[Dxpeditions] ICPO Calendar (Apr 29 - May 05, 2004)

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:37:14 -0400

I.C.P.O. Calendar (Apr 29 - May 05, 2004)
Islands, Castles & Portable Operations
Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year)
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29/04/2004:  RA9SC/p, RA9SJI/p and UA9SKC/p plan to be QRV April 29th to
May 3rd from the following references for the Russia Flora &amp; Fauna
Award: Southern-Ural reserve - RFFA 101, Shulgan-Tash - RFFA 99 and
Bashkiria - RFFA 120. QSL via RA9SC. [Tnx QRZ.ru]

29/04/2004:  Look for Takeshi, JI3DST/6, to be QRV April 29th to May 9th
from Miyako Island (AS-079). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx
425DXN]

29/04/2004:  Look for Taka, JR3TVH/6 and his wife Natsu, JJ3NAW/6, to be
QRV April 29th to May 3rd from Miyako Island (IOTA AS-079,
JIIA-079-005). He states that even with the conditions being bad, he has
sent many antennas to the island to be active on 160-6 meters. Modes
will be CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK. He will have a 25 watt beacon on 50.135 Mhz.
Taka suggests to keep watching around his sunrise and sunset. QSL via
their home calls. NO eQSL. [Tnx OPDX]

29/04/2004:  Look for T88KJ (Sasi JA1KJW), T88JY (Shigeo JA1JQY), T88MC
(Kaoru JA3MCA), T88VB (Hisayoshi JR1LVB) and T88PO (JI1FPO) to be QRV
April 29th to May 2nd from Palau Island (OC-009). Activity will be on
all HF bands, CW and SSB. QSL to their home calls direct or via the
bureau. [Tnx F5NQL]

29/04/2004:  Look for UE9OWD/9 to be QRV from a new reference for the
Russian Districts Award. The station will be active from the Chemal'sky
area (RDA GA-09) from April 29th to May 4th. QSL via operators
instructions. [Tnx QRZ.ru]

30/04/2004:  Ian (9M2/G3TMA), Derek (G3KHZ) and Maury (IZ1CRR) will be
active from Pulau Satang Besar (OC-165, East Malaysia, 9M8) April 30th
to May 4th. They plan to be QRV using two transceivers, beam, vertical
and dipole antennas, both SSB and CW. The callsign will be 9M8PSB. QSL
via bureau or direct (and donations) to: IZ1CRR (Maurizio Bertolino,
P.O. Box 2, 12022 Busca - CN, Italy) [Tnx 425DXN]

30/04/2004:  WA6LUT and K0NW will activate St. Georges Reef (NA-184) and
Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-793) from April 30th to May 2nd. The call sign
will be WA6LUT and plans are to operate primarily on SSB on the usual
IOTA frequencies. QSL to WA6LUT. [Tnx 425DXN]

01/05/2004:  Walter, DL3LBP, will be QRV May 1st to 21st as 3B8/DL3LBP
from Flic en Flac, Mauritius (IOTA AF-049, Grid Loc. LG89). Look for
activity on 40 through 10 meter SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via homecall. [Tnx
425DXN]

01/05/2004:  Francois, F5JNE and Maurice, F5IYU will be QRV May 1st as
F5JNE/p from the castle of Pancy Courtecon (DFCF 02022, Canton Laon:
0212, Department: Aisne/02, Province: Picardie), near the town of
Chamouille. Activity will be on 40 meter CW and SSB, starting around
06:30 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5NQL]

01/05/2004:  Jim, MM0BQI, plans an IOTA expedition to the uninhabited
Treshnish Islands off the west coast of Scotland is scheduled for the
first week in May, 2004. He will operate as MM0BQI/P from the island of
Lunga (IOTA EU-108, IOSA NH17, SCOTIA DI09), the largest in the
Treshnish group. Activity will be on all bands 80-6m, SSB, CW, RTTY
using IC706g and IC7400 transceivers. Antennas will be Butternut
verticals and wire dipoles. QSL via the bureau or direct to Jim Martin,
MM0BQI, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, SCOTLAND. All surplus
money from direct QSLs will be donated to the Hebridean Trust, who own
and work to preserve the islands and whose permission to land and
operate is gratefully acknowledged. [Tnx MM0BQI]

01/05/2004:  Look for Len VE9MY and Linda VE9GLF to be operating /VE2
for the first two weeks of May. They plan to activate some of the
islands around Montreal. The islands they are looking at are Ile Sainte
Helene / Expo (CIsA QC-011), Ile Notre-Dame (CIsA QC-031), Ile des
Soeurs / Nuns island (CIsA QC-023), Ile Charron (CIsA QC-048), Ile
Jesus - Laval (CIsA QC-014) and Ile de Montreal (CIsA QC-008). They will
operate on the usual IOTA frequency (14260 kHz +/-) and also 40 meters
for those too close to work them on 20 meters. QSL via home calls. [Tnx
VE3TPZ]

02/05/2004:  Daniel, EJ9FHB, will be out on Inishtrahull Co. Donegal
Lighthouse (ARLHS reference IRE-045) from Sunday May 2nd to 9th. He will
be at the lighthouse doing work on the lighthouse. He will be QRV around
19:00 UTC for a hour or two. Keep a listen out for him. He also has a
few more trips to other lighthouses to do work on over the summer. [Tnx
EI9HQ]

02/05/2004:  Masayoshi, JF1UIO, will be QRV May 2nd to 4th from Ouvea
Island (DIFO FK-018), the Loyalty Islands (OC-033), as FK/JF1UIO. Look
for him on 40 through 10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via his home call, direct
(QRZ.com) or JARL bureau. [Tnx F5NQL]

02/05/2004:  Look for Hiroaki, JK1FNN/6, and his wife Mie, 7L1MKM/6, to
be QRV May 2nd to 4th from Ishigaki Island (AS-024). Activity will be on
40 through 10 meter CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JK1FNN. [Tnx 425DXN]

02/05/2004:  Operators Taka/JO2JDJ and Hide/JM1LJS (JD1BLK) will be
active May 2nd to 5th as as homecall/JD1 from Ogasawara (AS-031).
Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. Their equipment is an IC-756
and FT-100D plus VL-1000 amp. However, their operation is limited to 50
watts by Japan law. Antennas are: 2 element HB9CV (20-10m), 30m dipole
and a 40m full size ground plane. QSL via their home callsign (or QSL
JD1BLK via JM1LJS). [Tnx OPDX]

02/05/2004:  Bill, WB5ZAM, plans a very low key DXpedition to St. Lucia
(NA-108) from May 2nd to 16th. He will use the callsign J69/WB5ZAM.
Activity will be mainly VHF/UHF between the islands, with some HF
activity from one of the local ham stations. This is a real vacation and
operating on the side. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx OPDX]

03/05/2004:  Kevin, ON5DRE and Erwin, ON4QJ are expected to be active
from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) between May 3rd and 13th. Callsign will
be announced at a later date. Activity will be on 160-2 meters. However,
they will be mostly active on 80, 40, 17 and 2 meters. Also, if AO-40
survives and gets fixed by then, they will also be active on it. For 2
meters, they will be active on phone as well as some digital modes to
compromise the somewhat low power. [Tnx OPDX]

03/05/2004:  Mike, GW3UOF, will be QRV May 3rd to 17th as SV8/GW3UOF/P
from Kavos, Corfu Island (EU-052). Activity will be on CW, SSB and
Digimodes. QSL via GW3UOF - address OK at QRZ.com. [Tnx OPDX]

03/05/2004:  Bill, VK4FW/p, plans to be QRV May 3rd to 6th from
Cumberland Island (OC-160). QSL via home call (Bill Horner, PO Box 513,
Nambour, 4560, Australia), direct with SAE + IRC / GS. [Tnx VK4FW]

04/05/2004:  Tadao, JA1WPX, will be QRV May 4th to 9th as 8Q7WP from the
Maldives (AS-013). He plans to operate on 10-40 metres SSB, CW and RTTY
(if possible also on 80m and PSK31). QSL via home call, either direct
(with 1 new IRC or 2 USD) or through the bureau (provided that he gets
them in time, as he says that his last batch of cards will be sent to
the JARL outgoing bureau in December 2005). [Tnx 425DXN]

04/05/2004:  Masayoshi, JF1UIO, will be QRV May 4th to 7th from Lifou
Island (DIFO FK-012), the Loyalty Islands (OC-033), as FK/JF1UIO. Look
for him on 40 through 10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via his home call, direct
(QRZ.com) or JARL bureau. [Tnx F5NQL]
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LOOKING AHEAD -

12/09/2004:  Dave, AH6HY, reports that he will be QRV September 23rd to
October 2nd as VP5/AH6HY from Salt Cay in the Turks Islands (IOTA
NA-003). Activity will be on 40 through 10 meters, SSB only. QSL via
home call, direct or via bureau. [Tnx AH6HY]
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SPECIAL EVENTS -

01/05/2004:  The Scarborough Special Events Group commences its 2004
season of special event stations May 1st and 2nd. The Royal Fleet
Auxiliary vessel Wave Ruler is the fourth Royal Navy ship to be adopted
by the resort of Scarborough and GB4RFA will be active on all HF bands,
2 metres and 70 centimetres. A special souvenir QSL card of the ship
will be issued to commemorate the occasion. QSL via the bureau or direct
to club call G0OOO. [Tnx RSGB News]

01/05/2004:  Members of Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Society will be
operating GB4WSF at the annual Wray Scarecrow Festival May 1st and 2nd,
between 10am and 4pm both days. Activity will be on 80, 40 and 20
meters. Wray was the first village to hold this type of festival and it
is always well attended. [Tnx RSGB News]

01/05/2004:  The Dutch national amateur radio society, VERON, celebrates
the 75th anniversary of its headquarters station, PI4AA, with the
special callsign PI75AA from May 1st to the 16th. It would appear that
all staff and retired staff of PI4AA will use the callsign PI75AA from
their own stations during this period. [Tnx RSGB News]

01/06/2004:  GB6DD - The 60th Anniversary of D-Day. The special event
station will be active from June 1 until June 28, 2004. For further
information contact G4OHX - [email protected] . [Tnx F5NQL]

01/06/2004:  GB60OL - The 60th Anniversary of Operation OVERLORD (D-Day
6th June 1944). Tuesday 1st June 2004 to Monday 7th June 2004 inclusive.
The station will operate on various bands SSB and CW at 21 Signal
Regiment (AS) Colerne during sociable hours and at the discretion of the
O/C Training Wing and his staff. PSE QSL via usual Bureaux (RSGB RSARS
RNARS RAFARS). For a DIRECT QSL a stamped, addressed return envelope is
essential. All stations worked will be sent a special card though it
would be appreciated if we were told at the time of the contact if a
card is NOT required. For further information contact GW4XKE -
[email protected] . [Tnx F5NQL]

03/06/2004:  GB4OL - The 60th Anniversary of Operation OVERLORD (D-Day
6th June 1944). Thursday 3rd June 2004 to Monday 7th June 2004
inclusive. The Station will also be on air from another location between
1st July 2004 and 28th July 2004. The station will operate on various
bands SSB and CW at 21 were told at the time of the contact if a card is
NOT required. For further information contact GW4XKE - [email protected]
. [Tnx F5NQL]

06/06/2004:  GB6OL - The 60th Anniversary of OPERATION OVERLORD the
invasion of Fortress Europe. The station will operate on all modes,
starting June 6th for 4 weeks. Your QSL card will be required beforehand
in order to receive the special QSL from this station. PSE QSL via RSARS
QSL BUREAU. For further information contact G0SWY - [email protected] . [Tnx
F5NQL]

21/07/2004:  GB6LOG - The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Guam.
The station will operate on all modes, starting July 21st for 4 weeks.
Your QSL card will be required beforehand in order to receive the
special QSL from this station. PSE QSL via RSARS QSL BUREAU. For further
information contact G0SWY - [email protected] . [Tnx F5NQL]

25/08/2004:  GB6LOP - The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Paris.
The station will operate on all modes, starting August 25th for 4 weeks.
Your QSL card will be required beforehand in order to receive the
special QSL from this station. PSE QSL via RSARS QSL BUREAU. For further
information contact G0SWY - [email protected] .
Additionally a special certificate is available on request if you work
any of the 5 stations listed above (GB6DD, GB6OL, GB6LOG, GB6LOP, GB60OL
and GB4OL). This has mainly been created at the request of several
American radio amateurs, but they are available worldwide. If you would
like a certificate then, if in UK send 2 x 2nd class stamps or an A5
stamped S.A.E. with 1 x 2nd class stamp, or �1.00; if outside of the
United Kingdom then US$1 or AU$1 or Euro$1 with QSL to G0WY, 4 Bluebell
Road, Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 3LQ (and NOT to the QSL
Bureau). If you cannot do any of the above a cheque made payable to
RSARS for �1 will suffice. The Certificates are basically akin to this
and of course tailored to each of the station callsigns. [Tnx F5NQL]
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73 and Good Hunting!
Dave Raycroft - VA3RJ
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