IK5ROS Ham Site

3D2/C, CONWAY REEF. Hans, DK9KX (ex-3D2CR), reports that it has been 20 years since the first activation of Conway Reef (3D2CR), but he is happy to announce another DXpedition to that remote and lonely island will take place between October 3-11th. There will be 7 operators, and they will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Sorry, "NO" EME or digital modes on 6m. No callsign was announced, but more info is forthcoming on a Web site.

6W, SENEGAL. Dervin, PD9DX, will be active as 6W/PD9DX between now and
July 5th. Activity will be on the HF bands using only SSB. QSL via PD9DX
direct only (Europe SAE with 1 USD; Outside Europe SAE with 2 USDs).

8Q, MALDIVES. Pierre, HB9QQ, is now active as 8Q7QQ from Velighoo (North
Atoll) between June 30th and July 11th. Carrying a small 50 MHz Linear
along, he will be active on 50.183 MHz in JT65A mode (first period) around
moonrise and moonset in search of Sporadic E and EME contacts. Other
activities include the WARC bands. QSL via his home callsign.

C2, NAURU. It would seem that the C21TI DXpedition by Dani, EA4ATI/9M2TI,
and other operators which was to take place between June 16-26th, was
postponed. A report indicates that Dani, EA4ATI, had to postpone his C21TI
DXpedition due to job reasons. "He is in Pakistan supporting in the
humanitarian response to the internally displaced persons." Dani informed
your OPDX editor that he hia already booked/rescheduled his flight for
Nauru. The dates for the DXpedition are for August 16-24th, and they
should be on the air from August 17-23rd. Look for possible updates on
the Web page at:          http://c21ti.madrono.net/index.html

EI, IRELAND. Olivier, ON4EI, will once again be active as  EI/ON4EI from
Ireland (EU-EU-115, WLOTA 2484) near Clonmel (IO62EK) between July 8-30th.
His activity will include the IARU HF World Championship as Single-
Operator/SSB/Low-Power/All Band (July 11-12th) entry and also the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). Watch around 7130 kHz ± QRM. He also
plans to be active on 6 meters; watch around 50.200 MHz. His equipment
for this activity will include a vertical 18m monopole inverted V and
beverages for 160/80/40m, and a Spiderbeam for 20/15/10m. Transceiver is
a Elecraft K3 w/100W. QSL via his home callsign.

FS, ST. MARTIN. Sam, WA2EPI, will be active as WA2EPI/FS between Sunday,
June 28th and July 5th. No bands or modes of activity were provided, but
he will be using a dipole and 100 watts and is expected to be on mostly
during the evenings. QSL via K2LAB, by the Bureau or direct. Friends of
Sam can request skeds by E-mailing him directly.