KL7/W6IXP NA-150 IOTA 
LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND

A rare picture from the playground at  Cape Wales, Alaska
of Little Diomede, U.S.A. in front of Big Diomede,
Russia in the background.
 
The #1 most wanted IOTA in North America
(per RSGB IOTA DIRECTORY and YEARBOOK 1998/1999)
This Web page was last updated by Barry K6ST on August 5 1998 at 04:28utc

KL7/W6IXP, NA-150 IOTA DXpedition

July 22 - July 29, 1998

Arrived on Island July 30, 1998.  Departed from Little Diomede August 5 1998.



The NA-150 Little Diomede KL7/W6IXP has completed.  The preliminary final logs are now on the web site.  Here are the statistics:

DXpedition  1998 05 Aug 1998  0842z
 
 
Preliminary Final Statistics for NA-150 KL7/W6IXP

SSB 1224 qso's
CW   97    qso's
uncategorized 16 qso's

 Total                  1337
 
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     Continent Statistics
            KL7/W6IXP   NA150    Multi Multi     05 Aug 1998  0842z

                             160   80   40   30   20   17   15   12   10  SAT  ALL   percent

     CW
North America      0       0     16    0    46      0     0     0    0     0    62     4.7
South America      0       0      0     0      1      0     0     0    0     0      1     0.1
Europe                  0       0      0     0      7      0     0     0    0     0      7     0.5
Asia                      0       0      0     0    15      0     0     0    0     0    15     1.1
Africa                   0       0      0     0      0       0    0     0    0     0      0     0.0
Oceania                0       0      1     0      0       0     0    0    0     0      1     0.1

     SSB
North America      0      0      0     0     32      0     0     0     0     0    32        2.4
South America      0      0      0     0       4      0     0     0     0     0      4        0.3
Europe                  0      0      0     0   896      0     6     0     0     0    902    68.3
Asia                      0      0      0     0   250      0     2     0    0      0    252    19.1
Africa                   0      0      0     0       2      0     0     0    0      0        2      0.2
Oceania                0      0      0     0     32      0     0     0     0     0      32      2.4
 



A message from: "Pat Omiak IRA President Native Village of Diomede" August 7, 1998 04:41 utc

"We are just like any other community. We live by subsistence (hunting).  The majority that we eat are marine mammal.  There are very few jobs here. We must be approaching 180 natives on the island.  We also do ivory carvings here on the island and sell them.  We do the Eskimo dancing which is the strongest cultural tie here.  Even the little kids learn how to do this.

Unfortunately the natives stories are often  forgotten.  Not to many elders left on the island.  We do offer to have people to visit Little Diomede. If you are interested, contact IRA (Indian Reorganization Act) Office
(907) 686-2175, Fax (907) 686-2203 and explain why you would like to visit and  what you are coming in for.
 


Left to Right: Tom W6IXP, Pat Omiak IRA President Native Village of Diomede, and  Barry K6ST
(Photograph taken by Dwayne Ahkvaluk, Native Villager)



Village of Little Diomede
 Native Skin Boats used for marine hunting.

(4 Skin boats, left to Right: operated by Ronald Ozenna Sr. , David Soolook Sr.
Thomas Maledlook Jr., Odge Ahkinga)

Pictured in the foreground: Gabrile Ahkinga snow machine

 

NA-150 Little Diomede Island  Update (as of 03:41z August 5, 1998)

We have been spending most of our time on cw.  We are hearing the same kind of Auroral behavior on the bands as last week on Sledge Island NA-210 where signals are in for just and few seconds and then out just as fast.

Our request to All North American cw operators is to please send your call sign immediately followed by the rst so we can copy the complete qso.  This may be the only possible to complete a qso from NA-150.
 

North America Only for CW QSO's

CW 14.045 01:00z  to 04:30z
CW 7.040 04:30z to 05:30z
CW 7.040 09:00z to 12:00z

We  are also checking 20 meters cw frequently throughout the day.

