[Dxpeditions] ICPO Calendar (May 26 - June 03, 2005)

[Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ]

I.C.P.O. Calendar (May 26 - June 03, 2005)
Islands, Castles & Portable Operations
Operations are listed by start date (Day/Month/Year)
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26/05/2005:  Duncan, EA5ON, will once again be active from Freeport,
Grand Bahama Island (IOTA NA-080) as GM7CXM/C6A. His provisional dates
are from May 26th to May 30th. As in previous years, this is a business
trip, but he hope to be fairly active on 80-10 meters, mostly on SSB but
also some digital, and perhaps participating a bit in the CQWW WPX CW
Contest. QSL via EA7JX, direct or via the bureau. [Tnx OPDX]

26/05/2005:  Vassiliy, RW4NW, will be active until May 27th as RW4NW/9
from the Polovinsky Area (RDA reference KN-17), Kurganskaya oblast (KN).
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC]

26/05/2005:  Special call UE6LLL will be active until May 31st from the
Tarasovsky Area (RDA reference RO-60), Rostovskaya oblast (RO). QSL via
RK6MP, direct or bureau. [Tnx RX3RC]

26/05/2005:  The Teresina DX Group (PS8) expedition to the Canaria
Island (IOTA SA-072) May 26th to 29th has been confirmed. ZW8A and ZW8DX
will be active on all bands (80-10m, including WARC) CW, SSB, and RTTY
using beam antennas and wire dipoles. The use of amplifiers will depend
if they have power availbale on the island. QSL ZW8A via PS8HF and ZW8DX
via PS8DX, both direct only. [Tnx PT7WA]

27/05/2005:  The Canary Islands DX Society will be active May 27-30th as
EF8CID to celebrate the Canary Islands Day. IOTA reference AF-004.
Activity will be on 15 meters only. All of the QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via bureau. Direct cards via EC8AUA. [Tnx 425 DX News]

27/05/2005:  Look for JI1PLF/1, JA1UNS/1, 7N1GMK/1, 7L4PVR/1 to be
active May 27-30th from Hachijo Island (IOTA AS-043, JIIA AS-043-003).
Activity will be on 160-6 meter SSB, CW and PSK31. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR]

27/05/2005:  A large group of operators will be active May 27-29th as
homecall/p from the Forte di Collina di Cicala a Nola - Napoli (DCI
reference NA-036, WAIS EK-48, IDCA 168, ITA F-924, WW Loc. JN70GW.
Activity will be on 80, 40, 30, 20 and 15 meter CW and SSB, 6 and 2
meter SSB. The operators will be: IK8IVA/p, IK8TLX/p, IZ8FEN/p,
IZ8FCX/p, IK8XIR/p, IZ8GCD/p, IZ8FON/p, IK8URG/p, IW8DQY/p, IW8DGS/p,
IW8BZ/p and IW8CFG/p. A special QSL card will be sent via the bureau to
everyone contacted, or you can send direct to IW8DQY (Paolo, P.O.Box
1054 - 80128 Napoli, Italy). SWLs may ask for a QSL via bureau or direct
also via email: iw8dqy at rblob.com [Tnx F5NQL]

27/05/2005:  Mikael SM4YWO, Mikael SM4YXA, Eddie SM4KMN, Matti SM4YWZ,
Ola SM4HAK and Matt SM4IED will be active May 27-29th as LA/SA4V from
Averöy Island (IOTA EU-036). Look for them on 80-10 meters. QSL via
SM4IED (QRZ.com). [Tnx RSGB IOTA News]

28/05/2005:  Rick, AI5P, is now staying in Tonga (IOTA OC-049) from May
28 until June 7. Listen for him as A35PX mostly CW on 10-40 meters. QSL
via AI5P. [Tnx DXNL]

28/05/2005:  Operators YL2KL, YL1ZF, YL2LY and ES1AJ will be active from
the Canary Islands (IOTA AF-004) as EA8AH during the CQWW WPX CW Contest
(May 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via YL2KL. [Tnx OPDX]

28/05/2005:  Franck, F5TVG, will be active May 28-29th as either F5TVG/m
or F5TVG/p from two Castles located in Département 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]

28/05/2005:  Claude, F6AEW, will be active the morning of May 28th as
F6AEW/p from the Castle de la Marinais (DFCF reference 53-020),
Département de la Mayenne (53). Look for him to be on 40 meter SSB. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5AJI]

28/05/2005:  Gianpi, IK1TTD, will be active May 28-30th as F/IK1TTD from
Ile de Porquerolles (IOTA EU-070, DIFM ME-010, MIA MF-021). This will be
a holiday style operation, while vacationing on the island with his
wife. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx www.rsgbiota.org]

28/05/2005:  JR2RKK/6 plans to be active May 28-29th from Izena Island
(IOTA AS-017, JIIA AS-017-016), Okinawa prefecture. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR]

