Friday, February 15, 2008

Antarctic Activity Week on Amateur Radio


ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced that the fifth Antarctic Activity Week will be held from 18 to 24 February. The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the Antarctic continent. Several special event callsigns
from around the world are expected to take part in this year's AAW. Participating stations (QSL via operator's instructions) are announced from the following countries:
Austria OE3AGA/AAW, OE3AIS/AAW, OE3HM/AAW, OE3KKA/AAW, OE3RPB/AAW,
OE3SGA/AAW, OE3WWB/AAW
Bulgaria LZ05ANT
Canada VA2WAP, VA3AAO, VA3WAP, VA7AAW
England GB0ANT, GB4IPY
France TM5ICE, TM8ANT
Germany DA0ANT
Indonesia YB4IPY
Israel 4Z4DX/ANT
Italy IA0ANT, II1ANT, II2ANT, II2EFA, II3ANT, IO0ANT, IO2ANT,
IO4WAP, IP0ANT, IP0WAP, IR0ANT, IR1ANT, IR2WAP, IR6ANT, IR8PS, IR8WAP,
IU8ANT
Romania YQ2ANT
Russia RK3DSW/ANT, UE6ANT
Spain AO1WAP
Switzerland HB9ICE
USA K4A, N5T/ANT
Full information on the AAW can be found at http://www.waponline.it/
(425 DX News #876 via Dave Raycroft)
(Photo: Antarctic Deep Freeze patch)