FP/NY4G St. Pierre & Miquelon DXpedition

Posted date: March 05, 2015in: DxingNo Comments

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Hello. This is Ariel NY4G. I am a radio amateur from South Carolina and have always dreamed of operating in a radio DXpedition after having worked DX since 2011. I entered the amateur radio ranks late in my life at the age of 51 in 2009. I finally earned my Extra Class stripes in 2011 and started pursuing DX from my home station in South Carolina. Here is my first opportunity to fulfill a dream and to be in the other end of the pursuit – the “fox” in the hunt.

My trip to FP land is an offshoot of my travel to VY2 Prince Edward Island with a team of 4 operators – Phil AC4Q, Bill N4IQ, Bob ND7J and myself. They will be coming home to the US as I go on to St. Pierre. This is my first visit to St. Pierre and Miquelon

The islands are located off the southern coast of Newfoundland, Canada and count as a separate DXCC entity. I do not have my accommodations pinned down as of yet.

I will mainly use wire vertical antennas and 100 watts, due to Air Saint-Pierre baggage limits and will do CW primarily, some RTTY and some SSB if propagation permits. I anticipate having 80-10 meter capability. The main bands are going to be 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 as propagation allows.

QSL Information

Clublog OQRS will be active during and after the expedition. You can also QSL to my home call with an SASE if you are in the lower 48 states. If you are DX, please include 2 Green Stamps and a self addressed envelop or use the Clublog OQRS service. Contacts made during the DXpedition will be uploaded to LOTW and Clublog as long as and as soon as I have reliable internet connection.

Schedule

July 8, 2015 – Leave Charlotte NC and Fly to Halifax, NS and drive to Prince Edward Island VY2 – about a 3 hour drive from Halifax. Purchase tickets to St. Pierre while at Halifax.

July 9, 2015 – Start operations in the VY2TT station of K6LA. There are 4 ops there that week – Phil AC4Q/VY2, Bill N4IQ/VY2, Bob ND7J/VY2 and me NY4G/VY2

I will attempt to set-up portable stations on the north beaches of Prince Edward Island apart from operations in VY2TT during the day.

July 10-12 – IARU HF Championship from VY2

July 14 – Drive down to Halifax very early in the morning

July 14 – Fly to St. Pierre – set up accomodations

July 15 – First full day operation in St. Pierre or Miquelon (still TBD as to where I will stay)

July 16-17 Holiday style operation in FP land

July 20 – break down and fly back to Halifax. Fly connection to Charlotte NC. Drive back to Travelers Rest SC

Equipment

Radio: KX3 and KXPA100
Antenna: Steppir CrankIR

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Eric KV1J, Oliver OE5OHO, Al W6HGF, Victor VA2WA for sharing their prior experiences and to Matt WM4AA for volunteering to be my remote pilot to help me with propagation paths during the island activation.

News:

As of 2/18/2014: I have been in contact with several hams who have activated the island in an effort to secure a QTH to operate from that is friendly to radio amateurs. So far I have been able to connect with Oliver Huber OE5OHO, Al W6HGF, Victor VA2WA, and Jean-PierreFP5CJ. They were all very helpful in giving me ideas on logistics and where to operate from.”

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