IOTA News from OPDX
14 January, 2019

Island activities:

AF-037. (Reminder) Members of the F6KOP Team are now active as 9LY1JM from Banana Islands, Sierra Leone, until January 21st. 
Operators mentioned are Frank/F4AJQ (Team Leader), Jean-Luc/F1ULQ/ AK8DX (Co­leader), Patrick/F2DX, Andreas/DL3GA/AB8AY, Jimi/F4DLM/AF7JJ, Jean-Baptiste/F4ERY, Frank/F5TVG, Julien/F8AVK, Herman/ON4QX/ KM6CPP and Eric/ON7RN. 
Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8. 
There will be 4 stations on the air: 4X Kenwood TRX-590s into VDA antenna 10 to 20m & Spiderbeam mast for low band 30 to 160m. 
QSL via F5GSJ, direct or by the Bureau. Also, QSL via ClubLog or LoTW. 
For more details and updates (w/pictures), see: https://9l2019dx.wordpress.com

AS-153. (Reminder) Members of the West Bengal Radio Club (VU2WB) are
now active as AU2HAM from Ganga Sagar Mela Island until January 17th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via VU2NRO.

EU-112. Members of the Invoker Team are planning to activate the Shiant
Isles group, Scotland, sometime in the Spring. Stay tuned for details.

NA-122. Operators Ez/HI3AA, Tino/HI3CC, Edwin/HI3K, Mike/HI3MPC, Jose/
HI3SD, HI6JHV, Cafefe/HI8CAF, Elio/HI8EFS, Gerardo/HI8GP, HI8JQE, Alfredo/HI8K, Max/HI8MAX, Martin/LU9EFO and Ismael/ XE1AY will be active as HI1LT from Beata Island between January 20-28th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via W2CCW.

SA-005. RRC operators Vasily/R7AL, Vasil/RA1ZZ, Vladimir/RK8A, Aleksei/
RL5F, Leonid/RW9JZ and Marco/CE1TBN will be active as XR0ZRC from Robinson Crusoe Island (WW Loc. FF06oi), in the Juan Fernandez Islands (CE0Z) group, between March 11-27th. The DXpedition Pilot will be Victor, UA3AKO. Activity will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via R7AL, direct, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. 
For more details and update, see: https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/xr0zrc

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