Rare Hawaiian county to be activated

Attention county hunters!
It was announced at the Maui Amateur Radio Club (MARC) this past week that the extremely rare Kalawao County will be activated on 40 and 20 meters, March 30-31st.

MARC member, Jayson Kohama, WH6BXK, is expected to work there on those particular days. After he gets off work each day, he plans to be on HF making as many contacts as possible.

His station, WH6BXK, will be on the air each day after 1800 local (6:00 pm or 0400z). He will be on 7188 kHz and 14335 kHz.

Kalwao County is one of the rarest USA counties. It is the 2nd smallest county and the poorest in the USA. It is located on the Kalaupapa peninsula, on the island of Molokai. It is the old Hawaiian leper colony. Because it was a leper colony, it was totally isolated from the rest of the islands and had its own separate county government, which was administered by the state.

Radio amateurs must have special permission to go there and operate. Thus it is extremely rare for any ham radio signals to ever radiate from Kalawao.

Source: OPDX