VK9LA – Lord Howe Island – Mar 23 to Apr 3, 2009
Further to this post DX World of Ham Radio helped in securing a few more ops for this particular Dxpedition. SQ8X and SV2KBS, friends of MM0NDX (owner of DX World) are pencilled in as going! Good luck guys!
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San K5YY, Stan SQ8X, Pete SQ9DIE, Victoria SV2KBS, Chris VK3QB, John VK4IO, Catherine VK4VCH, Chris VK5CP, John VK5PO, Sarath VU3RSB, Bill VK4FW and one more YL ( to be announced ) will be active on all bands 160m to 6m on SSB, CW and RTTY including the CQ WPX SSB Contest.
about 1 year ago
Donations are requested to offset the high freight costs….. all ops are responsible for their own expenses, we just need support to help pay for some freight…. please go to http://www.odxg.org and make a donation.
Many thanks……
BTW
1 YL op is still needed and I also have a vacancy now for an extra OM operator…….email me if this is of interest
about 1 year ago
Full Team announced:
San K5YY, Bob N2OO, Lance N2OZ, Stan SQ8X, Peter SQ9DIE, Victoria SV2KBS, Tex VK1TX, Luke VK3HJ, Chris VK3QB, John VK4IO, Catherine VK4VCH, Chris VK5CP, Sarath VU3RSB, Jay W5SL, John VK5PO & Bill VK4FW
Other related VK9LA posts can be found here and here
about 1 year ago
Tony IZ3ESV has now joined the VK9LA team in place of VU3RSB.
about 1 year ago
VK9LA…. Mar 23 – Apr 3 2009
The March departure date is fast approaching and all team members are rarin to go.
The total list of ops are: IZ3ESV, K5YY, N2OO, N2OZ, SQ8X, SQ9DIE, SV2KBS, VK1TX, VK3HJ, VK3QB, VK4IO, VK4VCH, VK5CP, VK5PO, W5SL and VK4FW.
VK4FW will travel to LH on Mar 22nd to immediately begin unpacking. On Mar 23, 4 others will arrive and the rest arriving as originally planned on Mar 24th.
We will assemble 7 full HF stations at 2 seperate sites as well as one for 6m. Modes of operation are SSB, CW and RTTY. We will use mono band yagis and mono band verticals to allow us to possibly have 2 actual stations on the same band similtaneously. There are also a quantity of wire antennae for the low bands. A full list of operating frequencies will be designed to enhance our plans.
With the rising fuel prices and the international economy crashing around us we have been able to secure a vessel to freight all of our equipment in. We are still trying to get more support to cover this cost so please be so kind to visit our web site http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm and make a donation.
The qsling chores will be handled by VK4FW. We will set up an online qsling system that will permit you to apply online to help cut your postage costs. More on this later. Qsl cards will be printed very quickly by UX5UO.
regards
Bill Horner
PO Box 612
Childers
4660
Australia
about 1 year ago
Who is the qsl manager of VK9LA
Greetings Jeroen PD5CW
about 1 year ago
Hello
VK9LA via VK4FW
Hope to hear you in a pileup from Lord Howe
73
about 1 year ago
Latest from the VK9LA website:
Lord Howe Island is ranked 63 on the latest wanted list and in some parts of Europe as high as 23.
We intend to have 7 stations on air utilizing a massive antennae system which includes 3 and 5 element monoband yagis, quarter wave verticals, top loaded verticals as well as wires slung from the huge pine trees in a 2 acre area.
about 1 year ago
VK9LA NEWS RELEASE MAR 11
LOW BAND OPERATIONS????
Extensive work has taken place to make sure all operators are familiar with various sunrise sunset times throughout the world.
Lord Howe island Sunset is at approx 07.36utc with Sunrise being 19.36utc (taken at 27th March 2009 ). We have all been familiarizing ourselves with possible propagation openings for all points of the globe.
