Svalbard mini DXpedition - satellite only

Howard G6LVB will be at Svalbard (JW prefix) this weekend and intends to be active on the satellites. He should be workable from any satellite pass over Northern Europe. The Svalbard website given below will show you exactly where he'll be. All I can say is, rather him than me, as it's a bit too cold for my liking.

73 Trevor M5AKA

I will be at Svalbard (JW prefix, 78.15 deg N, 16.02 deg E) from Saturday 27 August until Monday 29 August to do some minor upgrades to a satellite station at http://www.svalsat.com/

I am intending to take some LEO satellite gear with me, so if you'd like to add JW to your DXCC list, let me know.

Despite its northerly location, it has coverage to Canada and the North Eastern US as well as Japan.

I will definitely be active on AO-51, SO-50, AO-27, PO-28 (let's hope) and if I have room for SSB equipment, I will operate FO-29, VO-52 and possibly AO-7. The ISS never travels far enough North for me to take a shot at it.

There are no plans to take any HF gear, whatever that is

If I can get it to work, I'll also be on IRC chat...

Server: irc.dishnuts.net
Port: 6667
Channel: #amsat

73, Howard G6LVB
Email: howard at howardlong.com

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