IOTA/RRC expedition to Arctic Russia in July, 2019
R63RRC
RQ73QQ
Popigay - Ary island
Coordinates: 72° 57' N 106° E
IOTA: AS-063
Most Wanted - 6,5 %
RRA: RR - NEW
WWloc: OQ32AW RDA: KK-65
CQ Zone: 18, ITU Zone: 22
Bol'shoy Begichev island
Coordinates: 74° 31' N 112° 02' E
IOTA: AS-152
Most Wanted - 12 %
RRA: RR-08-04
WWloc: OQ64AM RDA: YA-10
CQ Zone: 19, ITU Zone: 23
Intro
Dear colleagues and friends!
We announce the next expedition under the banner of Russian Robinson Club on the two islands located in Laptev Sea, Khatanga bay.
The start of the expedition is scheduled for July 26, 2019 from Popigay-Ary isl., AS-063.
Team: UA6EX Eugene, UA7A Leonid, R7AA Vasily, UX0LL Alexander.
The team plans to stay in Khatanga Bay for 2 weeks.
Water trips to and from the Islands are about 800 km.
Project is quite expensive due to flights in Upper North.
Our team will be appreciated for your financial support and donations.
See you on the bands!
Photo by Sergey Karpukhin
Plans
We plan to have 2 working places and non-stop operation during 3-5 days/nights from every islands.
Approximate plan expedition R63RRC & RQ73QQ 2019
July, 21
July, 25
Departure from Moscow to Khatanga settlement ( R0B )
Motor ship "Taimyr" along Khatanga River to Novorybnaya settlement ( R0B )
July, 26-30
Activation Popigay-Ary isl., AS-063 as R63RRC
July, 31
Motor ship along Khatanga River to Bol’shoy Begichev isl., AS-152 ( R0Q ). Distance to AS-152 is about 250km.
August, 1 - 3
Activation Bol’shoy Begichev isl., AS-152 as RQ73QQ
August, 4
August, 5
August, 8
Way back to Novorybnaya settlement
Way back to Khatanga settlement
Departure from Khatanga to Moscow
Equipment
Radio 1:
KENWOOD TS-480SAT, power suply, interfasce, notebook, Home brew PA 700W on 2xGI-46B, generator HONDA 2.0 I
Radio 2:
YEASU FT-850SAT, power suply, interfasce, notebook, Home brew PA 500W on 2xGI-7B, generator HONDA 2.0 I
Antennas
VDA 3 el. on 20m (monoband)
Vertical Dipole on 30m. (monoband)
GP on 4 bands 40, 30, 20, 17m.
The team
R7AA Vasily
UA7A Leo
UA6EX Eugene
UX0LL Alexander
Support
RW0BG Victor
Expedition support
RX6DX Vladimir
Expedition support
R7CT Vladimir
Equipment support
RA1ZZ Vasily
Website support
RA4HAB Alexey
Expedition support
RU5D Maxim
Expedition support
R6AW Anatoly
Equipment support
RU6AX Victor
Design support
RA5A Leonid
Equipment support
Fedoseeva Alexandra Savel’yevna
Head of the Department for the Development of Traditional Crafts and life support of settlements
Popkov Alexey
Novorybnaya settlement
The captain of the boat on the way from Novorybnaya settlement to the island of Popigay-Ary
Sponsors
Main sponsor
Media sponsor
Sponsors
R7AB Sam
R7CD Gennady
VK5MAV Andrei
UA3EDQ Igor
OE3WWB Wilhelm
KA1R Matt
UA4CC Arkady
N3QQ Юрий
RL3AA Mikhail
Donors
UA4CR Vyacheslav
4X4 - 2238 Eyran
JE7JIS Hiro
R2RZ Sergey
RA9CMO Igor
UA3AKI Alexander
R9OK Pavel
JO1CRA Hide
JA6FIO Sai
JA3UCO Koh
R7AL Vasily
RA3TAR Vyacheslav
RA3RGQ Sergey
UA0CID Oleg
DS4DRE Kang
WB2YQH Robert
UA0FO Sergey
JA8COE Taka
I4EAT Fausto
JA1EY Don
OE3GCU Guenther
WD8PKF Alan
RW5C Alexander
HA3HP Tibor
SM3DMP Thomas
HA5JP Attila
NA5AR Robert
F4GYM Fabien
JH4DYP Keizo
UA1OIZ Vladimir
RW5D Sergey
RA1ZZ Vasily
RU5D Max
RX6FJ Igor
RT0F Igor
R0AZ Vyacheslav
VK7BC Frank
DL4FCS Wolf
IK4WMA Enzo
7K3EOP Nori
OE3SGA Gustav
JF7RJM Abiko
RU5A Pavel
UA6YW Aliy
RU3SD Vasily
DL3ZZ Ralf
JA1BPA Icko
K0AP Dragan
F4WBN Christian
SP5APW Jacek
K4KKL Michael
RL9F Serge
VE3VHB Michael
AB6QM Mel
G0ANH Darrin
E73Y Boris
W5PF J. Paul
UA1ORK Sergey
CT4NH Luis
F8AMV Jean
R9FM Vladimir
JN3SAC Takashi
DL3APO Peter
KD1CT Bob
JI3MJK Toshi
JA7BWT Aki
RL8C Sergey
IT9DAA Corrado
OE3EVA Ernst
N9BX Bruce
JE6HID Yoh
W8JRK Joe
HA9PP Istvan
DL6MKA Bernd
K5MT Merle
JA9GPG Shige
LZ1BS Nikolay
HB9DKZ Hans-Juerg
How to donate
PayPal account: r7aa@mail.ru
Please include your callsign.
We would appreciate if PayPal option “send to friends and relatives” will be used.
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4276 3000 1775 2802
Василий Юрьевич С.
Contacts & QSL
Send message for our team
UA3AKO Victor
Expedition pilot
QSL: via R7AA ONLY OQRS Clublog (direct & bureau) after the end of the expedition!
If anybody can't use OQRS, send QSL direct to Andy, EU7A:
Andrey N. Teterukov P.O. Box 13 Mogilev-30, 212030 Belarus
R63RRC log search
RQ73QQ log search
The Special Plaque "Laptev Sea Islands 2019" is issued for contacts with the Russian Team R63RRC Popigay-Ary Island IOTA AS-063 or RQ73QQ Bol'shoy Begichev Island IOTA AS-152.