28/05/2005:  Look for Dan KD3CQ/p to be active May 28-29th from the East
Wharf lighthouse (ARLHS reference USA-1236), Hefner Lake, Oklahoma.
Activity will be SSB on 14.270 MHz (+/-) and 7.270 MHz (+/-) between
20:00 and 21:00 UTC. QSL via home call, SASE / SAE + postage please.
[Tnx K2JXW]

28/05/2005:  Look for Ric, DL2VFR, to be QRV May 28th to June 3rd as
LA/DL2VFR from Hellesoy Island (IOTA EU-055). Activity will be mainly
CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx DL2VFR]

28/05/2005:  Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS (MM0DGR) and West of
Scotland ARS (GM4AGG) will be active May 28-30th from Burnt Islands. WAB
square is NS07 in Argyll & Bute Council Area (CAOSA: AB). Reference
numbers for island award programmes: IOTA EU-005, IOSA CL-13 and SCOTIA
CS-20. The expedition will use special callsign MS0DGR, and will base at
Eilean Buidhe. The team is going to use two working positions, mainly -
one is for CW, and another one is for SSB, but both positions will be
active on digital modes as well. Pertinent equipment available to the
group is two Icom transceivers IC-706 and IC-735, a number of portable
antennas (Windom, G5RV Plus, Cushcraft R6, Multiband Dipole), two
laptops, two generators, etc. Team: MM0DFV, GM0WRR, MM3IEB, GM4TOQ and
GM0EZP. QSL-cards for contacts with MS0DGR should be sent via RSGB
QSL-Bureau or direct to MM0DFV. [Tnx MM0DFV]

28/05/2005:  John, KK9A, will be active during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest
as P40A from the island of Aruba (IOTA SA-036). QSL via WD9DZV
(QRZ.com). [Tnx DXNL]

28/05/2005:  John, W2GD, will be active as P40W in the CQ WW WPX CW
Contest (May 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via N2MM. Look
for activity before the contest on some of the WARC bands and 160
meters. [Tnx OPDX]

28/05/2005:  Team RK3UWK will be active May 28th as RK3UWK/p from the
Lezhnevsky Area (RDA reference IV-18) and the Savinsky Area (RDA IV-25),
Ivanovskaya oblast (IV). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx RDA
News]

28/05/2005:  Operators Jurgis LY2CY and Andrius LY2TA will be active
from Antigua (IOTA NA-100) as V25O in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (May
28-29th) as a Multi-(?) entry. Activity will be from the V26B QTH. QSL
via LY2TA. [Tnx OPDX]

28/05/2005:  Jon, N0JK, will be active May 28-31st as VP9/N0JK from
Bermuda (IOTA NA-005), CQ WPX CW Contest included. During the contest,
emphasis will be on 160 and 80 meters. Outside the contest he will also
be on 6 meters with a 6M5X yagi and 100 watts, and 50 watts on 2 meters
to a Cushcraft Boomer yagi. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [Tnx
UKSMG]

29/05/2005:  Look for IQ7FG/IL7 to be active May 29th during the Gargano
50Mhz Contest from Isola San Nicola (IOTA EU-050, IIA FG-002, MIA
MI-091). QSL via IQ7FG (QRZ.com). [Tnx SM7AED]

29/05/2005:  EA9CP (Toño) will be in San José, Costa Rica, from May 29th
to June 5th. Look for him on 20, 15 and 10 meters. He will be signing
TI2/EA9CP. QSL via EA9CP/1, direct or bureau. [Tnx F5NQL]

30/05/2005:  From May 30th to June 28th, Jean F1PNR will sign TK/F1PNR
from South Corsica (EU-014), near L'Île Rousse, grid square JN42. The
location is 300 metres asl in front of the sea. Traffic time table:
every day from 0430 to 0900 UTC and 1600 to 1700 UTC. Mode SSB. FT857,
preamp 20db, 16 elements wide spacing. Window: 10 NE to 275 W. Bands:
mainly 2 metres (144.265 MHz). For the first time, Jean will appear on
HF too with 100w barefoot into a G5RV antenna. From the 12th to the
25th, Bernard F1YJ, will join Jean and will traffic as second operator
either as TK/F1PNR or TK/F1YJ. Please would you note that Jean is not a
keen op in pile ups. He doesn't like that at all. For TK/F1PNR or
TK/F1YJ, QSL when coming back home, via the French REF-Union bureau or
direct. [Tnx F5NQL]

02/06/2005:  Jim, MM0BQI, will be QRV June 2-5th as MM0BQI/p from Lunga
Island, Treshnish Isles (IOTA EU-108, IOSA NH-17, SCOTIA DI-09).
Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters, including the WARC bands,
using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via MM0BQI direct (Jim Martin, MM0BQI, 3
Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, SCOTLAND), or bureau. [Tnx IOTW]

02/06/2005:  Adrian, G0KOM, will be operating from Gibraltar as
ZB2/G0KOM for the UKSMG 6 meter contest the first weekend of June. He
will be QRV hopefully from June 2nd until June 6th. Adrian hopes to
travel down to Gibraltar at least a further 2 times over the summer E,s
season, although primarily for 6 meters and will have full HF capability
and will operate on all bands appart from 160 when he has no 6m
conditions. QSL via home call. [Tnx UKSMG]

