Hello fellows, attached you'll find our announcement for this year's square expedition to LY & YL. Please spread the word and if it is possible to print it in your local amateur radio magazine even better. ;-)) Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA -- English: Baltic VHF Expedition 2006 After some very successful VHF expeditions during the last few years the well-known expeditioner's of the German North Eastern Contest Gang (DFØTEC/DMØY) will start a tour into the Baltic region again. The crew will consist of: DG1BHA (Heiko), DG1BRS (Stephan), DH8BQA (Olli), DL3BQA (Uwe) sowie DO3GMG (yl Gabi). Activity is planned from the following grid squares: KO23 16. - 20. June '06 (incl. IARU 50 MHz contest on 17/18.6.06) KO35 21. - 27. June '06 (base QTH) KO34 one day between 23. and 26. June '06 (side-trip), if weather permits KO36 one day between 23. and 26. June '06 (side-trip), if weather permits They will be QRV on 6 m (Tropo, ES, Aurora) and 2 m (Tropo, ES, Aurora, MS). Meteor Scatter in FSK441 will be random only on 144.358 MHz (+/- QRM). Callsigns in use will be LY2AAM and LY/homecall + YL/homecall (KO36) according to CEPT regulations respectively. The crew will try to keep their website http://www.necg.de/ up to date also from abroad. So take a regular look there for news and completed QSOs lists. Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA