Lighthouse in Bozcaada , (Tenedos) isl. TUR 001 (activated for the first time), IOTA AS-099

Joint effort between TRAC and RAAG National IARU Societies during the International Lighthouse/Lightship weekend 20-21 Aug 2005

Operators TA2DS, TA3FB, TA3CO, TB3CSV , TA1E, SV1KP (xyl) and SV1IW

QSL to TA2DS

SX8L Expedition, Antikythira Island (Iota EU-113, MIA MG-014) will activate the Lighthouse Apolytares (WLH SV-011, ARLHS GRE-040, WLOTA 0298).

Special Callsign: SX8L.
From 20-08-2005 until 22-08-2005

Operators: Cliff/SV1JG, Markos/SV1MF, George/SV1AGK, Theodoros/SV1GRM, Sotirios/SV1HER , Ulukali/TA1FL, Soyhan/TA2IJ.

Joint effort  between RAAG and TRAC members

Lat.: 35°49' 25" N, Lon.: 23°19' 29" E, Grid :KM15PT, WW Loc. KM15QU

First time this lighthouse on the air. Is a NEW ONE. Please kindly note that there is no road to this Lighthouse.
Expedition to Antikythira Island during the International Lighthouse Day and the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend.
We will try to work all bands & all modes. We will be on the air 24 hours per day for 72 hours continuously!

QSL Manager: SV1HER.
QSL route: All QSO's will be confirmed via the SV bureau (R.A.A.G.). If you do not use the bureau and need the QSL Card then send direct to SV1HER with SAE and return postage.

Cell phone: +30.693.2671602
email: sv1her@raag.org
Info: http://www.qrz.com/callsign.html?callsign=SX8L

RULES

The section ARI of Sala Consilina (SA), ITALY, desiring to honor and to remember Karol Wojtyla , Pope Jean Paul II has founded the award "JEAN PAUL II - DXSPEDITIONER OF PEACE".

General requirements: Awards are available to all amateurs and SWLs for worked or heard at least 40 countries for BASE award of the 131 countries visited by Jean Paul II during his pontificate; 80 countries worked or heard for SILVER award and 131 countries worked or heard for GOLD award.

All the bands assigned to the Radio Amateur Service and all the modes are allowed, satellites included.
There are 4 versions of the award:
1) MIXED
2) PHONE
3) CW
4) DIGITAL MODES

To claim the Award the QSL cards are not required but they must be in possession of the applicant and could be requested anytime for checks.
To receive the forms for the award application and the list of the 131 countries visited by Pope Jean Paul II you can write to the award manager IZ8AJQ Erminio <mailto: iz8ajq@amsat.org> iz8ajq@amsat.org to receive them on your email address.

The fee is 10 Euro or 12 Dollars. To receive the Award as registered mail please add 3 Euro or 4 Dollars.

Application forms must be sent to this address:

ARI SEZIONE SALA CONSILINA
CASELLA POSTALE N.11
CAP 84036 SALA CONSILINA (SA)
ITALY

HAMSAT (or VUsat) is the latest Amateur Radio satellite in orbit. It is India's first.

"We congratulate all who have worked for the hamsat and its successful launch," said Sandip Shah, VU3SXE, AMSAT-India's treasurer, who was at the control center in Bangalore, India, for the May 5 launch. The satellite went aloft from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota.

Going into space with the 42.5 kg HAMSAT was the primary payload--the 1560 kg Indian remote sensing satellite, CARTOSAT-1. The spacecraft were placed into polar sun synchronous orbits at an altitude of 632 x 621 km with an equatorial inclination of 97.8 degrees.
HAMSAT will provide two new linear mode U/V transponders for SSB and CW use only. Only one transponder will be active at any given time. AMSAT-India indicates the UHF uplink will be in the 435.35 MHz range, while the VHF downlink will be in the 145.90 MHz range. Details are not yet available.

Dutch graduate student William Leijenaar, PE1RAH, who designed one of the transponders aboard HAMSAT, saw the PSLV-C6 vehicle carry the satellite skyward from SDSC SHAR. "It was very interesting to see how my radio finally went into space," he said afterward. "It is the best ham radio experience in my life." Leijenaar said reports he'd received indicated that the onboard computer was showing the batteries and solar panels working normally. "We just are a few days away from 'CQ CQ HAMSAT' QSOs," he said.

The satellite has not yet been given an OSCAR designation. There's more information on the AMSAT-India Web site,
http://www.amsatindia.com/hamsat.htm .

A team of 16 radio amateurs in VK3 will activate special event callsign AX3ITU to mark the 140th birthday of the International Telecommunications Union.
Amateur Radio Victoria aims to have the have AX3ITU on air virtually the entire 24 hours UTC on Tuesday 17th of May.
It will be available on CW, Phone, PSK31 and an amateur satellite on the day. Three of the team, VK3QI, VK3ANJ and VK3YR, will concentrate on CW on the 40, 30 and 20 metre bands.
Phone operation will be on the 80, 40, 20 and 2-metre bands, while PSK31 is to target 80 and 40 metres.
A commemorative QSL card will be available for contacts. QSL information is direct to VK3WI QTHR or via the bureau.

Amateur Radio Victoria
amateurradio.com.au

•  The "Victory Day" Award Operation is organized to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Operation will be conducted from 1 to 15 May 2005.

•  23 special-event stations (including 18 district and 5 central stations) will participate. They will be distinguished by two characters VD (Victory Day) in their call-sign suffixes.

•  The VD special-event station operating schedules will be published on PZK web sites: www.ot25.pzk.org.pl and www.pzk.org.pl

•  To obtain the "Victory Day" Award, EU stations should score 30 points and DX stations 10 points. No more than two contacts with the same special-event station will be counted for the Award, however, contacts with the same station must be made:

a)  either on different bands, or
b)  with different modes, or
c)   on two different days.

•  Points scored by working special-event stations:

a)  District stations (3Z1VD, 3Z2VD, 3Z3VD, 3Z4VD, 3Z5VD, 3Z6VD, 3Z7VD, 3Z8VD, 3Z9VD, HF1VD, HF2VD, HF3VD, HF4VD, HF5VD, HF6VD, HF7VD, HF8VD, HF9VD): 3 points each;
b)  Central stations (3Z60VD, HF60VD, SN60VD, SP60VD, SQ60VD): 5 points each.

•  The following stickers will be available: "Excellent" (for logging all the 23 VD stations); "Splendid" (for logging all the 23 VD stations at least twice each, with either different modes or on different bands).

•  The Award Sponsor will publish the list of stations which have fulfilled the "Victory Day" Award Rules on the PZK web sites by 15 July 2005.

8. Foreign stations will be granted the "Victory Day" Awards free of charge. No applications are required. However, sticker winners should send extracts from their logs via e-mail to: ot25@pzk.org.pl

9. "Victory Day" Awards will be sent to respective national QSL Bureaus. The operators who do not use Bureau services are requested to send their postal addresses via e-mail to: ot25@pzk.org.pl

Operation Coordinator:

Management Board of the Warsaw Branch
of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK)