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Monday, September 8, 2014


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IOTA News from OPDX

8 September, 2014

Island activities:
AF-019. (Update to OPDX.1153) The IG9Y Lampedusa Contest Team will continue the fun of last year and enter in this year's CQWW DX CW+SSB Contests from the same northern location on the Island of Lampedusa - ZONE 33 (African Italy) with two international Multi/Multi teams of about 30 operators in total using the new callsign: IO9Y. All info can be found on the IG9Y-LCT Web site
at: http://ig9y.com
ADDED NOTE: IG9Y is a lone African Entity that counts in the CQDX Marathon!!!
OC-021. Budi, YF1AR, is now active as YF1AR/p for the next several
weeks on the weekends from Java Island. His activity will be dedicated to 80m night-time operations and during his sparetime on 40m daytime. He mentions that his antenna is a vertical full size on a 20m aluminium tubing put over the sea, 20m away from the beach on the Java Sea. Radio is a Yaesu FT450D with tuner using 100 watts. QSL via N2OO or use the OQRS on ClubLog. For more details and updates, see:
http://www.yf1ar.com/2014/09/yf1arp-qrv-dedicated-80m-band.html
OC-133. Saty, JE1JKL, will once again be active as 9M6NA from Labuan
Island, East Malaysia, during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW, or to JE1JKL, by the Bureao or direct. To see his station, visit:
http://jsfc.org/je1jkl/9m6na.html
LA-QRP-IOTA-EXPEDITION. Frank, DH0JAE, will be active as LA/DH0JAE from several Norway IOTAs between September 8-20th. IOTAs mentioned are Donna Island (EU-062), Froya Island (EU-036), More OG Romsdal County Center Group (EU-056) and More OG Romsdal County South Group (EU-079). Frank states, "For the expedition your paper-QSL is not needed. I take these for my fun and for the hams in the world." QSL via his home callsign, direct (EU 0.75 EURO, DX 1 IRC or 1 green stamp) --- all others return via Bureau. He does use LoTW. A log search is available via ClubLog:
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/LA/DH0JAE
Compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW OPDX
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