Fiji DXpedition by Ukrainians 27 april – 9 may 2007

Team

UR3HR

UR3HR
Name: Leonid Babich (Len)
Profession: Engineer
Licenced since: 1986 (UR3HR-1994)
Ham Activities: VHF
Favourite Modes: CW
DXpeditions: Ukrainian IOTA DN-37

UR7HTX

UR7HTX
Name: Sergey Oskoma
Profession: Telecommunication engineer
Licenced since: 2005
Ham Activities: DX, contest, antennas
Favourite Modes: SSB
DXpeditions: C91CW, C93DY (IOTA new one AF-098), 3DA0UY

UR7HTZ

UR7HTZ / 3D2TZ
Name: Max Oskoma
Profession: Schoolboy
Licenced since: 2005
Activities: DX, contest, antennas, mountain skiing
Favourite Modes: SSB
DXpeditions: C91CW, C93DY (IOTA new one AF-098), 3DA0UY

UT5UY

UT5UY / 3D2UY
Name: Alexey Yakovlev (Alex)
Profession: Engineer
Licenced since: 1989
Ham Activities: DX, Contest, DXpeditions
Favourite Modes: CW, SSB
DXpeditions: EM5UIA (EU-180), C91UY, C91CW, C93DY (IOTA new one AF-098), 3DA0UY, E21EIC/P (IOTA AS-126)

UX0LL

UX0LL / 3D2AP
Name: Alexander Pavlenko (Alex)
Profession: Telecommunication engineer
Licenced since: 1995
Ham Activities: DX, Contest, Low-Bands, antennas
Favourite Modes: CW/SSB (50/50)
Activity: SM, UA3, UN, DL, PA, OK, OM, C9
DXpeditions: C91LL, C91CW, C93DY (IOTA new one AF-098), 3DA0LL

Sergey Belashov

Name: Sergey Belashov
Profession: Commerce and industry
Hobby: Mountain skiing, cars

Ruslan Sorokin

Name: Ruslan Sorokin
Profession: Financier
Hobby: Numismatics

The Ringgold Isles (IOTA OC-189) are an archipelago in Fiji, forming an outlier group to Vanua Levu. The group is mostly uninhabited.
Location: 15º55' - 16º43'S - 179º05' - 179º50'W

OC-189 have been activated first and last time by famous radioamateur FRANCO ARMENGHI I4LCK in 1994.
And for today this group is one of the Most Wanted IOTA and Most Wanted Fijian IOTA Group. Credited to 7.8% of IOTA Chasers records.