02/06/2005:  Operators are being sought to join a DXpedition to Jagoi
Gunung, a Dayak village in Sarawak (9M8) located at 1,000 metres a.s.l.
It is proposed to operate from 3 to 5 June 2005 and Australian and DX
operators are being encouraged to join the group. A call sign has been
requested (TBA, QSL direct to VK4AAR) and interested parties should
contact Sengchai Chan, 9M8SC (chansc44 at yahoo.com) for more details. [Tnx
425 DX News]

03/06/2005:  A group of eleven operators (namely HL2EJT/4, HL1OJQ/4,
HL1OYF/4, HL1SRJ/4, HL1VAU/4, DS1KOQ/4, DS1NMA/4, DS3MLG/4, DS4NMJ,
DS4NYE and the President of the Korea Amateur Radio League, HL2AGG/4)
will be active June 3-5th from Chu'ja Island (AS-084). QSL via HL1OYF.
[Tnx 425 DX News]
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LOOKING AHEAD -

04/06/2005:  The University of Oulu radio club will be active in the
IARU Region 1 CW Field Day on 160-10m as OH8T/p from Hailuoto Island
(IOTA EU-184). Operators will include Pekka OH8HTS, Juhani OH8MXL, Antti
OH8NXE, Marko OH8WM and Marko OH9CW. QSL via OH8TA, direct or bureau.
[Tnx www.rsgbiota.org]

10/06/2005:  Mel, EA7AHS, will be active June 10-12th as CS0RCL/p from
Ilha da Culatra (IOTA EU-145, DIP AL-001). Look for him on 6m, 2m, 70cm,
and 1.2GHz. He will have a beacon on 50123 kHz. QSL via EA7AH (QRZ.com).
[Tnx UKSMG]

28/07/2005:  Pete, W2GJ, and Steve, AA4V, are planning two trips to
Crooked Island, Bahamas (IOTA NA-113). They will be there for the IOTA
contest in July, 2005, and the CQ WW phone test in late October, 2005.
The calls will be C6ARV (AA4V) and C6APR (W2GJ). The operations in the
contest will be M/S with WARC bands operation by each operator before
and after the contests. QSL via respective home calls (QRZ.com) [Tnx
AA4V]

29/07/2005:  A multi national team from France, Scotland and Belgium
will be active as TM4Z from Ouessant Island (IOTA EU-065, DIFM AT-001)
for the IOTA Contest (July 30-31st). QSL via F4DXW, direct or bureau.
[Tnx F6KHM]

30/07/2005:  A team of operators from the Provins ARC will be active
from the QTH of Bernard, F9IE, on the Ile de Noirmoutier (IOTA EU-064,
DIFM AT-020) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st). The team will
consist of Franck F4AJQ, Bernard F9IE, John F5VHQ and Pascal, F5JSD.
They will use a special TM0xx call, which will be given at the last
moment for their 24 hour effort. QSL via Franck, F4AJQ, direct or
bureau. [Tnx F5NQL]

18/08/2005:  Look for 3Z1LH to be active August 18-22nd from the Darlowo
East Mole lighthouse (ARLHS reference POL-003), during the World Wide
Young Contester meeting. They will also participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 20-21st). QSL via SP1KNM, direct or
bureau. [Tnx W8TTS]

16/09/2005:  Look for AH6HY/W3 to be active Sep 16-18th from Smith
Island, Maryland (IOTA NA-140, USI MD-003S, Somerset county). Operation
will be SSB only, 10m-20m. QSL via AH6HY (QRZ.com). [Tnx AH6HY]

19/09/2005:  Look for AH6HY/W4 to be active Sep 19-21st from Tangier
Island, Virginia (IOTA NA-083, USI VA-001S, Accomack county). Operation
will be SSB only, 10m-20m. QSL via AH6HY (QRZ.com). [Tnx AH6HY]
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SPECIAL EVENTS -

02/06/2005:  As each year, to commemorate the 6th of June 1944 landing,
the special callsign TM6JUN, will be aired once again, fom June 2nd to
8th. This year the goal is to be active on the most part of the amateur
spectrum as possible in CW and) SSB. QSL via operators instructions.
[Tnx F5NQL]

19/06/2005:  The 1st Regiment of Fight Helicopters will organize the
Phalsbourg Air Show (Moselle area North East of France). Their hams will
air the TM1RHC, special call sign, CW and SSB on HF, and VHF, between
June 19th and July, 3rd. QSL via F1BOW. [Tnx F5NQL]

17/07/2005:  The special event station CS9SRA will be active July
15-17th comemorating the 50 anniversary of the Cattle Exibition in Porto
Moniz - Madeira Island (CT3). QSL via CS3MAD, direct or bureau. [Tnx
F5NQL]
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73 and Good Hunting!
Dave Raycroft - VA3RJ
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