[TWIAR] IOTA 2009 DXpedition to Desertas Islands AF-046.

[João Gonçalves Costa]

DESERTAS ISLANDS

Following the success of 2008 IOTA DXpedition to Selvagens Islands CQ9U (AF-047) and based on an excellent cooperation at that time between both teams (Madeira Contest Team and G.I.R.A. - Grupo de Investigação de Radiocomunicações e Ambiente ), we are now glad to announce for this year the Project: IOTA 2009 DXpedition - Desertas Islands AF-046.

Team:
CT3BD - Barros Teixeira 
CT3DL - Luis Gomes 
CT3EE - Luis Camanho 
CT3EN - Duarte Gomes 
CT3KY - Duarte Goncalves 
CT3MD - Jose Vasconcelos 
CT3NY - Joao Lima 
CT1BOL - Jorge Lopes 
CT1CJJ - Jose Lopes 
CT1EFS - Paulo Campos 
CT1ILT - Filipe Lopes 
CT1IZW - Firmino Matos 
Part of the Team will be mainly focused on the IOTA Contest, others will operate mostly WARC + VHF bands;

Timetable:
Start: Arrive at the Desertas Islands - Friday morning - 24th of July;
End: Departure to Madeira - Sunday afternoon - 26th of July;

Setup:
2 HF Stations (IOTA Contest); 
1 HF Station - WARC + 6m; 
1 VHF Station - 2m + 4m + 6m; 
Rigs: Yeasu FT450, ICOM 756 PRO II, ICOM 706;
Antennas: HF - Verticals and Dipoles /  6m + VHF Beams;

Two callsigns will be used during operation CR3D and CR3R;

References:
GridSquare - IM12rn 
DXCC - CT3 
IOTA - AF-046 
WLOTA - 1366 
ARLHS - MAD-001 
DFP - MAD003 
DIP - MAD003 
DPRN - FF104 
WFF - CTFF-33 

More Info:
http://www.qrz.com/db/CR3D
http://www.gira.pt/