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SENEGAL. Al, F5VHJ, will be active as 6W1RY during the CQ World-Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/High- Power entry. QSL via F5VHJ.
EU-052. Gerard, F2VX, is active as SV8/F2VX from Cephalonie until August 3rd. QSL via his home callsign.
EU-084. John, G3LAS, will be active as SM/G3LAS from Fogdo Island, July 24-29th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via his home callsign.
EU-091. (UPDATE) Members of the Strange Radio Team will be active from Sant'Andrea Island (WAIL PU023, ARLHS ITA084, WLOTA LH0075, IIA LE001 and WWLOC JN80XB) as IQ8OM/7 (Headquarter' s callsign) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). Operators mentioned are: IZ0BTV, IZ7AUH, IZ7CDB, IZ7LDC, IZ8GGF, IK8WEJ, IZ8EQF and IW8EQS. QSL via IZ8EDJ.
EU-149. Operators Tonu/ES2DW, Toivo/ES2RR, Tonno/ES5TV, Mart/ES3BM, Tiit/ES4BG, Juri/ES5JR, Juhan/ES5QX, Viljar/ES3VL, ES7GM, Juri/ES5GP, Juha/OH1JT will be active as ES2Q from Keri Island, Estonia, in the Finnish Gulf, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/Expedition entry. QSL via ES5JR. For more info checkout: http://www.es2q. com
EU-165. Operators Miro/IS0UNG, Piergiorgio/ IS0SDX, Marco/IS0UWX, Ugo/IS0XUM, Gianni/IS0IGV, Simone/IS0HFE, Giovanni/IS0PGF, Simone/IS0AFM, Gianni/IS0XDA, Giuseppe/IS0MKX, Marco/IS0KEB and Marco/IS0ZOD will be active as IM0S from Asinara (IIA SS-061) between July 24-27th. QSL Manager is IS0UWX. QSL via the Bureau or direct to: Marco Murtas, Via Bandello, 19, 09131 CAGLIARI, Sardinia Island - ITALY.
NA-029. Operator Ken/K6LA will operate from Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada using the VY2TT superstation (Grid Square FN76vs, CISA PE-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/High- Power/Mixed entry. QSL via K6LA.
NA-137. Several members of the Long Island DX Society will be active as N1LI from Long Island, Maine, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via N1LI (see QRZ.com).
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Operators Doug/KD8CAO and John/K8YSE will activate the Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner (USA-1077) and Grand Haven South Pierhead Outer (USA-1078) Michigan Lighthouses during the ARLHS 2008 National Lighthouse-Lightshi p Week, August 2-9th. Operation from Grand Haven will be on August 2nd. On August 3d, they will try to activate other Lake Michigan lighthouses. Look for them on all HF bands. Satellite operations on AO-51, SO-50 and AO-27 are a possibility. QSL via K8YSE.
Look for TC17GS QSL cards/Awards to be sent direct via mail or by the bureau starting at the end of August. More details are available at: http://www.ta0u. com/detay.asp?id=3D4268
EUROPEAN RUSSIA (Special Event). Look for special event station R15RRC to be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). Activity is to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Russian Robinson Club foundation. QSL cards will be sent to all stations in the log automatically (please, provide your logs to contest committee!) ADDED NOTE: A special award - "15 Years to RRC" - will be available to everyone who made 13 QSOs (with stations involved in the Russian Robinson Club Awards programs [please see http://www.hamradio .ru/rrc ]: RRA, RLHA, RMA, RFFA (WFF), including KL7DX and other special RRC expeditions) during 2008 year + 2 (confirmed) QSOs with the R15RRC station (different modes/bands/ QTHs are possible). Totally - 15 QSOs. Application form with 3 IRCs should be sent to Eugene, RZ3EC.
