I was very saddened today to hear of Nuccio Meoli’s passing. Many of you would have worked him very regularly.
He was a keen activator of programs such as Italian Castle Awards, World Antarctic program and many others.
Our condolences from the UK to his family and many many friends in the Ham Radio community.
With the card came news of his next trip to another new one, Pelly Bay Islands (NA-208). He has just been issued with the callsign VYØX, this operation intending to last for 5 days, August 11 thro 15th. Cezar tells me :-
”It will be the northernmost point that I have ever travelled to, overtaking Lulea in Sweden. Weather and propagation conditions are of concern”. He also has to bear in mind the unpredictability of the locals in these areas ‘‘who’s minds can also change like the northern weather hi”. Seriously though its a tough one!!
Anyone that would like to assist Cezar with funding for his trip is asked to make donations to [email protected] via Paypal.
Full details of the planned trip can also be found on Qrz.com using the call VYØX………………..all the best & safe journey Cezar, we’ll be listening for you!!
The UK Headquarters team will again be active in the IARU Championships this weekend. This is the 8th year that the team has taken part in the contest ‘nationwide’ using several calls over those years such as GB5HQ, GB7HQ and new for this year ‘’GR2HQ’’ (website), a new and unique prefix.
This year the team has expanded to include more than 60 experienced contest operators, operating simultaneously from 16 locations around the UK. The main 20M stations are in Northern Ireland and Orkney Islands. Other stations are on the Isle of Man, the Midlands, East Anglia, Wales and Somerset etc.
Please try to work the team on as many of the possible 12 band slots that are available (only dual-mode Contest [SSB & CW]). Sometimes it is difficult to work within the UK on the higher bands but with ‘Sporadic E’ in full swing anything is possible. On 10M for example, the GR2HQ station will be operating from several different locations during the 24 hours of the contest.
There are several Awards available again this year. This award is available to any licensed radio amateur who makes contacts with GR2HQ during the IARU HF World Championship contest on 10-11 July 2010 on a minimum number of bands/modes (maximum is 12 : i.e. 6 on CW and 6 on SSB)
Bronze award: GR2HQ on three band/modes
Silver award: GR2HQ on six band/modes
Gold award: GR2HQ on nine band/modes
Platinum award: GR2HQ on all twelve band/modes
All UK Stations are encouraged to work other HQ stations and other IARU stations in addition to working the UK HQ station. The full rules of the IARU HF Championships can be found at www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship
Have fun, support ‘your team’ and most of all, enjoy the event!!!
This trip also takes place during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th) where they will be on the air using the club contest callsign MW9W over the weekend. They will again try to make as many contacts both before and during the contest.
They will have3 stations using the following equipment: two Elecraft K3 Transceivers, one Yaesu FT2000, two G3TXQ Hexbeams, 80m Dipole, 40m Vertical and three Acom 1000.
The team will be using MC0SHL on 17 and 12 meters during the contest to try to give as many contacts on these bands. They will be on the air mostly on SSB, but with some RTTY and CW thrown in.
Full details on last years trip can be found here and also in the Gallery.
