17 August, 2020

Island activities:

The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between August 10-15th (as per the DXCluster):

IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
—— ———- ————- ————
AF-004 EA8CMW CANARY 20m; SSB
AF-018 IH9YMC PANTELLERIA 20m; FT4
AS-007 JE1POK HONSHU 40m; Digi
AS-007 JG3TRB HONSHU 30m; Digi
AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 20m; SSB
AS-007 JH7RYC HONSHU 40m; Digi
AS-007 JR7TKG HONSHU 17m; SSB
AS-015 9M2TO PINANG STATE 40m; Digi
AS-019 9V1YC SINGAPORE 40m; FT8
AS-080 6K2CEW/3 Anmon 40ml FT8
AS-080 DS2GOO/3 Anmon 17m; SSB
EU-002 OH0JV Aland 20m; Digi
EU-004 EA6B BALEARIC 20m; SSB
EU-004 EA6BB BALEARIC 17m; CW
EU-005 G0OIL GREAT BRITAIN 80m; CW
EU-005 GB2VJ GREAT BRITAIN 20m; CW
EU-005 GB75PEACE GREAT BRITAIN 20m; CW/SSB
EU-005 GW3UZS WALES 17m; SSB
EU-005 GX5DX GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
EU-005 M0TBS GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
EU-009 GM8OFQ Hoy 20m; SSB
EU-013 GJ0KYZ JERSEY 17m; CW
EU-016 9A/DC5ME DALMATIA SOUTH 20m; SSB
EU-018 OY5ET Faroe 20m; Digi
EU-023 9H5BZ Gozo 20m; SSB
EU-024 IS0FDW SARDINIA 20/17m; SSB
EU-025 IT9AEQ SICILY 20m; SSB
EU-029 5P5L SJAELLAND 40m; CW
EU-031 IC8HRG Ischia 10m; SSB
EU-032 F6BFH POITOU-CHARENTES REGION 20m; FT4
EU-041 IM0/IZ2AJE Maddalena 40m; CW
EU-045 IZ0XZD LAZIO REGION 20m; CW
EU-052 SV8/IK6QON PEIROS/DYTIKI ELLAS 20m; CW
EU-057 DH0JAE/P Ruegen 40/30/20m; CW/SSB
EU-062 LA/DF9TM NORDLAND/NORD-TRONDELAG 20m; SSB
EU-062 LA/DL1NWW NORDLAND/NORD-TRONDELAG 40m; CW
EU-062 LA/DL2SWW NORDLAND/NORD-TRONDELAG 40/20/17/10m; CW
EU-062 LA/DF9TM Vestvagøy 20m; SSB
EU-076 LA/DL2SWW Vestvagøy 40/20/17m; CW/SSB
EU-115 MI0AIH IRELAND 12m; SSB
EU-116 MD0CCE ISLE OF MAN 17m; Digi
EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40m; SSB
EU-139 SM7RYR/2 NORRBOTTEN COUNTY 20m; CW
EU-167 CT1EYQ BAIXO ALENTEJO PROVINCE 15m; Digi
EU-181 LZ1UBO BULGARIA 10m; SSB
NA-015 CO5WE CUBA 80m; CW
NA-016 ZF1EJ CAYMAN 80m; CW
NA-021 8P6NW BARBADOS 15m; Digi
NA-026 WA2NDV NEW YORK STATE 12m; CW
NA-027 VO1CH NEWFOUNDLAND 20m; SSB
NA-036 VE7MTW BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE 20m; SSB
NA-059 NL8F FOX 40m; Digi
NA-096 HI6AV HISPANIOLA 15m; Digi
NA-096 HI8PLE HISPANIOLA 80m; CW
NA-097 6Y6STAYHOME JAMAICA 80m; CW
NA-099 KP4DQC PUERTO RICO 80m; CW
NA-099 WP3R PUERTO RICO 20m; SSB
NA-102 FG4SO GUADELOUPE 20m; SSB
NA-102 FG8OJ GUADELOUPE 20m; Digi
NA-105 FS4WBS ST MARTIN 17m; Digi
NA-107 FM4SA MARTINIQUE 20m; SSB
NA-108 J69DS St. Lucia 30m; Digi
NA-108 J69Z St. Lucia 40m; SSB
OC-001 VK4BXX AUSTRALIA 30m; Digi
OC-001 VK4YJ AUSTRALIA 30m; Digi
OC-006 VK7CMV TASMANIA 40m; Digi
OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20m; CW
OC-019 AH6GR HAWAIIAN 40m; Digi
OC-035 YJ8RN NEW HEBRIDES 40m; Digi
OC-088 V85T BORNEO 17m; Digi
SA-002 VP8LP FALKLAND 20/17m; SSB/Digi
SA-018 CE7VPQ LOS LAGOS REGION SOUTH 20m; SSB
SA-036 P41E ARUBA 17m; Digi

** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode
on their QSNs on the PacketCluster reports….

EU-028. Members of the ARI Modena radio club will be active as IA5MO from Giglio Island (IIA T002, WLOTA N. 0564, WAIP GR), Italy, between September 3-8th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and the Digital modes. QSL via IK4RLM, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-064. Patrice, F6GCP, will once again be active as F6GCP/P from Noirmoutier Island between August 23rd and September 5th. Activity will be holiday style on 40/30/20 meters using mainly CW (some FT8/PSK31/PSK63) with 100w and an Elevated Vertical. QSL via F6GCP by the REF Bureau.

EU-125. Mike, DG5LAC, will be active as OZ/DG5LAC from Romo Island, Denmark, between August 22nd and September 5th. Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via DG5LAC or ClubLog’s OQRS.

NA-134. Bo, OZ1DJJ, will once again be active as OX3LX from Asiaat, Uummanaq and Upernavik Islands (WW Loc. GP38NQ, GQ30WQ and GQ12WS), Greenland, between August 24th and September 20th. Dates can be changed; watch QRZ.com. Activity will be on 40-4 meters with a focus 50 and 70 MHz. When not active, he will run a WSPR beacon on 40-6 meters. He states this is NOT a DXpedition, and the best chance to work him will be around lunchtime and after dinner (his local time UTC-2), also during the weekend, possibly at night/morning. QSL via OZ0J direct (see QRZ.com). Logs get uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog and some- times eQSL. For more details and updates, watch QRZ.com or his Web page at: http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped

NA-142. John, N9EAJ, will activate this IOTA group between August 20-25th (with perhaps overlapping days on either end). Activity will be holiday style. He states [edited] that he will be “staying at the Destin West RV Resort which is located on Okaloosa Island. Hopefully I will be able to set up my CrankIR and run 500 watts from the motorhome, but many RV parks are not very ‘ham radio friendly’ – especially so, these kind. I will not be able to ‘hide’ the antenna amongst a bunch of trees because there are none – the antenna will be very visible…. if there are problems operating from the park I will do my best to get out and operate from other locations on the island or perhaps Santa Rosa Island which is connected to Okaloosa and also NA-142. There are many miles of undeveloped beachfront in this area – I should be able to find places to operate! I will be operating mostly ssb. As much as I love cw in recent years I have been having a really hard time pulling out in- dividual callsigns from a pilup – and the condition isn’t getting any better the older I get! If I try cw it will most likely be split. With the Crank IR I should be able to operate on 40 through 10 meters. 60 meters and FT8 are not options at this time so please don’t bother to ask. I will post my logs to LoTW after my return to WI and ClubLog hopefully from the island. Depends on internet access at the resort.” QSL via his home callsign.

OC-228. Andy, VK5MAV, posted the following on FaceBook this past week: “Well – another chance for someone 🙂 If you have not yet worked IOTA OC-228 [Granite Island], a new chance appears. On August 22nd or 23rd, I will be on the island. What day – depends on the weather, it will be clear in a couple of days before and I let you know. Access to the island by the bridge is closed in case of strong winds, and to sit in the rain with all the hardware somehow does not attract me. Alas, again 100 W from the battery, again GP, again 20 m band only, again CW only. I will move around 14042, depending on the situation on the air. Time is scheduled from around 0 GMT until our twilight, 7 GMT. I will be on the internet all the time, email, watching DX Summit cluster, phone, Skype, Facebook, but I will upload the log only after the end of this disgrace. Hope to hear everyone who needs it.”

PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> 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……

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