The Virgin Islands of the United States (commonly called the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands or USVI) are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.
The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas, along with the much smaller but historically distinct Water Island, and many other surrounding minor islands. The total land area of the territory is 133.73 square miles (346.4 km2).[1]
As of the 2010 census the population was 106,405,[3] mostly composed by those of Afro-Caribbean descent. Tourism is the primary economic activity, although there is a significant manufacturing sector.[1]
Formerly the Danish West Indies, they were sold to the United States by Denmark in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. They are classified by the UN as a Non-Self-Governing Territory, and are currently an organized, unincorporated United States territory. The U.S. Virgin Islands are organized under the Revised Organic Act of 1954, and have since held five constitutional conventions. The last and only proposed Constitution adopted by the Fifth Constitutional Convention in 2009 was rejected by the U.S. Congress in 2010, which urged the convention to reconvene to address the concerns Congress and the Obama administration have had with the proposed document. The convention is slated to reconvene in October 2012 to address these concerns.
アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島（アメリカりょうヴァージンしょとう、United States Virgin Islands）は、西インド諸島にあるアメリカ合衆国の保護領（自治領）。ヴァージン諸島の西側半分。東側は、イギリス領ヴァージン諸島。「島」と呼ばれるのは40程度あるが、ほとんどが無人島である。人が住み、一般の観光客が訪れるような主要な島は、セント・トーマス島 (Saint Thomas)、セント・クロイ島 (Saint Croix)、セント・ジョン島 (Saint John) の3島である。首都は、セント・トーマス島のシャーロット・アマリー。
先日よりよく聞えてきます。
但し、さすがに聞え始めた途端大きなPileへとなりますので
なかなか簡単にはQSOには至りません。
しかしながら、大体の感覚は掴めて来ましたので、
近日中にはGet!!としたいところです。
但し、さすがに聞え始めた途端大きなPileへとなりますので
なかなか簡単にはQSOには至りません。
しかしながら、大体の感覚は掴めて来ましたので、
近日中にはGet!!としたいところです。
では、今夜聞えていたKP2/K5WEをお聞きください。
20120919 1035UTC 14002kHz KP2/K5WE
Date : 19/Sep/2012 1035UTC
Freq : 14002kHz CW
Rig : KENWOOD TS-870
ANT : LOOP
PC : recording
During my stay in Ecuador I was able to operate two days under my US Callsign as HC2/AL1O. Special thanks to my host Alberto, HC2AQ who offered me his shack. Within two days, 1700 QSOs found their way into the log.