A complete list in an ascending pecking order will be at every HF station for operators to continually check. It is our plan to have an operator on deck on 160m from 07.40utc daily to work all the Pacific areas followed by various parts of Asia somewhere around 08.50utc.
From then we will look towards South Americas at around 09.35utc thru to approx 10.15utc when we will begin looking for W1 in USA at approx 10.30utc then head to again some parts of Asia and then VE3 and W4 around 11.30utc as well as TI and XE areas. UA9 around 13.30utc followed by W6 etc.
At approx 15.00utc we will begin searching for the likes of EK, 4L, UA1 followed by 4X at 15.45 and then the likes of 5B.
Hopefully we will get a shot at South Africa around 16.15utc then head up again into EU territory to LZ around 16.35utc, HA and so on leading up to I, LA, OZ, HB and G lands at 18.20utc.
This procedure will be done everyday we are there. This will also be adopted on 80m as well as 75m as we have 2 stations on air simultaneously on the same band, as well as 40m. We expect big long openings on all bands below. We would however request that you be
patient. It will take us a couple of days to install all low band antennae.
We would also request that once you are in the log to please do not call the next night, let someone else have a go???? my pet hate is to see the same station in the log on the same band over and over.
Cu in the pile ups????.
Bill VK4FW??. Dxpedition Leader
about 1 year ago
PANOWIE POWODZENIA
Hope to hear you in a pileup from Lord Howe 73
about 1 year ago
VK9LA begins operations on 30CW. VK ops arrived first on island and now TXing
about 1 year ago
Glad to work you on 30m yesterday…. you have good ears! 73 John K5MO
about 1 year ago
The first teammates have arrived on the Island and limited operations are being conducted by N2OO, VK4FW, N2OZ and W5SL.
The rest of the crew arrives today at Blue Lagoon.
The team has so far installed an 80 cw dipole, 40 quarter wave elevated vertical, 30 elevated vertical and 3 ele triband yagi.
The Warc vertical goes up in first daylight as well as the 160 antenna.
They now have 4 stations on the air.
Operators Stan/SQ8X and Pete/SQ9DIE have added a daily blog daily on Twitter.com. Look for regular updates on how the
DXpedition is progressing at: http://twitter.com/vk9la.
Don
VK9LA Pilot
about 1 year ago
Thanks N2OO and crew for all-new DXCC yesterday on 20M SSB. Will be looking for you on 40M and 30M before work in the mornings. 73 de W9EYE
about 1 year ago
Great operator (and ears) tonight on 20 meters! Worked you QRP on 20 and 17 tonight. That’s as much as I can expect for QRP! Good luck with the rest of the operation.
about 1 year ago
HI FOLKS,
IS THEREA ON LINE LOG WE CAN LOOK TO BE SURE WERE IN THE LOG?
about 1 year ago
VK9LA online log soon…
about 1 year ago
Thanks of the new-one in RTTY in 30m I will try to cover the holes that I have in my log, but
I am impatient and confident to contact you in 160m I hope that in the today’s day you are already the operational.. I beg you to set particular attention to us European.
Good activity Steve IK4DRY
about 1 year ago
You guy’s are making it happen, fine work!! Thanks for the effort and I hope that you are enjoying yourselves.
about 1 year ago
VK9LA prop forecast
about 1 year ago
Thanks for the hard long task of putting VK9LA on the air. I enjoyed working you and getting you in my log.
Jim
N6ZN
about 1 year ago
Having fun working VK9LA! The operators are doing a great job! I have worked VK9LA on 20M & 80M phone. Are you going to work 40M phone for the USA? I will be looking for VK9LA on the bands. Thank You! Phil N6EMC 73
about 1 year ago
Did not see much of this unfortunately.
about 1 year ago
QSL received for VK9LA March 2009 contacts. Tnx.
One problem-The 3.5 Mhz contact is shown as CW and should be SSB.
25 March 2009 1203Z.
Can you just send me another card please. I sent $5.00.
Paul Schrader N4XM
7001 Briscoe Lane
Louisville KY 40228-1653
USA