IOTA News from OPDX

Island activities:

The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between February 21-26th (as per the DXCluster):

IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
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AF-004 EA8AM CANARY 20m; SSB
AF-004 EA8CN CANARY 12m; CW
AF-004 EA8DET CANARY 10m; SSB
AF-004 EA8DJM CANARY 10m; SSB
AF-004 EC8AXS CANARY 10m; FT8
AF-005 D44AO LEEWARD 80/40/30/15m; CW
AF-014 CT3MD MADEIRA 40m; SSB
AF-018 IH9YMC PANTELLERIA 15m; FT8
AF-019 IG9ITO PELAGIE 40/20m; SSB
AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 15m; SSB
AF-024 S79VU INNER 15m; SSB
AN-016 ZS7ANF ANTARCTICA 40m; CW
AS-004 5B4AJG Cyprus 40m; FT8
AS-004 5B4VL Cyprus 15m; SSB
AS-007 JA3BWC HONSHU 20m; SSB
AS-007 JE1RXJ HONSHU 20m; SSB
AS-007 JH1VIG HONSHU 15m; CW
AS-013 8Q7WX Innahura 160/80/40/12m; CW
AS-027 UA9MA Wrangel 80/30m; CW/SSB
AS-037 JA2VRL/6 Koshiki 40m; SSB
AS-047 JH6DUL DAITO 20m; FT8
AS-047 JR6JFR DAITO 20m; FT8
AS-047 JS6TWW DAITO 20m; FT8
AS-076 JH5MXB SHIKOKU 15m; SSB
AS-200 JJ5RBH Shodo 15m; CW
EU-001 SV5DZX DODECANESE 15m; CW
EU-003 CR8EE EASTERN 20m; CW
EU-003 CU2CO EASTERN 12m; SSB
EU-005 2E0HPI/P GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
EU-005 2E0SPS GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB
EU-005 G0HWK GREAT BRITAIN 15m; SSB
EU-005 G3YBY GREAT BRITAIN 20m; FT4
EU-005 G6UT GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB
EU-005 GB2CPM GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB
EU-005 GW4OKT GREAT BRITAIN 20m; CW
EU-005 GW4OKT GREAT BRITAIN 20m; CW
EU-005 M0RBG/p GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB
EU-005 MM0MMN GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
EU-005 MM6RBX GREAT BRITAIN 17m; SSB
EU-005 MW7IHR GREAT BRITAIN 20m; FT8
EU-010 MM1VHT/P MM1VHT/P 80m; SSB
EU-012 GM4LER SHETLAND 15m; FT8
EU-014 TK5EP CORSICA 20m; SSB
EU-015 SV9ANK CRETE 15m; SSB
EU-015 SV9BMH CRETE 17/15m; CW
EU-016 9A9RR DALMATIA SOUTH 20m; SSB
EU-016 9A4W DALMATIA SOUTH 17m; CW
EU-018 OY1CT FAROE 15/12m; CW
EU-020 SD7W/1 GOTLAND COUNTY 80/40/20/17/15m; CW/SSB
EU-021 TF2MSN ICELAND 15m; SSB
EU-021 TF3T ICELAND 160m;
EU-024 IS0HMZ SARDINIA 40m; SSB
EU-024 IS0IOA SARDINIA 15m; SSB
EU-024 IS0KNG SARDINIA 12m; FT8
EU-029 OZ1KNX SJAELLAND 30m; FT8
EU-031 IC8FBU CAMPANIA REGION 40m; CW
EU-054 IF9ZWA FAVIGNANA 40/30/12m; SSB/FT8
EU-075 SV8GGI Salamina 20m; CW
EU-113 SV0LU PELOPONNISOS(LAKONIA)/KYTHIRA REGION 15m; FT8
EU-175 CU3HN CENTRAL 17m; FT8
NA-013 XE1ZCR CARIBBEAN SEA COAST CENTRE 10m; SSB
NA-018 OX3LX GREENLAND 12/10m; CW/SSB/FT8
NA-018 OX7AM GREENLAND 30/20m; CW
NA-018 XP3A GREENLAND 60m;
NA-021 8P4JP BARBADOS 40m; FT8
NA-021 8P6GE BARBADOS 17m; SSB
NA-026 N2GK NEW YORK STATE 40m; CW
NA-026 W2GPR NEW YORK STATE 40m; SSB
NA-029 VY2JC PRINCE EDWARD 20m; FT8
NA-031 AA1AC RHODE ISLAND STATE 17m; CW
NA-031 N2BTD AQUIDNECK 40/20m; SSB
NA-057 HR9/AD8J Guanaja 40/20/12m; SSB/FT8
NA-062 K2ZR/4 KEYS WEST 30/15m; CW
NA-083 N3MK VIRGINIA STATE 80m; FT8
NA-096 HI3K HISPANIOLA 30m; FT8
NA-099 KP4JOC PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB
NA-099 KP4LCA PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB
NA-099 KP4PUA PUERTO RICO 15m; SSB
NA-099 KP4VET PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB
NA-099 NP3V PUERTO RICO 20m; SSB
NA-099 NP4TX PUERTO RICO 80/30m; FT8
NA-099 WP3B PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB
NA-104 V4/KG9N ST KITTS AND NEVIS 15m; CW
NA-106 KP2B VIRGIN 15m; SSB
NA-108 J643DS St Lucia 40/20m; FT8
NA-108 J643Z St Lucia 15m; SSB
NA-109 J8/VP2EIH St Vincent 17m; SSB
NA-142 KT3Q/4 Santa Rosa 20m; CW
NA-146 FJ/DK6AS St. Barthelemy 40m; CW
NA-249 KP3RE Vieques 40/30/20/17/15/10m; CW/SSB/FT8
OC-001 VK2GJC Australia 20m; SSB
OC-001 VK2WF Australia 160m;
OC-001 VK6IA Australia 40m; SSB
OC-001 VK6SJ Australia 40m; FT8
OC-013 E51BQ RAROTONGA 20/17m; FT8
OC-019 AH6U HAWAIIAN 20m; SSB
OC-021 YB0AZ JAVA 20/15m; SSB
OC-021 YB2MVD JAVA 20m; SSB
OC-021 YC2CRN JAVA 20m; FT8
OC-021 YC2VOC JAVA 20m; SSB
OC-022 YC9AAI BALI 20m; FT8
OC-022 YC9ELS BALI 15m; SSB
OC-026 KH2L GUAM 17m; FT8
OC-036 ZL1VAH NORTH 40m; FT8
OC-036 ZL2UB NORTH 20m; FT8
OC-036 ZL4JW NORTH 20m; FT8
OC-088 V84SHK Borneo 20m; SSB
OC-129 VA7CD/DU7 VISAYAN 60m;
OC-134 ZL3AWB SOUTH 20m; FT8
OC-134 ZL3XDJ SOUTH 20m; CW
OC-136 VK3FAAJ Phillip 10m; FT8
OC-148 YB9MX TIMOR 17m; FT8
OC-148 YB9PBZ TIMOR 40m; FT8
OC-150 8C9MGP TENGGARA BARAT 20m; SSB
OC-228 VK5MAV/p Granite 20/15m; CW
SA-002 VP8LP FALKLAND 12m; FT8
SA-006 PJ4NG BONAIRE 40/15m; CW
SA-012 YV7DX NUEVA ESPARTA STATE 20m; FT8
SA-018 CE7VP LOS LAGOS REGION SOUTH 10m; SSB
SA-025 PS8OP Santa Isabel 20m; SSB
SA-046 PY7RL/P PERNAMBUCO STATE 15m; FT8
SA-068 8R1AK/P GUYANA 12m; SSB
SA-092 PZ5GE Surinam 15m; SSB
SA-092 PZ5G Papegaaien 40/20/17/15/12m; SSB

** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. CW/SA-036/Aruba).

AS-104/ (Reminder/Update to OPDX.1551) The following is an update by AS-050. the RT9K team planning to activate Rykacheva Island (RRA-06-100; New One) in the Kara Sea as R150WS [edited]: "The start of the snowmobile expedition "Legends of the Arctic" to Rykachev Island is scheduled for March 3-4th, 2022 from the village of Tazovsky of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. A team of six people will have to walk 1400 km to Rykachev Island. The route is developed according to the algorithm familiar to us: the Yamal team and the team from Norilsk meet at the sopochnaya Karga marine hydrometeorological station. Next, we go to the coast of the Kara Sea in the area of the Pyasinsky Bay and the we walk along the coast to the marine hydrometeorological shore station Sterlegov. On Sterlegov we have formed a fuel reserve for the transition to Rykachev Island and back."
Operators mentioned are Igor/UA9KDF, Alexey/RT9K, Victor/RW0BG, Andrey/UA0BA, Andrey/UA9LDD and Andrey/RT9K. QSL via UA9KDF. Watch the Web page at:
https://legendsarctic.com/ekspediciya_ri0b_ostrova_v_karskom_more_2_2_2
Track the snowmobile expedition:
https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FR150WS&timerange=604800&tail=604800
ADDED NOTE [edited]: Andy, EU7A, reports on Twitter that if weather and ice conditions permits, the R150WS team will also try to visit Isachenko Island (AS-050) while enroute to AS-104.
They will use the callsign RI0BI if active from there. Stay tuned.

EU-015/ Erwin, DK5EW, will be active as SV8/DK5EW from Santorini EU-067. Island (EU-067, WW Loc. KM26qi) between May 23-29th, and from Crete (EU-015, WW Loc. KM15wl) signing as SV9/DK5EW between May 31st and June 11th. Activity will be mainly a 144 MHz VHF DXpedition on EME and meteorscatter. QSL via DK5EW, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog or LoTW. For more details, see
his Web page at: http://www.dk5ew.com

EU-030. Belgian OSA Team (8 operators), from the Antwerp section, will be active as 5P5BI from Bornholm Island, Denmark, between April 24th and May 1st. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via ON6EF, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-129. Operators Jef/DD2CW and Dirk/ON3UN will be active as DA2W from Usedom Island between July 29th and August 5th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st), but also look for operations on all bands on CW/SSB outside of the contest. QSL via the Bureau or direct to ON3UN.

OC-228. (Update) Andy, VK5MAV, reports on February 25th: VK5MAV/p is finished. Propagation was terrible. At daytime I wasn't able to make contacts anywhere except 15 m band. And even there it
was very slow. Very humble result - 300+ QSOs. Sorry if I didn't hear your signal. Hopefully next time will be better. Thanks all who finally made a contact. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog in 2-3 hours and will be available for Auto match in a month as usual.

IOTA TOUR. (Update) Bodo, DF8DX/KT3Q, on February 22nd, has announced the following updates to his upcoming IOTA operations: February 21-22nd -- Cancelled; NA-076; Cedar Key, FL (USI FL485S); Levy County February 26-28th -- Callsign KT3Q/4; NA-142; Santa Rosa Island (USI FL003S); Escambia County
March 2-4th -- Callsign KT3Q/4; NA-141; Key Biscane, FL (USI FL030S); Dade County April 9-16th -- Callsign IS0/DF8DX; EU-024; Sardinia

PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the 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......