| DXCC | Iceland |
| Location | Flatey Island, Breidhafjordhur bay |
| IOTA reference | EU-168 |
| Team | 21DX116, 21DX139, 21AT113, 13DX028 (web) 47DX101 (support) |
| QSL route |
DXRC QSL Bureau P.O. Box 202 2640 Hedehus Denmark |
| Date | 05.06.2010 - 06.06.2010 |
| Activation status | Finished |
| QSL status | Sent |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flatey is the second largest island in Breiðafjörður (a large shallow bay, about 50 km wide and 125 km long), located in northwestern Iceland. It consists of the main island and forty other smaller islands. It is believed that it was created during Ice age from a great glacier. Flatey is two kilometers long and one kilometer wide. The island is mostly flat (hence its name, meaning "flat island" in Icelandic), with scarcely any hills.
Taking the opportunity to activate yet another new island on 11 meters (Both the island Flatey and the reference EU-168 (Iceland's Coastal Islands) have never been aired on 11m!), the Shadow DXer team consisting of 21AT113 Hans, 21DX116 Chris and 21DX139 Patrik are once again heading North to participate in the WWRO Island Festival 2010.
Equipped with a Yaesu FT857, an Ameritron AL-500 pushing 500 Watts and the 3 element Skypper Yagi, the team will fight the challenge of their rather remote location (1000mi to UK, 1300mi to Scandinavia, 1700mi into Central Europe), seen from the European mainland. Nevertheless, the current Sporadic-E openings and recent spots from Iceland give hope for some conditions and the opportunity for many working a new IOTA reference.
Like in previous trips, their CW beacon will indicate any rare openings throughout their stay and the team will carefully monitor the spots at cluster.dk - even in the bar at night :).
Follow the live updates from the shack on Twitter, http://twitter.com/shadowdxteam.
All valid 2-way contacts will be confirmed with a special QSL card and requests should be sent to the DXRC Buro or claimed electronically after the activation on shadowdx.com.
Photo by Tom Olliver (Creative Commons)