All DX areas:

The rest of the time we will be on SSB 14.260 and occasional on 15 meters 21.260

The logs have been updated to the web as of:
Sun AUG 5 1998 03:58z NA-150 logs updated to Web Site
Sun AUG 5 1998 03:24z last entry in the NA-150 log

Here's the statistics as of  05 Aug 1998  0324z

Today Barry, K6ST began a climb up the mountain with an attempt to operate.  Unfortunately the trek up was wet, slippery, muddy and way to dangerous.  The side of the mountain has a rock slide on it, so we decided to take safety as our number one priority.  We will continue to make contacts from our operating location at the Little Diomede village.
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                               Continent Statistics
            KL7/W6IXP   NA150    Multi Multi     05 Aug 1998  0324z

                 160   80   40   30   20   17   15   12   10  SAT  ALL   percent

     CW
North America       0    0   16    0   43   0    0    0    0    0   59     4.6
South America       0    0    0     0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1      0.1
Europe                   0    0    0     0    7    0    0    0    0    0    7      0.5
Asia                       0    0    0     0   15   0    0    0    0    0   15     1.2
Africa                    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0      0.0
Oceania                 0    0    1     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1      0.1

     SSB
North America      0    0    0    0   32     0    0    0    0    0   32       2.5
South America      0    0    0    0    4      0    0    0    0    0    4        0.3
Europe                  0    0    0    0  878    0    6    0    0    0  884    68.4
Asia                      0    0    0    0  246    0    2    0    0    0  248    19.2
Africa                   0    0    0    0    2      0    0    0    0    0    2        0.2
Oceania                0    0    0    0   29     0    0    0    0    0   29       2.2

Plus 16 SSB qso's not categorized yet
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DXpedition  1998 05 Aug 1998  0324z

      Call: KL7/W6IXP                Country:  Alaska
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Multi

BAND  MODE      QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
 

   40       CW           17           5              4
   40      SSB             0            0             0
   20      CW             63           9             9
   20      SSB           1077       24          56
 
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 Total    CW             80          14           13
 Total   SSB          1085         26           58
 Total                    1165         40           71

Plus 16 SSB qso's not categorized yet



NA-150 Little Diomede Island
Update (as of 08:01z August 4, 1998)

With the wet weather still preventing us from getting to the top of the mountain safely to try RF signals, Day 5 on NA-150 bring us some good luck with CW to the lower 48 states.  Today we reconfigured the 2 element 20 meter verticals into a single element 20 meter dipole.  Tom, W6IXP engineered this in his dreams this morning of how to get a high angle radiated signal up and over the 1300 foot mountain from sea level.

To continue to help the North American hams make contact with NA-150, we have a  planned schedule:

North America Only for CW QSO's

CW 14.045 01:00z  to 04:30z
CW 7.040 04:30z to 05:30z
CW 7.040 09:00z to 12:00z

All DX areas:

The rest of the time we will be on SSB 14.260 and occasional on 15 meters 21.260
 


Little Diomede SWL'rs
(Left Issac, Right Zachary)
Barry, K6ST in the middle


The NA-150 DXpedition gave a gift of good will to the people of Little Diomede.  We presented them
with a "Passport to World Band Radio book", "Kenwood R1000  0-30 Mhz receiver",  "Your Introduction to Morse Code cassette tapes", and "Now you're talking license book".  Our hopes are that the Little Diomede people, in particular the kids will enjoy the marvels of Short Wave Listening and some day, become Amateur Radio operators.

Maybe you will even receive an SWL card from Little Diomede and in the future even hear some RF signals from a native villager signing their call as NA-150.
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The logs have been updated to the web as of:
Sun AUG 4 1998 07:39z NA-150 logs updated to Web Site
Sun AUG 4 1998 07:39z last entry in the NA-150 log

Here's the statistics as of  04 Aug 1998  0635z.

