IK5ROS Ham Site

5W, WESTERN SAMOA. Steve, WB2IQU, will be active (possibly) as 5W2IQU between November 18–22nd. Operations will be low key using an Icom 706 into a small MFJ antenna tuner and a 20m dipole.

5X, UGANDA. Nick, G3RWF, will once again be active as 5X1NH between
January 21st and March 21st, 2010. Activity will be on the HF bands.
Nick prefers CW and likes the Digital modes (PSK and RTTY), but may
work SSB whenever signals are good enough. QSL via his home callsign.

9G, GHANA. Just a reminder that a team of Italian operators will be
active from Busua Beach between November 13-27th. The group will also
activate Abokwa Island (AF-084), during their stay with one station
on 20 meters only. The time of operation on the island will be planned
day by day, pending the sea condition and weather forecast. Activity
will be on all HF bands and modes, 80-10 meters. The callsign 9G5TT
will be used from the mainland while the callsign 9G5XX will be used
from Abokwa Island. Operators mentioned are: Alfeo/I1HJT, Silvano/I2YSB,
Carlo/IK1AOD, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/
IK2HKT, and Donato/IZ2CHO. QSL via I2YSB, direct only. More information
can be found at: http://www.i2ysb.com

9L, SIERRA LEONE. Members of the VooDoo Contest Group will be active
during CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th), signing 9L5A. This year
the operators are Ned/AA7A, Nick/G3RWF, Fred/G4BWP, Bud/N7CW and Gary/
ZL2IFB. They will enter the contest as a Multi-Two or Multi-Multi category.
Their activity in the contest will be on all six contest bands (CW only).
For pre-contest activity, there may also be some operations on 30/17/12
meter bands. QSL 9L5A via G3SXW (see QRZ.com). G3RWF may also activate
his 9L1NH callsign, and AA7A his 9L7NS callsign. Please QSL via their
home callsigns. There will be no daily logs, but LoTW upload will be
done soon after returning home. No cash donations are requested for this
project just the usual USD/IRC for direct cards.

AU8, INDIA (Special Event). Dattatry, VU2DSI, states that he will be
operating the special event station AU8JCB between November 28th and
December 1st. Suggested frequencies are: 7070, 14270, 14200, 21280 and
28510 kHz. Activity is to commemorate the 151th anniversary of Sir Jagadish
Chandra Bose -"Father of Radio Communication". QSL direct to VU2DSI:
Dattatry Deogaonkar, Surabhi Meherabad, Ahmednagar 414006, INDIA.
ADDED NOTE: Other Indian Hams are expected to operate possibly with
other special callsigns.

CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, will once again be active as CN2R during the
CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op and possibly as
a Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via W7EJ. See the station from CN2R at:
http://www.arraysolutions.com/Users/cn2r.htm

D2, ANGOLA. Paulo, CT1ITZ, will be active as D2PJB from Porto Amboim,
300km from the capital Luanda, until November 29th. Activity will be
on 80-10 meters SSB only. Most of his activity so far has been on 20
meters. He is using an Icom 706 and a Windom antenna. QSL via CT1IUA.
Direct QSL, please send 2 USDs or one new IRC (ending 2013). QSLs
without enough postage will go via Bureau.