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BILL VP2MHX AND JAN VP2MQD OPERATED FROM MONTSERRAT 23-30 OCTOBER FOR THE 2006 CQWW SSB CONTEST. THEY BOTH PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST AS A SINGLE BAND ENTRY. VP2MHX WAS ON 15M AND VP2MQD WAS ON 20M. BEFORE AND AFTER CONTEST THEY OPERATED MOSTLY CW AND RTTY. http://www.visitmontserrat.com/index.php?categoryid=24

Jan, K4QD (HH4/K4QD), and Bill, W4WX (HH4/W4WX), recently completed a two-week trip to Haiti. They operated from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission (NWHCM) in St Louis du Nord during 20-31 March.. This was Jan’s fifth trip to the mission and Bill’s second. They made a total of about 7300 contacts on this trip. Jan concentrated mostly on CW and Bill concentrated on the digital modes. During the CQ WPX phone contest, they entered as single-band operators. Jan operated 20 meters and made about 1300 contacts. Bill made over 800 contacts on 15 meters, which was a surprise considering he was using a Sigma 5 antenna. WWW.NWHCM.ORG

BILL ZD8WX (W4WX) AND JAN ZD8QD (K4QD) OPERATED FROM ASCENSION ISLAND 21 FEBRUARY THROUGH 1 MARCH 2006. THE SPACE "A" TRIP TRAVELING OUT OF PATRICK AFB WENT LIKE CLOCK WORK! THEY OPERATED CW, PSK-31, RTTY, AND SSB ON MOST BANDS. CONDITIONS WERE NOT THE BEST BUT THEY MANAGED TO LOG OVER 5,000 QSO'S. ALL ABOUT THE ISLAND IS HERE:

Overall we made about 5000 contacts while we were on the island. Jan made about 3500 QSOs on CW, and Bill made about 1500 on RTTY and PSK-31. Of these about 150 were PSK-31 and a handful were SSB. The following is a general breakdown of the contacts by continent and band:
Continent ZD8QD CW ZD8WX RTTY Total
EU 54.4% 63.9% 56.2%
NA 25.5% 19.0% 24.2%
AS 14.5% 12.3% 13.9%
SA 4.4% 3.0% 3.9%
AF 1.0% 1.6% 1.5%
OC 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%

Band ZD8QD CW ZD8WX RTTY Total
15M 3.5% 22.4% 8.4%
17M 58.5% 7.8% 45.3%
20M 7.7% 51.3% 19.0%
30M 29.1% 18.0% 26.2%
40M 1.3% 0.4% 1.0%

We had a great trip. We appreciate all the contacts and the encouragement from HAMS around the world who we were able to give a “new one” on a band or mode. Please QSL ZD8WX direct to W4WX. QSL ZD8QD to K4QD direct, via the bureau, or on LOTW.

Bill V25WX was on Antigua 15-23 August. He operated from the Eckert's home near Long Bay on the NE side of Antigua. Bill operated RTTY and PSK-31 on 20 and 30 meters majority of the time. Bill monitored 6 meters when not on HF. He made one 6M contact with FJ5DX! Never heard another station. Breakdown of QSO's:

July 2004 Meeting

Hosted by Bob KR4DA and his XYL Jackie

Food was great!! Thanks Bob and Jackie!!

Special Event Report

Cory N1WON/KG4CM and David Wa4eT/KG4DP now QRT
recently returned from their operations at Guantanamo
Bay Cuba, to activate for the first time, the Windward
Point Lighthouse designated GTM-001. They operated
during the International lighthouse weekend Aug 16-17
as KG4LH. This was a special event call issued
permanently to the Windward Point Lighthouse for
future operations of this type, and is listed on
QRZ.com.

Bill V25WX (W4WX) and Larry V25LR (W1LR) returned from Antigua 25 February after a very nice stay at Murphy's Apartments. They traveled Space "A" via military aircraft out of Patrick AFB, Cocoa, FL. They used a mini-beam and Sigma 5 vertical by Force 12. Modes operated were SSB, MMTTY, and PSK-31. QSL both to their home calls.

Well, Larry (W1LR/VP2MHS) and I (W4WX/VP2MHX) made it back safe and sound. We departed on Monday 8 April at 6AM for Patrick AFB to catch a HOP to Antigua. We were lucky. There were 5 space A seats avail and we both got on. We arrived Antigua around 5PM and took taxi to our old stopping over place to find it closed. Mrs. Murphy of Murphy's Apartment was in Canada being treated for some illness. So to Joe Mikes Hotel down town we went. Ate some dinner and up at 6:15am the next morning to catch the Opel Express boat to Montserrat which departed on time at 9AM. We arrive at Montserrat around 10:15 and cleared customs and was at the villa around 11:30am. We had the hustler vertical (5-BTV) up and was on the air around 2PM. Larry hogging the radio with first contact! We used a Kenwood TS-570D, Astron switching PS, laptop, KAM plus, Rigblaster (sounds like a brag tape, huh?). Couple days later we put up a dipole for 17 meters which also tuned okay on 12 meters. We did not leave early to operate on Antigua. Really did not have a place to set up and decided our accommodations where great where we were. We took down the station around noon on Tuesday the 16 and caught the 5PM boat back to Antigua staying over night a Joe Mike's. We departed Antigua at 8AM arriving back in the good old USA around 11:15. Pulled into my drive around 3PM or so.

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