Dear Editor, at the 1st Mediterraneo DX Club Convention, held on 9-10 April, a few MDXC members reported the following information on past and future activties that might be of interest for your readers.
1) Plans for a DXpedition to two unnumbered IOTA groups in the Line Islands (East Kiribati) were announced at the recent Mediterraneo DX Club Convention MDXC members Nando Rubino/IT9YRE (T32Y), Claudio Scaglia/I1SNW (T32SNW) and Alfio Bonanno/IT9EJW (T32EJW) will operate SSB and CW first from Flint Island (if unable to land there, they will move on to Vostok Island in the same group); the second new one will be Caroline Island (aka Millennium Island). The expedition is scheduled to take place between 28 September and 15 October. QSL direct to home calls (separate envelopes for each operation, please). Donations to help offset the high costs of the expedition will be gratefully accepted and can be sent to IT9YRE (Nando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola -SR. Italy).
2) At the Mediterraneo DX Club Convention Antarctic veteran and MDXC member Filippo Corbelli, IK0AIH, reported that, while waiting for a special prefix to be issued to the Italian bases in Antarctica, IR0ANT will be used from Mario Zucchelli Station (I-01 for the Antarctica Award) starting from the XXI expedition. The Mediterraneo DX Club will handle the QSL cards for IR0ANT. Should you have not received your card for KC4/IK0AIH's activity from Concordia Station (MN-06 for the Antarctica Award), please e-mail your QSO data to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Filippo also reported that the only legitimate amateur radio activities during the latest Italian expedition (the 20th) to Antarctica were those conducted personally by amateur radio operator Mario Pillon (I0QHM) as KC4/I0QHM.
Best 73,
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IZ8CCW Ant
Mediterraneo DX Club #004
www.mdxc.org
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