                              Continent Statistics
            KL7/W6IXP   NA150    Multi Multi     04 Aug 1998  0635z

                             40   20   15   ALL   percent

     CW
North America       12   36    0    48     3.9
South America        0      1    0     1     0.1
Europe                    0      3    0     3     0.2
Asia                        0      0    0     0     0.0
Africa                     0      0    0      0     0.0
Oceania                  0      0    0      0     0.0

     SSB
North America        0   31     0     31     2.5
South America        0    4      0     4       0.3
Europe                    0  870    6    876   71.5
Asia                        0  218    2   220    18.0
Africa                     0    2      0      2       0.2
Oceania                  0   29      0    29      2.4

Plus 16 SSB QSO's not categorized yet.

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DXpedition  1998    04 Aug 1998  0635z
 

      Call: KL7/W6IXP                Country:  Alaska
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Multi

BAND  MODE      QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES

   40 CW                 12      2             3
   40 SSB                0        0             0
 
   20 CW               37        7             6
   20 SSB           1042      24           56
 
   15 SSB              8          2             2
 
 Total CW           49         9             9
 Total SSB      1050        26          58

 Total              1099        35          67

Plus 16 SSB qso's not categorized yet


NA-150 Little Diomede -  Operating Location facing north west
Nestled at the end of the native village at the bottom of a 1300 foot mountain. (No wonder signals are good to Europe / Asia / Pacific and so difficult to the lower 48 states.  RF doesn't like to go through rock very well!)
 
R7000 antenna on orange water tank to the left of the big blue building.
On the left side of the big blue building there is a balcony with the 20 meter 2 element vertical antenna.

The shack is upstairs in the big blue building (school) with a beautiful view of Big Diomede when the weather is clear.  The rigs are Kenwood TS850S and an Ameritron AL-811A linear Amp. We have sleeping bags and a small kitchen to eat our freeze dried food.  Since the water supply on Little Diomede in not totally pure, we use a hand pump water purifier before boiling the water.


NA-150 Little Diomede Island
Update (as of 19:21z August 2, 1998)

Conditions to Europe continue to be favorable. Here are the statistics for KL7/W6IXP NA150 at of    02 Aug 1998  1831z. In summary, 1081 qso's from NA-150 to date.
 

                              Continent Statistics
            KL7/W6IXP   NA150    Multi Multi     02 Aug 1998  1831z

                 QSO’s   percent
SSB
North America     30     2.8
South America       4     0.4
Europe               781   73.3
Asia                   212   19.9
Africa                   2     0.2
Oceania              25     2.3

Plus 16 qso’s not categorized yet

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BAND  MODE      QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES

   20 SSB       955     23     55
   15 SSB         8      2      2
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 Total SSB      963     25     57
 
Dupes 102
16 uncategorized qso’s

Total 1081 qso’s to date for NA-150

The plan for qso's to the lower 48 states was to hike up to the top of the 1300 foot mountain for some contacts.  Due to wet weather, this option has been posponed until later.  In the mean time, we will try cw qso's for North America only on 14.045 mhz and up starting at 01:00z and on  7.020 mhz and up starting at 0900.  Please QRS and we only have a modified hand key, thanks.

We do hear signals from W6 and other lower 48 states stations on 20 SSB.  Please be patient and keep listinging for KL7/W6IXP NA-150.



Native Villagers Visit Ham Shack


Native Village Kids shown Left to Right
Isacc, (Bossy not shown),  Moses, Franklyn, and Jared.
Tom, W6IXP operating at the mic headset.
 


NA-150 Little Diomede Island
Update (as of 20:05z August 1, 1998)
The KL7/W6IXP Dxpedition finally made it to Little Diomede on July 31, 1998 after 8 days of weather
delay.  As one ham put it on the air, he gives us 100% out of 100% for perseverance.

The trip from Cape Wales, Alaska across the Bering Sea was quite exciting by helicopter.  After 1 year
of planning and over a week of delays, the thrill to land at the Little Diomede heliport brought chills
and tears to our eyes.