SMITHSONIAN STATION GOING QRT. "The Daily DX" reports: "The Smithsonian
Institution' s National Museum of American History Amateur Radio station NN3SI will be going QRT on July 31st. The club has been trying for several months to come up with a solution to keep this icon on the air. Annually the museum has three million visitors, many getting a first time exposure to Amateur Radio. NN3SI has been QRV for the last 32 years. Starting today through the end of the month the station will be active before finally shutting down. Starting around 1315z, activity will begin on 40 meters. Watch the following frequencies for possible activity: 3840, 7240, 14240, 21340 and 28440 kHz (+/-). They may also be on PSK." QSL info and more details are available at: http://www.qrz. com/NN3SI
TURKEY. Urcun, TA0U, informs OPDX that he will be active in the European HF Championship on August 2nd, between 1200-2359z, as a SSB/ Low Power Category. For more information, and the rules for the Champion- ship, visit the following link: http://www.ta0u. com/detay. asp?id=3D4273
TUNISIA (Special Event). Look for TS28ASJ to be active until August 3rd. Activity is from the 28th Arab Scout Jamboree in Tunisia. Operations are expected to be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, RRTY, PSK and SSTV. QSNs show this station was very active on 20 meters this past week. QSL via the Tunisian Bureau. PLEASE NOTE: Sending green stamps or any other legal currencies via the mail to Tunisia is strictly forbidden. IRCs are
preferred and acceptable.
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SPECIAL EVENT call TM0FIL will be aired on all bands and modes from 28 July to 10 August for the 38th Festival Inter-celtique de Lorient (http://www.festival -interceltique. com/). QSL via F6KPQ. [TNX F8REF].
NEW CALEDONIA (OC-032) - Jean-Louis, F5NHJ will be active as FK/F5NHJ from New Caledonia (OC-032) on 12-29 August. He plans to concentrate on 30 metres CW and digital modes; side trips to other FK islands are possible. Logs will be posted at http://www.f5nhj. fr/logsearch and uploaded to LoTW. [TNX F5NQL].
JERSEY (EU-013) - Oliver/OE5OHO, Henry/OE5HDN and Gerhard/OE3GEA will be active holiday style as MJ/homecall from Jersey (EU-013) on 21-26 August. They will operate CW and SSB on all HF bands. QSL via bureau to home calls. [TNX OE5OHO].
HUKSAN ISLANDS (AS-093) - Members of the Gwangju DX Club (6L0NJ) will be active as 6L0NJ/4 from the Huksan Islands (AS-093) on 15-18 August. Activity will be on all HF bands using SSB, CW and various digital modes. QSL via HL4XM. [TNX DS4GGM].
SPECIAL EVENT - In 1928 the two villages of Albese and Cassano merged to form the new town of Albese con Cassano (Como). To celebrate that anniversary, special event callsign II2AV will be used on all bands and modes from 1 August to 14 September. QSL via IZ2HPZ, direct or bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT - Special event station II5EME will be active on 1-15 August for the 13th International EME Conference that will take place in Florence on 8-10 August. QSL via IW5EIJ, direct or bureau. Detailed information on the conference can be found at http://www.ari- crt.it/eme2008/ [TNX IW5EIJ]
ASINARA ISLAND (EU-165) - Twelve operators from ARI Cagliari are active as IM0S from Cala Reale, Asinara Island (EU-165, IIA SS-061) until 27 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via IS0UWX, direct or bureau. On-line logs and further information can be found at http://www.arica. it/asinara2008/ asinara_home. htm
SPITSBERGEN - Niels, OZ8KR is going to visit Spitsbergen (EU-026) for the third time, and will operate SSB as JW/OZ8KR from the club station at Longyearbyen on 12-13 and 16-17 August. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ8KR].
KH2 - Look for KH2/JJ1CCE, KH2/JH3AAZ, KH2/JK7TKE and K6IAA/KH2 to be active holiday style from Guam (OC-026) on 2-3 August. QSL K6IAA/KH2 via JK1IAS, others via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K].
KL - Sergey, VK2IMM will be active as KL7/VK2IMM from Sitka, Baranof Island (NA-041) until 28 July, IOTA Contest included. CW is his preferred mode. QSL via bureau to home call (information on direct QSLling can be found at http://www.qrz. com/vk2imm).
OD - The Lebanon Cedar has always been the national emblem of Lebanon, and it is seen on the national flag. The Radio Amateurs of Lebanon (RAL, http://ral.org. lb/) will be holding a special event Field Day operation on 2-3 August at the Cedar Mountains (2000m a.s.l.). Look for OD5ARZ to operate on all bands and modes. QSL via K3IRV. [TNX OD5TE].
OZ - Jens, DL8WOW will be active as OZ/DL8WOW from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on 3-15 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota. org]
PA - Martin, PA2RUS and other operators will be active as PA66AW from about 10 UTC on 20 September until about 10 UTC on the 21st. This special callsign's suffix stands for Atlantic Wall, the system of coastal fortifications built by the German Third Reich in 1942-44 along the western coast of Europe to defend against an anticipated invasion of the continent from Great Britain. Expect activity on 80, 40, 20 and 2 metres SSB. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Detailed information can be found at
http://www.pa66aw. nl [TNX PA2RUS]
PY - Xavier, PY7ZY will be on Sao Luis Island (SA-016) on 25-30 July and will try to guest operate as PY7ZY/PR8 for a few hours. CW is his preferred mode. QSL via home call. [TNX PT7WA].
PY - Ricardo, PY6RA will be active from Itaparica Island (SA-023) on 25-28 July. He plans to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [TNX www.rsgbiota. org].
PY - Marcelo, PY6KW will participate in the IOTA Contest as PT6T from the lighthouse at Morro de Sao Paulo on Tinhare Island (SA-080). It will be a 12-hour entry and will operate SSB with 100 watts into a G5RV. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PY6KW].
TF - Martin/G3ZAY, Dominic/M0BLF and Chris/M0SCH will be in Iceland on 2-9 August and plan to be QRV as TF/homecalls from Grimsey (EU-168) from the 4th to the 6th. There may be some other activity from the main island (EU-021). QSL via home calls. [TNX G3ZAY].
UR - UR0GK, UR3GO, UR4LTX, US0GH, US3QQ, US4LGW, UV5QQ, UY5HF and UZ2LL are active as homecall/p from the Kalanchakskiye Islands (EU-179) until 28 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as UW0G. All of the contest QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX UY5LW].
UA - Vasily, RU3SD and Serge, RA3RGQ will be active as RU3SD/1 and RA3RGQ/1 from Yakostrov (EU-147) on 25-28 July, IOTA Contest included. [TNX The Daily DX].
UA - Mike/UA1QV, Vasiliy/RW4NW, Igor/UA9KDF and Albert/UA1PBU are planning a 2-month travel starting in late July or early August. Their target IOTA groups are AS-068, AS-086, AS-087, AS-104 and maybe others. Callsigns should be RZ1QXA/1, /9, /0, /mm (QSL via UA1QV) and UE1RFF/1, /0, /mm (QSL via UA1RJ). [TNX UA1QV].
UR - Alex, UR5FAV will be active on all bands and modes as UR5FAV/p from Ochakovskiy Island (EU-182) on 25-27 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX UR5FAV].
UR - A large group of operators from Ukraine and Moldova (namely UR5FEL, US0ZZ, UT0FT, UT0NT, UT4FJ, UT4ZG, ER1DA, ER3AI, ER3DW, ER3DX, ER3GS, ER3OO and ER3ZZ) will be active as homecall/p and UT/homecall/ p from Berezan Island (EU-179) until 29 July. QSL via home calls. Plans are to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres, plus possibly 6m,, and to participate in the IOTA Contest as UW2F/p (QSL via UT0FT direct or bureau). [TNX UT0FT].
UR - Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the UR-QRP Club, special event callsign EM10QRP will be active until 4 August. QSL via UT2AB, direct or bureau. [TNX UT2AB].
VP8 - A group of YL operators will be active from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) on 17-31 January 2009. They will be using VP8YLx callsigns, with the third character of the suffix assigned to each lady at the event start. Further information will be available at http://www.radioclu bs.net/aa_ vp8yl_/ in due course. [TNX G0GFL].
VP9 - Gino, IK2RZP will be active as VP9/IK2RZP from Bermuda (NA-005) on 5-22 August. He will operate on 40-10 metres, with an emphasis on RTTy and 30 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK2RZP].
