7P8

I will be back to the Kingdom of Lesotho, once again, between 08 March and 22 March 2010. I will set up my station in the Trading Post Lodge, Roma near Maseru. I plan to working on the HF bands, throughout 80-10 meters, on CW, SSB and RTTY. The station setup: ICOM 7000 transceiver with 300 W solid state PA, 10,2 m wire vertical antenna with SG-235 automatic antenna coupler. I should like to be on the air as much time as possible, however, please note, that this is a single operator mini expedition.

I will leave Budapest on 7 March to Frankfurt, than to Johannesbourg. I will arrive to Maseru airport in the afternoon on 8 March. Hopefully I can set up the antenna and the station before the sunset. Logsearch will be available here in my website. QSL via HA5AO. See you in the bands.

73, Pista, HA5AO (7P8AO)

T32

Major IOTA Dxpedition to the Southern Line Islands lead by Nils-Göran Persson, SM6CAS. The team comprises Nils – SM6CAS, Steve – G4EDG, Mike – K9AJ and Derek – G3KHZ plus 5 Kiribati Government officers. They will sail on the SV Kwai from Kiritimati approximately 17 March, 2010 returning Kiritimati approx one month later.

IOTA activity is planned from:

* OC-279 Malden Island
* OC-280 Starbuck Island
* OC-281 Caroline Island
* OC-282 Vostok Island

These 4 uninhabited IOTA groups have never been activated.

South Pacific tour

Hugh, K6HFA will be touring the South Pacific from early March ’til late April 2010. Hugh plans to operate from the following:

* March 3 – 10: 5W Samoa (OC-097)
* March 12 – April 2: A3 Tonga (incl OC-049, OC-123 and OC-064)
* April 6 – 12: FW Wallis (OC-054)
* April 13 – 21: T2 Tuvalu (OC-015)
* April 23 – 26: 3D2 Fiji (OC-016 or OC-156)

From each location, Hugh will be using 100w into a vertical (80-15m). CW/SSB possibly RTTY. Callsigns to be announced.