We were greeted by local officials and villagers.  The children were playful and inquisitive.
Immediately we scouted out the grounds for our operating site and antenna locations.  We were informed
that the antenna's would best be out of the children's way by placing them on a balcony.  With limited
space we put together the 2 element vertical for 20 meters and mounted it of the balcony along with the
Cushcraft R7000.  The antenna's played fair and propagation was horrible.

To add to the problems, we had some rig, linear amp and computer  problems.  The next day, August 1,
1998 we resolved many challenges:  Repaired the linear amp and replaced the tubes, got the rig and
computer playing right.  Best of all, we found an even better location for the R7000 antenna.  We moved
it out an additional 250 feet from the original location, onto a water tank.

Last night the system played well with great signals and pile up from Europe and the Pacific.  We are
sure the propagation also helped a lot.  The signals to W6 and the rest of the lower 48 states is
difficult as we are located on the north west side of the island with a 1300 foot mountain rock behind
us.  Today or tomorrow we are going to try to attempt to take a 100 watt rig and antenna for 20 meters
to the top of the mountain and see how propagation plays to the lower 48 states.

The logs have been update to the NA-150 web site for your viewing as of  19:29z August 1, 1998.  The
last entry in the internet log is as of 17:30z August 1, 1998.  Below are also some statistics to date.
 

NA150 Little Diomede Dxpedition  1998
KL7/W6IXP   NA150 as of 01 Aug 1998  1730z

NON-DUPED QSO

20 SSB       499
15 SSB         24
Total          523

TOTAL QSO'S TO DATE INCLUDING DUPES  572

Dupe rate 9.04%

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                              Continent Statistics
            KL7/W6IXP   NA150 as of 01 Aug 1998  1730z

     SSB
North America           20     3.6
South America             3     0.5
Europe                    430    77.3
Asia                          77    13.8
Africa                         2      0.4
Oceania                    20      3.6

Plus Additional QSO's Not Categorized Yet   16

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Our plans for continued operation on NA-150 are primarily be 20 meters SSB with 15 meters and 40 meters
SSB as alternatives.  Our departure plans are not defined at this time as logistics to get off the
island are as difficult as getting onto the island.  For now, we will continue to operate from NA-150
until such time that we depart.

73 from Little Diomede NA-150
Barry K6ST and Tom W6IXP
 



NA150 Update July 27, 1988 19:25utc Cape Wales, Alaska

The weather is playing the problem. The winds are blowing from a certain direction so the fog is a problem for a helicopter to make it to Diomede.

We have contacted some people on Little Diomede that should be able to bring us over by boat, but at the present moment, the seas are too rough (about a 30 knot breeze) for the small boats that they have to possibly offer.

Other than having a direct discussion with the weather Gods (will you and all the IOTA hams please do that NOW!!!), all we can do is be patient and be flexible.

Currently we are in the town of Wales, on the Seward Peninsula. Little Diomede is about 30 miles away. We are staying at a school and are operating on 20 meters as a special event station on Cape Wales KL7/W6IXP. It keeps our spirits up to work you guys while we're waiting for the weather to clear, so see you primarily of 20 meters! Thanks for your support - it's been great talking to all of you.

Our planned departure from Little Diomede back home is on Wednesday assuming we are not delayed with fog. Now you go figure the odds on how long we will be on Little Diomede.

Lastly, the QTH for operation from Little Diomede is at the base of the island with a 1700 foot mountain in back of us. The direction we are facing is primarily west, and much of our radio view is blocked by Big Diomede Island. We think our best propagation is towards Europe, with the East Coast of the US possible. It's entirely possible that this may be all we can reach. We are looking into a split operation, partly from the village and partly from the top of the island - this will require a hellacious climb up the hill carrying equipment, and probably won't work. SO, if signals are not good from Little Diomede, then try reaching us long path. Note that there were some errors in the USGS map (a first for me, anyway) which indicated that the village we were landing in was on the Northeast corner of the island. Local knowledge proved different, the village is most of the way down the west side of the island, and covered by cliffs that don't appear on the topological map, so realize that our plans have had to change based on reality. We'll work anyone we can hear, and we'll operate in as fair a manner as we can. Our original operating schedules were based on propagation predictions, however it has become obvious that the models in miniprop simply aren't accurate - for openers the program predicts 5 hours of darkness and possible operation from 40 meters. In reality, there is NO darkness and no possible operation on 40. Nothing prepared us for the impact of aurora as well.