RSGB IOTA CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (from 12 UTC on 26 July through 12 UTC on the 27th). For lastest additions please give a look at www.rsgbiota. org, at the IOTW Calendar maintained by John, WD8MGQ (www.islandchaser. com/iotw/ calendar2/ ) and at the announced operation lists maintained by Ric, DL2VFR (http://www.iota- post.com/) and Bill, NG3K
(http://www.ng3k. com/Misc/ iota2008. html). Other groups will be activated during the weekend, but advance information did not mention if the operators participate in the contest. Full details on the IOTA Contest can be found at http://www.iotacont est.com/
SWLs please note that the IOTA SWL Contest, discontinued in 2005, has been picked up by the Mediterraneo DX Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest. Please visit http://www.mdxc. org/swl/iota- 2008.php (dedicated piece of software included). Good luck to you all!
Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL VIA Island
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AF-004 AN8L EC8AMI Lobos
AF-014 CT3/DF1LON DF1LON Madeira
AF-047 CQ9U CT1BOL Selvagem Grande
AS-004 C4W 5B4WN Cyprus
AS-004 P3J 5B4AHJ Cyprus
AS-020 BX5AA BX5AA Taiwan
AS-024 JA1YUC/6 JA1YUC Kuroshima
AS-066 RK0LWW/p RK0LWW Reyneke
AS-081 DT5A DT5A Ha
AS-105 6M0HZ/2 HL1IWD Kangwha
AS-105 HL2UOK HL2UOK Yongjong
AS-117 8J9HGR JH9UYZ Hegura
AS-131 B7P/7 BD7IXG Hailing
AS-154 TA0GI TA2MW Giresun
AS-159 YM0T TA2RC Kefken
EU-001 SX5P SV5FRD Rhodes
EU-003 CU1T CT1GFK Sao Miguel
EU-003 CU2A OH2BH Sao Miguel
EU-006 EJ0GI EI2SDR Aran
EU-008 GM2T GM4UYZ Tiree
EU-008 GM2Z MM0DFV Colonsay
EU-008 GM4A MM0DFV Colonsay
EU-008 GM7A GM7AAJ Kerrera
EU-008 MM3KBU/p M3KBU Skye
EU-008 MM3T - Islay
EU-010 GM7V M0CMK Benbecula
EU-013 GJ2A K2WR or GJ3DVC Jersey
EU-013 GJ6YB G3SWH Jersey
EU-015 J49A SV9GPV Crete
EU-015 SV9/OK6Y OK2PTZ Crete
EU-020 SA1A SM1TDE Gotland
EU-025 IR9Y IT9ABY Sicily
EU-026 JW7QIA LA7QIA Spitsbergen
EU-028 IA5/IV3LZQ IV3LZQ Capraia
EU-028 IA5/IV3PUT IV3PUT Capraia
EU-028 IA5K IZ5BTC Elba
EU-029 OZ/DK2BR DK2BR Mon
EU-030 5Q2T OZ0J Bornholm
EU-030 OZ/DL6MHW DL6MHW Bornholm
EU-031 IC8R IC8OZM Procida
EU-034 ES0U Saaremaa
EU-038 PA/ON6QR ON6QR Vlieland
EU-038 PA0HFT PA0HFT Terschelling
EU-041 IM0/IZ3DBA IZ3DBA Maddalena
EU-043 SM6EQO/p SM6EQO Styrso
EU-055 LA/DL7AT DL7AT Bomlo
EU-055 LA6Q LA9VDA Vagsoy
EU-057 DL/PA1TT/p PA1TT Ruegen
EU-058 F/DL3OCH/p DL3OCH Sainte Marguerite
