John, K4BAI, and myself will be returning to Bonaire for the ARRL DX CW
contest. John will
be SOAB using PJ4A. I will be doing SO 160 Single Band using PJ4/KU8E. I will
also do some
operating during the day on some of the other bands giving out contacts. We
will arrive on Feb 13th
and I will be on 160 starting the night of the 14th. Hopefully the Condx will
be good as last year when
worked over 300 + stations from EU during the time we were there.
The location is very good on top of one of the highest hills on the island.
I am also going to try to put some RCV antenna up to hear better. Currently
there is a beverage about 350 ft long towards the USA. Any suggestions on what
to do for a RCV antenna would be welcome. The ground is very poor consisting
of rocks and scrubs. PJ2T has tried a RCV four square and K9AY loops from
Curacao, which is very much the same ground as Bonaire with not much luck.
I would also like to make an effort to work JA this year. I talked to K8ND
who operated PJ2T this past weekend and they worked a couple in CQ160 CW. My
antenna will be an Inverted L with about 80 ft of it vertical and the rest
sloping down.
73, Jeff KU8E
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