IOTA NA-008

VE8RCS/VY0 - Ellesmere Island NA-008. Aug 28 to Sept 10

CFS Alert, Ellesmere Island NA-008

VE8RCS/VY0 - 50TH Anniversary Operation CFS Alert

QSL Information via E-QSL, VE8 QSL Buro, Direct to VE3SRS

S21RC in Dec

St. Martin's Island is a small island in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. It is the only coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar at the mouth of the Naf River. The local name of the island is "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel Janjina/Jinjera", translated from Bangla, meaning 'Coconut Island'.

Located in Chittagong Region Group, for IOTA, St. Martin's Island is a nice place sure to have a good DXpedition from this “wanted” country.

Look for AS-127 that´s Claimed by: 7.8% of participants.

S2 Bangladesh actually in the post 44º on TOP 100 Most Wanted DXCC Country.

Dxpedition will take place in December 2008, Some operators : S21RC, S21AM and another S21 HAMs will try to do the best to work all QSOs possible in 6 days of operation in the island.

The days of the expedition are to be confirmed.

The callsing is still pending, will be announce more ahead.

They can Only one setup station on the air at the moment, they are looking for support, antennas, power supply, rigs, if you have used ham radio Material, all materials are welcome to them.

They need your donations, The stations that donate will be entered in the QSL card.
HP:http://s2iota.eb7dx.com/
Email here: eb7dx@eb7dx.com

P4

from 425DX news


Roy/W3TEF, Bob/W3BTX and Joop/P43JB will operate again as P41USA
from Aruba (SA-036) on 3-12 September. Expect activity on 160-2
metres. The special callsign marks the anniversary of the tragic
events occured on 11 September 2001. QSL via W3TEF

IOTA NA-050

from 425DX news

John, KL7HBK might go and be active from Barter Island (NA-050)
"in the next week or two". His schedule is still uncertain, as it
depends on weather and work commitments.

IOTA SA-078

from 425DX news


Paco, EA7ATX and Juan Luis, EA7AY expect to be in Colombia
starting on 4 September for quite a few weeks. They plan to be
active as HK1AT and to operate from the San Bernardo Islands
(SA-078) on 14-19 October. QSL via EA7ATX, direct only (proceeds
will be donated to charity).

T2 by JA1KAJ

from 425DX news


Aki, JA1KAJ will be active from Tuvalu (OC-015) on 2-8 September.
He plans to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and possibly on PSK31 and SSTV
on 80-10 metres, with a 3-element yagi and a long wire for the low
bands. QSL via JA1KAJ, direct or bureau

PA90CORUS

NETHERLANDS, PA. In commemoration of 90 years of the history of
Corus Stahl Ijmuiden, special event call PA90CORUS will be QRV from
September 1 to 28. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via
PB7CW.

VU4/VU7 will be QRV

from NIAR news

INVITATION FOR ATTENDING SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF NIAR
OCTOBER 18 – 20, 2008 AT HYDERABAD – INDIA
&
AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVITY FROM VU2 / VU4/VU7 DURING OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 3, 2008


Dear Friends and fellow Hams,

National Institute of Amateur Radio was established with its headquarters in Hyderabad in the year 1983 with the objective of promoting amateur radio activity in the country. Commemorating 25 glorious years of public service to the nation, we would like to celebrate with fellow hams and our members in India and abroad with activities on the band as well as at Hyderabad.

Over the last 25 years, NIAR has been successful in conducting several awareness activities at schools and colleges; organsing Dxpeditions to Andaman and Nicobar Islands & Lakshadweep Islands; training programs for ASOC examination; providing Emergency Communications; operating QSL bureau and liaison with the government of India for implementing policies and programs for development of amateur radio in the country.

The population of radio amateurs since NIAR existence has risen from over 1800 in the year 1983 to over 15000 in this period. Numerous awards and appreciation received by us from several government and non-government agencies in India and abroad speak about the commitment of members in achieving the objectives of the organisation.

The success of Hamfest 2007 and Dxpedition VU7RG/VU7MY held during January 2007 in Lakshadweep Islands was amongst the most challenging events organized ever by NIAR with support of several agencies of Government of India and Lakshadweep Islands administration which added a new dimension of HAM TOURISM to India. Over 1,19,000 contacts made during a short period, proves the skills of amateur radio operators in making successful two-way communication from any remote part of the world even under extreme propagation conditions.

We would like to extend an invitation to you to join us with family and friends for Silver Jubilee celebrations at Hyderabad during 18-20 October, 2008 and also enjoy amateur radio activity from many Indian locations after the event until to November 3, 2008. NIAR will assist its guests in regard of reciprocal licenses or operation permits for VU4 or VU7 activations.

Kindly register your name at the earliest and sign-in your intent at the website http://www.niar.org/sj/form.html where you will find more details about license requirements.

As it requires processing the application forms for each of the interested amateur radio operator for a specific location, we request the interested Hams to submit all the necessary documentation by POST MAIL on or before 15 January 2008 to the address mentioned below.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AMATEUR RADIO
RAJ BHAVAN ROAD
HYDERABAD – 500 082.
INDIA

We would like you to join us for the silver jubilee celebrations and enjoy your stay in India.

Thanking you.
With warm regards,
Yours sincerely,

(S. Suri, VU2MY)

Chairman & CEO, NIAR

IOTA EU-165

A group of operators from the Associazione Radioamatoriale Sardinia QRP Club will be active as IQ0QP from Quirra Island (EU-165, IIA CA-009) on 14 September 2008, from about 09.00 UTC to 16.00 UTC.

QSL direct to P.O. Box 81, 09047 Selargius - CA, Italy

ZD8N

from DXNL news

ZD8 - Ascension: Steve, G3ZVW, will be ZD8N August 27th through September 11th again on Ascension (AF-003) using 100 Watts and a dipol. Look
for him in his eveing hours and on weekends with SSB, CW and RTTY.
QSL via G3ZVW, direct or via buro.

3A

from DXNL news


3A - Monaco: Find Patrice, 3A/F5RBB, August 31st through September 10th
on 40, 20, 15 and 10 m. QSL to his home call direct or via buro.

S79

from DXNL news

S79 - Seychelles: Tom, DJ6TF, will stay on La Digue Island September 2nd through 14th for vacation. If he is lucky to get a licence he will
prefer 30 m and RTTY.

OH0

from DXNL news



OH0 - Aland-Islands: 23. August through 7. September Peter, DL5FF, and
Siegfried, DL9ZE, will be on the air from Eckeroe. Peter will use
RTTY and CW mainly, Siegfried will be on RTTY and SSB on 20, 15, 40,
and 30 m. QSL via DARC QSL-Buro or direct. Find further informations
by QRZ.com.

A35 by JA's

12-17 Sept

* A35AU via JA2AAU
* A35IC via JA2AIC
* A35SS via JA2LSS
* A35TE via JA2ATE
* A35ZS via JA2ZS

IOTA EU-111

G3ZAY, Martin, and M0RLM, Rui, from the Cambridge University Wireless
Society, plan to depart tomorrow morning from Berneray to the Monach
Islands (EU-111). Look for activity to begin around mid-day Wednesday
through early Thursday August 28th. They will be QRV as GM6UW. Plans
are to have two stations QRV with activity on CW and SSB on 7, 10 and
14 MHz.