IOTA News from OPDX October 4, 2021….

AS-081. Dr. Sungki Lee, HL1IWD, will be active as HL1IWD/5 from Saryang Island between October 9-11th. Activity will be limited to his spare time operating mainly on CW and FT8 using an IC-706MK2 with a Buddi-stick and end-fed wire antenna. QSL via his manager EA5GL, ClubLog or LoTW.

AS-140. (Update) Operators Manju/S21AM, Fazlay/S21IRC and possibly Aminul/S21D will be active as S21DX from Manpura Island between December 16-22nd. They will operate with two stations (w/100w)
into one multi-band beam, two verticals and 1 multi-band inverted V. Activity will be mainly SSB on 10m, 15m, 20m and some 40m if propagation permits. They have also decided to use FT8/FT4. QSL via ED7DX, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. They are looking for support. For more details and updates, see: https://s21dx.org

EU-047. Sebastian, DL1AXX, will be active as DL1AXX/p from Minsener Oog Island (German Island Award N-26) between October 11-16th. Activity will be mostly on 60/40 meters CW, but the actual operating schedule will be published on QRZ.com. QSL via Bureau.

NA-008. (Zone 2) After being silent for 18 months, operators Alex/VE1RUS and Pierre/VE3TKB will once again be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Weather station this October. This station is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut.
The VY0ERC team (VE1RUS and VE3KTB) is now in preparation to be active from the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory between October 12th and November 22nd, (time and weather conditions permitting). They plan to participate in CQWW DX SSB and the ARRL Sweepstakes Contests. Outside of the contests, the suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters (possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB, the Digital modes (FT8 and RTTY) and very slow CW. Activity will be limited to their spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates, see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc

NA-249. Members of the Radio Operadores del Este (RODE) will be active as KP3RE from from Vieques Island between February 25-27th, 2022. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes plus the satellites. QSL via EA5GL.

OC-228. Andy, VK5MAV, will once again be active as VK5MAV/P from Granite Island, Australia, between October 5-6th. Activity will be 20 meters CW only. There will be no night activity from the island. QSL via ClubLog’s OQRS.

SA-055. Hernan, LU1COP, will be active as LU1COP/E from Martin Garcia Island between October 8-12th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW or eQSL.

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