[KCDXC] Fwd: I.C.P.O. Bulletin (Dec 17 - 29, 2002)

[Mike ZooLoo]

I.C.P.O. Bulletin (Dec 17 - 29, 2002)

I.C.P.O. (Islands, Castles & Portable Operations)
Operations are listed by start date

12/16/2002:  Ron, W6OM, will be active as FO5VO from
Bora Bora (OC-067,
DIFO:FO-003) between December 16th and 20th. Operation
will be mostly 
CW on
160, 80 and 40 meters. QSL to home call. [tnx ARRL DX
NEWS]

12/16/2002:  Harry, W6YOO, will be active from French
Polynesia between
December 16th and 20th as FO/W6YOO. His operation will
be as follows:
December 16th from Bora Bora (OC-067, DIFO:FO-003),
December 17th from
Moorea (OC-046, DIFO:FO-010), December 18th to 19th
from Papeete, 
Tahiti
(OC-046, DIFO:FO-002) and December 20th from Paiatea
(OC-067, 
DIFO:FO-012).
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [tnx DX News]

12/18/2002:  W1HH/KH6 will be active December 18th to
31st from Hawaii
(OC-019), QRP only. Look for him 5 kHz up from band
edge on 20 and 15
meters. QSL via home call. [tnx 425DXN]

12/18/2002:  Alfredo, IK7JWX, and members of the
Albanian Amateurs 
Radio
Club Partizani (Tirana) are planning to be active from
Sazan Island
(EU-169), Albania, between December 18th and 22nd. The
callsign will be
ZA0IS, operated by ZA1FD, ZA1FH, ZA1KP and ZA5G.
Alfredo will use the 
call
ZA0/IK7JWX. Also planned is the activation of Sazan
Island lighthouse
(ALB-004). Operation will be on all bands, including
WARC, SSB and CW. 
QSL
via IK7JWX. [tnx IK7JWX]

12/19/2002:  Dan, VK8AN, will be active as 4W6AN from
Dili, East Timor
(OC-148) from around December 19th through the end of
the year. Due to
limited notice and possible impermanence, Dan will
only be putting out 
about
15 watts and the antennas will be a GP and a dipole to
start with, but 
an
amplifier is being considered. Look for him on the
usual DX and IOTA
frequencies from 40 through 10 metres. QSL direct only
via VK4AAR (Alan
Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia). [tnx
425DXN]

12/19/2002:  Jeff, PJ4/W8RXR, plans to be active from
Bonaire, 
Netherland
Antilles (SA-006) between December 19, 2002, and
January 3, 2003. 
Operation
will be on 15 and 20 meters, CW and SSB. QSL via home
call, direct or
bureau. [tnx DXNL]

12/20/2002:  The next schedule with LU1ZD, operating
from the General 
San
Martin base (AN-016, WABA LU-11) will be on December
20th at 22.30 UTC 
on
21365 kHz. [tnx 425DXN]

12/21/2002:  John, W2AGN (ARLHS member #142), will be
active during the
"Lighthouse Christmas Lights" event as W2C. He plans
to be active 
between
14:00 UTC December 21st to 19:00 UTC December 22nd
from Finn's Point 
Rear
Range Light (USA-285). The lighthouse is located in
the Fort Mott area,
Pennsville, NJ (Salem County). If the weather does not
cooperate, John 
will
activate Finn's Point Rear Range on the following
weekend. QSL W2C via 
John
L. Sielke, W2AGN, 1353 Samuel Dr, Vineland, NJ 08360.

12/21/2002:  The Central Texas Contest Group, WA5DTK,
will be active 
between
00:01 UTC December 21st and 11:59 UTC December 31st
from various 
lighthouses
located in Texas. No other specifics were given. Look
for them on 7260,
14270 and 21310 kHz. QSL via Barry Brewer, 603 Broken
Bow Drive, Round 
Rock,
Texas 78681, USA.

12/22/2002:  Salvatore, IK1AWV/p, and Max, IK1GPG/p,
will be active 
December
22nd, starting at 09:30 UTC, from Torre dei Giusi di
Imperia (DCI 
reference
IM-082 for the Italian Castles Award, Loc: JN43AV).
Operation will be 
on 40
and 20 meter SSB. Torre dei Giusi is located in the
Region of Liguria,
Province of Imperia (IM). QSL via home calls, direct
or bureau. [tnx 
F5NQL]

12/23/2002:  Steve, K2ZPF/p, plans to be active
December 23rd to 31st 
from
three islands in the State of Florida. His prime
location will be on 
St.
George Island (NA-085, USI FL-007S), Franklin County.
He will try for a 
day
on St. Vincent Island (FL-006S, NOT IOTA), Gulf
County, and one day on 
Dog
Island (FL-005S, NOT IOTA), Franklin County. Operation
will be SSB QRP
(FT-817 and MP1) primarily on the hfpack frequencies,
17 and 20 meters. 
QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. SASE / SAE + postage
for direct 
QSLing.
[tnx USI]

12/28/2002:  Dave, GM0LVI/p, will be active from
Tanera Mor (SCOTIA 
CN-32,
IOSA SC-10), the Summer Isles (EU-092), between
December 28th, 2002 and
January 2nd, 2003. Operation will be on 80 through 20
meters, CW and 
SSB.
QSL via home call. [tnx M0ADG]

12/28/2002:  Max, IK2YSE, will be active December
28th, 2002, to 
January 2,
2003, as IM0/IK2YSE from the islands of Maddalena
(EU-041, IIA SS-001) 
and
Caprera (EU-041, IIA SS-005). Operation will be on 40
through 10 
meters, CW
only. QSL via the bureau. [tnx 425DXN]

12/29/2002:  Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active between
06:00 UTC December 
29th
to 00:00 UTC January 5th as JI3DST/6 from Miyako
Island (AS-079, 
Miyako-jima
Hirara-City Okinawa-ken Japan). Operation will be on
40, 17, 15, 12, 10 
and
6 meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST, direct or bureau. [tnx
OPDX]

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73 and Good Hunting!
Dave Raycroft - VA3RJ
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