Reunion Island

Thomas, F4HPX, will be active as FR/F4HPX from various locations on Reunion Island (AF-016) between 25th May to 15th June 2018.

He will be operating from his family home, and also from beaches and especially from the mountains because there is a lot of them including an active volcano.

His SOTA aim this year is the tallest FR/RE-001 3070m ASL.

Activity will be on 40-15 meters using CW (possibly), SSB, RTTY, PSK31, JT65, JT9 and possibly FT8.

He will use various wire and portable antennas with 2 rigs: FT-891 from home with 100w and KX2 outside (alone or with small 30W HF amp).

QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct, LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog's OQRS.

CR3W Madeira

CR3W team will be active from Madeira Island, IOTA AF - 014, in CQ WW WPX CW Contest, 26 - 27 May 2018.
Team will include DK9VZ, DL5LYM, DL8LAS, DL8WAA, DL9EE.

Before and after they will operate CT9/DK9VZ, CT9/DL5LYM, CT9/DL8LAS, CT9/DL8WAA, CT9/DL9EE on bands from 160 through to 6m.

QSL via DL5AXX, OQRS, LOTW.
Address for direct QSL - Ulf Ehrlich, Am Streitkopf 7, 35460, Staufenberg, Germany.

Rare Wake Island Operation

Starting in April, Philip Gairson, N7NVK, will begin operating on Wake Island,  (grid RK39).

His schedule calls for 3 months on the island, and then 1 month off — a pattern that will repeat over the course of about a year. Wake is 12 hours ahead of UTC.

Gairson does not yet know what days or times he will be on the air, but he plans to post his availability on his QRZ.com profile page.

Contacting him could prove challenging. He’s taking along an Elecraft KX3 along with a G5RV or Buddipole for an antenna, running low power. He will operate split, and he asks for patience because he’s not used to being the focus of a pileup. Internet connectivity on Wake will be limited, but he plans to use LoTW.