I.C.P.O. Calendar (Sep 29 - Oct 08, 2005) Islands, Castles & Portable Operations. Operations are listed by start date(Day/Month/Year). ===================================================== 29/09/2005: Mike, RV3ECW, will be active September 29th as RV3ECW/m and /3/m from the following RDA references for the Russian Districts Award: Mtsensky (OR-20), Orlovskaya oblast (OR); Chernsky (TL-34), Plavsky (TL-30), Shchekinsky (TL-35), Shchekino City (TL-13), Shchekinsky (TL-35), Leninsky (TL-27), Jasnogorsky (TL-36), Aleksinsky (TL-14), Zaoksky TL-22, Tul'skaya oblast (TL); Serpukhovsky (MO-87), Moscowskaya oblast (MO); Zhukovsky (KG-13), Borovsky (KG-09), Kaluzhskaya oblast (KG). There is also the possibility that the following will be activated: Mtsensk City OR-06, Orlovskaya oblast (OR); Privokzal'nyj (TL-02), Zarechensky (TL-01), Tul'skaya oblast (TL); and Pushchino (MO-39), Moscowskaya oblast (MO). QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx RX3RC]
29/09/2005: UA1QEI and RA1QR will be active September 29th to October 2nd as homecall/p /m and /3 from the following RDA references for the Russian Districts Award: Sheksinsky (VO-30), Vologodsky (VO-12), Grjazovetsky (VO-14), Vologodskaya oblast (VO); Bujsky (KS-10), Galichsky (KS-12), Soligalichsky (KS-28), Chuhlomsky (KS-31), Antropovsky KS-09, Parfen'evsky (KS-25), Nejsky (KS-20), Kologrivsky (KS-14), Mezhevsky (KS-19), Manturovsky (KS-18), Kadyjsky (KS-13), Makar'evsky (KS-17), Ostrovsky (KS-23), Sudislavsky(KS-29), Kostromskaya oblast (KS); Zavolzhsky (IV-13), Kineshemsky (IV-16), Jur'evetsky (IV-30), Luhsky (IV-19), Verhnelandehovsky (IV-10), Pestjakovsky (IV-21), Shujsky (IV-28), Juzhsky (IV-29), Palehsky (IV-20), Komsomol'sky (IV-17), Furmanovsky (IV-27), Furmanov City (IV-08), Furmanovsky (IV-27), Ivanovskaya oblast (IV); and Rostovsky (YR-24), Tutaevsky (YR-26), Danilovsky (YR-16), Ljubimsky (YR-17), Poshehonsky (YR-23), Yaroslavskaya oblast (YR). QSL via home calls, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 30/09/2005: Look for Fulvio I1EEW/p to be QRV in the afternoon of September 30th from the Tower of the Castle of Castelvecchio to Imperia (DCI reference IM-035 for the Italian Castles Award) and the Tower of the Castle of Castelvecchio to Imperia (DCI IM-036), Region of Liguria, Province of Imperia (IM). Activity will be mainly on 40 meters, but also 20 meters propagation permitting. QSL via home call direct or through the bureau. [Tnx I1EEW] 30/09/2005: Look for IQ8FT (section A.R.I. of Frattamaggiore) to be QRV September 30th from the Torre Civica o dell'Orologio di Frattamaggiore (DCI reference NA-068 for the Italian Castles Award), Region of Campania, Province of Napoli (NA). QSL via operators' instructions. [Tnx IK8TWV] 30/09/2005: Members of the Russian Robinson Club are proud to announce a DXpedition to Aldabra (AF-025) and Farquhar (AF-035) Islands scheduled for late September and early October. Their tentative schedule (and callsigns) is: S79RRC/A - Aldabra Island, September 30th-October 2nd; S79RRC/F - Farquhar Island, October 5-7th. The team will be: Sergey RA3NAN (S79NAN), Eugene RZ3EC (S79EC) and Andy RZ3EM (S79RRC). They are expected to dedicate 3 days of operation to each island. For more details and updates, visit the Web page at: www.qso.ru/s79rrc [Tnx OPDX] 30/09/2005: Stephan, DK3TNA, plans to be QRV from the island of Crete (IOTA EU-014, MIA MGC-005) as SV9/DK3TNA from September 30 to October 12, 2005. Activity will be on 80-10 meter SSB. QSL via home call, bureau preferred, or direct (QRZ.com). [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 30/09/2005: Look for Bodo, DL3OCH, to be active as W4/DL3OCH from Key West (IOTA NA-062, USI FL-040S, Monroe county), Florida, between September 30th and November 4th. Activity will be CW only, with the possibility of activity from other IOTAs as well. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 01/10/2005: ens, DD0VD, will be QRV October 1-7th as DD0VD/p from Usedom Island (IOTA EU-129, GIA/DID O-13 for the German Islands Award). This will be a holiday activity, with participation in the Scandinavia VHF Activity Contest. QSL to home call via the bureau. [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 01/10/2005: Several special calls - namely ED5MDT, ED5PSG, ED5PSM, ED5PSR, ED5PYP, ED5TCG, ED5TIF, ED5TII and ED5TSJ - will be aired October 1-2nd from a number of monuments on Tabarca Island (EU-093, DIE E-006). ED5TII (the island main station) ED5TIF (at the Faro de Tabarca lighthouse, ARLHS SPA-136, WLOTA 1779) will be active on several bands, while the other stations will be on 80 and 40 meters. QSL to EA5FHK, via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 2117, 03080 Alicante, Spain. [Tnx 425 DX News] 01/10/2005: Look for Francois, F5JNE and Claude F5MCC, to be active October 1st as F5JNE/p from the Castle of Courbevaux (DFCF 45-030) near Chateaurenard (DDCF 45-07, CP 45220), department Loiret (45). Activity will be on 40 and 20 meter SSB. QSL via F5JNE, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5NQL] 01/10/2005: Cedric, F5PSR, plans to activate the Castle of Creil (DFCF reference 60-035 for the French Castles Award) located on the island of Saint Maurice (DIFI reference 60001R for the French Inland Islands Award) October 1st, in the morning. Activity will be mainly on 40 meters, with some 20 and/or 10 meters depending on propagation. If this activity can not take place this day it will take place October 8th. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5PSR] 01/10/2005: Weather permitting, Salvatore (IK1AWV) will be QRV October 1st as IK1AWV/p from the Castle of Caravonica (DCI reference IM-049, WAIS CK09, WW Loc. JN33XX), Region of Liguria, Province of Imperia (IM). Activity will be on 40 and 20 meter SSB. QSL via home call through the bureau. [Tnx F5NQL] 01/10/2005: Geza, HA4XG, will be active as J43XG from Rio, near Patras, Greece, October 1-15th. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB and FSK441, on 40-10 meters with ground planes and dipoles, and on 2 meters with an 8-element yagi. Expect activity during his evening and early morning hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx 425 DX News] 01/10/2005: Alik, RX9WN, will be active October 1-2nd as RX9WN/m from the following RDA references for the Russian District Award, in the sequence which they will be aired: Demsky, UFA Area (BA-01), Ufimsky (BA-74), Chishminsky (BA-79), Davlekanovsky (BA-47), Davlekanovo City (BA-14), Al'sheevsky (BA-29), Aurgazinsky (BA-32), Sterlitamaksky (BA-71), Sterlitamak City (BA-23), Ishimbajsky (BA-55), Ishimbay City (BA-16), Meleuzovsky (BA-64), Meleuz City (BA-18), Kujurgazinsky (BA-62), Kugarchinsky (BA-61), Kumertau City (BA-17), Burzjansky (BA-45), Sterlibashevsky (BA-70), Blagovarsky (BA-41), Al'sheevsky (BA-29), Davlekanovo City (BA-14), Davlekanovsky (BA-47), Chishminsky (BA-79), Ufimsky (BA-74) and Demsky, UFA Area (BA-01), Republic of Bashkortostan (BA). QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx RX3RC] 02/10/2005: Operators EA3DQU, EC3DFT and EA3DGZ will be active October 2nd as EA3DQU/p from the Tower Esglesia of Sant Genis (DCE - DCC reference CB-324 for the Spanish Castles Award, TPEA Barcelona), Palafolls (DME 08155). QSL via EA3DQU, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx F5NQL] 02/10/2005: Alain, F4BRV/p, will be QRV October 2nd, in the afternoon, from the Mareschal Tower (DFCF reference 73-055, CP 73140), department 73. Activity will be on 40 meter SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F4BRV] 02/10/2005: Richard, G3CWI/p, plans to