I.C.P.O. Bulletin (September 13-21, 2007)
Islands, Castles & Portable Operations.
Listing is by calendar date (day/month/year)
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13/09/2007: John/W9ILY and Bob/K9MDO will be QRV as FP/homecall from the MAXOTEL on Miquelon Island (NA-032, DIFO FP-002, WLOTA LH-1417) September 13-18th. Activity will be on 80-10 metres, concentrating on SSB (primarily FP/K9MDO) and RTTY/PSK (primarily FP/W9ILY). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW following the DXpedition. [K1XN & The Golist]
14/09/2007: André, ON7YK will once again be QRV from The Gambia as C56YK between September 14th and 27th. He will be active on 80-10m and also on 6m SSB. Further information and QSL route can be found at C56YK on QRZ.com. [NG3K]
15/09/2007: Freddy, F8CKS/p will be active September 15th from the Small Castle of Monpazier Edouard 1st (DFCF 24-089) and the Mill Joli (DMF 24-062), located in the city and canton of Monpazier (DDCF 24-20, CP 24280), Department Dordogne (DDFM 24), Province of Aquitaine (DPF 02). Activity will most likely be on 40 and 20m SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [F8CKS]
15/09/2007: Freddy, F5IRO has received his 4 months assignment to Papeete, Tahiti (OC-046, DIFO FO-002, WLOTA LH-0885, French Polynesia. He will be there until mid January 2008. He will use the call sign FO5RU and will pick up his new license as soon as possible when he arrives, but he could be heard as FO/F5IRO, while waiting for it. The first signals are expected on September 15th or 16th. Freddy will be active in his spare time, on all HF bands, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via Rafik, F5CQ either direct (SASE + Postage) or via the French REF-Union bureau (please only this bureau). Other information and online log on Rafik's page at: www.f5cq.net/dxp/2007-FO5RU/fo5ru-fr.htm [F5NQL]
15/09/2007: The August 2007 outing to Market Reef (EU-053, ARHLS MAR-001, TWLHD WLH 0J0-001, WLOTA LH-0542, WW Loc. JP90NH), OJ0B was designed to decorate the lighthouse with powerful antennas that can only be hoisted in good weather conditions. The group was successful, and in addition to making more than 13,000 QSOs, a SteppIR beam plus an assortment of wire antennas were mounted at the light.
The newly composed group of OH0RJ, OH2BH, OH2MM, OH2PM, OH7EA and OH8NC are at it again and they plan to be operational from September 15 until September 24, including both Scandinavian Activity Contests, with three stations. Now they have more flexibility since they have a resident helicopter at their disposal. Outside of the contest their frequencies are as follows - CW: 3523, 7023, 10113, 14033, 18083, 21033, 24903 and 28033 KHz; SSB: 3775, 7075, 14175, 18135, 21275, 24960 and 28475 KHz. Once again, if you are a stamp collector or wish to receive your QSL card with unique Market Reef stamps, you may send an SASE with 7 Euros (10 USD) as your postage/donation to the Finnish Lighthouse Society via QSL manager OH2BH.
If you wish to tour the Reef in the spirit of adventure, you may follow in the footsteps of the August 2007 and November 2005 OJ0B activities: sm0w.com and www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/pagemarket.htm
The Finnish Lighthouse Society has been active repairing the lighthouse this summer, and you may wish to follow their activities which include daily reporting and interesting general details (www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/).
See the report from Market Reef as of September 4, 2007: www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/market/market_diary/diary_040907/ . Two photos are attached. Photo captions:
1: Pertti, OH2PM on top of the Market Reef fog horn with a 2-L SteppIR beam. Rick, SM6U is advising from the comfort zone - "...can you get it any higher"?
2: The OJ0B DXpedition staging arena...when the sea is calm. [OH2BN]
15/09/2007: Adam, KC4/K2ARB reports that Mike/RW1AI will be QRV as R35NP from the North Pole-35 ice drifting station on or about September 15th. Look for activity on all bands, mainly CW. [F5NQL]
15/09/2007: Drew, GM3YOR reports that he plans to be active as SV5/GM3YOR from the Isle of Symi (MIA MGD-030), Dodecanese Islands (EU-001), between September 15-30th. He will be taking his TS50 and wire antennas, and will operate when time is available. QSL via home call. [OPDX]
15/09/2007: Look for special event station W3B to operate from the Blakistone Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-060 [Historic]) on St. Clements Island (USI MD-028, St. Mary's county), Potomac River, Maryland, from 1400-2000z on September 15th. Activity will be on 40/20/17 metre CW/SSB and possibly PSK-31. QSL with S.A.S.E. to KA3UNQ (See and follow QSL instructions on QRZ.com.) You will receive a photo QSL with a certificate on request. [OPDX]
16/09/2007: The Associazione Radioamatoriale Sardinia QRP Club (IQ0QP) will be QRV September 16th from Quirra Island (EU-165, IIA CA-009, MIA MIS-026), using the call IM0/IQ0QP. QSL via home call. [DE0MST]
16/09/2007: UBA Section HRT will be active September 16th as ON4HRT/p on 80 and 40m in Belgian Mill Award Contest, from the Vanop de Bedder Mill (WIM.2035), in Tongerlo-Westerlo (WW Loc. JO21LC). QSL via ON7IG, bureau preferred. [UBA HF News]
16/09/2007: Marnix/ON4MRX and Luc/ON7VOX of UBA Section ODE will be active as OT7G/p during the Belgium Mill Award Contest (September 16th) from the heavily battered Stampot Mill (BMA reference WIM.8073). They will be QRV on 80 and 40m SSB. QSL via ON4MRX, bureau preferred. [UBA HF News]
16/09/2007: Heinz, DF6ZY, will be active as TK/DF6ZY from the island of Corsica (EU-014, TK-001 for the French Islands Award, MIA MCO-001, WLOTA LH-1390), September 16-28th. Activity will be on 80-10 metres, mostly on RTTY, but he will switch to SSB or SSTV on request. QSL via the bureau to DF6ZY or direct. [OPDX]
17/09/2007: Bernd, DL8AAV will be signing OZ/DL8AAV/p September 17-29th from Laeso Island (EU-088, NK-003 for the Danish Islands Award). QSL via home call, direct or by the bureau. [RSGB IOTA]
17/09/2007: Andre, GM3VLB will be active holiday style as VE1/GM3VLB/m or /p from Isle Madame (CIsA NS-016), Nova Scotia, September 17-18th; and then from Nova Scotia until the 22nd. QSL direct to home call. [425 DX News]
21/09/2007: Marcos, EA1APV will be active as HC1/EA1APV from Cotacachi, Ecuador between September 21st and October 20th. He will operate on a spare time basis, as he will be working on a project of international cooperation. QSL via home call. [425 DX News]
21/09/2007: Gab, HA3JB, will sign SU8BHI from Cairo, Egypt, between September 21st and November 30th. He also plans to participate in the WWDX RTTY and CW contests. Gab will be active on all bands using CW, RTTY, SSTV, PSK and some SSB during many of the major upcoming contests. QSL via home call. Further information can be found at: www.qsl.net/ha3jb/ [NG3K]
(Source: Dave Raycroft)