Island activities: IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between August 30th-September 4th (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
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AF-004 EA8DHA CANARY 20m; SSB
AF-014 CT3IQ MADEIRA 20/17m; SSB
AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 17m; SSB
AF-086 D4SAL WINDWARD 20m; SSB
AS-007 8N2OLP HONSHU 20m; CW
AS-007 JA1JAN HONSHU 17m; FT8
AS-007 JG3UVN HONSHU 17m; CW
AS-007 JH1IFS HONSHU 20m; FT4
AS-007 JH1HDT HONSHU 17m; SSB
AS-007 JH1XUM HONSHU 17m; FT8
AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB
AS-007 JI3MJK HONSHU 17m; FT8
AS-007 JR7TKG HONSHU 17m; SSB
AS-019 9V1ZV SINGAPORE 17m; FT8
AS-031 JD1BHA CHICHI/HAHA/MUKO 80m; FT8
EU-003 CU2CO EASTERN 20m; SSB
EU-004 EC6FK BALEARIC 20m; SSB
EU-005 G6UT GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
EU-005 G8BCG GREAT BRITAIN 20m; FT4
EU-005 GX1RCD GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB
EU-005 M0MJA/P GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
EU-005 MW0BFY GREAT BRITAIN 40m; CW
EU-013 GJ6WRI JERSEY 20m; FT8
EU-018 OY1CT FAROE 20m; CW
EU-024 IS0GFT SARDINIA 20m; FT4
EU-024 IS0IOA SARDINIA 15m; SSB
EU-024 IS0/IZ1RDQ/P SARDINIA 40m; SSB
EU-025 IT9DGM SICILY 20m; SSB
EU-046 LA1CI TROMS COUNTY 20m; SSB
EU-047 DJ4EL/P JUIST 40/20m; SSB
EU-048 F4FMU/P BRETAGNE (MORBIHAN) REGION 40m; CW
EU-067 SV8/SV1CEI KYKLADES 30m; CW
EU-067 SV8DJW KYKLADES 20m; FT4
EU-067 SZ200ERS KYKLADES 20m; CW
EU-081 TM3U BASSE-NORMANDIE (MANCHE EAST) REGION 80/40/30/20m;CW
EU-105 F4IXL/P BRETAGNE (FINISTERE NORTH) REGION 20m; SSB
EU-115 EI2HI IRELAND 17m; SSB
EU-115 GI4LKG IRELAND 20m; FT4
EU-120 G7GXK ENGLISH COASTAL 20m; FT8
EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40m; SSB
EU-138 SD7M BLEKINGE COUNTY 40m; CW/SSB
EU-172 5P2C FYN 80/40/30/20m; CW/SSB
EU-175 CU5AM CENTRAL 20m; FT4
EU-175 CU7AA CENTRAL 17m; FT8
NA-015 CM2XN CUBA 15m; SSB
NA-015 CO2HR CUBA 40m; CW
NA-015 CO8WN CUBA 40m; CW
NA-026 W2LCW Long 40m;
NA-055 W1JXN MAINE STATE EAST 40/20/17m; FT8
NA-096 HI95RCD HISPANIOLA 15m; SSB
NA-097 6Y5HN JAMAICA 20m; FT8
NA-099 KP4YB PUERTO RICO 20m; SSB
NA-099 NP3DM PUERTO RICO 30m; CW
NA-099 NP4AW PUERTO RICO 20m; CW
NA-102 FG5GP GUADELOUPE 30m; FT8
NA-107 FM5FJ Martinique 40m; CW
NA-148 N1ECC MASSACHUSETTS STATE NORTH 20m; FT8
NA-213 KJ4WKL ALABAMA STATE 20m; SSB
OC-001 VK1HX Australia 40m; FT8
OC-001 VK2IO/P Australia 40m; CW
OC-001 VK6XN Australia 30m; FT8
OC-001 VK8NSB Australia 15m; FT8
OC-013 E51JD RAROTONGA 20/17m; SSB
OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 17m; CW/FT8
OC-016 3D2USU VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 10m; FT8
OC-019 AH6KO HAWAIIAN 40m; CW
OC-019 KH6TU HAWAIIAN 40m; CW
OC-019 NH6AB HAWAIIAN 20m; SSB
OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 20m; SSB
OC-021 YB1BZV JAVA 20m; FT8
OC-021 YB1RQX JAVA 20m; FT8
OC-021 YC1AYO JAVA 15m; FT8
OC-032 FK8HM NEW CALEDONIA 40m; FT8
OC-036 ZL1MRC NORTH 20/17m; SSB
OC-036 ZL1WN NORTH 20m; SSB
OC-036 ZL3IO NORTH 20m; FT8
OC-042 4I1EBD LUZON 20m; SSB
OC-088 V85T BORNEO 17m; CW
OC-088 YC7LYB BORNEO 20m; FT8
OC-134 ZL1CVD SOUTH 40m; FT8
OC-134 ZL4TT SOUTH 20m; FT8