EU-064 TM7C F6KOP Noirmoutier
EU-072 J48JJ HA7JJS Skopelos
EU-072 J48NL HA6NL Skopelos
EU-072 J48P HA7PL Skopelos
EU-072 J48PS HA6PS Skopelos
EU-077 AM1S EA1OS Sisarga Grande
EU-084 SK0HS/0 SM0MPV Blido
EU-084 SM/G3LAS G3LAS Fogdo
EU-088 OZ8MW/p OZ8MW Anholt
EU-091 I8LWL/7 I8LWL Grande di Porto Cesareo
EU-091 IQ8OM/7 IZ8EDJ Sant'Andrea
EU-099 MJ0X M3ZYZ Les Minquiers
EU-109 M0OVL/p M0OVL Longstone
EU-115 EI0W EI2JD Ireland
EU-116 MD4K G3NKC Man
EU-122 GI0MPG GI0MPG Rathlin
EU-122 GI3YS MM0DHQ Rathlin
EU-123 GM5C GM0SEI Great Cumbrae
EU-123 MM3M G3VCQ Arran
EU-125 OZ0FR DL2VFR Romo
EU-127 DA0T/P bureau Neuwerk
EU-127 DL5XL/p DL5XL Helgoland
EU-128 DL5XAT/p DL5XAT Fehmarn
EU-129 DR6IOTA DM5DX Usedom
EU-131 IW3HVB/3 IW3HVB Fisolo
EU-132 SP7VC/1 SP7VC Wolin
EU-132 SP8RX/1 DJ0IF Wolin
EU-133 RI1AA UA1AIR Bol'shoy Berezovyy
EU-133 RN1AW/p RN1AW Krepysh
EU-133 RV1AQ/p RV1AQ Krepysh
EU-135 SM5EFX/2 SM5EFX Ledskar
EU-136 9A/DR2T DL1MUC Rab
EU-138 SK7OA bureau Tjurko
EU-142 EE1MI EA1DR Mouro
EU-146 PA/OQ1C/p ON4ON Schouwen Duivenland
EU-146 PA/OQ4T/p ON4TO Schouwen Duivenland
EU-146 PA6Z PA9M Goeree
EU-146 PB2M/p Goeree
EU-146 PD5CW PD5CW Schouwen Duiveland
EU-147 RA3RGQ/1 Yakostrov
EU-147 RK3AZY/1 Pezhostrov
EU-147 RU3SD/1 Yakostrov
EU-149 ES2Q ES5JR Keri
EU-165 IM0/I0PNM I0PNM San Pietro
EU-165 IM0S IS0UWX Asinara
EU-168 TF/DD4B DL bureau Grimsey
EU-174 SX8R HA0NAR Thassos
EU-175 CU3/F5LMJ F5LMJ Terceira
EU-179 UW0G bureau Kalanchakskiye
EU-179 UW2F/p UT0FT Berezan
EU-182 UT9IO/p UT9IO Zmeiniy
EU-182 UX3IW/p UX3IW Zmeiniy
NA-026 N2GC N2GC Long
NA-026 NP3D/W2 W3HNK Long
NA-029 VY2TT K6LA Prince Edward
NA-041 KL7/VK2IMM VK bureau Baranof
NA-046 K1VSJ K1VSJ Martha's Vineyard
NA-057 HQ9R K5WW Roatan
NA-067 N4A N4YDU Core Banks
NA-083 K4VAC K4VAC Tangier
NA-086 T47CF or CO7PH/p W3HNK Camaguey
NA-096 HI3K KB2MS Hispaniola
NA-110 AA4V AA4V Palms
NA-113 C6APR K3IXD Crooked
NA-126 VC1T VE1RGB Outer
NA-128 CG2I VE2CQ Grosse
NA-137 N1LI N1LI Long
NA-139 N2US/p N2US Assateague
NA-140 NY3A/p NY3A Middle Hooper
NA-143 AD5WB AD5WB Galveston
NA-144 N6VR/p N6AWD Santa Cruz
NA-144 NT6AA/p NT6AA Santa Cruz
NA-168 N5I N5UR Grand
NA-229 K9AJ/VY0 K9AJ Diana
NA-229 KD6WW/VY0 KD6WW Diana
NA-234 KL7DX AC7DX Chuginadak
OC-133 9M6DXX/p M3SDE Labuan
OC-143 YB3MM/5 IZ8CCW Sumatra
SA-006 PJ2/PB2T PB2T Curacao
SA-080 PT6T PY6KW Tinhare
SA-080 ZW6GK PY7GK Tinhare
SA-090 YW6A YV5AJ Piritu Adentro
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