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A new IOTA island will be activated for the first time by a small international team during this very cold winter with local temperatures on the island dropping to around -20C.
Kataja/Inakari Island (Inakari Island coordinates: Lat: 65° 41' 49.4460" Lon: 24° 10' 5.0460") has been added to the list by the IOTA Committee in October 2018 as EU192.
Operators Bob K4UEE, Tim K5AC, Jeff NM1Y and Ned WC4X will be active as PJ6A from Jolieville, Saba Island (NA-145), during the ARRL CW DX Contest (16-17th February 2019) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry.
QSL PJ6A via N4NX or LoTW. DO NOT QSL VIA BUREAU.
Before and after the contest the operators will be signing PJ6/homecall and will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly FT8.
They'll be using their Elecraft K3's, transmitting into a Battle Creek Special on 160 meters, wire beams on 80 and 40 meters and a Yagi on 20-10 meters.
The team will be there between 11-18th February 2019.
QSL via their home callsigns.
After successful trips to 9N7EI and 7Q7EI earlier in 2018, the EIDX Group are delighted to formally announce definite plans for their 2019 DXpedition to Togo.
Operating for 12 consecutive days between 14th-26th March 2019, the 5V7EI team plan to run up to 5 QRO stations across all bands from 160m through 10m on SSB, CW and Digital modes.
More Information - https://5v7ei.com/
QSL will be via M0OXO OQRS.
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