IOTA News from OPDX

26 May, 2019

Island activities:

AS-205. Operators Vasily/R7AL, Vladimir/RK8A and Albert/UB9WLJ will be active as R205NEW from Bogoslova Island, Russia, between June 14-18th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW
and SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. Visit their Web page at:
https://rv6ali.wixsite.com/as205new

EU-008. Members of the Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club will
once again activate GM2T from the Isle of Tiree (IOSA NH04, SCOTIA DI10, WLOTA 2232, WAB NM04), the most westernly part of Scotland's Inner Hebridean Islands, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Op/2-TX/Island-DXpedition entry. 
Operators mentioned are: 2M0NQT, Brian/G3UJE, Cambell/
MM0DXC, Bob/GM4UYZ, Geoff/MM5AHO, Brian/M0RNR, John/MM0JXI,
Steve/MM0GZA, Cephas/MM0INS, Craig/MM0NBW, Al/MM0XAB, MW/MM3NQT, Ellis/GM4GZW and Lon/WA6AEE. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or Bureau. ADDED NOTES: Activity depends if the CalMac ferries are
operating. For more info, see: http://www.cpsarc.com

EU-043. Operators Rick/SM6U, Bengt/SM6UQL and Tomas/SM6XMY will once again be active as 7S6WX from Väderöarna (Weather Islands)
between May 30th and June 2nd. Their boat trip is weather dependent. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using SSB. They will have two stations, verticals and wire antennas. QSL via 7S6WX by the Bureau or LoTW.

NA-068. Mikhail, VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/VE9 from Miscou
Island between August 11-18th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via VE7ACN, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. For more details and updates, watch:
https://www.ve7acn.com

NA-112. Brian, K4BRI, will be active as K4BRI/p from Bald Head Island
in North Carolina between July 30-31st. Activity will be mainly on 20 meters using CW and SSB. He may also be on other bands depending on propagation. QSL via his home callsign.

NA-114. Didier, F6BCW, is now active as FG/F6BCW from Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe, until May 26th. Activity will be on 20 meters CW.
Suggest frequencies are: 14027-14030 kHz. QSL via F6BCW.

NA-211. "DX-World.net" reports that Yuri, N3QQ, has received permission
to operate from Tillamook Rock from its owner. This is subject to all NOAA/USFWS restrictions and limitations. A preliminary team of Mike/AD5A, Rob/N7QT, Alexej/NW7M and Yuri/N3QQ will try activate the rock around November-December 2019. Yuri says the owner of Tillamook Rock has created a fundraiser on Facebook to help with costs to transport crew and conduct a cleanup/construction assessment. For more details on the fundraiser, see: https://www.facebook.com/donate/444710879405793/2710859262274736

OC-129. Operators Audie/DU1ZDR and Gazelle/DU1ZDQ will be active as
DZ1A from Kalanggaman Island, Philippines, on Monday, June 3rd. Activity will be QRP only on the IOTA frequencies 14260 and 7055 kHz using SSB and CW. QSL via DZ1A.

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