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Subject: FW: USIslands Special Event 0000-2359z Saturday May 9
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 21:20:25 -0400
From: Jim K4QPL <
k4qpl2@nc.rr.com>
To: 'John Laney' <
k4bai@att.net>
FYI and anyone else interested in island chasing…We’re just hoping the
weather is good enough. We won’t mind a little rain if there aren’t
thunderstorms. We’ll just stay on the boat and put the antenna ashore.
Paul has one of those mini Honda generators which will give us
consistent power for 100W.
73,
Jim
*From:* Jim K4QPL [mailto:
k4qpl2@nc.rr.com]
*Sent:* Monday, May 4, 2015 9:03 PM
*To:* '
pvrc@mailman.qth.net'; '
pvrcnc@mailman.qth.net'
*Subject:* USIslands Special Event 0000-2359z Saturday May 9
While not a contest, this coming Saturday is a special event encouraging
hams to activate new U.S. Islands which will then be qualified for the
weekend contest in September. See Page 73, May QST, for article by Sean,
KX9X.
Paul, AA4XX and I are planning to activate Lea-Hutaff Island per the
information below which has gone to www.usislands.org
<
http://www.usislands.org> and hopefully will be put up on their
website. Work us, and if you have time, take your portable or mobile and
activate an island yourself. Note that the stringent definitions,
regulations, red tape and bureaucracy of IOTA is NOT the way USislands
works. The objective is to encourage activity from US islands. All you
need to do is check that your favorite island hasn’t already been
activated, send an email to them, and follow the simple procedure on the
website. Island numbers are not the same as IOTA. Use the satellite
view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3265748,-77.686056,14405m/data=!3m1!1e3 <
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3265748,-77.686056,14405m/data=%213m1%211e3>
“Paul and I are enthusiastic about this activation. Paul and his family
have a vacation place just across the ICW from Topsail Island and ours
is soundside near the southern end of the island. We both visit Lea
Island often as it's both beautiful and a large portion of the inland
dunes is a protected seabird sanctuary managed by the Audobon Society.
Right now, subject to weather, our plans are to set out by boat from the
south end of Topsail Island around 1000Z Saturday and cross the inlet.
It's about a 20 min trip and we'll set up asap. We hope to be on the air
around 1100-1130Z. We'll try to catch a few east coast stations on 40M
before the QRN sets in as, judging from recent QSO parties, short skip
on the high bands is unreliable. From there we'll move to the highest
bands open for DX which will probably be 15M and 20M. Look for us up
35-45khz from the lower band edges. All operating will be on CW at 100
watts. Antenna will be a Tarheel screwdriver mobile planted on the beach
with a couple stainless steel radial counterpoise lengths running along
and into the water. We'll be there for as long as activity and the
beverages (not talking about rx antennas here) last.
We do not have a special event call so we'll probably flip a coin to see
whose call sign we use. Once we have met our 25 QSO qualification we'll
be using the official island number so we don't mind dupes to the early
callers and multi-band contacts. Work us early and often.
73,
Jim, K4QPL
Paul, AA4XX
P.S. I may get on for a little while Friday night from Topsail lsland
(NC004S) if anyone needs that one.”
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