Chatham Island activation

A team of nine ZL operators will be activating Chatham Island (OC-038) from March 6-11th.

The team leaders are Lee ZL2AL and Morrie ZL2AAA.
The rest of the team will be Lee ZL2LE, John ZL1BYZ, Mike ZL2CC, Phil ZL2RVW, Mark ZL3AB, Wayne ZL2WG and John ZL1ALZ. The Pilot will be Duncan ZL3JT in Christchurch zl3jt@paradise. net.nz.

The team will be hosted at the Chatham Fishing Lodge in the fishing village of Kaiangaroa on the north eastern tip of the Chatham Islands.

The ICOM four station setup with amplifiers will operate 160-10m with CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK modes. Wire loops will be used on 80m and 40m, a vertical on 30m and Yagis on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m.

We also will try 160m alternating with the 80m station from time to time. Frequencies will be in the usual SSB and CW DX haunts on each band with SSB split up 5 kHz and CW split up 3 kHz. The callsign will be announced at the beginning of the operation on March 6th.

The website will be up and running in a few weeks at: www.zl7t.com/. Logsearch will be available on the team's return. QSL via bureau or direct to ZL2AL CBA or QRZ.com.

Logs will be uploaded to LoTW in approximately 6 months and they will also QSL via the bureau.