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Page last updated on: Sunday, February 26, 2017 446 IOTA News from OPDX 27 February, 2017 Island activities: AN-017. (Update) Francois, F4HLT, is now active as FT3YL from the Dumont d'Urville Station Terre Adélie, Petrels Island, in the Antarctica. His license is valid until February 1st, 2018. Activity will be limited to his free time, but he will be on 20/15/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. Currently, he is only active on JT65, but will try to be active also on PSK31 and SSB later. He is mainly active between 0900-1100z after his work duties. Radio will be an Icom IC-706 transceiver with an ACOM 1010 Amp into GPA 30 antenna. QSL via F6KPQ or ClubLog (OQRS will be available in a few weeks). LoTW will be available soon. For more details, see: https://f4hlt.wordpress.com AS-013. Members of the Frankfurt Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club (LARC) and the OV F44 Frankfurt (DL0DLH) will team-up to activate Himandhoo Island, Maldives, as 8Q7LH between March 2-9th. Activity will be on various HF bands. Operator mentioned are Bernd/DK7TF, Bernd/DL1FF, Jurgen/DH6ICE, Chris/DK2CL and Zik/DK8ZZ. QSL via DK8ZZ direct or ClubLog's OQRS for Bureau QSL or direct. PLEASE NOTE: This is a re-issued callsign. QSL 8Q7LH (for 2001 QSOs) goes via DL1LH. EU-120. (Update) Operators Jef/DD2CW, Steve/MW0ZZK, Cis/ON6LY, Cel/ON6UQ and Dirk/ON3UN will be active as G/DD2CW/P from the Island of Wight. Their main activity will be in the RSGB IOTA Contest signing GB9IOW as a Multi-Op/Island entry. QSL via ON3UN. NA-057. Dave, VE3VSM, will once again be active as VE3VSM/HR9 from Roatan Island between February 28th and March 5th. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters using CW and SSB, including the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th). He will be using 100 watts this time (not QRP). QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. OC-128. Dale, KE0BRZ, will be active as DU1/KE0BRZ from Palawan Island between August 18-22nd. Activity will be holiday style and mainly on 20 meters QRP using SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, LoTW or eQSL. OC-216. Craig, VK5CE, will be active as VK5CE/9 from Ashmore Reef sometime early November (possibly for 4 days between November 6-12th). Activity will be mostly on 40/20 meters using SSB, with possibly some 17/15m. There will be some 30m PSK63. For more details and updates, watch the Web page at: https://ashmorereef.wordpress.com QSL via his home callsign, direct (see QRZ.com), by the Bureau (VERY SLOW) or ClubLog's OQRS. OC-230. Craig, VK5CE, will be active from from Rowley Shoals. Look for more details to be forthcoming. SA-028. Operators Francisco/PY2ALC, Lucas/PY2HP, Flavio/PU2KFL, Leandro/PU2LEW, Willian/PY2XIZ and PY2GTA will be active as ZV2CV from Couves Island (DIB-SP022)between April 8-10th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10/2 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PU2VCP, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club http://www.southgatearc.org/iota/opdx/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+ Radio+News%29#.WLQdB4HhDcs