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FP/KV1J |
July 2024 DXpedition to
Miquelon Op -
Eric KV1J |
Grid GN17
IOTA NA-032
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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.
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
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
Elecraft K3, IC-7300
Heathkit SB-200 Amplifier (modified) 80 -10M
Laptop with N1MM logger, Mortty-v5
N6BV Propagation Prediction
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
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Thank you to all that have helped me prepare for this trip, especially Jean-Pierre FP5CJ.
Last page update - 16 June 2024 - KV1J kv1j (at) arrl (dot) net