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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=5>IOTA 2009 DXpedition to Desertas
Islands</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Following the success of 2008 IOTA DXpedition to Selvagens
Islands CQ9U (AF-047) and based on an excellent co-operation at that time
between both teams (<STRONG>Madeira Contest Team</STRONG> and
<STRONG>G.I.R.A</STRONG>. - Grupo de Investigação de Radiocomunicações e
Ambiente ), we are now glad to announce for this year the Project:
</FONT><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Verdana>IOTA 2009 DXpedition - Desertas Islands
AF-046</FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Team:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>CT3BD - Barros Teixeira <BR>CT3DL - Luis Gomes <BR>CT3EE -
Luis Camanho <BR>CT3EN - Duarte Gomes <BR>CT3KY - Duarte Goncalves <BR>CT3MD -
Jose Vasconcelos <BR>CT3NY - Joao Lima <BR>CT1BOL - Jorge Lopes <BR>CT1CJJ -
Jose Lopes <BR>CT1EFS - Paulo Campos <BR>CT1ILT - Filipe Lopes <BR>CT1IZW -
Firmino Matos </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Part of the Team will be mainly focused on the IOTA
Contest, others will operate mostly WARC + VHF bands;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Timetable:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Start: Arrive at the Desertas Islands - Friday morning -
24th of July; <BR>End: Departure to Madeira - Sunday afternoon - 26th of
July.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Setup:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>2 HF Stations (IOTA Contest); <BR>1 HF Station - WARC +
6m; <BR>1 VHF Station - 2m + 4m + 6m; <BR>Rigs: Yeasu FT450, ICOM 756 PRO II,
ICOM 706;<BR>Antennas: HF - Verticals and Dipoles / 6m + VHF Beams;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Two callsigns will be used during operation
<STRONG>CR3D</STRONG> and <STRONG>CR3R</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>References:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>GridSquare - IM12rn <BR>DXCC - CT3 <BR>IOTA - AF-046
<BR>WLOTA - 1366 <BR>ARLHS - MAD-001 <BR>DFP - MAD003 <BR>DIP - MAD003 <BR>DPRN
- FF104 <BR>WFF - CTFF-33 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>More Info at:</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.qrz.com/db/CR3D" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.qrz.com/db/CR3D</FONT></A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.gira.pt/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.gira.pt/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: <A title=http://www.southgatearc.org/
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/">Southgate Amateur Radio
Club</A></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>