FP/KV1J
July 2024 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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  Please read the Code and use it as your
guide to help keep DXing fun. 

 

Updates

This will be my 16th trip to the island.  During the last few trips the amount of email requests while I was there increased significantly. 
This is a one person operation so please understand that I can not read and respond all the emails while I am there.  I post logs to
LoTW and Club Log daily as long as I have internet access.  I can not do scheds and band change requests.  I will try to concentrate
on the higher frequency bands while we are at this peak in the sunspot cycle.  These two weeks are also prime for 50 MHz so I am
always watching that band for openings.   There is a group coming to the island in August with several operators.

Ce sera mon 16ème voyage sur l'île. Au cours des derniers voyages, le nombre de demandes par courrier électronique pendant mon séjour a considérablement augmenté. Il s'agit d'une opération effectuée par une seule personne, alors comprenez que je ne peux pas lire et répondre à tous les e-mails pendant que je suis là. Je publie des journaux sur LoTW et Club Log quotidiennement tant que j'ai accès à Internet. Je ne peux pas faire de plannings ni de demandes de changement de groupe. je vais essayer de me concentrer sur les bandes de fréquences les plus élevées alors que nous sommes à ce pic du cycle des taches solaires. Ces deux semaines sont également idéales pour 50 MHz, donc je suis je regarde toujours ce groupe pour les ouvertures. Un groupe vient sur l'île en août avec plusieurs opérateurs.

 

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Schedule 2024

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

Sunday 30 June – Drive to Halifax, NS.

Monday 1 July – Fly to St. Pierre late afternoon. 

Tuesday  2 July –   Take morning boat to Miquelon.  Setup antennas, station. Not all antennas will be up the first day.  Also weather dependant.   Will be doing some maintenance work the first few days.

2 July Through 16 July   – On the air – SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8, FT4 - 80M - 6M 

                                              Primarily SSB and FT8
                                              Generally on the highest frequency band open favoring 12M 10M and 6M.
                                              Also active on 60M FT8 (allocation is 5351.5-5366.5 15 watts so mostly FT8 & 5357)

                                              Limited satellite operations, weather dependant

 

13 - 14 July –   IARU HF Contest - CW and SSB

Tuesday 16 July  – Take down and take evening boat to Saint Pierre

Wednesday 17 July  – Fly to Halifax then drive to Maine

 

Equipment

Elecraft K3, IC-7300

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

Laptop with N1MM logger, Mortty-v5

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

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,

Buro to home call - KV1J

Logbook of the World, ClubLog, eQSL  (will load LoTW and ClubLog about every night.  eQSL will be loaded about one week after I return)

QSL Printer - PHOTOQSLs

KV1J
ERIC WILLIAMS
763 PLEASANT ST
MARLBORO MA 01752
USA

 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.

 

Log (all FP/KV1J trips)

Martin RF Supply

 

Last page update - 16 June 2024 - KV1J       kv1j (at) arrl (dot) net