IOTA & RRC expedition to the Barents sea's islands
Expedition dates:
From 16th till 30 of July, 2015
Callsigns:
RI1PC (Chaichy isl),
RI1PT (Timanets isl)
Initially we planned to get the Islands by sea from Severodvinsk on the yacht “Vozvraschenie”. Thus our way in one direction only would have taken about 4 days with perfect weather. So we had a good look at the second route by plane through the village Indiga which was more costly financially but significantly would reduced travel time and possible risks associated with weather.
We managed to negotiate with the resident of the village Indiga about our transportation by boat to the Islands.
Basic equipment (tents, sleeping bags, generators, amplifiers, antennas, tools, fuel, etc.) was sent in advance by the sea shipping company and would wait for us in Indiga.
Approximate plan (will be updated depending on weather and circumstances):
July, 15th – departure of the command to Arkhangelsk
July, 16th – early morning – meeting in Arkhangelsk in Vaskovo airport
July, 16th – 10:15 – departure by plane Antonov-2 from Arkhangelsk to Indiga
July, 16th – evening – sailing off to the sea to the first island
July, 22th – “move” on the second island
July, 29th – return to Indiga
July, 30th – departure from Indiga to Arkhangelsk
July, 31th – setting out of the participants home
It is planned to organize 2 working positions on each island and continuous work in the air for 6 days.
Which of the Islands we are going to land in the first place and which in the second will be decided in Indiga before departure.
We are also planning to participate in the IOTA Contest July 25-26 from one of the Islands.
Equipment:
I. Transiver IC-756Pro3, power supply, interface, notebook, PA 1kW, bandpass filters, generator 2,7 kW
II. Transiver IC-7200, power supply, interface, notebook, PA 700 Watts, generator 1,5 kW
III. Transiver IC-7000, interface, notebook
Antennaes:
I. Trapby multi band vertical on 40-10m (including WARC)
II. Trapby multi band vertical on 40-10m (including WARC)
III. Inv "V" for 40 and 80м
IV. 10 el. of yagi for 2m
V. 2 el. of vertical delta loop on 20м (rotated)
Bands: 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 m
Modes: CW, SSB
Polar day time will be in this period in the Arctic and we do not expect good conditions on the low band but we hope for a good conditions on 20m band and above. Therefore we will focus on the work on HF.
Unfortunately the topography of the island and the limited time of stay would not allow to use directional antennas.