6 March, 2019

Island activities:

AF-118. (Update/New IOTA) Toufelaz, CN8QY, is planning to lead a team to activate Los Farallones Island, Morocco, between July 25-30th. Callsign will be 5C9A.
Operators mentioned are Zidane/CN8CE, Toufelaz/CN8QY, Hamid/ CN8HDZ, CN8PA/CN8PA, Ferti/CN8RAH, Leopoldo/I8LWL, Bruno/IK2PZG, Simon/IZ7ATN, Col/MM0NDX and Jonathan/MM0OKG. They are looking for support. QSL Manager is I8LWL. They will also use ClubLog. Details are on QRZ.com and now on the Web page at: https://5c9a.com

EU-011. Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society team will once again
activate St. Mary’s Island in the Isles of Scilly during the IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as Multi-Op/Mixed-Mode/24HRS/High-Power entry signing M8C. The team will be there between July 24-30th.
In the past the team has operated on all HF bands prior to the contest using their callsigns/P, but there was some mention of the callsign G3RCV being used. QSL Manager has not been announced for this year.
Watch QRZ.com for updates.
Operators mentioned this year are Nobby/G0VJG, Chris/G0FDZ,
Giles/M0TGV, Toby/M0TBS, Graham/G4FNL, Ed/GM0WED and Martin/
M0MDR.

NA-014. Mikhail “Mike”, VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/VE9 from
White Head Island (CISA NB-010, GRID FN64pp), New Brunswik, Canada, between April 5-11th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB.
QSL via Club Log’s OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com

NA-081. Mikhail “Mike”, VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/VE1 from
Bell Island (CISA NS-044, GRID FN74tf), Nova Scotia, Canada, between March 22-28th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via ClubLog’s OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com

NA-127. Mikhail “Mike”, VE7ACN, will be active as VA7XW/VE1 from Long Island (CISA NS-007, GRID FN64ug), Nova Scotia, Canada, between
March 28th and April 4th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via ClubLog’s OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com

NA-150. Cezar, VE3LYC, will be active as VE3LYC/KL7 from Little Diomede Island, Alaska, between March 18-26th. Activity will be on
40-17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via VE3LYC, direct or ClubLog’s OQRS. For more details and updates, see:
https://ve3lyc-kl7-na150.weebly.com

OC-138. (Update) Taka, JA8COE, will be active as VK4/JA8COE from Thursday Island (not Horn Island as first announced) between March 14-17th. Activity will be on various HF Bands. QSL via JA8COE. For more
details and updates, watch: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/takaja8coe

OC-207. Operators Ed/4F1OZ and Gil/4F2KW will be active as DX1CC from Arena Island, Philippines, between April 12-15th. They are
members of the Philippine DX Chasers Club. Activity will be
on 30/20/17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via EA5GL or ClubLog.

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