THE 2014 ACTIVATION OF SAONA ISLAND IOTA NA-122 – NOV 19-23, 2014
HI2DX will take place at the end of 2014 by a team of operators leaded by HOTEL INDIA DX CLUB, INC. in a join effort with top DX operators from LOMA DEL TORO DX CONTEST CLUB, RADIO CLUB DOMINICANO, UNION DOMINICANA DE RADIOFICIONADOS UDRA and RADIO CLUB DE SANTIAGO among guest operators from FLORIDA CONTEXT GROUP, and other guest operators joining the team from the US.
OBJECTIVES:
To provide the possibility for every amateur radio station in the world – even those running QRP or very simple antennas – to make at least one contact with Saona Island.
To enable all level users and to DXers to put HI2DX in their logs on as many bands and modes as possible.
Besides the Dxpedition we will conduct a MEDICAL OPERATIVE PROGRAM to bring basic medical assistance and donate medications to residents of the island.
SAONA ISLAND is located in the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic
(Lat: 18° 7′ 47.0814″ /Long: -68° 40′ 5.9376″)
Surface area of 110 squared Km.
IOTA NA-122
CQ ZONE 8
ITU ZONE 11
GRID FK58OE
QSL INFORMATION: QSL Via M0URX
