Posts Tagged ‘fortresses of Russia’

Activity days of castles and fortresses of Russia will take place from the 9^th to the 17^th of June. It will for the first time and then annually. For 3 QSO / SWL with stations working from castles and fortresses of Russia will be issued commemorative certificate COTA-RU-2018 (in electronic form by e-mail inquiry to Andrey RN1CW). Also it is a good possibility to fulfil conditions of  “Castles On The Air — Russia (COTA-RU)” Award.

– member of AYAN DX TEAM Valery R7KFF will active on the 19^th of May from Fortress Chufut-Kale, WCA: UA-00607, COTA-RU: C-7100, RDA: RK-14. He plans to work QRP CW only on 20 meters as R7KFF/P beginning about 8 UTC. Photoreport will be published on website of AYAN DX TEAM. 73 & 11! [tnx info R7KFF].

– Ilya R1BBL will active from the 4^th to 6^th of May from Mannerheim’s Line, WCA: UA-00543, COTA-RU: U-119. He plans to work as R1BBL/m on 40, 30 and 20 meters (possibly on 80 and 160 meters) meters SSB, Digital and CW. Please spot him in the DX Cluster if you hear. 73 & 11! [tnx info R1BBL]

– Kostya RA1L and operators of RZ1CWC (inc. Victor R1CBN, Andrey RN1CW and Vladimir UA1CIO) will active on the 6^th of May from Fort Krasnaya Gorka, WCA: UA-00203, COTA-RU: F-109, RDA: LO-30. They plan to work CW and SSB on all bands as RA1L/p and RZ1CWC/p. 73 & 11! [tnx info RN1CW]

– Kostya RA1L and Andrey RN1CW are going to be active on the 29^th of April from Rif, WCA: UA-00213, COTA-RU: F-119, RDA: SP-09 located on Kotlin Island, IOTA: EU-133, RRA: RR-01-06. They going to work on 40, 30 and 20 meters CW and SSB from 6:30 to 12 UTC as RZ1CWC/p and RA1L/p. Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L].

Photorepot about expedition of Valery R7KFF/p to castle “Lastochkino Gnezdo” and Fortress Kharaks – http://cqdx.su/p0183.htm (in Russian)

– member of AYAN DX TEAM Valery R7KFF will active on the 31^st of March from castle “Lastochkino Gnezdo”, WCA: UA-00595, COTA-RU: C-788, RDA: RK-13. He plans to work QRP only on 20 meters as R7KFF/P. Photoreport will be published on website of AYAN DX TEAM. 73 & 11! [tnx info R7KFF].

– Ilya R1BBL, Kostya RA1L and Vladimir UA1CIO are going to be active on the 31^st of March from Fort Vtoroy Severny, WCA: UA-00197, COTA-RU: F-103 and Kronshtadtsky Fortified, WCA: UA-00744, COTA-RU: U-128, RDA: SP-09, RRA: RR-01-09. They plan to work as Home Calls/P and RZ1CWC/P from 7 to 12 UTC on all bands CW, SSB and Digital. Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L].

– Ilya R1BBL will active on the 19^th of March from Pervy Severny Fort, WCA: UA-00195, COTA-RU: F-101, RRA: RR-01-08, RDA: SP-09. He plans to work as R1BBL/m beginning from about 6:30 UTC on 40 and 20 meters SSB and Digital. Please spot him in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. Log will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info R1BBL].

– Ilya R1BBL, Kostya RA1L and Vladimir UA1CIO are going to be active on the 9^th of March from Fort Zverev (Chetveorty Severny), WCA: UA-00200, COTA-RU: F-106 and Kronshtadtsky Fortified, WCA: UA-00744, COTA-RU: U-128, RDA: SP-09, RRA: RR-01-09. They plan to work as Home Calls/P and RZ1CWC/P from 6 to 10 UTC on all bands CW, SSB and Digital. Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L].

– Kostya RA1L and RZ1CWC Team (Andrey RN1CW and Vladimir UA1CIO) will active on the 24^th of February from fortifications of Kronshtadt:
– Kostya RA1L will active from 7 to 9 UTC on 20 meters CW and SSB from Kronshtadt Fortress, WCA: UA-00020, COTA-RU: C-120 and Kronshtadtsky Fortified, WCA: UA-00744, COTA-RU: U-128;
– RZ1CWC Team will active from from 7 to 9 UTC on 40, 30 and 20 meters CW and SSB from Kronshtadt Fortress, WCA: UA-00020, COTA-RU: C-120 and Battery “Knyaz Menshikov”, WCA: UA-0693, COTA-RU: F-126, located on near Kronshtadtsky Lighthose, RLHA: RLE-085, ARLHS: ERU-047.
All objects are situated on Kotlin Island, IOTA: EU-133, RRA: RR-01-06, RDA: SP-09. Please spot them in the DX Cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L & RN1CW]

– Andrey RN1CW and Konstantin RA1L will active on the 17^th of February from Pervy Severny Fort in Kronshdad WCA: UA-00195, COTA-RU: F-101, RDA: SP-09, Kotlin Island IOTA: EU-133, RRA: RR-01-09. They going to work from 6 to 8 UTC on 40, 30 and 20 meters CW and SSB as RZ1CWC/m and RA1L/m. Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info RN1CW & RA1L].

– Andrey RN1CW will active on the 28^th of January from Petropavlovskaya Fortress, WCA: UA-00015, COTA-RU: C-115, RDA: SP-16. He plans to work from 12 to 14 UTC on 40, 30 and 20 meters as RZ1CWC/m. Log will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RN1CW].

– Ilya R1BBL/m and Kostya RA1L/m are going to be active on the 26^th of January from Fortress Koporje, WCA: UA-00008, COTA-RU: C-108, RDA: LO-30, RRNA: R-19-0169. They plan to work beginning from 6 UTC on 40, 30 и 20 meters CW, SSB and Digital (it’s a good possibility to fulfil conditions of “Koporje Castle” Award). Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L].

– Ilya R1BBL will active on the 13^th and 14^th of January and participate in WCA HBD from Fortress Ostrov, WCA: UA-00703, COTA-RU: R-140. He plans to work as R1BBL/m on 40 and 20 meters SSB and PSK. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info R1BBL]

– Dmitry R7RAJ and Mikhail R7RIB will active on the 13^th and 14^th of January and participate in WCA HBD from several fortresses of Sevastopol:
– Mikhaylovskaya Baterry, WCA: UA-00618, COTA-RU: C-7111;
– Konstantinovskaya Baterry, WCA: UA-00619, COTA-RU: C-7112;
– Northern Fortification, WCA: UA-00620, COTA-RU: C-7113;
– 7 Baterry, WCA: UA-00730, COTA-RU: C-7134;
– Khrulev’s Fort (16 Baterry), WCA: UA-0632, COTA-RU: F-604;
– Shishkov’s Fort (24 Baterry), WCA: UA-00704, COTA-RU: F-606;
– 30 Baterry, WCA: UA-00700, COTA-RU: C-7130;
– 365 Baterry, WCA: UA-00740, COTA-RU: C-7144;
– 4 Baterry, WCA: UA-00729, COTA-RU: C-7133;
– Kalamita Fortress, WCA: UA-00590, COTA-RU: C-783.
They plan to work as R7RAJ/P and R7RIB/P only SSB on:
– 40meters at 7.131 (7.121 – 7.141);
– 20 meters at 14.251 (14.151 – 14.251).

QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info R7RAJ].

– Kostya RA1L will active on the 13^th of January and participate in WCA HBD from Fedorovsky Gorodok, WCA: UA-00315, COTA-RU: C-134 and Belaya Tower, WCA: UA-00405, COTA-RU: C-138, RDA: SP-18 located in Saint-Petersburg (Pushkin) QTH loc: KO59ER. He plans to work as RA1L/M on 20 meters from 09:00 UTC SSB and CW. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L]

– The members of RZ1CWC team will participate in WCA HBD and will active on the 13^th of January from Fort Krasnaya Gorka, WCA: UA-00203, COTA-RU: F-109, RDA: LO-30. They plan to work from 07:00 UTC CW and SSB on all bands. QSL info on QRZ.COM. 73 & 11! [tnx info RZ1CWC]. 

– Valery R7KFF will active on the 7^th of January from Gorodishche Ak-Kaya, WCA: UA-00803, COTA-RU: C-7149, RDA: RK-15 located on the territory of Landscape Nature Park “Ak-Kaya”, WWFF: RFF-438. He plans to work QRP as R7KFF/P on 20 meters beginning from 8 UTC. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 44 & 11! [tnx info R7KFF].

– Evgeniy RX3AMI will active as RX3AMI/1 from 4^th to 7^th of January from fortresses of Leningrad oblast:
– on the 4^th of January from Staraya Fortress (Korela), WCA: UA-00009, COTA-RU: C-109 and Novaya Fortress, WCA: UA-00406, COTA-RU: C-139, RDA: LO-14, QTHloc: KP51ba;
– on the 6^th of January from Vysotsk Fortress (Trongzund), WCA: UA-00022, COTA-RU: C-122, RRA: R-01-14, RDA: LO-24, QTHLoc: KP40gp;
– on the 7^th of January from Vyborg Castle, WCA: UA-00004, COTA-RU: C-104, RLHA: RLE-124, ARLHS: ERU-231, RDA: LO-24, QTHLoc: KP40ir;
– on the 7^th of January from Annenskoye Fortification (Annenkron), WCA: UA-00024, COTA-RU: C-124, RDA: LO-24, QTHLoc: KP40ir.
QSL info at qrz.com. 73 & 11! [tnx info RX3AMI]