Jun 26, 2022

NEWS UPDATE – The journey to FP starts today for Eric, KV1J. He may be active on SATs along the way as he drives to Halifax, Nova Scotia from Massachusetts. Tomorrow (June 27) Eric flies to St. Pierre. Following day he takes the boat to Miquelon.

Dates of activity now confirmed from June 28 to July 12, 2022. Full details including operating schedule found here:

Schedule 2022 

Time Zone is GMT minus 2 hours (daylight savings time)       Current weather

Sunday 26 June – Drive to Halifax, NS. May be on satellites during trip

Monday 27 June– Fly to St. Pierre late afternoon. 

Tuesday  28 June–   Take morning boat to Miquelon.  Setup antennas, station.

28 June Through 12 July– On the air – SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8, FT4 – 80M – 6M 
                                                                              Primarily SSB, RTTY, and FT8
                                                                              Generally on the highest frequency band open favoring 12M 10M and 6M.
                                                                              Also active on 60M FT8
                                                                              Some 160 depending on antenna layout
 

  I will also be on the SSB Satellites – XW-2x, AO-7, RS-44, CA-4x (also possibly the FM birds) when the WX is good enough to operate from outside. 

1 July – Canada Day Contest

2 – 3 July – DL-DX RTTY Contest (Contest Cancelled)

9 – 10 July–   IARU HF Contest

Tuesday 12 July– Take down and take evening boat to Saint Pierre

Wednesday 13 July – Fly to Halifax then drive to Maine