OY2J

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OY - FAROE ISLANDS, EU-018
OY2J is back on the air again after being QRT for several years.
He retired and thus has more time for our hobby now.

FT5GA ready to go!!

FT5GA – Official press release :



Hi friends



291 kg of gear on the scale ( transceivers, PA’s, power suppliees, antennas , masts and miscellanous aso ..) have been picked up by Didier/F5OGL, Yves/F5PRU and Franco/F4EVR .

They gave it to Mr Alain LEFELLEC, Export freight manager of the LOGFRET Society, located at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport. W e thank him for his kind reception and his help to make this expedition a success.

Two pallets will flight to morrow to the Reunion island, were they will be got back by the Airforce base 181, freight service.

We now have in hand the authorisation to transmit on the Radioamateur Service bands , from Grande Glorieuse. This permission is beeing sawn on the Glorieuses 2009 webpage at : http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/index-e.htm



73


Didier, F5OGL, team leader,

through Maurice/F5NQL, in charge of internet Communicationfor FT5GA.

XR0Y

The organizers of XR0Y - DXpedition to Easter island (Oct 31 - Nov 15, 2009) announced their QSL policy. Note there will be 2 different QSL routes depending on your location:

Europe, Asia, Africa & Oceania - via SQ8X

North, Central & South America - via Radio Club de Chile.

Read about exact XR0Y QSL policy at http://rapanui2009.org/qsl-info-online-log

Apart from a regular QSL card, the team decide to print a very limited amount of extraordinary cards for collectors. Stan, SQ8X says “it’s gonna be something really special”.

XR0Y announces a new Twitter feed at: http://twitter.com/XR0Y so if you have been subscribed to the previous one ending with …/xr0ya, change it now.