Please do your clear weather and good propagation dances for us. For now Tom W6IXP and Barry K6ST say 73 from the closest point to Little Diomede.

Hot Updates - Special Information, including Start Date 


NEW: NA-210 Sledge Island Recap

NEW: View your Contact in the NA-210 Sledge Island Log 



The NA-150 Little Diomede DXpedition Team:

Tom, W6IXP, Operator 
Barry, K6ST, Operator 

The NA-150 Little Diomede Support Team:

Fred, N6AWD, QSL Manager 
John, WD8MGQ, Information Manager 
Chris, N1HRW, Internet Logs 
Bill, W6TEX, Hot Updates Web Page 
Paul, WL7BF, Anchorage, Alaska Support
Ramon, AL7X, Nome, Alaska Support 


About Little Diomede 

Hot Updates - Special Information, including Start Date

NA-210 Sledge Island Recap

SCHEDULE - Dates / Frequencies 

QSLING - QSL Manager

SPOTTING - Where to find NA-150 Live 

View your Contact in the log 

About the Operators 

Thanks for Helping with Your Support 

Questions - Email


About NA-150 Little Diomede Island

NA-150 Little Diomede Island is located in Alaska within the Bering Straits at 66 degrees north, 169 degrees west. The island is the western most point of the U.S.A a few miles next to Russia. Little Diomede Island has approximately 150 natives on the island. Currently there are no licensed hams on the Island.

Travel for the operators is quite long starting from San Francisco on commercial airlines to Seattle, WA, Anchorage AK, and Nome, AK. Then the travel continues to Cape Whales via private plane, and finally to Little Diomede via helicopter. Landing on Little Diomede Island can be a problem when summer fog is present. Unfortunately the weather / fog conditions determine the actual start of the DXpedition. Please see Hot Updates - Special Information About Start Date


Hot Updates - Special Information, including About Start Date

Landing on Little Diomede Island can be a problem when summer fog is present. Unfortunately the weather / fog conditions determine the actual start of the DXpedition. Please check here to see when the actual start of the DXpedition begins.
Click here to see: The Next Web Page Containing Special Updates 

NA-210 Sledge Island Recap

NA210 DXpedition Recap as of 20:30 UTC July 27

Wow have we had one hell of a time getting to NA150!!! 4 days of delays so far and the good news is that we got 552 QSO's logged for NA210 with 60 dupes several triples and a quad. All those dupes (almost 10%) reduce the number of qso's for everybody else!!!
 

NA-210 Sledge Island DXpedition 1998
      Call: KL7/K6ST 

 

BAND  MODE      QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES   Plus Dupes  Total QSO's 

20    SSB       492     17     38          60         552 

 


















           Continent Statistics
       KL7/K6ST   SLEDGE ISLAND  NA-210  24 & 25 Jul 1998 

 

    SSB          20M    percent 
 

North America     300   54.3 

South America       9    1.6 

Europe            180   32.6 

Asia               53    9.6 

Africa              1    0.2 

Oceania             7    1.3

The NA210 logs are now online on the web sites. See Below View your Contact in the log
 

NA210 Recap:

You probably don't know this but putting NA210 was more of a stretch that we had ever imagined. We had 2 days of waiting for NA150 and came up with the idea of doing a new island in the mean time. We had to purchase a generator large enough to run the linear amp and also locate camping gear at the Alaskan current prices plus find a way to get to this island. None of this was planned, since we were prepared for a trip to an island with power and shelter, via helicopter! The first step was to get permission from the required authorities. Two phone calls got us to the right federal department - the lady responsible was extremely helpful. She checked with her biologist and got us permission to land and operate, as long as we didn't disturb the bids. The only limitation was that we couldn't use a helicopter to get there - our first choice based on time constraints. The only other possibility was a boat. Our negotiations involved four different boat skippers. Three were too busy to take us, but then we were able to prevail upon Captain Robbie Thomas, a fisherman, to get us out there after he put in a 10 hour day surveying (his day job). Unfortunately, the boat available was an open boat - we didn't now how this would fit into Murphy's great law until it stated raining as our gear was piled up on the dock. Our plan was for a 24 hour trip - all we could afford since staying on Sledge Island longer would eliminate any chance to make Diomede.

Sledge Island is a bird sanctuary about 1 mile long and 1/4 mile wide approximately 30 miles from Nome Alaska. The island is not inhabited (except for us two crazy IOTA Dxpeditioners, one fox and a lot of birds). At boat speeds, this was a two hour run each way. There was only one place we could operate from - a low area on the North end of the island. We would operate from the beach, as close as we could get to the water.

In order to do Sledge Island, we had to strip down the amount of gear needed in order to get the equipment in the small boat. We eliminated all spares - if anything got too wet, or broke, we were down. The trips between the equipment staging area at the airport and the logistics operations center in Nome were a nightmare. Special thanks to Ramon, AL7X and the SPARC ham club in Nome for assistance - without them we simply couldn't have made Sledge Island happen.

The boat ride to sledge was windy and wet as it rained all the way there for the two hour ride. Both of us huddled under a tarp and tried to keep the water and salt spray out of everything, including our clothes. Once on the island we dragged the equipment (our guess is 250 pounds) up past the high tide line. Then we set up set up the operating tent, activated the generator, stacked up the gear on one of the shipping boxes, and set up part of the vertical antenna. The first few contacts were made with just the driven element as we first got on the air. Later we added the reflector which greatly improved our signals. Our initial orientation of the antenna system was toward Europe - Later we moved to aim toward the US. There was a big hill behind us so operation to Oceania was simply not possible (700+ feet, and it sloped right down to our location. We had one contact to KH6 and think that it may very well have been long path. We had no real time to plan the operation - never even had a map of the island. We couldn't move any further down the island to get clear of the hill either, since there was a lighthouse there. Our view covered about 220 degrees - the rest masked by the hills.

The linear amp was not operational when we fired it up on the island but some good old ham smarts fixed that. The antenna tuner got a healthy dose of salt water that was too much for us to fix here - we would just have to hope the amplifier would drive the antennas OK, regardless of SWR. The headset had a rf feedback problem so we had to go to a hand mike which is slower and more clumsy. All operation was sitting (or lying) on the ground inside the tent, with the equipment piled in front of us. Sleeping was difficult, since you had to sleep while the other guy was operating two feet away. We both had to move often, since you got cramps operating in strange positions, or your butt went to sleep, or both. The sand was a big problem as it got into the keys of the laptop computer. Murphy struck again, as mainly the "K" key is sticking.

The aurora had a big impact on our operation. Signals bounced between S9 and completely inaudible within a few syllables - the closest similarity I can come up with is operating meteor shower. Many of you got tired of "Again, again" but it was the only way possible to get the calls through. When propagation DID work, it was a pile up beyond belief. We were stuck in a small space between two other DXpeditions. We kept our pileup in a narrow window - too narrow, according to some. Next time we'll use a greater split to make sure that the splatter doesn't cover us up. Unfortunately no one mentioned the splatter problem to us until too late to do anything about it.

The weather went from mid 40 degrees F to 80 F and back to 50 F. The rain stopped and we stayed mostly dry, but we packed light enough that clothes just had to dry on us. Since the NA210 operation was a very quick decision we didn't have enough time do plan for heated meals so we ate cold food for the operation.

All in all, it was an amazing adventure for a quick 24 hour 1 shot operation.
 

 


OPERATION SCHEDULE

Start Date/Times:

The KL7/W6IXP NA-150 operation on the air should start approximately 21:00 UTC July 22, 1998. This is dependent upon a number of factors including weather, which could potentially delay travel onto the island and the beginning of the operation by a factor of days. To arrive on the island, the expedition team takes a special helicopter 35 miles from the Alaska mainland to Little Diomede Island. Assuming the weather and travel plans cooperates, look for us the bands or check out this web site for updates. Any delays should be indicated in: Hot Updates - Special Information, including Start Date
 

Bands / Frequencies:

Mostly SSB first 5 days, then CW and RTTY additionally along with possibly Packet, Pactor, APRS and 6 meters (Time permitting)!

Look for KL7/W6IXP NA-150 on (in order of priority):

SSB       14.260 (listening up 5), 21.260 (listening up 5), 7.090 (KL7/W6IXP listening up 7180 +- )
CW        14.040, 21.040, 7.040
RTTY    14.080, 21.090, 7.038 (Time permitting)

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QSL ROUTING

Please send SASE direct to:

KL7/K6ST NA-210 Sledge Island DXpedition

and

KL7/W6IXP NA-150 Little Diomede DXpedition

QSL VIA N6AWD
Fred K Stenger
6000 Hesketh Dr
Bakersfield, CA 93309-1429 U.S.A

or QSL via Bureau will also be acknowledged


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As per the "IOTA Contest 1998 - Rules" which are made by the RSGB Contest Committee,

Section 4. Categories, Item (a) Single operator.

Only one transmitted signal. Use of PacketCluster or other assistance during the contest places the entrant in the multi-operator category.

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"KL7/W6IXP" as the DX CALLSIGN
and "NA-150" IOTA as key words in the INFO field. This will cause the spot to
be recognized as an IOTA.
 

For Example:

YOUR CALLSIGN (your callsign here)
DX CALLSIGN (KL7/W6IXP)
FREQUENCY (the frequency you just worked KL7/W6IXP)
INFO (NA-150 IOTA and any other info you want)
 

S U B M I T your own spot on the OH2AQ Internet IOTA Spotting Network.


VIEW ACTUAL LOGS

See your contact in the log. The logs are planned to be uploaded to the web site daily.

The online web log search, is being provided courtesy of "Islands on the Web" ( IOTW ) http://www.islandchaser.com

View Your QSO in the NA-210 Sledge Island Online Web Log Search

View Your QSO in the NA-150 Little Diomede Online Web Log Search


ABOUT THE OPERATORS

Tom, W6IXP is a computer consultant. A contester and DXpeditioner at heart, Tom has traveled to VE1 for lots of contests. Prior IOTA expeditions were W6IXP on NA-144 Santa Cruz Island in 1996 and soloed his own IOTA operation KL7/W6IXP to NA-157 Kayak Island in 1997.

Barry, K6ST is an avid DXer, contester, and enjoys DXpeditions. In his profession, Barry is Success and Motivational Coach working with people in business as well as their personal lives to reach their goals, have balance in their lives, and has even been known to help motivate a few people to excel in their ham radio passions. Prior IOTA expeditions were WB6UTY on NA-144 Santa Cruz Island in 1996 and supported Tom KL7/W6IXP for NA-157 Kayak Island in 1997.


Thanks for your SUPPORT on the
KL7/W6IXP NA-150 LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND

This IOTA DXpedition to the NA-150 LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND has been over 1 year in the planning. It has been a lot of fun and will take lots of resources, both people, equipment, and financial to put the number one IOTA Island for North America on the Air.

Any and all support is greatly appreciated to help offset the out of pocket expenses and effort provided by the DXpedition team. Please contact us at John WD8MGQ, NA-150 Information Manager

Your support along with your great QSL's will help allow us to do even more IOTA DXpeditions in the future. Thanks & 73,

The NA-150 Little Diomede Dxpedition Team


Questions, Comments, Information

Contact John WD8MGQ, NA-150 Information Manager

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