TO9W – Saint Martin Isl. NA105

06/11/2024

Hello hams,

a US crew will be active from Saint Martin Island NA-105. The team plan to be QRV from the 30th of November till the 13th of December.

EQUIPMENT

3x Elecraft K3 transceivers 3x Elecraft KPA500 amplifiers

Accessory gear includes MicroHam interfaces plus laptop computers.

ANTENNAS

160: 60 foot top loaded Vertical

40, 80: Quarter wave verticals

30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10: Dipoles

6m 3 element Yagi

Low Band Receive: BOG

OPERATING

They plan to operate all bands 6 through 160, depending on conditions and demand. Planned modes are CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and RTTY. FT8 operation will be on DXpedition frequencies if there are many callers. They also operate on 60 meters as time permits.