22 October, 2018

Island activities:

AS-045. Members of the Korean Amateur Radio League will be active as HL0DOK from Ullung Island on October 20th, and depending on the weather from the Dok Islands between October 21-2nd. Both islands are IOTA AS-045. Activity will be on 80/40/30/20/2 meters using CW, SSB, FM and FT8. QSL via HL0DOK, by the Bureau or direct.

AS-173. (Update) A group of VU operators are planning to activate Pamban Island (Dhanushkodi) as AT4DK between November 3-4th. The team, led by Madhu, VU3NPI, is calling themselves “Manic Monkeys”, are planning to be active on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8.
Look for more details to be forthcoming.

EU-143. Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as EA7/DJ4EL from Sancti Petri
Island between October 19-24th. QSL via his home callsign. He requests that you use LoTW or ClubLog. Follow him on Twitter at:
https://twitter.com/rapanuiman

EU-192. NEW IOTA!! A group of five Swedish operators, members of the
Invoker Team <http://www.invokerteam.com/> will be active as 8S2K from Kataja Island possibly late May or the first week of June 2019. Activity could possibly be sooner depending on the ice conditions and transportation. The group plans to have 4 stations active for 5 days using 200 watts and vertical antennas. Look for more details to be forthcoming.

NA-004. Rick, K6VVA, will be active as K6VVA/KL7 from Endicott Island
between 2200z, November 8th, and 1800z, November 11th. Activity will be primarily CW (possibly some SSB)on 40/30/20 meters, using a TS-480HX (200w) and Vertical w/16 sloping radials, plus backup radio, power supply, computer and antenna parts.
No QSLs. IOTA credit only via <iota-world.org>. For more details and updates, especially for QSL details, see:
http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na-004
Rick also has a Twitter page at: http://twitter.com/k6vva

NA-077. Eric, VA2IDX, will be active as VA2IDX/p from Anticosti Island
between November 2-7th. Activity will be sporadic around 1500z and 2300z. Operations will be on 40/20 meters using QRP SSB and maybe CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau eQSL.

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