7 January, 2019

Island activities:

AS-015. (Reminder) Rich, PA0RRS, is once again active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island until February 15th. Activity will probably be on 40-10 meters using CW, RTTY, PSK, FT8 and possibly SSB (he will have a microphone in the luggage, but normally no SSB [possible on request]). Rich will have a Yaesu FT450D with 100 watt into a G5RV dipole with bents on the balcony of the house and a MFJ automatic intellituner for all bands. QSL via his home callsign, ClubLog’s OQRS, LoTW or eQSL.

AS-063/AS-152. RCC members Eugene/UA6EX, Leonid/UA7A and Vasily/R7AA plan to activate Bol’shoy Begichev (AS-152) sometime during mid-July. They plan to stay in the Khatanga Bay region for 2 weeks and
will also try to activate Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063) during this period. Look for more details to be forthcoming.

OC-133. (Update) Saty, 9M6NA, will once again be active as 9M6NA from
Mohammed’s, 9M6MO, QTH on Labuan Island, East Malaysia, during the CQWW DX 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th). He will be on the island between January 24-28th, but the focus will be on the contest. QSL via ClubLog’s OQRS only for Bureau and direct QSLs. All the logs are promptly uploaded to LoTW. Visit Saty’s home page at:
https://jsfc.org/je1jkl/9m6na.html

SA-023. Brazilian operators Bob/PY6TV, Esdras/PY6ZK, Lyudo/PY6DQ and
Rafa/PP2OK will be active as ZY6C from the Island of Itaparica between January 18-20th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are:
CW – 3510, 7017, 14017, 21060 and 28060 kHz
SSB – 3785, 7155, 14195, 21260 and 28460 kHz
QSL via PY6TV direct. NO Bureau.

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