ZD8BG - Ascension Island

KI4PRK will be active from Ascension Island until 9 july 2012 as ZD8BG


He is active in holiday style mainly CW
QSL via home caZD8BG - Ascension Island

EF8M - Contest-station from Gran Canaria

EF8M was a multi operator entry in the CQ WPX(working all prefixe)Contest 2007 and in the CQWW contest 2007 from a russian crew. Members of the team: Valery RD3AF, Alexandr RZ3AZ, and Yuri RA9JR. DL5AWI received the cards via the manager RX3DU.
The WPX contest is based on an award offered by CQ Magazine for working all prefixes. Held each year on the last weekend of March (SSB) and May (CW), the contest draws thousands of entries from around the world.Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Capitol and biggest city is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the north of the island.
The touristic centres Maspalomas and Playa Inglis in the south are very popular. The warm climate is nearly constant. The weather is usually sunny and dry because it is near the Sahara Desert.
Coves and beaches, impressive cliffs, hidden corners, magnificent mountains, stunning craters, subtropical vegetation and natural reserves are some of the many natural delights, which mark Gran Canaria’s personality … so very diversified and unique!

FJ/DJ2VO - Saint Barthelemy

OM Juergen, DJ2VO was on St.Barthelemy in May 2008. The location was the Hotel "Le Village" in St.Jean. This island is part of the French West Indies in the Caribean Sea.
The equipment was a vertikal antenna and power 100 watts only. Juergen confirmed the contact by QSL-card via the DARC bureau.Saint-Barthelemy located among the Leeward Islands. Its land area is 21.0 qkm (8.1 sq. miles). Administratively, the whole island of Saint-Barthélemy is a French Overseas Collectivity, until recently part of Guadeloupe and is part of the European Union.
The island is also known as Saint Barth.
St Barth has long been considered a playground of the rich and famous and is known for its beautiful pristine beaches.
It is an extra entinity by amateur radio with own DXCC status.
73 de Gerd DL5AWI

R6SE - on Air from Elbrus Mountains

For the first time in the russian history, radio fans have spent the whole series of the distant officially registered short-wave communications from the highest top of Europe - mountains of the Western Elbrus. The connection between R6SE and DL5AWI was from peak "Day of the athletic" with an altitude of 3950 meters.The mountaineering is a check of limits of physical and psychological possibilities of the person.
Every person would like to feel as a pioneer - if not Columbus so Magellan, to subdue new top or to open for radio fans of the world a new corner on our planet.
Preparation for radio expedition has begun in the summer 2005 and included physical, technical and climbing components. The special attention was given to physical preparation, - run on 10-12 km became an indispensable condition for applicants for inclusion in the command of climbers-radio fans.
Technical training consisted in a choice of radio equipment and antenna-feeding devices for a radio communication on short waves which would have sufficient capacity and the minimum of weight.
The equipment:
base camp - ICOM-746, 3,5-7 MHz on 10 meter mast from separate knees, G.P. 14 MHz, 1 kw generator from Honda, a power unit 12volt 20А and computers.
mountain tops - ICOM-706 MK2G, the accumulator 12V 12A, self-made aerial G.P. on 14 MHz and easy 50-Ohm 10 metre cable. The weight of all radio amateur equipment was about 12 kg.

4O3T - Montenegro

Montenegro declared the independence on June 3th 2006. You can see the changes at my log extract.
This special callsign used by the SKY-Contest_Club from the 4O3A contest location. QSL manager for this card was Diemar DL3DXX.The frontpage of the QSL shows Sveti Stefan, a 15th century fishermen`s village, that has been transformed into a hotel now.
Montenegro (meaning "Black Mountain" in English) is a country located in southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south. Its capital and largest city is Podgorica.
Montenegro is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, CEFTA, Council of Europe and Montenegro is also a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean. It is also a potential candidate for membership in the European Union and NATO.
A sovereign principality since the Late Middle Ages, Montenegro saw its independence from the Ottoman Empire formally recognized in 1878. From 1918, it was a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia.

European Football (Soccer) Championship 2008

This was a large operation between April 26th and June 30th in 2008 to celebrate the European Football Championship UEFA in Austria and Switzerland.These amateurradio operations was from the following stadiums and places:
Vienna........Erbst-Happel-Stadion
Innsbruck.....Tivoli-Stadion
Klagenfurt....Wörthersee-Stadion
Salzburg......EM-Stadion Wals
Basel.........St.Jackobs-Stadion
Bern..........Stade de Suisse Wankdorf
Geneva........Stade de Geneve
Zurich........LetzigrundThe special QSL-cards was printed and dispatched by www.GlobalQSL.com
73 de Gerd DL5AWI

OJ0/OG3A - Market Reef, Finland

This was an expedition from Pasi, OH3WS with the call OJ0/OG3A, which I received via the DARC bureau.
He is a volunteer of the Finnish Lighthouse Society. She is working to save the unique Market lighthouse on the border of Finland and Sweden, ten kilometers from the nearest neighbours. The unique lighthouse from 1885 has stood empty for 30 years waiting for new ideas of use. This Society invite every lighthouse lover in the world to participate. You may order your Market Reef stamps with the special Market Reef cancellation today. Read more about this hereThe video is from another expedition from swedish HAMS. The video shows Eric, SM1TDE when operated CW (telegraphy)Market Reef, as it is called among three million radio amateurs around the world, is a separate DXCC-country. Market Reef used to be one of the world's most desired countries among radio amateurs due to its special status and inaccessibility. Usually there are one or more Amateur Radio expeditions to the island every year, weather permitting. During these expeditions tens of thousands of radio contacts are made with the entire world. At high seas, landing is only possible with a helicopter. All radio activity on the island is by visitors on DX-peditions.