19 August, 2019

Island activities:

AS-080. Han, DS2GOO, will be active as DS2GOO/3 from Sapshi Island (KDN F26) between August 24-26th. Activity will be holiday style (family vacation). He states, “I will be in front of my radio as many times as possible.” He will take his IC-706MK2G, TS-570S and vertical antennas. QSL via his home callsign.

AS-206. Harry, JG7PSJ/JD1BMH/KW2X, is planning to be active as JG7PSJ/7 from Oshima Island (JA7,Miyagi — QM08) sometime in September
or October. Stay tuned.

EU-112. (Reminder) Operators Thor/DK7RD, Paul/G4PVM and Col/MM0NDX
are planning to activate Europe’s 5th most wanted IOTA, Shiant Isles, as MS0INT between August 23-25th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via M0SDV.

EU-191. Dan, YO9FNP/LB3TI, will once again be active as YO9KXF/P from
Insula Fericirii between August 16-19th. Activity will be holiday style (working) mainly on 40/20 meters using mostly CW, but with some SSB and FT8. He will have 100 watts into vertical wire antenna. QSL via YO9FNP direct or OQRS (see QRZ.com).

NA-134. Bo, OZ1DJJ, will be Active as OX3LX from Upernavik Island
between August 22nd and September 5th. Activity will be on various HF bands (Focus on 160/80/60m), but limited to his spare time when not working (He states, “Best chance is in the morning around lunch and after dinner [local time utc+2], on the weekend also during night/morning”). QSL via OZ0J direct (see QRZ.com). Logs get uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog
and sometimes eQSL. For more details and updates, see:
http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped

NA-211. IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM Cezar, VE3LYC, on the K7TRL Tillamook Rock DXpedition: https://k7tri.weebly.com. The team is seeking more support from both DXers and IOTA chasers.

CORSICAN IOTA TOUR. Laurent, F8BBL, will be active as TK19IOTA from the following Corsican IOTA islands between September 6-22nd:
Corsica (EU-014), Iles Cerbicale (EU-100), Lavezzi Archipelago (EU-164) and Sanguinaires Islands (EU-104). He will also activate one SOTA: Capo Di Locu (TK/TK-148). Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using a KX3 Elecraft + MP1 Antenna. QSL via F8BBL, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. For updates, watch: http://rnb.dx-cw.net

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