I.C.P.O. Calendar (May 05 - 13, 2005) Islands, Castles & Portable Operations Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year) ===================================================== 05/05/2005: The 3V8SM club station on Djerba Island (IOTA AF-083) will be activated May 5-10th, on all HF bands, by a Hungarian team. The team consists of: Jeno HA5FA (mostly on CW), Miklos HA5VZ (mostly on SSB) and Miklos HA5GO (mostly on BPSK and some times on CW and SSB too). QSL via HA5FA direct or via HA QSL Bureau (Only for this operation!!!). [Tnx JI6KVR]
05/05/2005: Francois F5JNE and Claude F5MCC will be active May 5th as F5JNE/p from the La Coudre Castle (DFCF reference 45-023), in the city of Faverelles (CP 45420). QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx F5NQL] 05/05/2005: Claude, F6AEW, will be active the morning of May 5th as F6AEW/p from the Castle of Bonne (DFCF reference 53016), Cne de l'Huisserie (CP 53260), Saint-Berthevin (DDCF 53-32). Look for him to be on 40 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5AJI] 05/05/2005: JA5BEX/5 plans to be active May 5th from Hiro shima Island (IOTA AS-076, JIIA AS-076 New!). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR] 05/05/2005: Nob JH1WCD and Joe JR1AGC will be active May 5-8th as JD1BLW and JD1BLZ respectively from the Ogasawara Islands (IOTA AS-031. Look for them on 80 through 6 meters, mainly SSB. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425DXN] 05/05/2005: Special event stations from Kurskaya oblast will be active May 5-10th as follows: RP3WTW from the Fatezhsky Area (RDA KU-32); UE3WAP from the Obojansky Area (RDA KU-23); UE3WGP from the Glushkovsky Area (RDA KU-10); UE3WIP from the Fatezhsky Area (RDA KU-32); UE3WLP from L'gov City (RDA KU-06); UE3WNP from the Shchigrovsky Area (RDA KU-35); UE3WOP from the Obojansky Area (RDA KU-23); UE3WPP from the Ponyrovsky Area (RDA KU-25); UE3WQP from the Shchigrovsky Area (RDA KU-35); UE3WRP from the Obojansky Area (RDA KU-23); UE3WTP from the Shchigrovsky Area (RDA KU-35); and UE3WKW from the Korenevsky Area (RDA KU-17). QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx RX3RC] 05/05/2005: Victor, RV3YR and other operators from the "Fifth Ocean" International Flight ARC (http://www.qsl.net/5ocean) will be active May 5-12th using the special call RP3YGA/p from the Russian Pilots memorial in Brjansk region. Activity will be on 160-10 meter SSB, CW and digital modes. They will also participate in the CQ-M International DX Contest (May 14-15th). QSL direct to RV3YR (Victor Borodin, P.O. Box 1, Bryansk, 241027 Russia). [Tnx 425DXN] 05/05/2005: Sergey, RW0LZ, will be active May 5-12th as RW0LZ/p from the Kavalerovsky Area (RDA reference PK-19), Primorsky Kraj (PK). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 05/05/2005: Look for Andrea, SV5/IK1PMR, and Claudia, SV5/K2LEO, to be QRV May 5-19th from Rodos (aka Rhodes) Island (IOTA EU-001, MIA MGD-028). Activity will be on 80-10 meter CW and RTTY, including entries in the ARI International DX and Volta RTTY contests. QSL for both callsigns via IK1PMR (www.ik1pmr.com). [Tnx 425DXN] 05/05/2005: Special Event station UE4ABF will be active May 5th from the Kamyshin City (RDA VG-10), Volgogradskaya oblast (VG). QSL via UA4AM, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 06/05/2005: Operators IK7JWX, IZ8EZP, IZ7AVU and IZ7ATN will be active as SV8/homecall/p from Kerkyra (aka Corfu) Island (IOTA EU-052, MIA MG-055) and several Lighthouses between May 6-9th. The lighthouses they plan to activate are as follows: Sideros (TWLH SV-081, ARLHS GRE-117), Akra Aikuterina (ARLHS GRE-156), Akra Anemomilos (ARLHS GRE-159), Akra Kosteri (ARLHS GRE-170) and Peristeres (ARLHS GRE-179). Activity will be on HF, the WARC bands on modes SSB, RTTY and PSK31. They will also particate in the ARI Contest (May 7-8th). QSL via the operator's instructions. [Tnx OPDX] 06/05/2005: Special Event station UE4ABF will be active May 6th from the Kamyshinsky Area (RDA VG-23), Volgogradskaya oblast (VG). QSL via UA4AM, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 06/05/2005: Special call UE6LLL will be active May 6-10th from the Tsimljansky Area (RDA reference RO-64), Rostovskaya oblast (RO). QSL via RK6MP, direct or bureau. [Tnx RDA News] 06/05/2005: Look for W1ACT to be QRV May 6th from the Gay Head Lighthouse (ARLHS reference USA-319). Activity will be on 40, 30 meters between 1600-1900 UTC and 20 meters between 2100-2400 UTC. Call on hour and half hour, CW only. QSL via QRZ.com. [Tnx DL2VFR] 07/05/2005: Zik, VE3ZIK (4N1DX) will be active May 7-17th as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia. He plans to operate on all HF bands CW and SSB, plus 10m FM on 29610 kHz. QSL via DL3PS, direct or bureau (please do not send cards to the VE3 bureau as Zik has moved to Germany). [Tnx 425DXN] 07/05/2005: Ralf DH7NO, Ric DL2VFR, and Uwe DG1RUG will be QRV May 7-8th as homecall/p and DA0GLH from Usedom Island (IOTA EU-129, GIA O-13). Look for activity on all bands, SSB and CW. QSL via DL2VFR (QRZ.com). [Tnx RSGB IOTA] 07/05/2005: Jean Michel, F5PRR, will be active May 7th as F5PRR/p from the Castel of Broussan (DFCF reference 83-102, 10 Million reference 83-18, CP 83190). Look for him on 40 and 20 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5PRR] 07/05/2005: Claude, F6AEW, will be active the morning of May 7th as F6AEW/p from the Castle de la Morliere (DFCF reference 53-017), Cne de Chemaze (CP 53200), Western Castle Gontier (DDCF 53-32). Look for him to be on 40 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5AJI] 07/05/2005: Jacques, F6BVB, will be active the morning of May 7th as F6BVB/p from the Castle of Villarceaux (DFCF reference 77-081), commune of Lesigny (7715), Canton of Brie Count Robert (DDCF 77-02). Look for him on 40 and 20 meter SSB. [Tnx F6FNA] 07/05/2005: JP, F6FNA, will be active in the morning of May 7th as F6FNA/p from the Castle of White House (DFCF reference 77-046), commune of Lesigny (7715), Canton of Brie Count Robert (DDCF 77-02). Look for him on 40 and 20 meter SSB. [Tnx F6FNA] 07/05/2005: Francis, F6HKS, will be active May 7th (06:00 to 12:00 UTC) as F6HKS/p from the following lighthouses in the Alpes Maritimes area - South France, as follows: Cap Ferrat lighthouse (DPLF PB-141, ARLHS FRA-099) and/or Vallauris Lighthouse (DPLF PB-140, ARLHS FRA-530). Activity will be on 40-10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [Tnx F5NQL] 07/05/2005: The Havering & District Amateur Radio Club (G4HRC) will be putting no least than four mills on-the-air around the county of Essex during the National Mills weekend (May 7-8th). The windmill locations, and the call of the windmills, and operators are as follows: GB2UW, Upminster, Essex - this mill will be run by ops M0MAC, G3JSR, G3SVK, G0PIA, M3DOQ, M3DOV, and help from SWL Chris Lester; GB0MW, Mountnessing, Essex - this mill will be run by ops M0JKA, G4UNS, and G0BOF; GB2ARW, Aythorpe, Roding, Essex - this mill will be run by ops G3TPJ, and M1MOG; and GB5SW, Stock, Essex - this mill will be run by G3VOF, G3RJI, and M0BOB. In addition to the Denby Dale award, the Havering & District Amateur Radio Club will be running its own award programme for working the windmills run by the club. This will be the Essex Windmill Award. This award is offered not only in the UK, but to EU, and the rest of the world. For further information, visit http://www.haveringradioclub.co.uk/ [Tnx 425DXN] 07/05/2005: Ralph, NM5RC, on his way to Hamvention (May 7-18th) is hoping to activated new USIs in eight or nine states. Days and time subject to travel, weather and propagation. Generally in mornings when wind is calm since he will be using a small folding boat. If you are nearing USIA-WAS and need Kansas, email him and he will try to email you with more precise date info; also willing to try other than 20 meters if that would help. QSL cards will be sent to all contacts; if Ralph has yours, another is not needed. If you him, posting would be appreciated. [Tnx NM5RC] 07/05/2005: Jeroen NL12339, and Will PE1OPM, will be active May 7-14th as PA6WAD from Ameland Island (IOTA EU-038). Activity will be on 80-10 meters, WARC bands included, using SSB and RTTY. QSL via PE1OPM (QRZ.com) or NL12339 (Jeroen Reijerkerk, P.O. Box 42, 4724 ZG Wouw, The Netherlands). [Tnx IOTW] 07/05/2005: Sergey, RU4WA, and Valentin, UA4QM, will be active May 7-9th as RU4WA/4 and UA4QM/p respectively from the Vysokogorsky Area (RDA reference TA-35), the Arsky Area (RDA TA-28), the Baltasinsky Area (RDA TA-31), the Sabinsky Area (RDA TA-54), the Tjuljachinsky Area (RDA TA-59), the Pestrechinsky Area (RDA TA-52) and possibly the Atninsky Area (RDA TA-29), Republic of Tatarstan (TA). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 07/05/2005: Special event station UE1QDR will be active May 7th from Vologda City (RDA reference VO-01), Vologodskaya oblast (VO). QSL via UA1RJ, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 07/05/2005: Sergey RW1QN & Co. will be active May 7th as UE1RDA/3/m from the Poshehonsky Area (RDA reference YR-23), the Rybinsk Area (RDA YR-25), the Tutaevsky Area (RDA YR-26), the Bol'shesel'sky Area (RDA YR-12), the Yaroslavsky Area (RDA YR-28), the Nekrasovsky Area (RDA YR-20) and the Ljubimsky Area (RDA YR-17), Yaroslavskaya oblast (YR). QSL via UA1RJ, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 07/05/2005: Special Event station UE4ABF will be active May 7th as UE4ABF/mm from the Voroshilovsky, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-01); Sovietsky, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-06); Kirovsky, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-03); Krasnoarmejsky, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-04); Centralny, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-08); Krasnooktjabr'sky, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-05); Traktorozavodsky, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-07); Volzhsky City (RDA VG-09) and the Sredneahtubinsky Area (RDA VG-41), Volgogradskaya oblast (VG). QSL via UA4AM, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 08/05/2005: Watch for James VE3TPZ and Mark VA3MAH on May 8th as they will be attempting to put a new Ontario Island on from 15:00-20:00 UTC using the callsigns CG3TPZ and CF3MAH respectively. This activation is weather dependent. In case of poor weather, they will try again May 14-15, 21-22-23 or 28-29. A photo QSL card will be issued for this activation. They will operate 40m-10m on the usual IOTA frequencies and also on 7270, 14260 kHz for their American Friends. QSL via the operators instructions. More information on the Canadian Island Awards and Maple Leaf Awards Programs can be found at http://www.qsl.net/ve3tpz . [Tnx VE3TPZ] 08/05/2005: Look for F6KOT/p to be active May 8th from the Mill of Bagor, for the French Mills Award, commune de Montaigu de Quercy (CP 82150), Canton 8214. Activity will be on 40 meters starting around 09:00 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau [Tnx F5PEZ] 08/05/2005: JN2TZB/2 plans to be active from Oki Island (IOTA AS-117, JIIA AS-117-006) from May 8th. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR] 08/05/2005: JR5DPB/5, JE5HXL/5 plan to be active May 8th from Teshima Island (IOTA AS-076, JIIA New), Kagawa prefecture. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR] 08/05/2005: Wolfgang, OE1WWL, will be QRV May 8-13th as SV9/OE1WWL/p from the island of Crete (IOTA EU-015, MIA MGC-005). Activity will be on all bands, SSB only, with 10 watts and a longwire antenna. QSL to home call via the bureau. [Tnx OE1WWL] 08/05/2005: Special Event station UE4ABF will be active May 8th from the Mihsjlovka City (RDA VG-11), Volgogradskaya oblast (VG). QSL via UA4AM, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 09/05/2005: Special Event station UE4ABF will be active May 9th from the Centralny, Volgograd Area (RDA VG-08), Volgogradskaya oblast (VG). QSL via UA4AM, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 11/05/2005: Mike, UA4WB, and Sergey, UA4WRC, will be active May 11-13th as UA4WB/p and UA4WRC/p respectively from the Jukamensky Area (RDA reference UD-31) and the Jarsky Area (RDA UD-33), Republic of Udmurtia (UD). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 11/05/2005: Special call UE6LLL will be active May 11-15th from Kamensk-Shahtinsky City (RDA reference RO-16), Rostovskaya oblast (RO). QSL via RK6MP, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 12/05/2005: Michele, IF9ZWA, will be QRV May 12-18th as IF9ZWA/p from some Egadi Islands EU-054 and Lighthouses. This operation will count for several awards, here is the list of references: Levanzo Island (IIA TP-009, MIA MI-050, TWLH I-018, ARLHS ITA-208); Il Faraglione (IIA TP-013, MIA MI-277); Isola Galeotta (IIA TP-005, MIA MI-031); Isolotto Prevedo (IIA TP-007, MIA MI-079) Favignana Island (IIA TP-011, MIA MI-025, ARLHS ITA-135 - ITA-145, WLOTA L-1545); Galera Island (IIA TP-014, MIA MI-032). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx IF9ZWA] 12/05/2005: Hellmuth, DF7XE, will be active May 12-24th as SV8/DF7XE/p from Thasos Island (IOTA EU-174, MIA MG-124). Look for him on 80-10 meter SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and CW. QSL via home call. [Tnx DF7XE] 13/05/2005: Look for LA6IMA, LA3LJ, LA8PV, LA2FKA, LA9SN, LB2DF and LA6LDA to be QRV May 13-16th as LA9M/p from Sandoy Island (IOTA EU-056). Activity will be on 160-10 meter CW, SSB and digital modes, possibly QRV on 6m and 2m. QSL via LA9M (QRZ.com). [Tnx RSGB IOTA] ===================================================== LOOKING AHEAD - 15/05/2005: Starting May 15th, and ending June 20th, Patrick, F5MQW will tour by motor-home, Northern Europe through, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Patrick will use either his xx/HC (ON/F5MQW, PA/F5MQW and so on) or xx/F8UFT/p (DL/F8UFT/P, SM5/F8UFT/p and so on..). F8UFT is the callsign of the French EUCW Society, "The Union Francaise des Telegraphistes". The main radio activity goal consists of being active from several IOTAs in Germany, Danemark and Sweden. The following stops are scheduled: DL/F8UFT/P from Fehmarn island (IOTA EU-128); SM5/F8UFT/P from Graso island (IOTA EU-084); SM5/F8UFT/P from Norr Finno island (NOT IOTA); SM7/F8UFT/P from Oland island (IOTA EU-037); and SM7/F8UFT/P from Sturko island or Aspo island or Hasslo island (IOTA EU-138). The IOTA stops in Denmark will be according to the ferries time tables, and will be announced later; look at the clusters. Patrick will be active on HF bands (except lower bands 160m and 80m), CW and SSB. QSL xx/F5MQW via the French Ref-Union bureau or direct. QSL xx/F8UFT, to F6ICG, via the French Ref-Union bureau or direct. [Tnx F5NQL] 17/05/2005: Juan, EA8CAC, will be QRV May 17-23rd as EA8CAC/p from El Hierro Island (IOTA AF-004, DIE S-015). He plans to activate several lighthouses as follows: Punta Orchilla (FEA D-2836, ARLHS CAI-066), De La Restinga (FEA D-2837, ARLHS CAI-009), Punta Salmor (FEA D-2840, ARLHS CAI-052), Punta Dehesa (FEA D-2841, ARLHS CAI-031), Punta Caleta (FEA D-2839, ARLHS CAI-028) and Punta Bonanza (FEA D-2837.5, ARLHS CAI-026). Look for activity on 80-15 meter SSB, with some CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx EA8CAC] 21/05/2005: Claude, F6AEW, will be active the morning of May 21st as F6AEW/p from the Castle of Bois Cuille (DFCF reference 53-019), Departement de la Mayenne (53). Look for him to be on 40 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5AJI] 23/05/2005: Some members of Union of Radio hams of Las Palmas (URL), will travel from Gran Canaria island to Fuerteventura island to be active as ED8MPJ from Morro Jable, municipality of Pajara, in a special and cultural event from May 23 to May 29, 2005. This activity will put on the air the municipality of Pajara. References: DME 35.015, DIE S-06 and IOTA AF-004. The QSL Manager for this activity is Manuel Santos Morán, EA8BYG. The Team: EA8GL, EA8BYG, EA8AAG, EA8AMY, EB8CTK, EC8ADU and some operators from Fuerteventura Island. For more information visit www.ea8url.com and www.qrz.com [Tnx EC8ADU] 28/05/2005: Franck, F5TVG, will be active May 28-29th as either F5TVG/m or F5TVG/p from two Castles located in Departement de la Creuse (23). He plans to activate the Castle of Jouillat (DFCF reference 23-004) and the Castle of Villemonteix (DFCF 23-008). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5TVG] 14/06/2005: In late June (probably June 17-24) LA5WJA/mm and Per LA7DFA/mm will operate 6 meters from a sailboat in grids JP33, JP43, JP54 and JP44. They will even consider JP34 if weather and propagation are good. More info coming on http://www.qsl.net/la7dfa. Would appreciate feedback on what squares are needed by you (la7dfa(at)qsl.net). [Tnx UKSMG] 16/09/2005: AH6HY is planning some IOTA activity for September, 2005. Operation will be SSB only, 10m-20m. QSL via AH6HY (QRZ.com). The islands are not so rare for IOTA but are not easy to get to (access is only by boat), so hopefully some of you out there still need one or both of these. Look for AH6HY/W3 Sep 16-18th from Smith Island, Maryland (IOTA NA-140, USI MD-003S, Somerset county) and AH6HY/W4 Sep 19-21st from Tangier Island, Virginia (IOTA NA-083, USI VA-001S, Accomack county). [Tnx AH6HY] ===================================================== SPECIAL EVENTS - 01/05/2005: No special callsign nor preffix or suffix, but only a special "Souvenir QSL card", will be sent to those of us who will contact the Jean Bart ARC, F6KMB of Dunkirk, in Northern France, between May 1st and June 30th. This will be done to commemorate, both the liberation of Dunkirk (the last French City, liberated after June 1944 landing) and the 65th anniversary of the evacuation from Dunkirk, - the Dynamo Operation of 1940 - which was conducted by the British Navy. QSL via: RC J.Bart Maison Sciences, 62 Rue du 110 EME Regiment D Infanterie, F59140 Dunkerque, France. Furhter information on the Dynamo Operation can be found at http://www.answers.com/topic/operation-dynamo [Tnx F5NQL] 01/05/2005: Authority has been granted to use a special call sign to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Elliot Lake. The special event call sign assigned will be CG3ELA. Activity will be between May 1-14, 2005. QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx RAC] 05/05/2005: A group of operators of Lviv Shortwave club will operate special event station EO60W May 5-15th to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Victory in WW II. QSL via UT7WZ, direct (Miroslav Lupiy, P.O. Box 94, Lviv 79000, Ukraine) or bureau. [Tnx UR5WCW] 15/05/2005: Bill Metcalf (VE6BF) of Beaumont, Alberta, has been granted authority to use the special call sign VC6X to commemorate the Alberta Centennial Year. Activity will be from May 15th to June 15th. QSL direct to VE6BF (Bill Metcalfe, 5704 - 48 Avenue, Beaumont, Alberta, T4X 1C3, Canada) with SASE or SAE + sufficient return postage. [Tnx RAC] 17/05/2005: A team of 16 radio amateurs will activate special event callsign AX3ITU to mark the 140th birthday of the International Telecommunications Union. Amateur Radio Victoria aims to have the have AX3ITU on air virtually the entire 24 hours UTC on Tuesday 17th of May. It will be available on CW, Phone, PSK31 and an amateur satellite on the day. Three of the team, VK3QI, VK3ANJ and VK3YR, will concentrate on CW on the 40, 30 and 20 metre bands. Phone operation will be on the 80, 40, 20 and 2-metre bands, while PSK31 is to target 80 and 40 metres. A commemorative QSL card will be available for contacts. QSL information is direct to VK3WI QTHR or via the bureau. [Tnx K1XN & The GOLIST] 27/05/2005: Gordon Kosmenko (VE6SV) of Sherwood Park, Alberta, has been granted authority to use the special call sign VC6R to commemorate the Alberta Centennial Year. Activity will be from May 27th to June 27th. QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx RAC] 04/06/2005: Doug Pichette (VA7DP) of Penticton, British Columbia, has been granted authority to use the special call sign VA7YVET to commemorate the "Year of the Vet." Activity will be from June 4th to July 4th. QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx RAC] 04/06/2005: Special event station VE3MIS will be celebrating the 32nd Streetsville Founders Bread & Honey Festival June 4-5th. Look for them on 7.227, 14.240, 21.315 and 28.480 MHz (+/- QRM), between 1400 - 2000 UTC both days. A certificate will be awarded to those who QSL. QSL via MARC, c/o Michael Brickell (VE3TKI), 2801 Bucklepost Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 1X6. Further information can be found at www.marc.on.ca [Tnx MARC] 10/06/2005: Ken Whalen (VO1ST) of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, on behalf of the Admiralty House Museum and Archives, has been granted Special Event Callsigns to commemorate Alcock and Brown's Transatlantic flight. The call sign will be VO1VIMY and will be active between June 10th and July 10th. QSL via operators instructions. [Tnx RAC] ===================================================== 73 and Good Hunting! 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