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  Culatra Island - A guide to the anchorage and village
The anchorage is on the inside of a sandy island with beautiful beaches, particularly on the southern shore.
The anchorage at Faro is beneath the flight path to Faro airport - one of the busiest in Europe whilst at Olhao the anchorage is in the channel leading to the commercial port.
Culatra anchorage is open to the west wind and therefore it is not recommended that a boat should be left unattended for long periods in the winter months.
manorhouses.com /ports/culatra.htm   (354 words)

  
 The Islands - Eastern Algarve Manorpark Properties
The small island of Farol, like the nearby island of Barreta is a solitary sun-kissed paradise, untroubled by ferry connections with the mainland.
The Ilha da Culatra is one of the barrier islands of the Ria Formosa Nature Park.
The interior of the island is famed for its rich diversity of plant life.
www.east-algarve.com /content.aspx?id=61   (372 words)

  
 DX Bulletin de XE1BEF - in english :: No. 207
ISLAND HARBORS (NA110) - Ed W4YO (palaver@islc.net) he is the only fond permanent resident in the island and it will participate in the Competition IOTA but it will also be available for skeds in 10-40 meters, SSB and CW.
ISLAND THE HIDDEN one (NEW IOTA SA???) - Of October 20-26 active 14 operators like L95WI will be from this island located in the county The Chubut, of the North Group, having planned to have four stations in the bands of 80-10 meters in CW, SSB and digital ways.
ISLAND MIYAKO (AS079) - Tack JE1RXJ/6 had planned to operate from this island located in the prefecture of Okinawa of August 3-7 in the bands of 40-6 meters CW and SSB, but because he approaches a hurricane, the activity it is suspended.
members.fortunecity.com /dxbulletin/DXbulletin207-e.htm   (9566 words)

  
 Messages - WannaSurf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
You' ve got to go to Olhão and get the boat to the culatra island, its the first stop, the other one is farol.
Culatra is a very dirty fisherman village, you' ve to cross the village then the dunes and there' s the great beach, with no people and very clean waters.
You have to cross the island to the coastside walking 10 mn by the hot sand dunes or walk 40 mn from farol beach.
www.wannasurf.com /spot/Europe/Portugal/South/ilha_da_culatra/message?min=0&max=9   (226 words)

  
 Culatra
Before we left Vilamoura for the more remote anchorage of Ilha da Culatra we spent an evening with Hanna and Jochen from Lycka who were undecided as to whether to go onto Madeira or head east.
Culatra anchorage is open to the west wind and therefore it is not recommended...
minutes by boat (from Faro or Olhão) to the island of Culatra, which is the southernmost point in continental Portugal...
www.yor.cc /algarve-car-hire/culatra.html   (559 words)

  
 DX Bulletin de XE1BEF - in english :: No. 205
ISLAND WALLIS (OC054) - Of July 16 at August 15 will be possibly again active Guy FR5ZL as FW5ZL in the bands of 20, 15 and 30 meters CW and SSB and probably in OSK and RTTY and Well, with 80 watts and an antenna grund mourns and dipolo.
ISLAND OF THE BEAR (EU027) - Oyvind LA2TOA will continue active in that island of Svalbard until the month of November and he also hopes to operate from the station of the radius club JW1I but at the moment he doesn't have active antenna.
ISLAND JOHNSON, THIMBLES (NA136) - CONNECTICUT - Phil WA2ART reports that he is planning to go one weekend in the month of September to this island where one doesn't have electricity and the operation will be QRP, with an antenna placed on the salted water.
members.fortunecity.com /dxbulletin/DXbulletin205-e.htm   (11894 words)

  
 Newspaper Algarve - Portugal - Regiao Sul > News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The minister for the environment promised a “model” refurbishment of the Culatra island “with benefits” for the residents and where only a “marginal” number of houses will be displaced.
The refurbishment of the islands will be carried out with “respect for the local population that has settled there over some years”, he said.
With the exception of the fishermen’s houses on Culatra island, the demolition plans for the islands stand as they are: second homes built on public land will be removed.
regiao-sul.pt /en/news/news.php?id=620   (809 words)

  
 Loureiro et al.
In this abstract we present the objectives and proposed methods for a research study that uses GIS and remote sensing, aiming to create land use databases to assess the impact of the increasing human occupation in the evolution of the Ria Formosa barrier islands.
The Ria Formosa barrier island system is composed by two peninsulas and five islands, separated by six tidal inlets, extending along approximately 55 km in the Southern coast of Portugal (Fig.
By providing a spatial tool that can be used for assessing, monitoring and modelling urban development and its interactions with the environmental dynamics of the barrier island system, this research can present an important contribute to the coastal zone planning and management of the study area.
www.gisig.it /eco-imagine/abstract/Abstract_Speakers_Lisbon/Loureiro.htm   (715 words)

  
 Farol, Culatra, Armona, Portugal
These three lagoon islands are accessible by boat from Olhao several times a day between June and September, three times a day in winter.
One boat goes to Farol and Culatra the smallest island in the west, and another to Armona in the east.
All three islands are of flat dunes with very good beaches.
www.planetware.com /algarve-coast/farol-culatra-armona-p-faro-fca.htm   (114 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Alike the other Balearic islands, Formentera has its own characteristic scenery: it is flat with sandy beaches which are washed with translucent, turquoise waters.
Our anchorage is protected from the sea by the island of Culatra, a long, flat island with marvelous sandy beaches on the sea side, and with a small fishing village on the inner side.
On Culatra, in the small fishing village, there is a small store for basic supplies, but for serious shopping and internet one has to go to Olhao.
www.garabes.com /diary/200507.htm   (3782 words)

  
 Mauna Loa 2004 Voyage mauna-loa.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Culatra is home to 70% of Portugal’s cockle beds so Captain Cockle really was in his element!
Suphannee was in her element with all the lovely food and she treated us all to home-made deep fried squid rings which tasted delicious.
This is a wide river separating Spain from Portugal but the weather turned nasty and the boys did not want to risk losing their spot in the marina.
mauna-loa.co.uk   (2177 words)

  
 Littoral 2002, 22-26 September. Porto, Portugal. (SMEALSearch) - Pal,Rangaswamy,Giles,Debnath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Ria Formosa lagoon, located in Algarve, south of Portugal, is a barrier islands system that communicates with the sea trough 6 inlets.
Five of these inlets are natural born and have mobility characteristics and the 6th is an artificial inlet that has been opened with the purpose of making it easier to access to the port of Faro.
In order to maintain this new inlet, two breakwaters were built, starting one in Culatra island and the other in Barreta island.
gunther.smeal.psu.edu /72727.html   (238 words)

  
 www.hamwave.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Island, IOTA EU-144, from June 10 to 12.
from St. Georges Island, IOTA EU-120, from June 13 to 17.
Island, IOTA AS-059, from June 11 to 13.
www.hamwave.com /cgi-bin/palm.cgi?action=palm2&id=751   (377 words)

  
 [DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #739
Power will be restricted to nominally 100W, and since neither towers nor beams are allowed on the island, they will use a multi-band inverted-V dipole and a 5m vertical.
He will be at the Emerald Bay Boy Scout Camp with Boy Scout Troop 655, and the scouts will make some of the contacts as they work on the requirements of the Radio merit badge.
The command is SH/425 [text], where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, a IOTA Reference number, Island name, Antarctica Base, Lighthouse, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association.
www.mail-archive.com /dx-news@njdxa.org/msg01913.html   (2543 words)

  
 ARRL DX Bulletin 025: June 19, 2003
Bill, ON5JE will be QRV as 9A/ON5JE from Hvar Island, IOTA EU-016, on June 21 to 29, and then from Rab Island, IOTA EU-136, until July 17.
DL7UXG and DL1RTW are QRV from Pellworm Island, IOTA EU-042, from June 20 to 22.
Antonello, IK2DUW is QRV as ID9/IK2DUW from Filicudi Island, IOTA EU-017, until June 23.
www.his.com /~wfeidt/Arldx/2003/arldx025.html   (423 words)

  
 RSGB HFCC Site. Results - IOTA 2003 Soapbox Pt I.
CS4B: Bugio Island: even without water and power (this is the real DXpedition) is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Perhaps the value of islands is too big with being multipliers plus the 15 points.
Would be useful if islands with low/no resident amateur population had higher bonus to encourage more island searching by big guns.
www.contesting.co.uk /hfcc/results/2003/iota2003sb.shtml   (3497 words)

  
 DXNews Members GPDX
He notes that the name of the VU7 islands, Lakshadweep, may have the word "weep" in it for a reason.the travel costs to Lakshadweep are very high.
Their yearly goal is to be active from at least one IOTA island, so they will spend two days on Santa Catalina Island (NA-066).
The West Island ARC from Point Claire, Quebec, Canada, will operate from Grindstone Island in the Magdalen Islands (NA-038).
ct1end.freeservers.com /dxnews.html   (3915 words)

  
 [DX-NEWS] ARLD023 DX news
Gianfranco, I6GFX and others will be QRV as 9A/homecalls from June 10 to 13 from some of the Croatian islands in the IOTA EU-170 group.
Jon is QRV as JW8HF and has been active on 20 meters from around 1030 to 1130z and then from 1730 to 2300z.
Yuri, RA0FU and Ken, RA0FW are QRV as homecalls/p from Iturup Island, IOTA AS-025, until June 15.
www.mail-archive.com /dx-news@njdxa.org/msg01872.html   (503 words)

  
 DX-Central DotCom : News & Information for the Ham Radio DXer - 425DX News Bulletin 7-Jul-01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Plans are to operate for at least 24 hours from each island and there will be two stations using the House Amateur Radio Group clubs call signs of GS3EEO, GS3ZBI and GS0NHR.
Exact dates will depend on local conditions, but plans are to be active (mainly on 10 and 40 metres) for a few hours starting around 14 UTC on different weekdays.
W - Members of the Castalia Island DX Association will participate in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (18-19 August) as K4UP from the Currituck Beach Lighthouse on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
www.dxcentral.com /bulletins.cfm/pub/425dxn/date/20010707   (2909 words)

  
 DX-Central DotCom : News & Information for the Ham Radio DXer - 425DX News Bulletin 26-May-01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Look for Andre to be active as 3D2LB/P from Beachcomber Island (OC-121) on 6-8 June and from "ordinary" Fiji (OC-016) on 8-10 June.
TX - The Oceania DX Group is planning a DXpedition to the Chesterfield Islands later this year, possibly in September.
DL - Kurt/DF4XX and Holger/DL5XAT as DF4XX/p from Fehmarn Island EU-128.
www.dx-central.com /bulletins.cfm/pub/425dxn/date/20010526   (2530 words)

  
 Details N° 626 - Casa Flor da Agave
From the villa and anywhere else from the upper plateau there are marvelous views to the Atlantic Ocean, the lagoon in front of the old fisher town of Olhão as well as to the lighthouse Santa Maria on the island of Culatra.
There is public transport to many famous places all along the Algarve and to the Spanish border.
Villa with 2 floors, big terrace to the south with pergola, accompanying sauna house (use of sauna is not included), swimming pool of about 10 x 4 m and a log cabin.
www.dasilva.de /english/details/details626.htm   (641 words)

  
 Usenet Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The southernmost island of the Orkney Island group, South Ronaldsay is linked to Mainland Orkney via Burray by the Churchill Barriers which were constructed during the Second World War to prevent German U-Boats from entering Scapa Flow.
Some are also employed in the oil industry on the neighbouring island of Flotta, the oil pipeline from the North Sea to the Flotta oil terminal passing through the north end of the island.
The island counts as EU-059 for the RSGB Islands on the Air programme and is the rarest of the numbered UK IOTA island groups.
www.all-usenet-archive.com /File.asp?service=14033   (9536 words)

  
 DX-Central DotCom : News & Information for the Ham Radio DXer - 425DX News Bulletin 4-Mar-00   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
However, this news is tempered with the new rule that the island housing structures cannot be used and liability insurance will be required.
An operation looks feasible from the island, and a tentative date has been set for a first time activity from 7 to 15 April.
FK8HC/P ---> Franck, FK8HC was active from Freycinet Island (OC-032, DIFO FK-078) between 21 UTC on 25 February and 23.30 UTC on the 26th.
www.dxcentral.com /bulletins.cfm/pub/425dxn/date/20000304   (2784 words)

  
 RSGB IOTA Test Announced Operations (1999)
By BA4RX BA4TA BD5RV fm Ping Island; BA4TA: P.O.Box 219, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
By KO4PY fm Hatteras Island, NC comemorating the relocation of Hatteras Lighthouse; QRV July 23-25; CW during IOTA; SSB outside test; QSL OK via Buro or CBA
By VE7TLL VE7QCR VE7EDZ VE7KDU VE7GKH fm Dundas Island; QRV July 22-26; Outside test as homecall/P (QSL homecall); VD7D is a special call to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the first European contact with Queen Charlotte Islands by Juan Perez and his ship the Santiago in 1774
www.ng3k.com /Misc/iota99.html   (1198 words)

  
 HF Radio - NW7US - The News Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The main purpose of this trip is to mount a VHF repeater on this island, which will enlarge the VHF communications between all the islands in the Madeira Archiplego.
Due to the island being a military defense zone, operation will only take place during the daytime hours.
Activity on July 12-19th.) is: * Kosmerka : CI-441 (near Zirje Island) * Vrtlac : CI-442 (near Zirje Island) * Sedlo : CI-249 (between Kurba V. and Zirje Islands) * Samograd : CI-248 (between Kurba V. and Zirje Islands) EU-181.
www.hfradio.org /news/opdx/opdx-617-200307061349.html   (3831 words)

  
 Faro Sailing School - Sailing Area
The lagoon is protected by sandy offshore islets with wonderful beaches, a great place for swimming.
In the evening we can row ashore to the island of Culatra where you can sample superb freshly caught fish with the locals and the trip back after dark in the dinghy is a marvel as the water is rich in phosphorescence.
The tidal range in the Algarve region is a gentle 3 metres at Springs and 1 metre at Neaps allowing for a great introduction to tidal sailing for the novice whilst producing tidal streams strong enough to tax the more experienced sailor.
www.farosailingschool.com /sailing.htm   (545 words)

  
 425DXNews English Bulletin #635
They will operate from two sites on 40-10 metres SSB and CW, but their operating time will be limited to daylight hours (5-19 local time, 20-10 UTC) as the island is located in a military operation zone.
The SSB station is expected to start operating around 20.30 UTC on 17 July, followed one hour later by the CW station.
QRT time will be around 6 UTC on 20 July, as the operators will have to leave the island at 9 UTC.
www.425dxn.org /425/425-n635.html   (2671 words)

  
 DX News Letter 1349 July 17, 2003
BRAZIL, PY The special event station ZW7S is QRV in SSB and CW on 80/40/20/15/10m during the Boy Scout Jamboree from July 12-19.
CANADA, VE After activating Somerset Island Mike, K9AJ, and Jim, K9PPY, are going to Southampton Island (NA-007) from July 22-24.
MADELEINE ISLANDS, VE, NA-038 Linda, VE9GLF, and Len, VE9MY, are mobile QRV and plan to visit two different islands every day from Jul 20-28.
www.ng3k.com /Dxnl/dxnl1349.html   (926 words)

  
 OPDX Bulletin 716 July 4, 2005
His activity will be limited due to other commitments while on the island, but look for him on the HF bands on the modes RTTY, PSK and CW.
, JA6 Kyushu Coastal Island and JIIA AS-012-001).
Roger, K0YY, plans to be active from Bridge Island (New for the U.S. Islands Award), located in the rare grid DM60, Routt County, Colorado, July 8-18th.
www.papays.com /opdx716.html   (3117 words)

  
 Quinta da Horta ... a house party in the sun
There are also opportunities to take fishing boat trips along the coast exploring spectacular cliff formations and deep clear water caves.
A regular ferry service serves Culatra island where for about 1 euro you can spend hours exploring the tidal harbour and nature reserve.
And should the attraction of these natural pursuits begin to pall, we are only a short drive from the bustling night life of Pria da Rocha with its discos, water slide parks, casinos and bustling restaurants.
naturist-holidays-portugal.datagate.net.uk /content/out_about.htm   (245 words)

  
 425DXNews English Bulletin #633
While normally GB2NSC is used to demonstrate Amateur Satellite communications to visitors, this special activation will mark an important space exploration anniversary: forty years ago Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, travelling in Vostok 6, became the first woman to orbit earth.
He expects to arrive on 30 June and operate (on 6 metres and HF bands, SSB, CW and some digital modes) as time permits for several weeks.
Mike will be in the Nunavut region from 11 to 26 July and he plans to operate also from Cornwallis Island (NA-009) and/or Baffin Island (NA-047), as well as from Southampton Island (NA-007) on 22-24 July.
www.425dxn.org /425/425-n633.html   (2253 words)

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