Tomorrow morning, I'll be flying off to Bermuda - callsign prefix VP9 - for just over a week, along with Martin G3ZAY, Michael G7VJR and Dom M0BLF.
We'll be active from Thursday 20th to Thursday 28th February, mostly on the higher HF bands, since we're near the top of the sunspot cycle. Bermuda is often active in contests, so we'll pay a good amount of attention to the WARC bands (12/17/30m). The power limit on the island is 150W, so no linear amplifiers are allowed. As a result, we'll probably do quite a bit of CW to make the most of the power we have available.
Equipment wise, we're taking three Elecraft K3 transceivers, and one Kenwood TS590. We're staying with Ed VP9GE, so should have access to his antennas, but we're also taking lightweight verticals and dipoles to augment these and allow us more stations on the air simultaneously.
QSL for VP9/M0VFC, VP9/M0BLF and VP9/G3ZAY should be using Club Log OQRS (preferred) or via our home callsigns. VP9/G7VJR should go via M0OXO. All logs will be uploaded to LoTW as soon as possible.
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