I.C.P.O. Bulletin (September 09 - 23, 2002)
I.C.P.O. (Islands, Castles Portable Operations)
Operations are listed by start date
09/09/2002: Rex, VK8RH, will be active (mainly on 6 meters with a beam, but
also on the HF bands with verticals) as C21RH from Nauru (OC-031) September
9th to 27th and again November 4th to 22nd. Look for him on +/- 14260,
18125, 28885 and 50110 kHz. Logs and updates at
http://www.users.on.net/rpearson . QSL via VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box
421, Gatton 4343, Australia).
09/09/2002: A team of ARI Taranto operators (IJ7/I7XUW, IJ7/IK7BPV,
IJ7/IZ7AUH, IJ7/IK7AFM, IJ7/IZ8AJQ, IJ7/IW7BVY, IJ7/IK7MJA, IJ7/IGFS,
IJ7/IZ8DBJ, IJ7/IK7WDS, IJ7/IK7NYD, IJ7/IK7FFX, IJ7/I7YYZ, IJ7/IK7MCJ and
IJ7/IZ7EUC) to be active from Isola San Pietro (IOTA EU-073, IIA TA-002),
September 9th to 15th. Activity will be on HF and 6 meters on
CW/SSB/Digital. QSL to their home callsigns via the Bureau or direct. This
activity will celebrate ARI Taranto's 35th anniversary.
09/09/2002: Mat, JS6PXB, will be active as JS6PXB/6 from Daitou Island
(IOTA AS-047, Kita-daitoujima Kitadaitou-son Shimajiri-gun Okinawa-ken) from
0600 UTC, September 9th through UTC, September 11th. Activity will be
CW and SSB on 40, 17, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via: Mat Hosokawa, 2-39-3-306
Aragusuku, Ginowan City, Okinawa Island 901-2201 Japan. [tnx OPDX]
09/09/2002: Kazu, JA0VSH (V63KZ) and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ (V63MP) will
be active from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia between September 9 and 15,
2002. They expect to operate on 80-10 meters SSB and CW. QSL via home calls
either direct (Kazuhide and Miyuki Maruyama, 2-16-8-206 Kinuta, Tokyo,
157-0073 Japan) or through the JARL bureau.
09/10/2002: Massimo, IZ4DPV will operate (on 10-20 metres SSB) as
3B8/IZ4DPV from Mauritius Island (AF-049) September 10 to 20, 2002. QSL via
home call.
09/11/2002: Pedro, HK3JJH, will be active from Isla del Pirata [Rosario
Island] (SA-040) September 11th and 12th. The call will be HK3JJH/1 and
operation will be mainly on 14260, 21260 and 28460 kHz +/- QRM. QSL direct
to Pedro's home address (Pedro J. Allina, PO Box 81119 Bogota Colombia) as
he does not receive QSL cards sent via the bureau. [tnx HK3JJH]
09/12/2002: Alan, G3PMR, will be vacationing on Cyprus (AS-004) at the QTH
of Mike, 5B4AGX between September 12 and 18, 2002. He hopes to get some
operating in (SSB and CW) from Mike's shack, signing 5B/G3PMR. QSL via home
call.
09/12/2002: The team of RW3QC, RN3QO, RW3QNZ and RX3DCX will be active
September 12th to 17th from Cyprus (AS-004) as 5B4/R3CC. They will also
participate in the WAE DX SSB contest, Multi-Op/All-Band category. QSL via
RW3RN (Alex Kuznetsov, Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia). [tnx RW3RN]
09/12/2002: Look for Andre, GM3VLB, and Alex, GM0DHZ (G0DHZ), be active
from the Shetland Islands (EU-012) September 12th to 17th. They plan to
visit and operate from a large number of islands; hopefully Unst (IOSA SH02,
SCOTIA SI26), Uyea (IOSA SH18, SCOTIA SI24), Fetlar (IOSA SH04, SCOTIA
SI22), Yell (IOSA SH03, SCOTIA SI20), Muckle Roe (ISOA SH29, SCOTIA SI18),
Whalsay (IOSA SH05, SCOTIA SI15), Bressay (IOSA SH06, SCOTIA SI08), East
Burra (IOSA SH23, SCOTIA SI02), West Burra (IOSA SH22, SCOTIA SI03), Trondra
(IOSA SH21, SCOTIA SI05) and Mainland (IOSA SH01, SCOTIA SI11). QSLs direct
only to GM3VLB and G0DHZ.
09/14/2002: Didier, F6ELE, and Joel, F5PAC, will operate from Cezembre
Island (EU-157) between September 14th and 15th. They plan to be active on
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [tnx F6ELE]
09/14/2002: Spike, W7AVA, will be active as V63VB from Pohnpei (OC-010),
Micronesia September 14th to 23rd. QSL via home call, CBA.
09/15/2002: Toshi, JA1ELY, Project Planner, reports that they are pleased
to announce that several Japanese groups will operate as 8N1OGA from
Ogasawara Islands. Between September 15th and the end of January 2003, the
special station will be active to commemorate 75 years since Japan Amateur
Radio League (JARL) was founded. Preliminary license has been already issued
by Japanese Telecommunication authority, which permits all modes including
satellite and one kilowatt output on normal bands and 500 watts on 6 meter
band. They will operate two complete stations with yagi beams on self
supporting towers and dipoles and GP antennas for low bands. They will
aggressively participate in upcoming major DX contests such as the CQWW
Phone, CQWW CW and JIDX Phone Contest. They will particularly be looking for
Europe and the East Coast of North America on low bands (For them to be able
to do this, they will put up antennas that can be viewed over the Pacific
Ocean!!). The current details of the operation schedule is as follows: Sept
15-18th JE1CKA, JF1PJK, JM1RFT, JR1AIB (A constraction team, limited
operation); Sept 27-Oct 5th JQ2EHG, JO1LVZ; Oct 2-5th JI2UNR; Oct 8-16th
7K3EOP, WA1S; Oct 20-23th Unknown; Oct 26-29th JA1WSX, JS1DLC; Oct 26-Nov
4th JA1MRM, JA1LZR; Nov 8-11th JO1RUR, JP1JFG; Nov 14-23th Unknown; Nov
