Island activities:

AS-008. Members of the Tokyo Dental College will be active as JA1YUC/1 from Nii Island between May 1–4th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. Operators mentioned are: Kanichi/JE1SCF, JG4IQC and JF1QQR. QSL via JA1YUC, by the Bureau is preferred.

EU-042. Operators Jens/DK8MIL, Thomas/DK9BTX, Mathias/DJ9MD and Jan/DK7JAN will be active as DF0TM from Amrum Island (GIA N-018, WLOTA LH-2464) between April 23-26th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via the DARC bureau. If you need a direct QSL, please send a SAE and the right postage (the equivalent of 1.70 EUR or two IRCs [preferred]) to: Jens Sasse,
Muhlenfeldstr. 8, D-28832 Achim, Germany.

EU-110. A team of Italian operators will be active as 9A/homecall from St. Nikola Island, Croatia, between May 28th and June 2nd. Operators mentioned are: Giovanni/I2OGV, Ivano/I2RFJ, Giuseppe/I2ZBX, Diego/IZ2AMV and Andrea/IZ2LSC.

The team has chosen to activate this island because, according to the RSGB IOTA statistics, only 51% of ham participants to the program have received the accreditation for EU-110. Their goal is to contact as many operators as possible. They will be active on the HF band (80-6m) using CW, SSB and RTTY, with 3 or 4 stations on the air. Their plans will try to keep 1 station active 24 hours. They will try to stay around IOTA frequencies.

Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 3530, 7030, 10114, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040
SSB - 3765, 7055/7155, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950 and 28560/28460
QSL via the operators home callsign, by the Bureau or direct
(send to the QRZ.com address). For direct cards, please include a SAE and sufficient return postage [Europe 1 USD, Outside Europe 2 USDs]. Please DO NOT send IRCs. QSL cards not compliant with this policy will be returned via Bureau. For more info and online logs, go to: http://www.timpy.it/eu110

EU-114. Kevan, 2E0WMG, will be active as 2U0WMG/P from Herm Island, Guernsey, between June 1-17th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/17/15 meters SSB. Herm is quite interesting as there are no less than four WAB squares on the Island (North East WV48, North West WV38, South East WV47 and South West WV37). Kevan like everyone who visits this island, may have restrictions as to where he can operate from but is hoping to try and activate all the WAB areas on the island. This trip is ahead of a possible larger scale trip next year with a few operators.
QSL via his home callsign 2E0WMG.

EU-120. Kevan, 2E0WMG, will be active from Lundy Island between June 5-8th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/17/15 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign 2E0WMG.

EU-129. Helmut, DL7VOX, will be active as DL7VOX/p from Usedom Island (GIA O-13) and its lighthouse (Admiralty C2867.1, ARLHS FED-359, WLOTA LH-1640) between April 22nd and May 11th.
Activity will be mainly CW on the HF bands, using 100 watts
and wire antennas. QSL via DL7VOX, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-141. Operators Helmut/DL5DSM and Bernhard/DL9UBF will be active as LA/homecall from Vardo Island (WLOTA LH-0106) between May 5-10th. Activity will be on the HF bands using SSB, 100 watts and vertical antennas. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-172. A group of the Belgian UBA Section Diest operators will be active from Langeland Island, Denmark, between May 12-18th.
Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via ON4AMM. Operators
mentioned are: Dominic/ON4AZP, Michel/ON4CAQ, Francois/ON6VP, Herman/ON7FH and Maurice/ON7KS.

NA-128. Members of the NA-128 Contest Group will activate the special callsign XL2I from Isle-aux-Coudres (CISA QC-009, Grid FN47, ARLHS CAN 234), Quebec, to commemorate the 475th anniversary of the arrival of the explorer Jacques Cartier between July 23-25th. Look for many stations to be active at the same time.

Activity will be on all bands 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and
RTTY/PSK31. During the IOTA Contest, a station will be dedicated to the contest exclusively on SSB and CW. QSL via VE2CQ, direct or by the Bureau. SPECIAL ISLAND NOTE: NA-128 is made up of more than 45 islands, rocks and smaller reefs and more than half of them are accessible for future NA-128 expeditions.

NA-182. (Update) John, VE8EV, is expected to be active from Greens Island in the Northwest Territories (NWT) in the Inuvik Region East Group until April 20th. Remember, he is using a very rare prefix and is signing CK8G. Activity has been mainly on 20 meters SSB. Updated information can be found at: http://ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA

OC-130. Maarten "Moj", PA3GZU, will be active as DU9/PA3GZU from Mindanao Island (WLOTA LH-2803), Philippines, between July 11th and August 7th. Activity will be holiday style with operations mainly on 20 meters and possibly 40/15/10 meters depending on the conditions using CW, SSB and BPSK31. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau is preferred. There will be a delay but received QSL cards will get answered. DO NOT use surface mail without return postage coverage.

OC-164. Members of the Hills Amateur Radio Group (VK6AHR) will be active from Rottnest Island (WLOTA LH-2197) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th). Operators mentioned are: Marty/VK6FDX, Heath/VK6TWO and Martin/VK6ZMS. Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL VK6AHR by the Bureau, or direct (QRZ.com).

SA-023. If you worked PY6RT/p this past weekend, the operations were from Itaparica Island. QSL via the home callsign.

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