IK5ROS Ham Site

5H, TANZANIA (2009 Scout Jamboree). The 2009 Tanzania National Scout's Jamboree will be held at Mbeya Region, southern part of Tanzania, between June 12-19th. Look for 5H3TSA to be on air on 20 meters and 15 meters (14290 and 21360 kHz). QSL direct only to 5H3TSA.

5R8, MADAGASCAR (Update). Texas DX Society (TDXS) member, Wayne, W5KDJ,
will be active as 5R8KD from Antananarivo between July 4-17th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters using CW and RTTY. Wayne will also be active in
the IARU Contest (July 11-12th) and operate from the shack of 5R8FU
using his new TH-11-DX. QSL via his home callsign. Online log search
will be available. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL.

9H, MALTA. Giorgio, IV3EPO, will be active as 9H3EP between June 23-29th.
Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly CW. QSL via IV3EPO, by the
Bureau or direct.

A35, TONGA (Update). Paul, A35RK, on Wednesday, June 10th, informed
OPDX that "I have received many requests for 'skeds', for several bands
and modes. Unfortunately, I am not able to accommodate anyone at this
time. I'm too busy, and I am unable to 'promise' to keep any sort of
radio schedule at the moment." Pauls states, "My internet connection is
intermittent, and I often cannot respond to incoming E-mail. Please ask
your readers NOT to send any more requests for skeds. I will be here in
Vava'u (OC-064) for about 2 more weeks, and then will return to Ha'apai
(OC-169). In the meantime, I will be as active on the air as I can be."

ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION PLANNED. Operators Jean Pierre/ON7ZM and Mehdi/F5PFP
are planning an expedition to Antarctica that will probably take place
during the Arctic summer of 2011-2012. Mehdi states, "It could be a 6-7
weeks expedition in a way to reach some old bases and refuges which are
situated below the Antarctic polar circle, (Loubet coast, Fallieres coast,
Marguerite Bay, and we hope one accessible island at least belonging to
Alexander Island group)." If someone wishes to join them as an operator
or tourist, send Mehdi an E-mail at:         This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
More details are forthcoming.

C2, NAURU (Reminder). Dani, EA4ATI/9M2TI, and possibly other operators
are expected to activate Nauru in the Pacific (refer to OPDX.894) as
C21TI between June 16-26th. Activity will be on all HF bands including
60m and 6m. The suggested frequencies mentioned (as of now) are:
 CW  - 1825.5, 3505, 7005, 10110, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24895 and 28025
 SSB - 1825.5, 3799, 5371.5, 7065, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495 kHz
  6m -  50.115 MHz (CW/SSB)
Visit their new Web page at    http://c21ti.madrono.net/index.html

CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND (SA-001). Operators Stan/SQ8X and Vicky/SV2KBS are
planning to be active as CE0Y/homecall from here between October 31st
and November 15th. They are looking for one or two operators to join
them on this operation. Plans are to have two stations on the air. They
understand that Easter Island (SA-001) is not on most wanted lists, but
there is a demand by some European stations to work CE0Y (this will be
their main goal). More details will be forthcoming.