26 May, 2018

Island activities:

EU-016. Marco, IV3WMS, will once again be active as 9A/IV3WMS from Solta Island (IOCA CI-126) between May 28th and June 6th. Activity will be on various HF band using SSB. QSL via his
home callsign only, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-016. Marco, IV3WMS, will once again be active as 9A/IV3WMS from
Solta Island (IOCA CI-126) between May 28th and June 6th.
Activity will be on various HF band using SSB. QSL via his home callsign only, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-090. Members of the Radio Club Croatian Flora Fauna will be active
as 9A90P from Vela Palagruza Island (CI-084, LH 0057) between June 16-23rd. Operators mentioned are Marijan/9A1MB, Radovan/9A2SC, Zeljko/9A3DF, Branko/9A3ST, Kiko/9A4WY, Vito/9A5VS, Neven/9A5YY and Emir/9A6AA. Activity will be on 80-6 meters near the IOTA frequencies using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and the satellites. QSL 9A90P via 9A2MF. ADDED NOTE. Look for some operators to possibly operate (using their own callsign) from neighboring islands: Mala Palagruza (EU-090, CI-461) and Galijula Island (EU-090, CI-462).

EU-124. Philip, MW0DHF, will once again be active as MW0DHF/P from Holy Island, north west coast of Anglesey North Wales, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Single-Op/DXpedition/High-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-140. Members of the Radioclub Riihimaen Kolmoset (OH3AD) will be
active as OH3AD/5 on Kirkonmaa Island between July 17th and August 14th. List of operators were not mentioned. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8. The group plans to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) signing as OH3D/5. QSL both callsigns, by the Bureau, ClubLog, LoTW and eQSL. For more details, visit their Web page at: http://www.oh3ad.fi

MULTI-IOTA OPS (Update)....
* Craig, VK5CE, will activate six IOTAs in Western Australia as VK5CE/6 sometime during June. The VK5CE/6 DXpeditions are in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC). The following islands were mentioned:
IOTA OC-164 -- Rottnest Island; June 2nd; CLAIMED by 23.0%
IOTA OC-199 -- East Lewis Island; June 4-7th; CLAIMED BY 18.3%
IOTA OC-140 -- Direction Island; June 8-11th; CLAIMED BY 17.4%
IOTA OC-193 -- Cheyne Island; June 15-18th; CLAIMED BY 14.9%
IOTA OC-170 -- Woody Island; June 20-23rd; CLAIMED BY 23.1%
IOTA OC-220 -- St. Peter Island; June 26-29th; CLAIMED BY 26.0%

Activity will be on various HF bands (usually 40-12m). QSL via VK5CE
direct. He is looking for sponsors. (PEOPLE SPONSORING BEFORE THE
DXPEDITION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A CARD FOR ALL IOTA’S IF YOU’RE IN THE LOG) -- Craig has updated his Web page with more details with time/dates/bands at: https://vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6
For full stories and QSL information of Craig's past DXpeditions,
see: https://vkiota.wordpress.com/past-dxpeditions

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