Arriving in the mail yesterday was this card from Andrey VK5MAV/6.
This activation took place back in February from the rare Breaksea Island (IOTA OC-243) which is located in King George Sound in the Great Southern region of Western Australia is 12 kilometres south-east of Albany.
Thanks to Andrey and Craig VK5CE for the new one !
A team consisting G0VJG, G4FAL, M0TGV, G4DLD and GM0WED will be active from the Tuli Block, Botswana as A25UK between April 13-18, 2016.
QRV on 160-10m, CW/SSB/RTTY using beams, verticals and 4SQ. Click here or the Logo to visit their website. You can also follow them on Twitter @A25UK
Logs uploaded daily to Club Log. QSL via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.
Please DO NOT send your Qsl Cards via the Bureau – They are NOT required
A91HI QSL’s are available via Club Log OQRS (See below)
OR
If you don’t have PayPal please send $2.00USD and return envelope by Direct Mail to:
Charles Wilmott M0OXO
60 Church Hill
Royston, BARNSLEY,
South Yorkshire
ENGLAND S71 4NG
U.K.
We are hopeful of a good internet connection on the Island and if this is the case, the logs will be uploaded at least every day.
You may contact M0OXO, if you believe your QSO to be missing or call is busted. [email protected]
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Today DX World reported that almost 80k QSOs have been done by the FT4JA Team on Juan De Nova.
FT4JA also includes members from the recent S79C operation to AF-119 & the forthcoming activation of AS-202NEW.
S79C team members have been active from ZL9A, TX7EU, FT4JA and soon A91HI.
S79C team have new plans for later this year.
Stay tuned!
In just 3 weeks from now, the A91HI DXpedition team will assemble in Al Dar, Bahrain to prepare for their departure to Hawar Island AS-202 NEW. Since our last update, the team have been rather busy. All equipment has been shipped and has already arrived safely in Bahrain. Everything is good to go with all necessary clearances, permits and licenses now in hand.
Please give a big welcome to Charles M0OXO as our QSL manager. As we will now have internet on the island, Charles plans to upload each day to Club Log. This will help to minimise any dupes.
We will be QRV with up to 5 stations at any one time. A comprehensive range of VDAs, verticals and SP7IDX technology Hexbeam antennas will be used to ensure good signals into all geographical areas of the world. We aim to work as many unique stations as possible to give out this brand new IOTA, therefore we will only operate from 40m through 10m; CW, SSB and Digital.
New photos have been added to our website which is being updated regularly. Please consider making a small donation to help offset the team’s growing expenses and remember, we are still offering a ‘Free QSL’ to those who donate a minimum of €5.00. http://a91hi.com/support/ We will be delighted to add your callsign to this page. A big thank you to those groups and individuals who have already contributed.
To make your QSO happen, we will now be QRV for one extra day – expect 1st signals from 18:00 UTC 27th April to 1st May 2016.
You can follow our progress on Twitter https://twitter.com/A9_IOTA especially while we are en-route to the island where tips, news, plans and photos will continue. See http://a91hi.com/news/ for further updates.
See you soon from Hawar Island AS-202 NEW.
Vy 73 de A91HI Team
This morning I have finally concluded the XT2AW transfers from paper logs to Computer Logs.
9872 ‘new’ Qso’s have now been transferred to LOTW and Clublog. If you see any problems, particularly with ‘times’ then please drop me a line.
Thanks to Rob G4LMW for his invaluable help with his Excel to ADIF converter.
RA9USU has announced he will be joining Felipe for this rare actiavtion which means both CW and SSB will be operated.
Although still waiting to obtain the official Chilean licence and authorization to land on San Felix, Felipe CE5WQO has announced he intends to be active from this rare DXCC entity (#12 most wanted on Club Log) sometime between July and September 2016 for up to 3 weeks. Dates will be confirmed by the Chilean Maritime Authority. A full press release will be issued in due course.
Tnx DXW
John GW4SKA is now qrv from the Isle Of Man (IOTA EU-116).
He is active as GD4SKA until March 23rd on RTTY with some PSK when things slow down. Listen for him on 3.5 through 28 MHz. He’ll be using a TS590S, Acom 600S amp, Hexbeam, wires and verticals for the low bands. John is also operating in the BARTG HF RTTY Contest as GD0A on March 19 and 20.
Logs are being uploaded to Clublog daily and traditional Qsl via M0OXO OQRS or Direct Post Mail.
On February 29, from Novy Urengoy (Yamal), the Arctic expedition “The Great Northern Way” 2016 started. The historical and geographical forwarding project devoted to the 400th anniversary of the Northern Sea Route is carried out within the comprehensive research program “Riddles of the Russian Arctic”.
Participants of expedition by 2 all-terrain vehicles will pass a route about 10.000 km long on ice of the Siberian rivers, open spaces of the Arctic tundra, and drifting ices of the Arctic seas of Russia: the Ob River – the Yenisei River – Norilsk – Taimyr Peninsula – the settlement of Khatanga – the mouth of the Lena River – Tiksi – Chokurdah – Cherskiy – Pevek – Cape Schmidt – Welen – (Anadyr – Magadan). Change of a route depending on local conditions is possible. It is possible to watch the course of expedition here.
The head of expedition is the President of Expedition Center “Arctic” of the Russian Geographical Society, the Honoured Master of Sports, the honourable polar explorer of Russia, Vladimir Chukov (R3CA).
Callsigns: R3CA/8 (Yamal), R3CA/9 (Taimyr) and R3CA/0 (Yakutia, Chukotka). The main frequency ranges – 7 and 14 MHz SSB (usually around frequency 14120 and 14260 kHz during work from islands +- QRM). Using ICOM IC-7000 transceiver with AH-2b antenna. On parking vehicles wire Inverted-V antennas will be deployed.
Short activation (about one day each) several Arctic islands along the coast of Taimyr, Yakutia and Chukotka is planned:
AS-005 (Dikson Island), AS-152 (Bol’shoy Begichev Island), AS-163 (Makar Island), AS-029 (Bol’shoy Lyakhovsky Island), AS-164 (Nemkov Island), AS-070 (Gusmp Island), AS-038 (Ayon Island), AS-065 (Kolyuchin Island) and others depending on ice situation. The radio operator on a route is Valery Nesterov RA9J. In Tiksi, Yuri Zaruba UA9OBA plans to join the expedition.
QSL cards of R3CA/8/9/0 direct via UA9OBA after the expedition will be dispatched. Also QSL’s of 1995-2011 for R3CA/1/9/0, CE8/9/R3CA, KC4/R3CA/ANT are available.
Keep an eye here for further updates.
73! Yuri Zaruba UA9OBA,
President of Russian Robinson Club
K5P QSL Card arrived in the mail this week.
Qso’s for this rare entity (Palmyra & Jarvis Islands) were uploaded to LOTW very fast so the paper card really only required for the IOTA collection.
None the less very efficient and fast Qsl’in, thanks to the team.