Grimsey Island, Iceland 2008
Martin G3ZAY, Dominic M0BLF and Christian M0SCH activated two IOTA groups in Iceland during August 2008. We were on Grimsey Island (EU-168) from 4th-6th August, and Heimaey Island (EU-071) during 9th August 2008.
Please note that our trip was not related to the activation of Grimsey by TF/DL3PS and TF/DJ2VO around the IOTA Contest.
General Information
- Dates: 4-6 August 2008 on Grimsey; 9 August 2008 on Heimaey
- Operators: G3ZAY, M0BLF and M0SCH.
- Callsigns: TF/homecall
- Bands: 30 and 20m
- Modes: SSB and CW
- Equipment: IC-706MkIIG, 100W, 30m and 20m verticals. Logging with an Asus EEE laptop, running Windows XP Pro and Win-Test.
- QSL Information: via Homecalls, direct or bureau. Please check the operator's callsign, especially if we had recently changed operators, since you may not receive a reply if you send your card to the wrong person!
All of my flights for this year have been carbon-offset with Climate Care.
QTHs
Grimsey is located about 25 miles north of the north-coast of Island, above Akureyri, the country's second city. It is also currently a few miles north of the Arctic Circle. More information about the island may be found on Grimsey's page on WikiPedia. The official IOTA website has full information (including maps) about EU-168. We operated from the hostel on the island, in the town by the harbour. The exact operating position was 66.53957N, 18.01633W (IP06xm)
Heimaey is the largest of the Westman Islands, located off the south-west coast. The official IOTA website has full information (including maps) about EU-071. We operated from a football field on the outskirts of the town on the island. The exact operating position was 63.43942N, 20.29087W (HP93uk).
Media
Photographs have now been uploaded to my Flickr account and videos will be uploaded to YouTube and this page after editing. You can also search DX Summit for any DX Spots for TF/G3ZAY, TF/M0BLF and TF/M0SCH.
Map and Itinery
2 August 2008 - Flight to Keflavik. Went to Geysir and Gullfoss. Stayed overnight at Geysir.
3 August 2008 - Visted Ðingvellir. Camped overnight at Dalvík.
4 August 2008 - Boat from Dalvík to Grimsey. Operated from Grimsey.
5 August 2008 - On Grimsey.
6 August 2008 - Evening boat back from Grimsey. Drove to a campsite near Mývatn.
7 August 2008 - Drove to Skaftafell.
8 August 2008 - Walking near Skaftafell, then drove to Þorlakshöfn to catch the evening boat to Grimsey.
9 August 2008 - Operated from Grimsey. On the afternoon boat to Þorlakshöfn. Drove to Reykavik for dinner, then camped near Keflavik airport.
10 August 2008 - Morning flight to London Stansted was delayed 8 hours, so got back to London in the evening.
Previous trip
Details and photographs of our trip to Iceland in 2005, including our IOTA Contest operation from Heimaey, the Westman Islands, are also available.
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