VK9AN  Christmas Island
ROBERT E FANFANT
Sept 18 - Oct 2, 2014 Christmas Island Christmas Island
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20140919 1143UTC 14032kHz VK9AN
Date : 19/Sep/2014 1143UTC
Freq : 14032kHz CW
Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S
ANT : LOOP
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A small, suitcase mini-DXpedition is planned to Christmas Island ( IOTA OC-02, ITU 54, CQ 29 ) on September 18th through October 2nd 2014.
Sitting at the gate, waiting our flight to Xmas Island. We board in 20 minutes. Wow, what a trip so far. 27 hours in the air, with another 4 hours left to go on our 5th leg of the journey. The 2 day layover in Perth is well deserved as it gives us an opportunity to get caught up to the time zone changes. All our gear has arrived safely, though our kpa500 and power supply took a tumble off the TSA conveyor belt. Other than a little loss of paint they both seem to work. We land at Xmas Island today around 4PM local time. We might be able to get the antenna up this evening. If so, we'll be on the air tonight, most likely on RTTY. NA/SA look for us before/during/after grayline crossings!
Station
Our station consists of an Elecraft K3/KPA500, and a SteppIR CrankIR vertical on the beach.
Team
The team consists of Rob/N7QT and Melanie/AB1UH. We will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on 80-10m bands.
Log
Logs will be uploaded during the operation to Clublog , and to LoTW immediately after the mini-DXpedition ends.
QSL
Sitting at the gate, waiting our flight to Xmas Island. We board in 20 minutes. Wow, what a trip so far. 27 hours in the air, with another 4 hours left to go on our 5th leg of the journey. The 2 day layover in Perth is well deserved as it gives us an opportunity to get caught up to the time zone changes. All our gear has arrived safely, though our kpa500 and power supply took a tumble off the TSA conveyor belt. Other than a little loss of paint they both seem to work. We land at Xmas Island today around 4PM local time. We might be able to get the antenna up this evening. If so, we'll be on the air tonight, most likely on RTTY. NA/SA look for us before/during/after grayline crossings!
Station
Our station consists of an Elecraft K3/KPA500, and a SteppIR CrankIR vertical on the beach.
Team
The team consists of Rob/N7QT and Melanie/AB1UH. We will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on 80-10m bands.
Log
Logs will be uploaded during the operation to Clublog , and to LoTW immediately after the mini-DXpedition ends.
QSL
- QSL direct to N7QT
- IRCs are acceptable
- ARRL Bureau cards acceptable
- Direct: stateside - SASE , or international - SASE + ($2 USD or IRC) for postage
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