IOTA expedition TC098A to KARAADA Is., AS-098

FINAL ONLINE LOG

TC098A is QRT ! ( 21th may - 23:59 UT )

29-09-2009: 1 USD is insufficient postage for EU! please be careful with Your Direct cards!

News

29-09-2009: 1 USD is insufficient postage for EU too! please be careful with Your Direct cards!

Today ( 22-september-2009) I recieved package with TC098A QSL cards (finally!) and immediately started to deliver Direct Cards as first, after that I take care of Buro Requests. 73 de Jarda OK2GZ, qsl manager

30th may 2009: We already have finished design of TC091A QSL cards (thanks to Dan,OK1HRA) and hope to start deliver QSL cards during one or two months. Exact time will be announced here, stay tuned.
21th may 2009 20:20 UT: web page with statistics was improved. Now include number of unique calls, QSO rates, list of stations with all 5 bands, where expediton was working and table with multiple band QSOs.
21th may 2009 09:50 UT: Ops are packing gear and leaving island at 12:30 UT. Online-log contain now 10.143 QSOs until yesterday evening (17:44 UT), log LOG is now complete - include ALL QSOs, last in 23:00 UT with S51NY on 20m.
20th may 2009 18:30 UT: Because of the unexpected end of operation You have still last chance to work Karaada, AS-098 until 23:59 UT. Tommorow at noon ops leave island and after the 10 hours of ride they arrive to Ankara.
In the log is now more than 10.000 QSOs. Today evening was very good opening on the 6m band and 650 QSOs on the log alltogether. Franta OK1DF (also 7X0RY) made today ~200 QSOs on RTTY.
20th may 2009 12:00 UT: another statistics: Rates MIX,CW,SSB
19th may 2009 12:00 UT: One PA has broken High Voltage Supply, so now one op. site has 600W, second 100W only. Ops are trying to repair it. Now have approx 6000 QSOs on the log. First 125 QSOs made on 6m from today morning. Thanks to all for calling TC098A !
added page with statistics - QSOs by DXCC countries, again few new pictures in gallery.
18th may 2009 14:00 UT: Online-log updated, now with 4226 QSOs.
18th may 2009 14:00 UT: Until now is 2500 QSOs in the log. Ops works on 30, 20, 17 and 6 m bands. They are waiting for opening on 6m.
18th may 2009 10:00 UT: !first online log! has 960 QSOs from yesterday evening. Updates will continue reguralry. Ops have internet connection on the island.
18th may 2009 05:20 UT: I have recieved first logs with approx. 1000 QSOs from yesterday. I put them on the web as soon as possible. Problem with electricity was solved by their own power lines to their hotel room. Today they will continue by building antennas and new operating site for 2m and 6m bands. They have local electricity available from 07 to 17 hours UT only, outside this operating window they must pay extra cost ~8 EURO per hour. ok2gz 17th may 2009 18:40 UT: Today TC098A can work until 21:00 UT only. They use now two wire loops for 30m / running 600W and 20m with 100W barefoot.
In photo gallery is few pictures from yesterday in Ankara.
17th may 2009 17:00 UT: TC098A is qrv!
17th may 2009 14:28 UT: Ops arrived on the island. Bad news, they found out, that electricity on the hotel, where they have QTH has 150V only! They are solving with big effort this problem to get chance be QRV and also building antennas.
16th may 2009: Good news: here is a good chance for internet connection on the island via mobile phone. Everything depends on the strenght of the signal (because of distance between Island and Bodrum city), if allow errorless data transfer. If Yes, we will have regularly updated Online logs and some photo from the island. Stay tuned!
Slavek OK1TN has some necessary duty, cannot participate on the expedition and stayed at home.

After the previous activation of TB0DX from AS-123, YM0DX from AS-099, TC0DX from EU-186 and TC0W from AS-159 OKDXF organize now expedition to:

AS-098 between 17th May and 22st May 2009

group of radioamateurs Pavel TA2ZAF (OK1MU), Slavek OK1TN, Frantisek OK1DF, Ondra OK1CDJ and Zdenek OK1FIA, under the special call T C 0 9 8 A is going to activate Turkey islands Karaada AS-098 in Mediterranean Sea.

some pictures of location AS-098

Operation starts on sunday 17.5., late evening and ends on friday 22.5., very soon morning.

Expedition will work CW/SSB with antennas: Spider beam for 14/18/21/24/28 MHz and wire loops for 30m,40m and two Power Amplifiers. Also is possible activity via Es on VHF bands – locator KM36RX depending on conditions during the stay on the island.

Elektricity on the island is available for approx. 8 hours daily, not for the whole day. So, expediton activity also depends on other sources of electricity, we expect 16-18 hours of operation daily.

Probability of internet connection on the island still exist, but is low, so online-log and some photo will be published when the ops arrive home.

73 from Ankara, TC098A team


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