AT9RS Grandi Island, Goa Dxpedition photo's

The uninhabited Grandi Island, Goa, India (AS-177) was activated for the very first time for IOTA (Islands on the Air) in CW & SSB on 5th to 8th April 2009 by German DX Foundation (GDXF), National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR). The World Light House on the Air (WLOTA) number for Grandi Island is : WLOTA 1641

The following operators partcipated :

Frank, DL4KQ (VU3FRK)

Sara, VU3RSB

Yamini, VU2YAM

Jose, VU2JOS

Roni, VU2ROE

Manju,VU2SMS

Here's the link for the pictures of AT9RS Grandi Island, Goa dxpedition :

http://tinyurl.com/dyr98r

(Via Ronald via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, NIAR, Hyderabad)

DXpediton to Grandi Island, Goa

Jose Jacob, VU2JOS

Grandi Island, Goa, India (AS-177) is the new IOTA (Islands on the Air) to be activated from 5th April 2009 to 8th April 2009. The team consists with OM Sara, VU3RSB, OM Frank, DL4KQ/VU3FRK, OM Jose, VU2JOS, YL Yamini, VU2YAM & OM Manju, VU2SMS. The callsign will be AT9RS. Grandi Island is an uninhabited Island and Location is: 14.92N - 15.77N / 73.67E - 74.07E . The setup would be one CW & one SSB Station with Vertical and Dipoles.
IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530
SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765
QSL Via W3HNK for South & North America & DL4KQ for Rest of the world.
The official website can be found soon at http://www.vu3rsb.org/ but
http://www.mdxc.org/ holds information too.

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio )