IK5ROS Ham Site

4U30VIC, AUSTRIA. The Vienna International Centre Amateur Radio Club (4U1VIC) will be on the air during the Worked All Europe DX Contest (WAEDC), September 12-13th. This will be a SSB only operation. The station is located in the secured United Nation campus in Vienna, Austria, and due to access restrictions, they will not be able to operate the full 48 hours continuously. They will try to be on the air as much as possible.
4U1VIC will send QSL cards for all QSOs via bureau. If you are in a hurry you can send it direct including SAE and return postage to: AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, P.O.BOX 500, A-1400 VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
ADDED NOTE: A new video about the 4U1VIC Radio Club in Vienna is available online at: http://www.vimeo.com/6301009

6Y, JAMAICA. Look for 6Y1V to once again be active in this year's CQWW Contests. The 6Y1V team has also announced that they will also once again sponsor one young ham operator (21 or under) to join their team and receive an all expense paid trip to operate in the 2009 CQWW SSB or CW Contest with the 6Y1V team. You can reside in any country in the world
and be considered for this opportunity provided you hold a valid amateur radio license in your country and have some contest experience. This is a gift to a young ham whom has a passion for Ham Radio and contesting. It is their way of giving something back to this great hobby that has given so much to them! Complete details are available at:  http://www.6y1v.com/youth.htm

911 ACTIVITY. Mike, W0YR, will once again (as for the past several years) be active as W0YR/911 on September 11th, to honor/commemorate those lives lost in a terrorist attack at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the plane that crashed into a field near Shanksville,PA. He plans to operate as much of the day as possible.  Mike states, "I just wanted to do it to remind those
I work on the air of what this country endured because of hatred -- and also remind those who want to minimize it or forget it, that this WAS an Act of Terror and, even though they would like to revise history, the memory of those (among them, two of my friends) who perished on September 11th, 2001, will NEVER be forgotten or sullied." A special QSL will e
issued. QSL via his home callsign.

C3, ANDORRA. Ruben/EA5BZ and possibly other operators from the URE Contest Group will be active as C37URE during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 26-27th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via EA5BZ.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Update/Postponed). OPDX has received the following
press release on Friday, August 28th (edited):
   "The Sable Island DXpedition scheduled for October 19, 2009, by
Randy - N0TG, Ron - AA4VK, and Murray - WA4DAN is being placed on 'hold'.
  Unfortunately, Randy's son, Carter (who was part of the KP1 and KP5
team in 1992), has developed kidney cancer which has spread to the lungs.
Although there will be challenging days ahead for Carter and the family
of N0TG, we trust the prayers of friends will strengthen this family and
successfully bring all through this trial.
  The team appreciates the many sponsors who were willing to provide
their support, even though CY0 was not at the top of the most needed
list, the support of the DX Community from around the world, and the
interests shown by the many DX'ers that 'signed' the website Guestbook.
We will leave the website up and updates will be posted from time to
time on Carter's progress, as well as our plans to reschedule the DX-
pedition to CY0.         <http://www.cy0dxpedition.com/>
  Our hope is that Carter will beat this disease and be able to join us
at Sable Island. We do consider this a 'hold' and we intend to reschedule
as health concerns permit.
  Thanks again to our ham radio friends for your support. We wish the
best for Randy's son Carter and all the Rowe family.  Randy's (N0TG)
contact information is listed on QRZ.com....... Thanks for your prayers."

FG, GUADELOUPE (NA-102). Anthony, F4EUG, will be active as FG/F4EUG
between September 3-10th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL
via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

FT/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND (Update/Magic Band). Didier, F5OGL, Glorioso 2009
team leader, announced this past week (on August 25th)(edited): "The
propagation forecast for the Magic Band from Gloriosos is very bad at
the expedition time; quiet in all directions. Taking advice from the 6
meters specialists, they inform us that chances to give FT5GA to the
world hams are very low and even less. The only one antenna available
is a 2 element HB9CV, with no other possibility to bring another or
several other more efficient one(s), included for EME; So it has been
considered we had to focus on HF bands. So we sadly decided to concentrate
our activity only from 160 to 10 meters... We ask the 6m community to
understand our decision." For more details and updates, visit the FT5GA
Web page at:              http://glorieuses2008.free.fr

HS8, THAILAND. Voravut, HS8JYX, is planning to be in the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL
via HS8JYX.