John, 2M0JMN, will be qrv from the Cayman Islands as ZF2MN.
He will be QRV holiday-style between the 3rd and 17th June 2016 on the HF Bands.
QSL via Clublog OQRS
Author - Charles M0OXO
TF/MM0NDX Qsl Card preview.
The card is currently at the Print Shop.
China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defense installations in the area were necessary. Guided missile destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence traveled within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of Chinese-occupied Fiery Cross Reef, U.S. Defense Department spokesman Bill Urban said.
The so-called freedom of navigation operation was undertaken to “challenge excessive maritime claims” by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam which were seeking to restrict navigation rights in the South China Sea, Urban said. “These excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention in that they purport to restrict the navigation rights that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise,” Urban said in an emailed statement.
China and the United States have traded accusations of militarizing the South China Sea as China undertakes large-scale land reclamation and construction on disputed features while the United States has increased its patrols and exercises. Facilities on Fiery Cross Reef include a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) runway which the United States worries China will use to press its extensive territorial claims at the expense of weaker rivals.
China’s Defence Ministry said two fighter jets were scrambled and three warships shadowed the U.S. ship, telling it to leave. The U.S. patrol “again proves that China’s construction of defensive facilities on the relevant reefs in the Nansha Islands is completely reasonable and totally necessary”, it said, using China’s name for the Spratly Islands where much of its reclamation work is taking place.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the U.S. ship illegally entered Chinese waters.
Whilst continuing to plan their next major IOTA DXpedition, look for Dave EI9FBB and Col MM0NDX to be active from Iceland’s three island groups (EU-021, EU-071 & EU-168) between May 26-30, 2016.
A fun, holiday-style activity, they will mostly be operating on 17 & 20m SSB depending on propagation.
- May 26 – Iceland EU-021
- May 27 – Videy Island EU-168
- May 28 – Westman Island EU-071
- May 29 – Iceland EU-021
OQRS & Logsearch here ;
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TF/MM0NDX_EU-021
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TF/MM0NDX_EU-071
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TF/MM0NDX_EU-168
VK9L/G7VJR Qsl Cards have arrived from the Printer and will be dispatched tomorrow (Friday 30th May 2016).
A91HI QSL Cards for the recent activation of the nerw IOTA AS-202 have been mailed today.
The operation ended just under 3 weeks ago and cards to all World destinations and the UK have been mailed by Royal Mail Priority Air Mail this morning.
Please report any problems via my email address only and NOT via social media.
Qsl Cards can be requested via Clublog (click here)
XT2AW Logs are now complete and on line.
The Paper logs for the 2016 trip to XT2 by Harald DF2WO have all now been typed up and added to the Computer Log here.
I have uploaded them all to LOTW & Clublog. All logs on-line are now complete.
Thanks to Mike VE7ACN for his confirmation of NA-061.
Kaien Island was activated by Mike as VE7ACN/7 back in March of this year and paper confirmation arrived today.
Whilst planning their next major IOTA DXpedition, look for Dave EI9FBB and Col MM0NDX to be active from Iceland’s three island groups (EU-021, EU-071 & EU-168) between May 26-30, 2016.
A fun, holiday-style activity, they will mostly be operating on 17 & 20m SSB depending on propagation. Updates on twitter @TF_IOTA_TOUR_2016
TF/EI9FBB via homecall
TF/MM0NDX via M0OXO OQRS