Arthur Perrin is an Electronic / Scientific engineer for the French Polar Institute and has been located at Base de Port-aux-Français on the Kerguelen Islands (AF-048) since October this year.
His stay there lasts up to 14 months (taking him to December 2022) and he recently acquired the callsign FT4XW.
At this time, Arthur is unsure when he will be active but has with him an XIEGU G90 transceiver and a DX Commander vertical antenna. Kerguelen is #10 most wanted DXCC globally according to Club Log. QSL via F6EXV.
Note, he is completely new to ham radio hobby. Pictures courtesy Arthur:
Hello Arthur. Hope you are well. Let us know what the plans are for your transmissions. Did you manage to set up everything and is able to communicate in either SSB Voice or Digital (FT8/FT4) ?
Thank you and 73’s
Not a big setup. I Hope he Will do some ft8! Cross fingers. 73