APRIL 4, 2019 – Despite poor propagation, Ken reports he made 650 QSOs. He was on Jan Mayen for 5 hours and says he was very lucky to be allowed a seat on the military flight. Photos below courtesy JX7GIA.
APRIL 3, 2019 — Ken, LA7GIA informs that on Thursday April 4th he will travel to Jan Mayen and be QRV as JX7GIA for a very limited time starting around 11:00UTC.
This will be a CW only and single band trip. Jan Mayen JX is ranked #20 on CW worldwide.
Ken will use an Elecraft K3, Juma 1 kW amplifier and his African dipoles. Free LoTW. QSL via QRZ.com