FP/KV1J
June / July 2022 DXpedition to Miquelon   Op - Eric KV1J

Grid GN17       CQ Zone 5         ITU Zone 9
IOTA NA-032     DIFO FP-002    WLOTA 1417

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Updates

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19 April -Preliminary schedule

Schedule 2022 

Time Zone is GMT minus 2 hours (daylight savings time)       Current weather

Sunday 26 June – Drive to Halifax, NS. May be on satellites during trip

Monday 27 June – Fly to St. Pierre late afternoon. 

Tuesday  28 June –   Take morning boat to Miquelon.  Setup antennas, station.

28 June Through 12 July  – On the air – SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8, FT4 - 80M - 6M 
                                                                              Primarily SSB, RTTY, and FT8
                                                                              Generally on the highest frequency band open favoring 12M 10M and 6M.
                                                                              Also active on 60M FT8
                                                                              Some 160 depending on antenna layout
 

  I will also be on the SSB Satellites - XW-2x, AO-7, RS-44, CA-4x (also possibly the FM birds) when the WX is good enough to operate from outside. 

1 July - Canada Day Contest

2 - 3 July - DL-DX RTTY Contest (Contest Cancelled)

9 - 10 July –   IARU HF Contest

Tuesday 12 July  – Take down and take evening boat to Saint Pierre

Wednesday 13 July  – Fly to Halifax then drive to Maine

Equipment

Elecraft K3 / IC-7300

Heathkit SB-200 Amplifier (modified) 80 -10M

Two FT-817s for satellites

laptop with N1MM logger, TinyFSK/2Tone

WiFi internet access

N6BV Propagation Prediction

Antennas  

N1IW Off-Centered Fed Dipole 80M - 10M,  height = 4m

SpiderBeam HD - 5 band - Wire Yagi Beam 20M-10M  up 4 meters.

30M Dipole

60M Vertical

Arrow 2M/70cm yagi for satellites

6 Meter 3 element yagi up 4.5 meters

QSL Information

Direct to KV1J.  Please include self addressed envelope with return postage, or US$1, or new style IRC*
                                                                                            *Please only latest style IRCs,  Thanks.

Buro to home call - KV1J

Logbook of the World, ClubLog, eQSL  (will load LoTW and ClubLog about every night and eQSL about one week after I return)
Satellite  QSOs are paper logged so may be a delay in uploading them.

QSL Printer - PHOTOQSLs

 KV1J is ok on QRZ.COM

Links

Cheznoo.net – includes webcams

Thank you to all that have helped me prepare for this trip, especially Jean-Pierre FP5CJ and Zorro JH1AJT (SK)

Log (all FP/KV1J trips))

Martin RF Supply

Last page update - 15 June 2022 - KV1J       kv1j (at) arrl (dot) net