tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59444930373708724492012-02-16T13:17:35.292ZGIRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477306110398351942noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944493037370872449.post-30902994511929010912009-07-29T10:03:00.002+01:002009-07-29T10:07:25.246+01:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ENTXjlwu2bQ/SnARPttte-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/wpJ65wbIgv4/s1600-h/CIMG8769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363806117865290722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ENTXjlwu2bQ/SnARPttte-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/wpJ65wbIgv4/s400/CIMG8769.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Some pictures of this DXpedition <a href="http://picasaweb.google.pt/gira.desertas/Desertas2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCLS9usfA3MKGOQ#">are now available here</a>. Further more will be uploaded soon.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944493037370872449-3090299451192901091?l=cr3r.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GIRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477306110398351942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944493037370872449.post-79791897304486134942009-07-24T17:12:00.003+01:002009-07-24T18:15:55.063+01:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ENTXjlwu2bQ/Smngag_nbLI/AAAAAAAAABc/4MX_1D_lo9w/s1600-h/logo+RR.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362063577499266226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ENTXjlwu2bQ/Smngag_nbLI/AAAAAAAAABc/4MX_1D_lo9w/s400/logo+RR.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">CT1BOL, Qsl manager and member of the team, interviewed by Radio Renascença (number one radio group in Portugal) says that they expect to be win the contest, so they will try to make as many QSOs as posible.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.audiotrad.com/web/Upload/193814.zip">The sound can be downloaded here</a>.</span></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944493037370872449-7979189730448613494?l=cr3r.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GIRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477306110398351942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944493037370872449.post-4687074297051135342009-07-21T16:59:00.002+01:002009-07-21T17:01:22.050+01:00<span style="font-family:arial;">This DXpedition to Desertas Island is valid for the following references:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">DXCC - CT3<br />IOTA - AF-046<br />WLOTA - 1366<br />ARLHS - MAD-001<br />DFP - MAD003<br />DIP - MAD003<br />DPRN - FF104</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The location is IM12rn<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944493037370872449-468707429705113534?l=cr3r.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GIRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477306110398351942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944493037370872449.post-51655221009320600372009-07-21T15:38:00.005+01:002009-07-21T16:00:00.473+01:00<span style="font-family:arial;">A team of a dozen of operators is involved in this Dxpedition, so part of the team will be mainly focused on the IOTA Contest <strong>(CR3R)</strong> and others will operate mostly WARC and VHF bands <strong>(CR3D)</strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />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<br /><br />We expect to be "on air" from Friday 24 July untill Sunday afternoon 26 July using 1 VHF and 3 HF stations.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944493037370872449-5165522100932060037?l=cr3r.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GIRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477306110398351942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944493037370872449.post-17142439845971480662009-07-17T23:44:00.002+01:002009-07-21T16:48:50.188+01:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Following the success of 2008 IOTA DXpedition to Selvagens Islands CQ9U (AF-047) and based on an excellent cooperation at that time between our team (GIRA) and the Madeira Contest Team, we are now glad to announce for this year the IOTA 2009 DXpedition - Desertas Islands AF-046.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">We'd like to thank the PNM - Parque Natural da Madeira (as result of Selvagens Project) for the kind invitation, the challenge to perform this operation and for granting us permission to land on the Islands.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Also we'd like to thank the Portuguese Navy for the transportation to/from the Islands and the permission to use the lighthouse facilities for stations setup. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944493037370872449-1714243984597148066?l=cr3r.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>GIRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477306110398351942noreply@blogger.com0