Date : 23.04.2004 - 05.05.2004
QTH: Maniitsoq / Sukkertoppen
IOTA NA-220 DXCC: OX
OP Frank OX/DL2SWW ,  Ric, OX/DL2VFR
Mode/Bands: CW, SSB, RTTY 80-10m - no 160m , no 6m !
(we will monitor 160m and we prepare an antenna - but we dont expect to have any propagation)
Equipment: 2x ICOM 706, PA- FinnFet FF 1001, KL500, Verticals:
Butternut HF9V, Force12 Sigma 40XK
Objectives: activate a rare IOTA, give bandpoints from OX as far as propagation allows
QSL-Route: via bureau 100%, via direct if requested,  no E-QSL

Donations: are welcome ! We dont want anybody to pay for our holidays but this project is expensive and we will not lay on the beach there ( it is probably too cold).

Maniitsoq (aka “Sukkertoppen”)

"The word "Maniitsoq" means " uneven " in the Inuit language. And uneven it is. The Maniitsup community is surrounded by the highest and wildest mountains in West Greenland. The wild mountains and the long and narrow fjords makes this landscape very unique and completely different from other landscapes in Greenland.
The community has 4.000 inhabitants. 3.000 live in the town of Maniitsoq, situated on the island of the same name. It's distinctive appearance is due to the rugged landscape. From the small centre by the sea, the town stretches along the narrow valleys with wooden houses and even relatively big apartment buildings clinging to the hillsides. As a result the town is blessed with a labyrinth of stairways. There also used to be a number of canals and the town was called the Venice of Greenland. Today most of these canals are gone and have made way for roads and houses.

(taken from the website of the Tourist Board Maniitsoq