) during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/Island entry.
QSL via N5T.
NEW IOTAs ANNOUNCED.
Several sources are reporting that 11 new IOTAs
have been announced to coincide with the 50th anniversary IOTA convention. They are:
1) AF-118P - Los Farallones and Jaegerschmidt, Morocco (CN)
2) NA-247P - St. Maarten's Coastal Islands (PJ7)
3) AF-119P - Coetivy Island, Seychelles (S7)
4) EU-190P - Viktoriya Island, Franz Josef Land (RI1)
5) OC-296P - Tobi and Helen, Palau (T8)
6) AS-200P - Shikoku Coastal Islands, Japan (JA5)
7) AS-201P - Sea of Marmara Island, Turkey (TA)
8) AS-202P - Hawar Island, Bahrain (A9)
9) AS-203P - Sea of Okhotsk Coast Group, Asiatic Russia (UA0X)
10) EU-191P - Fericirii Island, Romania [split with Ukraine] (YO)
11) NA-248P - Nunavut (Devon) Island, Canada (VY0)
Compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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