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Northern Russia, RDA AR18/AR12, June 20-21, 2009

June 15th, 2009
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Travel: Northern RussiaQTH: Northern Russia, Archangelsk oblast

As a member of the RK1OWZ team I am going to work from RDA AR18 and AR12 (Verkhnetoemski and Krasnoborki districts). Main bands of operation: 80, 40 and 20. Mode: SSB. Other OWZ members are UA1OMZ, UA1ORT, UA1OMS, EW8IZ. The team is planning to give AR12 and AR18 (rare!) to as many ops as possible. Operation time: 48 hours. QSL via Sam, UA1OMZ. Sam sends QSLs automatically using log entries.

Author: ei6dx Categories: Announced operations, Travel Tags:

Aran Islands, IOTA EU-006, May 23-24, 2009

May 3rd, 2009
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Travel : Aran Islands, EU-006QTH: Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, IOTA: EU-006

Third weekend of May will be spent DXing and, if weather is good, surfing on Aran Islands. I will be active in the evenings and overnight on 80 meters CW and SSB and 160 CW. Equipment used: K3 100W, HF2V and K9AY receiving loop. QSL via RX3RC.

If interested, follow me on twitter. I will be posting updates once I head off to the West.

Author: ei6dx Categories: Announced operations, Aran Islands, IOTA, Travel Tags:

CQ-M Contest, Brittas Bay, May 9-10, 2009

April 20th, 2009
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Brittas Bay, IrelandQTH: Contest location, Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow, IOTA: EU-115

Second weekend of May I will be operating in CQ-M from Brittas bay. The plan is to prepare equipment for CQWPX and the next IOTA trip to Aran Islands (IOTA EU-006).

Also there will be many Russian special event stations active over the weekend.

Author: ei6dx Categories: Announced operations, Contests Tags:

UBA Contest, Brittas Bay, Feb 28, 2009

February 1st, 2009
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Brittas Bay, IrelandQTH: Contest location, Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow, IOTA: EU-115

SOSB 40 CW High Power from Northern Wicklow. Using ACOM for the first time from the contest QTH. Top loading for 80 will be tried. In CQWW 160 last month I only had 23 khz of usable space. Hopefully it will give me extra 20 khz on the band. Target: 800 QSOs.

Author: ei6dx Categories: Announced operations, Contests Tags:

Aran Islands, IOTA EU-006, Dec 12-14, 2008

December 1st, 2008
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Travel : Aran Islands, EU-006QTH: Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, IOTA: EU-006

EJ6DX will be activating EU-006 in December. The plan is to work 160 meters using HF2V. Special attention will be paid to South America, Asia and Oceania on low bands. QSL cards for this expedition are handled by EI6DX (Irish buro or direct).

Author: ei6dx Categories: Announced operations, Aran Islands, IOTA, Travel Tags: