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KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: søn sep 22, 2019 16:32
af oz7c
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Info fra https://dx-world.net/

Upcoming DXpedition to Swains Island IOTA OC-200. From 10-25 March 2020
an international team of 10 operators will be active from Swains Island as W8S...

73 Boye

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Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: fre okt 04, 2019 7:25
af oz7c
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KH8/S - Swains Island
W8S, with 10 operators, will be on from Swains Island,
OC-200, March 10-25, operating on CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY on all
the HF bands with four stations set up in two op sites on the island.
https://swains2020.lldxt.eu.

73 Boye

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: fre okt 04, 2019 18:53
af oz1iky
...ja!
Havde jeg ikke allerede sagt ja til noget andet inden - så havde det været den tur jeg skulle have været på ...

VY 73, til de fleste - men heldigvis ikke alle

Kenneth OZ1IKY

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: man nov 25, 2019 17:37
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KH8/s – Swains Island
PG5M, Gerben, gives us an update on W8S, which is coming up March 10-25, 2020.
There will be 10 operators QRV on all HF bands, CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY with
four stations 24 hours a day, set up in two separate camps.
The stations will be Elecraft K3s to Expert 1.3K-FA amplifiers.
Antennas will be a 160M vertical, 80M vertical, 60, 40 and 30M verticals. 20, 15, 12 and 10 will have hexbeams.
20 will also have a VDA. 17M will have a VDA. Other high bands will be backed up with VDAs,
and there will be a K9AY receive antenna.
The operators are: DL6JGN, PA3EWP, DJ9HX, DJ9ON, DL2AMD, DL6KVA, AG4W, KO8SCA, PA4WM and PG5M.

73 Boye

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: tors jan 02, 2020 22:08
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W8S Swains Island –update December 27
Everything is on schedule for our Swains DXpedition. Last month Martin PA4WM en Gerben PG5M have been working on the antennas
for Swains. After some small design changes,
the antennas are ready now (thanks to Dado E74AW for helping with the 160m antenna).
We also have collected a lot of other equipment and tools.
We were in doubt if everything would fit in the 3 boxes we created especially for this adventure.
This morning we started packing all the equipment.
At the end of the afternoon we were ready.
Luckily everything fitted in the boxes: 14 RX/TX antennas, 800 meters of coax-cable, 2.4 KM of radials,
bandpass filters, power supplies and tools were packed in the boxes. https://dx-world.net/w8s-swains-island/

73 Boye

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: man jan 06, 2020 22:48
af OU2X
Velvalgt tidspunkt - god mulighed for gray zone low band condx + vi er tæt på equienox

Flemming

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: tirs jan 07, 2020 6:50
af oz1iky
Hej

Ja - og selv dem med små effekter og små antenner burde have en chance her også.

VY 73 og Godt Nytår, til stort set alle.


Kenneth OZ1IKY

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: søn feb 16, 2020 15:46
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W8S Team will be active from Swains Island, IOTA OC - 200, 10 - 25 March 2020.
Team - DL6JGN, PA3EWP, DJ9HX, DL6KVA, DJ9ON, PA4WM, PG5M, AG4W, KO8SCA, DL2AMD.
Recent DX Spots W8S

They will operate on All HF Bands, CW, SSB, FT8, RTTY.
DXCC Country - Swains Island, KH8/S.
QSL via PG5M.

73 Boye

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: tirs feb 18, 2020 20:15
af oz7c
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Category: Geen categorie
Posted on 18 February 2020
Swains2020 W8S Breaking News

In close cooperation with Alex Jennings, the representative of Swains Island, we have to decide to postpone our DXpedition to Swains Island until autumn 2020.

In close cooperation with Alex Jennings, the representative of Swains Island, the team has decided to postpone the W8S DXpedition to Swains Island to autumn of 2020.

The reason behind this postponement is the travel restrictions when entering American Samoa, restrictions imposed by the Department of Health of American Samoa as a result of the Corona virus outbreak.

The Department of Health allows non-residents to enter American Samoa only via Hawaii, after a 14 days mandatory quarantine in Hawaii.

For the team this is not a workable situation. It would require extending the holiday time by an additional 2 weeks, re-routing of the flights and purchasing new tickets etc.

Everything is prepared for our DXpedition, and we are eager to go, but unfortunately the Corona virus outbreak is out of our control.

Although this is a disappointment for everyone, the W8S DXpedition is not cancelled, but just postponed for later this year!

You and/or your DX-club made a donation to the Swains DXpedition, which is very much appreciated by the whole team as that helps the team to cover some part of the investment the team already made.

73 Boye

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: tors feb 20, 2020 9:07
af oz1iky
set på den positive måde;

Så er der jo lidt at jagte til efterår !

Kenneth OZ1IKY

Re: KH8 Swains Island som W8S

: tors feb 20, 2020 16:34
af oz7c
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The W8S Website notes the countdown to the postponed Swains Island
DXpedition is 214 days away. If my math is correct that would be September 21st, of this year.

73 Boye