activate the following SOTA references located in the Welsh Borders Region October 2nd: Hegdon Hill (SOTA G/WB-023) at 13:00 UTC; Garway Hill (SOTA G/WB-013) at 14:30 UTC; and Burton Hill (SOTA G/WB-020) at 15:30 UTC. Activity will be on 7.030 MHz CW. QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx SOTA UK] 02/10/2005: The Tennessee Valley DX Association will be active October 2-9th as W4I from St. George Island (IOTA NA-085, USI FL-007S, Franklin County), Florida. There will be 12 operators who will be active on 40-6 meters, WARC included, CW and SSB. QSL via WA4AA direct with SASE, or through the bureau. [Tnx WA4AA] 03/10/2005: Norbert, F6AXX, be active as F6AXX/p from the Castle of la Roche du Roi (DFCF reference 73-056) in the city of Aix les Bains (East of France), between Oct 3rd to 22nd, mainly on 40 meter CW. He may be active from other references in the same area. In such a case, information will be given in due time. QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx F5NQL] 03/10/2005: Richard, G3CWI/p, plans to activate the following SOTA references located in the Welsh Borders Region October 3rd: Aconbury Hill (SOTA G/WB-024) at 15:00 UTC; and Seager Hill (SOTA G/WB-022) at 16:30 UTC. Activity will be on 7.030 MHz CW. QSL via home call, direct or through the bureau. [Tnx SOTA UK] 05/10/2005: The International Police Radio Club (ON4IPA, http://users.pandora.be/on4ipa-on6zv/) will be QRV October 5-10th as GJ/OO4IPA from the Isle of Jersey (IOTA EU-013) and Jersey Isle (main) lighthouse (WLOTA 0818). Plans are to operate on all the HF bands SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via ON6ZV. Information on the award available for working GJ/OO4IPA can be found at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/ON4IPA. [Tnx 425 DX News] 05/10/2005: Members of the Russian Robinson Club are proud to announce a DXpedition to Farquhar Island (AF-035) scheduled for October 5-7th. They will be using the call S79RRC/F. The team will be: Sergey RA3NAN (S79NAN), Eugene RZ3EC (S79EC) and Andy RZ3EM (S79RRC). For more details and updates, visit the Web page at: www.qso.ru/s79rrc [Tnx OPDX] 06/10/2005: Georg, DK7LX, will be QRV October 6-12th as DK7LX/p from Foehr Island (IOTA EU-042 GIA/DID N-17). Activity will be mainly CW, with multiband vertical antenna. QSL via home call. [Tnx rsgbiota.org] 08/10/2005: Members of Atacama Desert Dx Group will be active as 3G1M from Santa Maria Island (IOTA SA-069, rare!) October 8-10th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters (WARC included), plus 6 meters, SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK31. Further information can be found at www.mdxc.org/3g1m . QSL via XQ1IDM, direct or bureau. [Tnx XQ1IDM] 08/10/2005: Enno, 9V1CW (PF5X), will be active October 8-10th as 9M2/PF5X from Sibu Island (AS-046) and from Langkawi Island (AS-058) between October 29th and November 5th. He will operate holiday style, mainly during his local evening hours. QSL via PA0KHS. [Tnx 425 DX News] 08/10/2005: Kenji, JA4GXS/4, will be active October 8th from Nishino Island (IOTA AS-041, JIIA AS-041-010), JA4 Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture. Activity will be on 40-15 meter CW, around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via home call, direct (Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-city, 753-0038 JAPAN) or through the JARL bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR] ===================================================== LOOKING AHEAD - 25/10/2005: Three members of the Florida DXPedition Group, Inc. will be on Anguilla (IOTA NA-022) between October 25th and November 1st. Participating members are Bill VP2EWX (W4WX), Cory VP2ECM (N1WON), and Clarence VP2EAZ (W9AAZ). Each will operate a different band during the CQ WW SSB contest as a Single Band entry. Look for them on all modes on 160-10 meters before and after the contest. QSL direct to their home calls. [Tnx F5NQL] 28/11/2005: Joel, 4S7PAG, will be QRV between November 28th and December 16th from Sri Lanka (main island - IOTA AS-003). During his stay, he will take a short trip to Barberyn Island (IOTA AS-171) December 9-11th. QSL via F5PAC, direct (Joel Sutterlin F5PAC, 1 Rue du Rossberg, F-68310 Wittelsheim, France) or through the bureau. [Tnx F5NQL] ===================================================== SPECIAL EVENTS - 01/10/2005: John Flynn, EA7EUF, Secretary URE Huelva, reports that members of the local section of URE in Huelva have organized a special event. They will activate the special callsign AO7URE during an all day event from Doñana National Park, Huelva, Spain, to commemorate the birth, for the first-time in captivity, of 3 Lynx kittens and also as part of the "II Diploma Especies de Doñana" in support of the Iberian LYNX, a feline in danger of extinction. Operations will start at 0700z on October 2nd. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using SSB only. A special QSL card will be issued for 1 confirmed contact via the bureau or direct to URE Huelva, P.O. Box 259, 21080-Huelva, Spain, with 1 IRC (Europe) or 2 IRC (Non-Europe). More information about the Diploma can be found at the following URLs at: http://webs.ono.com/usr017/diploma_donana and http://www.qsl.net/ea7ure [Tnx OPDX Bulletin] 01/10/2005: The Balkan Contest Club, LZ1KZA (LZ5A), will be active again as LZ26ZA between October 1-31st. The callsign LZ26ZA counts 10 points towards the "St. Teodosii Tyrnovski Award." See the following web page for details at: http://www.balkanclub.8m.com . QSL via the bureau or send direct to LZ1KZA: P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, BULGARIA. [Tnx OPDX Bulletin] 08/10/2005: The Yonne area hams will use the special call TM3DR in rememberance of Roland, F3DR (SK), who was very involved in Yonne ham activities. Look for TM3DR from October 8-21st, on HF and VHF (6 and 2 meters), CW, SSB, PSK and if asked RTTY and SSTV. All contacts with TM3DR will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Those who choose the direct way go via Pierre F2WS (envelope SA + IRC. If green stamps, 1 for Europe and Africa, 2 elsewhere). [Tnx F5NQL] 14/10/2005: The special call TM1NOR will be aired between October 14-16th for the anniversary of the Hastings Battle (Oct 6th, 1066), won by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and future King of England. QSL via F8LDX (via bureau preferred). [Tnx F5NQL] 16/10/2005: Serge, F5FAB, and the Millau ARC, will be active from the Viaduc of Millau France using the special call TM7VM as follows: from October 16th to 30th, November 11th to December 6th and December 17th to 31st. Activity will be on all HF bands, CW and SSB. QSL via F5UJZ. [Tnx F5NQL] 22/10/2005: The 27th Hamexpo will be held October 22-23rd in Auxerre, Burgundy, which is said to be one of the most important Ham shows in Europe just behind Friedrichshaffen. HamExpo which was founded in 1978 by Pierre Michel, F9AF (ham gear builder) and his daughter Christiane, F 5SM has been a French IARU Society Ref-Union organization, since 1996. During the Hamexpo week-end, and especially from the Event Hall, the call sign F5REF (REF-Union's callsign) will be aired on HF and VHF (6 and 2 meters), CW, SSB, PSK and if asked RTTY and SSTV. All contacts with F5REF will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Those who choose the direct way go via Pierre F2WS (envelope SA + IRC. If green stamps, 1 for Europe and Africa, 2 elsewhere). [Tnx F5NQL] ===================================================== 73 and Good Hunting! 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