OC-143 YB4KAR SUMATRA 20m; FT8
OC-143 YC4AOK SUMATRA 40m; FT8
OC-143 YD5NBY SUMATRA 15m; FT8
OC-146 YB8RSE CELEBES 30m; FT8
SA-002 VP8LP FALKLAND 20m; FT8
SA-011 9Y59IND TRINIDAD 12m; FT8
** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes). AS-200. Take, JI3DST, will once again be active as JI3DST/5 (mainly for DX and 6m Multi-Hop), JR8YLY/5 (mainly for JA) from Shodo Island (Shikoku's Coastal Islands) between 0700z, September 18th, and 0000z, September 23rd, and again between 0200z, September 25th, and 0000z, September 28th. Operation may vary due to heavy rain or other conditions. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8 (possibly FM/RTTY). QSL JI3DST/5 via ClubLog's OQRS (direct or by the Bureau). QSL JR8YLY/5 via ClubLog (only Bureau). Please don't send QSL to SAPPORO 004-0041 Japan (QRZCOM QTH). EU-042. Members of the DARC Chapter Ahrensburg/Grosshansdorf EØ9 and the ÖVSV Ortsstelle ADL 707 will once again activate Hallig Hooge (WW Loc. JO44GN, DLFF-0013, DID/GIA N-22) as DA0DFF, but with two different teams. Here is their schedule: Team 1 -- Operators Mich/OE7MPI, Monika/OE7MPN, Stefan/ DJ7AO/OE7TIR, André/DL6HBQ and Martina/DD0HO will be active on various HF bands and the QO-100 satellite between September 20-26th. Team 2 -- On September 23rd, operators Evi/OE7EVI, Her- bert/OE7GHJ, Hans/DJ7RK, Walter/DL6HCX, Holger/DL9HDA, Dieter/DK3KH and Hans-Jürgen/DD2GZ will arrive on Hallig Hooge. The second team has a different location and will build a second HF station. QSL both operations via the DARC QSL Bureau. EU-070. Gianpi, IK1TTD, will be on as F/IK1TTD from Porquerolles Island between September 10-12th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands. QSL via IK1TTD, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. Visit it his Web page at: http://www.ik1ttd.it EU-121. Charlie, EI8JB, will be active as EJ8JB from Bere Island which is located off the coast of West Cork between September 16-19th. He states, "Amateurs have authorization from our regulator to use the 'EJ' prefix once operating from one of the offshore Coastal Islands of Ireland." Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and some Digital modes (PSK/RTTY) as well as possibly FM Satellite. QSL via LoTW (Preferred), by the Bureau and ClubLog's OQRS. EU-129. Klaus, DL8DZL, will once again be active as DL8DZL/p from Trassenheide Island (DLFF-0075) until September 21st. Activity will be on various HF bands (40-10m) using CW and SSB. QSL via DL8DZL, direct or by the Bureau. EU-171. Operators Wino/PA0ABM, Sven/PA1SVM, Jan "JW"/PA7JWC and Maarten/ PD2R will be active as OV2T and 5Q7DX from Saeby, North Jutland, between September 12-20th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL OV2T via PA0ABM, direct by the Bureau or LoTW. QSL 5Q7DX via PA7JWC or LoTW. NA-213. By the time you read this, operator Allan/KV4T and XYL Bridget/ KS4YT will once again be active as homecall/p from Dauphin Island (USI AL002S, Mobile county, Alabama) until September 7th. Activity will be focused on 40 meters using FT8/FT4. QSL via their home callsigns, LoTW or eQSL. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club