Dikson

News:
From 20 to 23 August 2004 RI0BDI plan to work from Bolshoj Medvezhij island (IOTA AS-005, ARLHS ASR-121, RRA RR-06-27).

Dikson isl. - RI0BDI, RA3XR/0, UA3YH/0

The radio amateurs from Obninsk Sergej (Serge) Konoplev RA3XR and Nikolai (Nick) Makarov UA3YH going 15 June - 15 September 2004 will be expedition to the island called Dikson. The work seats with scientist program witch Nikolai Makarov will be going. We are going to work in ham ether in program IOTA. Dikson Isl. have AS-005 on this program it also WAZ-18, ITU-21, OBL-TM, RRA: RR-06-09. We are going to use call signals RA3XR/0 and UA3YH/0. Also we got special call signal RI0BDI (from 22.07.2004 till 15.09.2004 ).

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QSL info
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RI0BDI	via UA3YH or RA3XR
RA3XR/0	P.O.Box 5015, Obninsk-5, 249035 RUSSIA
UA3YH/0	Blokhintzeva Street 11-15, Obninsk, 249033 RUSSIA

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Operators
Serge Konoplev, RA3XR - in ham ether since 1968 Year have been working from territory Uzbekistan, Franz -Joseph Land use call signals UI8LDK, UA3XBE, UK1PAA, UA1PGO, RZ1OWA. In 2002 Year won the first place in "Field-day" contest in sub-group "single operator - multi band" and the champion of Russia, master of sports of Russia.

Nick Makarov, UA3YH - in ham ether since 1962 Year have been working from territory Antarctica, Alaska, USA, Dikson Isl. use call signals UA3YH/M, 4K1A, UA3YH/KC4, R1ANM, KC4AAA, KC4USV, KC4/AB0KG, UA3YH/0, AL7/AB0KG, AB0KG.