IK5ROS Ham Site

KH4, MIDWAY ISLANDS (Update). Good News!!!  Don AA1V, just informed us who talked to N1DG, that the K4M team is preparing for departure now and should be airborne before 10:00 PM EDST (0200z).

4O, MONTENEGRO. Tonno, ES5TV, will be active as 4O3A during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Activity
will be from Ranko, 4O3A, superstation. QSL via 4O3A, direct or by the
LoTW.

4S, SRI LANKA. Operators Heinz/DL1IH and Salvo/DH7SA are expected to
be active as 4S7AAG and 4S7SAG, respectively, during a holiday DXpedition
sometime in October. Stay tuned!

4X, ISRAEL. Yoshi, JE2EHP, will be active as 4X/K1HP from Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem in Israel between October 29th and November 5th. Activity will
be on all the HF bands and 6m, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL is via Bureau
to his home callsign JE2EHP.

5B, CYPRUS. John, G4IRN, will be active as 5B/G4IRN between November
27-30th. Activity will include a CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th)
as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via LoTW or via G4IRN.

5Z, KENYA (IOTA Op). Operators Enrico/5Z4ES, Francesco/IK8TEO, Antonio/
IK8UHA and Anthonio/IK8VRH are planning to be in Kenya and activate two
IOTA islands between February 10-20th (2010). Callsign will be 5Z0H (IK8VRH
informs OPDX that this will be the only time [first time] the 5Z0 prefix
will be used) and islands mentioned are Lamu Island (AF-040) and Wasini
Island (AF-067). QSL via LoTW, by the Bureau or direct to IK8VRH: P.O.
Box 173, I-80016 Marano (NA), Italy. Visit the 5Z4H Web page at:
                       http://5z4h.sitonline.it

6V, SENEGAL. Just a reminder that Seb, F8IJV, will be on his honeymoon
here between October 15th and November 1st. He plans to be active in the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). He will try to operate before and
after the contest as 6V7Q on 160-6 meters, mainly on SSB and the Digital
modes. He will be operating from Jean-Francois, 6W7RV, QTH in La Somone.
QSL via F8IJV.

8Q, MALDIVES. Jim, G3VDB, will be active 8Q7EJ from Vilamendhoo Island
(AS-013) between now and October 25th. Activity will be holiday style
and subject to hotel permission and local conditions. Look for operations
on CW, RTTY, PSK31 and possibly SSB. He will use 100 watts into wire
antennas. QSL via his home callsign.

CM2, CUBA. Frank, CM2IR, informs OPDX that he is on 40 meters using BPSK31
on 7035 kHz (IOTA NA015 and GRID LOCATOR EL83tc). He is also on SSB around
7150 and 7170 kHz (times not provide). QSL via EB7DX, QSL Manager with
2 USDs or IRCs. QSL SENDING ONLY BY REQUEST!!!

CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, will be active as CN2R during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via
W7EJ. See the station from CN2R at:
            http://www.arraysolutions.com/Users/cn2r.htm

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Mauri, OH2BYS, will once again be active as EA8CMX
from Galdar, Isla de Gran Canaria (AF-004, DIE S-005, WLOTA L0969), during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (???)
entry. He is testing wire yagis/beverages on lower bands. QSL via OH2BYS.

EA9, CEUTA AND MELILLA. A group of Spanish operators will be active as
EE9Z during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as Multi-2 or Multi-
Single entry. QSL via EA9LZ (QRZ.com). Operators mentioned are: Cristobal/
EA7RU, Jorge/EA7HZ, Jose/EA9CD, Enrique/EA9GW, Jose/EA9PY, Mariano/EA9LS
and Jorge/EA9LZ.

EI, IRELAND (On the Bird!). Marc, W4MPS, will be active as EI/W4MPS from
County Cork between October 16-26th. Most of the time he will be in Grid
IO52, although he may also travel to IO42 and IO51 (if the family ever
lets him out of the pub). Marc states that he uses a FT-60R at 5 watts
and an Arrow antenna on AO-51.

FS, SAINT MARTIN (Possible PJ7). Craig, AH8DX, will once again be active
as FS/AH8DX starting October 22nd. Activity will include the CQWW DX
Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Operations
outside of the contest will be on 160/80 meters CW and SSB. Look for 40
meters RTTY also. QSL via AH8DX direct or via LoTW. Craig may also be
active as PJ7/AH8DX from St. Maarten.

FT/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND (QRT). The FT5GA team is now QRT and is happy that
the goal of 50k QSOs was reached by a crew of 5 operators with two and
sometimes three stations. The FT5GA went QRT on October 7th (a day earlier
than expected due to the military flight schedule). According to their
Web page, they have made a total of 50427 QSOs with 15250 unique callsigns
(24235/CW, 21080/SSB and 5112/RTTY). For updated details, visit the FT5GA
Web page at:               http://glorieuses2008.free.fr
QSL Manager is F5OGL: Didier Senmartin, P.O. Box 7, F-53320 LOIRON,
FRANCE. Online log is available at: http://www.clublog.org/charts/?c=FT5GA
LATE MINUTE ADD-ONS: Didier, F5OGL, states, "The logs of the FT5GA operation
will be very soon on LoTW." Also, a couple of pictures of the operation are
now available at:     http://picasaweb.google.fr/MauriceF5NQL/FT5GA#

HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. A group of the contesters from Quito Radio Club
will be active as HC8N from Isla de San Cristobal (SA-004, WLOTA L0094)
during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Multi entry.
QSL via W5UE.

HG0, HUNGARY (WFF Op). This October, members of the Regionalis Radios
Sportklub Puspokladany plan to start a year long activation of different
Hungarian National Parks that qualify for the WFF program (see the Web
page at: http://www.wff44.com/en ). The first event will take place from
the Hortobagy National Park <http://www.hnp.hu/index_en.php> between
October 12-18th. The area has a reference number of HAFF-006. They will
use the special callsign HG0WFF. QSL by the Bureau is "OK", but their
QSL Manager is HA0HW. Some of the operators will use their own callsign
with mark /p.

HP, PANAMA. Members of the Radio Club de Panama (HP1RCP) will be active
during the 2009 JOTA event, October 17-18th, from Panama City, Panama,
Colegio La Salle assisting Troop 4.

ID9N VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOU TUBE! Members of the Noantri DX & Contest
Team that were active as ID9N from Vulcano Island (Eolian Group) (IIA
ME-018, MIA MI-122, WLOTA 1001) in April, now have a video available on
YouTube at:          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbJb66leaM

INDIAN OCEAN GRIDS (On the Birds). Jim, ND9M/VQ9JC, sailing toward Diego
Garcia (VQ9) at about 27, will be activating the following grids during
the following AO-51 passes:
    October  11th at 2258z - MI95 or MI96 (as ND9M)
    October  12th at 1304z - MI84 (as ND9M)
    October  12th at 2355z - MI63 (as either ND9M or VQ9JC)
    October  13th at 1224Z - MI62 (as VQ9JC)
  Jim will try to be active for AO-27 on Monday (October 12th/0757z)
and Tuesday (October 13th/0906z). Those times are during his work
schedule, and he may not be able to set up. Also, Jim "may" be active
on SO-50 for very late passes Sunday (October 11th/1924z for MI96 or
NI06) and Monday night (October 12th/1814z for MI73 or MI63). Jim
is operating full duplex with an FT-897D (TX) and FT-817ND (RX).